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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.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 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.
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.
I think NFL Draft Scout did theirs last year, not sure before that.Has Lindy's always published a Draft mag? If it has, has NFLDraftScout always provided the player bios/rankings?
Is Russ Lande of GM Jr. doing the scouting for The Sporting News again? We need to somehow keep track of his reports vs. the others; his opinions are so much different that if a player succeeds or fails, it would seem to be easier to determine who was correct.
I was looking through it to see but didn't see his name. They attribute the writeups/ratings to Scouts Inc., not sure if Lande is involved this year...
Yeah, I think I got that wrong. It must be the TSN War Room, I need to check that at home.Scouts Inc., as in ESPN's Scouts Inc.? Strange if true.
It does not look as if ESPN will have a darft magazine this year. I have Pro Football Weekly both the magazine and "big book". Also got the Sporting News which I always like as BF mentioned.
I also love the way they "stack the board". I wish others would use the same format. So, that looks like all the hard copy stuff I'll get this year.
Natuarally check out the on line stuff, but love the hard copy as I have a 'library" of these going back to 1996.
Sporting News is by far the worst of all. I am staying away from it in the newspaper stores.
Are you sure that ESPN did not publish a draft isue? Maybe I'm thinking of its 10-year Anniversary issue.
I also like having a couple of hard copies in hand. I'll be waiting for the last issues of PFW and Sports Weekly before the draft, and the Sporting News, too. I'm still deciding whether to buy TSN's Draft Preview mag, though.
Just before the draft, I'll print copies of the Top-100 lists from NFL Draft Countdown, Draft Insider, SI/Scout.com, and ESPN (with the one-month fee).
They'll all provide good reading material for my trip to Ireland on Sunday the 27th. At least I'll be able to watch the first two rounds on Saturday.