YardRat
04-26-2008, 09:18 PM
I printed out the individual player rankings for the draft from this site...
http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com/rankings/qb.html
...and used it as a guide as the draft progressed. Through the first two rounds...
4 QB's taken, they had them ranked 1 thru 4.
7 RB's, 1 thru 7.
0 FB's.
10 WR's, 1-4, 6-8, 12-13, 15 gone. 5, 9-11, 14 still on the board.
4 TE's, 1-4.
7 OT's, 1-6, 8 gone.
2 OG's, 1-2.
1 C, 2.
8 DE's, 1-8.
4 DT's, 1-4.
2 OLB's, 1 and 6.
2 ILB's, 1 and 3.
10 CB's-1-6, 9-10, 14, 19.
2 S's-1-2.
As far as first day picks go, they absolutely nailed (from a ranking standpoint, anyway) 7 out of 14 positions, eight if you count FB's. They were off by one player for three positions, with only WR (5 of top 15 still on board), CB (9 of nineteen still left) and OLB (only two taken, so not really a fair sample) being 'off' by more than a single player.
11 positions out of 14 taken off the board generally how they had them ranked.
Pretty credible source, IMO.
http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com/rankings/qb.html
...and used it as a guide as the draft progressed. Through the first two rounds...
4 QB's taken, they had them ranked 1 thru 4.
7 RB's, 1 thru 7.
0 FB's.
10 WR's, 1-4, 6-8, 12-13, 15 gone. 5, 9-11, 14 still on the board.
4 TE's, 1-4.
7 OT's, 1-6, 8 gone.
2 OG's, 1-2.
1 C, 2.
8 DE's, 1-8.
4 DT's, 1-4.
2 OLB's, 1 and 6.
2 ILB's, 1 and 3.
10 CB's-1-6, 9-10, 14, 19.
2 S's-1-2.
As far as first day picks go, they absolutely nailed (from a ranking standpoint, anyway) 7 out of 14 positions, eight if you count FB's. They were off by one player for three positions, with only WR (5 of top 15 still on board), CB (9 of nineteen still left) and OLB (only two taken, so not really a fair sample) being 'off' by more than a single player.
11 positions out of 14 taken off the board generally how they had them ranked.
Pretty credible source, IMO.