OFFICIAL PatsFans.com 2009 Draft Prediction Contest thread

[ctpatsfan77]

Quoting patchick here:

Welcome to the old favorite PatsFans draft contest, the simplest way to make draft predictions. Forget worrying whether that OG is "realistic" in the 6th round, or whether the Texans need help at strong safety.

The round and order doesn't matter. You can mock out 7 rounds if you like, or just name your 8 favorite cornerbacks. But no matter how you choose, you're likely to find that it's not nearly as easy as it sounds. Any score above 1 is worth bragging about.

Post your entries here!

So, here's the rules:

The Patriots have 11 picks.
Pick 11 players.

OK, so now three points of clarification. First, please give first and last name and schools.

Second, you can change your mind, but only your last entry counts.

Third, in case there's a tie, there will be exactly two tiebreakers: (1) the match closest to the end of the draft wins (i.e., predicting a seventh-round pick beats predicting a sixth-round pick); (2) if there's still a tie, earliest entry wins.

NOTE: As an unofficial extension of the contest, if you want to do so, go ahead and name a "second team" of 11 players. [Frankly, I want to see if any of us can do significantly better with 22 picks than with 11. ]

[ctpatsfan77]

And, as always, I'll start with my pseudo-serious prediction:

TE Brandon Pettigrew, Oklahoma State
TE Shawn Nelson, Southern Miss
TE Jared Cook, South Carolina
TE Cornelius Ingram, Florida
TE Chase Coffman, Missouri
TE Travis Beckum, Wisconsin
TE Anthony Hill, NCSU
TE Cameron Morrah, Cal
TE Jared Bronson, Central Washington
TE John Phillips, Virginia
TE Bear Pascoe, Fresno State

[Box_O_Rocks]

TE C***** B***** Cincinnati
LB Lawrence Sidbury Richmond
LB Jason Williams Western Illinois
OL Eric Wood Louisville
OL T.J. Lang Eastern Michigan
OL Jamon Meredith South Carolina
S Patrick Chung Oregon
S Chip Vaughn Wake Forest
DL Terrence Knighton Temple
DL Jarron Gilbert San Jose State
CB Joe Burnett Central Florida

[patchick]

Box, that's scary. My first draft has 9 of your 11. Guess I'd better do some editing.

[Box_O_Rocks]

Originally Posted by patchick

Box, that's scary. My first draft has 9 of your 11. Guess I'd better do some editing.

Getting two wrong isn't too bad...

[gomezcat]

Originally Posted by Box_O_Rocks

TE C***** B***** Cincinnati

I wonder if alluding to these two words counts as worthy of infraction. Hmmm... :banned:

Just one thing- do you think that he might actually go above 23?

[Box_O_Rocks]

Originally Posted by gomezcat

I wonder if alluding to these two words counts as worthy of infraction. Hmmm... :banned:

Just one thing- do you think that he might actually go above 23?

I've thought it a possibility, but I am assured by those more logical and sane than I that I'm merely being emotional.

[mayoclinic]

With apologies to BOR and Patchick for overlap:

OLB Connor Barwin, Cincinnati
OT William Beatty, Connecticut
S Louis Delmas, Western Michigan
DE Jarren Gilbert, San Jose St.
LB Jason Williams, Western Illinois
OL TJ Lang, Eastern Michigan
WR Mike Wallace, Mississippi
CB Joe Burnet, Central Florida
P Kevin Huber, Cincinnati
RB Devin Moore, Wyoming
DT Vaughn Martin, Western Ontario

[gomezcat]

I don't ever recall getting a single pick right, with the possible exception of Mayo once the rumours started on the Friday before the draft. Here goes:

William Beatty, OT, Connecticut
Jarron Gilbert, DE, San Jose State
Kraig Urbik, G, Wisconsin
Trevor Canfield, G, Cincinnati
Louis Delmas, S, Western Michigan
Patrick Chung, S, Oregon
Clint Sintim, OLB/ILB, Virginia
Jasper Brinkley, ILB, South Carolina
Connor Barwin, OLB, Cincinnati
Larry English, OLB, Western Illinois
Evander Hood, DE/NT, Missouri

[Patriot Missile]

William Beatty OT Connecticut
Connor Barwin OLB Cincinnati
Jarron Gilbert DE San Jose State
William Moore SS Missouri
Andy Levitre OG Oregon State
Jasper Brinkley ILB South Carolina
Trevor Canfield OG Cincinnati
Kevin Huber P Cincinnati
Devin Moore RB Wyoming
Nate Swift WR Nebraska
Ryan Purvis TE Boston College