Draft Magazines

[PATSNUTme]

I usually get The Sporting News, Pro Football Weekly, and ESPN's draft magazines. Has anyone seen these out yet? It might be a week or two early but they were out the last week of Feb or first week of March last year.

[captain stone]

It wouldn't seem to make sense for the draft mags to go to print until the combine is completed, at the very earliest. It is during the combine, or at their college's pro day, that prospects' up-to-date measureables are recorded. Besides, when I buy the previews, I prefer that any information contained therein be as timely as physically possible. If I were a publisher, I wouldn't hit the newsstands until the last week of March.

[PATSNUTme]

These are pre-combine primers. Actually the combine is very overrated as to getting the info on prospects.

I do get the Pro Football Weekly draft guide (book form) which is published after the combine and comes out the first week of April.

[captain stone]

But the prospects who attend the combine are weighed and measured there. Can't get more up-to-date than that. Do prospects get weighed/measured at their college's pro day, too?

[LloydBraun]

The Pro Football Weekly draft guide was already out around this time last year (late Feb.). The ESPN and The Sporting News guides were early to mid-March.

These mags are by far my most favourite magazines of the year.

Vote "YES" on Vernon Gholston.

[LloydBraun]

The Pro Football Weekly draft guide is on the newsstands now. From my initial look it appears to be ok.

The writers seem to really dislike Merriweather... I thought he had an okay rookie year, save a lot of drops, considering a BB scheme is tough for rookies to pick up.

[BradyToMoss]

Originally Posted by LloydBraun

The Pro Football Weekly draft guide is on the newsstands now. From my initial look it appears to be ok.

The writers seem to really dislike Merriweather... I thought he had an okay rookie year, save a lot of drops, considering a BB scheme is tough for rookies to pick up.

I agree, I read the same thing on PFWeekly, I thought they were unfairly critical of Meriweather, it made me wonder if they watched the last 5-6 Patriots games as Meriweather made more and more plays and saw more and more action. Obviously their analysis of Brandon was only what they saw thru the 1st 3/4 of the season. It was bush league analysis, I was surprised.

[BelichickFan]

I finally got the PFW one and Lindy's. Lindy's prospect reports are done by NFL Draft Scout which is a very reputable site so I was happy to get both.

I actually like getting some stuff written before the combine - although the combine is huge it's nice to read stuff from just game film and not workouts.

[BelichickFan]

Woo hoo, it's on . . . the Sporting News magazine is out and is as f*cked up as ever I love this one because it's so contrarian. I should have brought it with me but it's as weird as ever. Mike Jenkins the only #1 pick among CB, Gholston a second rounder, about 6 WR rated as #1 picks. Clady, C. Williams, J. Long as the top three OT IN THAT ORDER.

Their ratings are based on their value ratings, not where they think they'll go. Good, contrarian stuff - as always from them.

[captain stone]

Originally Posted by BelichickFan

I finally got the PFW one and Lindy's. Lindy's prospect reports are done by NFL Draft Scout which is a very reputable site so I was happy to get both.

I actually like getting some stuff written before the combine - although the combine is huge it's nice to read stuff from just game film and not workouts.

Lindy's is my favorite Pre-Season mag. Amoung other things, it includes a one-sentence write-up not only on everyone on the TC roster, but also on everyone drafted that April.

Has Lindy's always published a Draft mag? If it has, has NFLDraftScout always provided the player bios/rankings?

I agree that game film should always be the most important tool used to evaluate players, but I prefer that draft mags include up-to-date height/weight info gathered from the Combine.