2016 - Draft simulator time....

[Mace]

I'm still having major issues with the combined board. It's not that I can't find anyone to take, but keep finding too many people to take. I click the OK for a pick and notice someone else still available, adjust my philosophy, try again, half the people are gone but there's a different trove. Click OK, notice someone else still available....

[YardRat]

My 'issue' is I'm starting to zero in on guys in certain rounds, or passing on others because I know somebody else from the same position I'd like is probably going to be available the next time up. I've passed on Peake a couple of times, for example, because I know Lawler will be there later.

[Mace]

My 'issue' is I'm starting to zero in on guys in certain rounds, or passing on others because I know somebody else from the same position I'd like is probably going to be available the next time up. I've passed on Peake a couple of times, for example, because I know Lawler will be there later.

You'd mostly call that BPA on your board, but the composite is freaky and random. I've passed on some guys knowing they will be there later after multiple drafts, to run into some where they aren't. Heh, I suppose that's what happens to real GM's and is why we aren't them. I can scrap a draft as a dork up and move on to the next try, they can't.

Ok, that's it, dork up or not this next draft is the one I post.

[Mace]

Can't bring myself to do it.

[YardRat]

lol...

[Mace]

lol...

Trying to psyche myself up for it. Keep telling myself this is THE time, DO IT. Hands are shaking too much to hit the link, sweat's pouring out of me in buckets, can't see, jaw is clenched so tight my toes are cramping.

[YardRat]

Trying to psyche myself up for it. Keep telling myself this is THE time, DO IT. Hands are shaking too much to hit the link, sweat's pouring out of me in buckets, can't see, jaw is clenched so tight my toes are cramping.

Sounds more to me like feldspar trying to get laid.

[Mace]

3/28 - Combined board.

Ok, I manned up. Got past my fixation on getting Jarran Reed, Su'a Cravens, Jihad Ward, Vadal Alexander and Blake Martinez in one draft. I'm still weeping.

19: R1P19 DE NOAH SPENCE EASTERN KENTUCKY

49: R2P18 DT ROBERT NKEMDICHE OLE MISS

80: R3P17 S MILES KILLEBREW SOUTHERN UTAH

118: R4P19 QB CARDALE JONES OHIO STATE

140: R4P41 WR RASHARD HIGGINS COLORADO STATE

157: R5P17 OLB SCOOBY WRIGHT ARIZONA

193: R6P17 OT ALEX LEWIS NEBRASKA

219: R6P43 TE JERELL ADAMS SOUTH CAROLINA


Ryan gets glorious moving parts in Spence, Nkemdiche, Killebrew and Wright, Roman gets some cornfed beef potential in Lewis, Lee gets a maybe tank of a QB to play with in Cardale (and I get to keep saying "Cardale" like "Dinsdale"), Lol, er Lal gets an Adams amazingly still there in the 6th, and Hollywood Higgins, who is basically a skinnier Stevie Johnson who runs better routes.

That's it for me, I'm still shaking and can hear Yardrat snickering from the boonies and combing his luxurious locks neurotically.

[YardRat]

I'm really disappointed in the lack of Williams' in this draft.

[Mace]

I tend to zero in myself, and have developed names I tend to home in on, depending on the round.

DE - Emmanuel Ogbah, Jihad Ward, Shilique Calhoun, Bronson Kaufusi, James Cowser (see him as hybrid DE/OLB), Shawn Oakman
DT - Jarran Reed (see him as hybrid NT/DT/DE), Vernon Butler, Niles Lawrence-Stample, DJ Reader
OLB - Leonard Floyd, Su'a Cravens (see him as hybrid OLB/SS), Joshua Perry, Kyler Fackrell, Yannick Ngakoue, Curt Maggit (see him as hybrid ILB/OLB)
SS - Miles Killebrew, Jayron Kearse
ILB - Reggie Ragland, Scooby Wright, Blake Martinez

OT - Jack Conklin, Joe Haeg, John Theus, Alex Lewis, Willie Beavers
OG - Vadal Alexander, Landon Turner, Spencer Drango, Joe Dahl, Jordan Walsh (see him as a G/C depth)
QB - Cardale Jones, I'm on the fence about Kevin Hogan after our last Stanford QB
TE - Glenn Gronkowski (see him as hybrid TE/FB/H-Back, if he's there late), Jerell Adams (if he's there late)
WR - Rashard Higgins, Kenny Lawler, Charone Peak, De'Runnya Wilson

[YardRat]

I want to go big early, but if Treadwell drops to us (which I really don't think he will) I can't pass him up.

19: R1P19

WR LAQUON TREADWELL
OLE MISS

49: R2P18

DT JIHAD WARD
ILLINOIS

80: R3P17

G LANDON TURNER
NORTH CAROLINA

117: R4P19

S JAYRON KEARSE
CLEMSON

139: R4P41

DE SHAWN OAKMAN
BAYLOR

156: R5P17

OLB TERRANCE SMITH
FSU

192: R6P17

ILB TYLER MATAKEVICH
TEMPLE

218: R6P43

OT FAHN COOPER
OLE MISS

[Mace]

I want to go big early, but if Treadwell drops to us (which I really don't think he will) I can't pass him up.

I'm not disagreeing with Treadwell's value or skill level, but when he's available I always wonder :
- Do we throw enough balls for Watkins & Treadwell in a rushing offense to justify spending a 1st in this draft on what will essentially be tits on a bull ?
- Is Taylor enough of a passer in a rushing offense to maximize 2 number 1 WR picks who are going to get cranky about how many passes they see ?
- Is there someone there we would miss more if we didn't get him ?

I think if we had a passing offense and a gunslinger QB, he's make perfect sense, but it would greatly distress me to see him running around a lot for nothing while opponents keep tearing us up for 8 yard runs and slicing us with 15 yard passes to TE's while our pick is running around alot on running plays or routes where Taylor can't find him in the middle of the field.

That's no slam on Treadwell.

[cookie G]

I haven't remembered a year when I've cared less about a draft. Maybe I need to find Admarc and Merk on Twitter or something.

19: R1P19
OT JACK CONKLIN
MICHIGAN ST

Starter, day 1 He gets into it with Incognito during training camp and it ends up a draw. Unfortunately, they fall in love and get married in a ceremony officiated by Jonathan Martin. Good for them, bad for us.


49: R2P18
OLB JORDAN JENKINS
GEORGIA

A good but not great senior season. Played with a groin injury all year. Block his internet porn, he'll be fine.

80: R3P17
OT LE'RAVEN CLARK
TEXAS TECH

3 time Big 12 All Star. At the combine, was asked to get into a 3 point stance and had a deer in the headlights look. Kept looking at the other OL to see what they were doing.

Red Raiders are like that. He'll learn.


117: R4P19
DT NILE LAWRENCE-STAMPLE
FLORIDA STATE

Short, fat, quality NT. Shoulders are big enough to keep his hyphenated name on one line. Stample is a name that just fits a DT.


139: R4P41
QB KEVIN HOGAN
STANFORD

Better than Elway and Luck combined. Sold more records in Spain than either Elvis or the Beatles.
The first person that starts a Hogan's Heroes cheering section gets banished to the Russian Front.

156: R5P17
TE TYLER HIGBEE
WESTERN KENTUCKY

He just keeps showing up in rounds 5-6. A guy I went to school with is a former Hill topper, he'll be happy.

192: R6P17
WR GERONIMO ALLISON
ILLINOIS

I liked the name. That might be bad, but I did.

218: R6P43
ILB ANTONIO LONGINO
ARIZONA STATE

See above...just kind of rolls off the tongue.

[cookie G]

1: R1P19
TE BRYCE WILLIAMS
EAST CAROLINA

2: R2P18
RB JONATHAN WILLIAMS
ARKANSAS

3: R3P17
S R.J. WILLIAMSON
MICHIGAN ST


4: R4P19
WR JORDAN WILLIAMS
BALL STATE

5: R4P41
QB MARQUISE WILLIAMS
UNC

6: R5P17
RB JAMAAL WILLIAMS
BYU

7: R6P17
TP SERENA WILLIAMS
NONE

[YardRat]

If Wrecks drafted Serena he'd have her serving underhand and aiming all returns to the center of the court by the middle of training camp.

[Mace]

I haven't remembered a year when I've cared less about a draft. Maybe I need to find Admarc and Merk on Twitter or something.

His big board baffles me, but Merk at least is still cooking.

http://profootballwarroom.com/

[Ginger Vitis]

Walter football



1: R1P19


ILB REGGIE RAGLAND

ALABAMA


2: R2P18


DT ROBERT NKEMDICHE

OLE MISS


3: R3P17


S VONN BELL

OHIO STATE


4: R4P19


LB JAYLON SMITH

NOTRE DAME

[YardRat]

I used the new KC board for the first time, some of the rankings seem a little wonky to me. Olinemen went early in rounds, and in streaks. A few times I was looking at a slew of WR's and CB's and had to scroll. Was really able to beef up the front 7 though with Ragland (ILB), Butler (NT), and Ward (DT/DE). Lawler was BPA in the third, and couldn't resist snagging Peake also in the fourth. Got a safety prospect in Bradberry, and oline with Glasgow and Young on Day 3.

19: R1P19

ILB REGGIE RAGLAND
ALABAMA

49: R2P18

DT VERNON BUTLER
LOUISIANA TECH.

80: R3P17

WR KENNY LAWLER
CALIFORNIA

117: R4P19

WR CHARONE PEAKE
CLEMSON

139: R4P41

DT JIHAD WARD
ILLINOIS

156: R5P17

C GRAHAM GLASGOW
MICHIGAN

192: R6P17

CB JAMES BRADBERRY
SAMFORD

218: R6P43

OT AVERY YOUNG
AUBURN

[YardRat]

I dunno about Crabbs' rankings...both ILB Ragland and S Bell were available in the fourth.

19: R1P19

OT JACK CONKLIN
MICHIGAN STATE

49: R2P18

DT A'SHAWN ROBINSON
ALABAMA

80: R3P17

CB ELI APPLE
OHIO STATE

117: R4P19

ILB REGGIE RAGLAND
ALABAMA

139: R4P41

CB JAMES BRADBERRY
SAMFORD

156: R5P17

WR KENNY LAWLER
CALIFORNIA

192: R6P17

DE CARL NASSIB
PENNSYLVANIA STATE

218: R6P43

S JAYRON KEARSE
CLEMSON

[Mace]

Taking safety off my list. I think recent pickup White is going to be the depth if SS Aaron goes down. Ryan system exp, big man. I'm thinking Ryans are with safeties like Gailey is with QB's, want vets.

Of course, since then my simulator drafts using the redoubtable CBS big board have rocketed into the universe of improbable. Last two tries I got Shaq Lawson in R1, and Leonard Floyd in R2, and then Jared Goff in R1, Paxton Lynch in R2, Cardale Jones in R4, and Kevin Hogan in R5, figuring the rest of the league can come begging me for QB's.