RIP#40
Third String But Playing on Special Teams
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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.Not to blow my own trumpet, but I had Chung and Vollmer last year
Not to blow my own trumpet, but I had Chung and Vollmer last year
And we score correctly as often as a politician declines a campaign contribution. :confused2:Yeah, but you had the clear insider Euroedge.
Seriously, awesome call, buddy. For sheer understanding and knowledge, it is hard to top Box. Patchick is the brightest poster, and is uncannily accurate in prediction of trends and tendencies. Ochmed has true understanding of the game, and Uncle Heatster is a wealth of insight. Mayoclinic, who is currently MIA, is also an abundance of info. The rest of us are generally speculative.
That said, this is the home forum for some of the most educated football minds on the forum.
So yep, our annual prediction efforts are a bit quixotic. To put it in perspective, about 100 more players are invited to the Combine each year than are drafted. Yet last year the Pats managed to draft 4 non-Combine players! How does a draftnik stand a chance?
:bricks:
By scouring the small school top 100 and all the bowl games (such as the east west shrine game and texas vs the nation - mankins, kaczur, and vollmer all played in one of those bowl games)?
Not a lot for me. I had the obvious Seymour, Warren, Wilfork trio in their years. I had Butler last year (before we traded down). I'll admit to Chad Jackson too Also Mankins but I was thinking round 2-3 not round 1.
In our annual draft contest, 1 is a good score and anything above puts you in the running for the top prize. One year the winning score was a whopping 1.5, with half credit for a mixup of Brandon and Reggie Meriweather.
So yep, our annual prediction efforts are a bit quixotic. To put it in perspective, about 100 more players are invited to the Combine each year than are drafted. Yet last year the Pats managed to draft 4 non-Combine players! How does a draftnik stand a chance?
:bricks:
that's my favorite draft game. Has anyone gotten 3?
Not in my memory. Speaking for myself, I don't try to predict every pick, but I throw a cluster of 2-4 guys who play a position of need and hopefully one of them is drafted. If I were doing it right now, I'd probably put Odrick, A. Jones, Geathers, and Deaderick on the list. And would hopefully get one winner out of the mix. And then maybe Hughes, Sapp, and Worilds. And hopefully get one more. And then maybe Gilyard, Price, Benn. I suspect others use the same methodology, so three is probably the max if everything breaks right.
You're not applying the M or W rule this year?