[lichtie23]

Joey Galloway has signed for the Patriots to add to there already impressive Wide Reciever depth.

Also Jay Cutler has demanded a trade from The Broncos

[BishyTON]

lichtie23, on Mar 20 2009, 12:26, said:

Joey Galloway has signed for the Patriots to add to there already impressive Wide Reciever depth.

Also Jay Cutler has demanded a trade from The Broncos

Quite happy about that. Our WR corp is great now - Moss, Galloway and Welker will make a great team for Brady to throw to. Also Benjamin Watson at TE if he manages to stay healthy this year. Out O looks very strong as usual - need to strengthen the Defense in the draft though as we are ancient in the Secondary.

[lichtie23]

BishyTON, on Mar 20 2009, 13:37, said:

Quite happy about that. Our WR corp is great now - Moss, Galloway and Welker will make a great team for Brady to throw to. Also Benjamin Watson at TE if he manages to stay healthy this year. Out O looks very strong as usual - need to strengthen the Defense in the draft though as we are ancient in the Secondary.

You have the best young LB in the NFL though in Jerrard Mayo. The man is a beast!

[lichtie23]

Just read a rumour that if Cutler is to be traded its going to be to the Browns in exchange for Brady Quinn.

[Skyline Drifter]

lichtie23, on Mar 20 2009, 16:37, said:

Just read a rumour that if Cutler is to be traded its going to be to the Browns in exchange for Brady Quinn.

There's a potential that this is a middle ground for a subsequent trade on to the Jets too.

[lichtie23]

Also rumours of Julius Peppers being traded to the Patriots

[StewartyMac]

The Pats shoukld win the division at a canter next season, due to some impressive signings, and the tougher schedule which will hamper the other three. I can see New England as being the only playoff side from the NFC East.

Which is a depressing thought.

[Skyline Drifter]

StewartyMac, on Mar 26 2009, 12:26, said:

The Pats shoukld win the division at a canter next season, due to some impressive signings, and the tougher schedule which will hamper the other three. I can see New England as being the only playoff side from the NFC East.

Which is a depressing thought.

AFC East.

[StewartyMac]

Dearie me, what a Freudian slip that was.

[lichtie23]

Patriots are slowely putting together the strongest roster in the NFL.

Suppose I can hope that Brady gets knocked out in the first game again this season.

[lichtie23]

What does everyone think of there teams schedules?

Delighted my Giants have a thanksgiving match......pity it against the Broncos and not the Lions though.

[StewartyMac]

lichtie23, on Mar 27 2009, 00:58, said:

What does everyone think of there teams schedules?

Much tougher, that's for sure.

The NFC division we're up against is the NFC South - Falcons, Saints, Panthers, Buccaneers - All good sides.

The AFC division we're up against is the AFC South - Colts, Jaguars, Titans, Texans - All good sides, apart from Houston, but they always beat us anyway.

And the two other games against sides who finished top of the other AFC divisions will be against Pittsburgh (SB champions) and San Diego.

I sense a 5-11 season ahead.

[lichtie23]

Any idea when the full schedule is released?

[StewartyMac]

lichtie23, on Mar 27 2009, 14:09, said:

Any idea when the full schedule is released?

It's usually around April/May.

[badger_whacker]

As the draft is getting close I thought we should have a bash at guessing the top 10 draft picks. NFL.com has a mock draft board here.

Obviously this one won't be final, but this is how I think it'll go down just now:

[MTJ]

Matt Stafford is a lock to Detroit first pick I think and they'll probably take a LT with the other first rounder. St. Louis will either take an OT or Curry with the second pick, since Spagnuolo was at a team who won matches up front and with defense, so that rules out Crabtree.
The Chiefs will then either take Crabtree, Curry or possibly even someone like Brian Orakpo for the new 3-4 defense, which looks horrible, guys like Dorsey, Tamba Hali and Derrick Johnson look so out of place in it. I think its quite hard to predict what Seattle will do, but I reckon Crabtree is the top guy on their board. You don't really know with Cleveland either I think what they do will depend on whether they trade Braylon Edwards or not.

I think Cincinnati will go with an OT, they can't afford Palmer getting banged up again and have openly shopped their LT Levi Jones.

Oakland will go for the best athlete as usual, the position of the player doesn't really matter. If he runs a good forty Oakland will probably draft them even if it is a huge reach, remember Mad Al has drafted both a kicker and a punter in the 1st round. The last 2 drafts for example Oakland have taken the athlete's with arguably the highest ceiling of anyone in Russell and McFadden.

I think Jacksonville should stay with Garrard, he didn't have much help last year with the offensive line fucked and only one playmaker of note who has now been released for his coke problems. Andre Smith or Jason Smith I reckon they will go with. They actually when I think about it have a shit load of needs and should probably just go with the best player on the board, and they made a big mistake IMO releasing Jones, he was probably their only brightspot last season.

Green Bay might go for BJ Raji if he is still there for their 3-4 defense as the NT, I don't really think they need much help offensively, maybe another RB, but not a top 10 need for them. Also Everette Brown looks like a legit 3-4 rusher, which they want and you never know if Kampman will transcend well to the 3-4.

I think San Francisco will go for the best remaining OT left as they're O-Line has been rotten the last few years and no point drafting a QB if they can't protect him.

Haven't followed the draft as much this year compared to the last two years, but still followed a reasonable amount, and I'll watch it in full again.

1. Detroit - Matt Stafford
2. St. Louis - Eugene Monroe
3. Kansas City - Aaron Curry
4. Seattle - Michael Crabtree
5. Cleveland - Brian Orakpo
6. Cincinnati - Jason Smith
7. Oakland - Darius Heyward Bey (Oakland needs WR help, hes 6 ft 2, runs a 4.30, sign him up!)
8. Jacksonville - BJ Raji
9. Green Bay - Everette Brown
10. San Francisco - Andre Smith

This post has been edited by MTJ: 30 March 2009 - 22:02

[lichtie23]

Stafford is a lock for the Lions but I think Crabtree will drop to 6th and the Bengals.

[lichtie23]

Is the draft on Sky Sports again this year?

[StewartyMac]

The Lions should take Stafford, but they don't have a great history of making great draft choices. And the Bengals could snap up Crabtree after losing Houshmandzadeh to Seattle.

Actually, the Jags might take Mark Sanchez instead. They're not all that comfortable with Garrard at QB

This post has been edited by StewartyMac: 31 March 2009 - 01:08

[MTJ]

To be honest I think Seattle want to win now instead of blow up and rebuild, considering they gave Houshmandzadeh a big deal and hes now into his thirties. Hasselbeck when hes healthy, which hasn't been much is a pro bowl calibre QB, and his receivers were 'banged up' a lot as well last year. They could probably get a QB in the 2nd or 3rd round and sit him for a year or two. I would maybe even trade a low round pick for a guy like Tyler Thigpen who just isn't going to get a look in now in KC.

Millen is gone now so I expect the Lions to make a good choice, well avoid taking Crabtree...

I just watch it on nfl.com

This post has been edited by MTJ: 31 March 2009 - 01:12

[lichtie23]

Crabtree has a massive amount of ability and will be a great signing for whoever picks him.

I like the look of Brian Cushing and think he will end up in St Louis. Him and Chris Long could be the future of that defence, need some serious work up front though.

I'm interested to see who my Giants take! Think will probably plump fir a wide out to add to are Corp, we took Manningham last year and Sinorice Moss the year before.

[badger_whacker]

lichtie23, on Mar 31 2009, 00:51, said:

Stafford is a lock for the Lions but I think Crabtree will drop to 6th and the Bengals.

Stafford isn't a lock in my books.

The Lions have Culpepper and where Stafford is obviously the better option, can they really afford to use their first pick on a QB who is going to be hammered without protection? Teams can win without an outstanding QB, they can't win without a good OL. Even looking ahead to next year's draft, Colt McCoy, Tim Tebow and Sam Bradford (possibly) should all be declared for the draft, all three are arguably better than Stafford and one of which the Lions will surely be able to pick up.

I don't even know if Stafford goes at Seattle because like someone else mentioned, perhaps they'll want to give Hassleback something to aim for, that being Crabtree.

Aaron Curry is another one who could go at second.

[MTJ]

badger_whacker, on Mar 31 2009, 17:48, said:

Stafford isn't a lock in my books.

The Lions have Culpepper and where Stafford is obviously the better option, can they really afford to use their first pick on a QB who is going to be hammered without protection? Teams can win without an outstanding QB, they can't win without a good OL. Even looking ahead to next year's draft, Colt McCoy, Tim Tebow and Sam Bradford (possibly) should all be declared for the draft, all three are arguably better than Stafford and one of which the Lions will surely be able to pick up.

I don't even know if Stafford goes at Seattle because like someone else mentioned, perhaps they'll want to give Hassleback something to aim for, that being Crabtree.

Aaron Curry is another one who could go at second.

Come on Culpepper hasn't played well since like 2004

The Lions also need to change the face of their franchise. Right now even though hes gone thats still Matt Millen, and what better way to change that than draft a QB? As soon as Matt Ryan went to Atlanta people forgot about Michael Vick.

[bluetooner]

badger_whacker, on Mar 31 2009, 12:48, said:

Even looking ahead to next year's draft, Colt McCoy, Tim Tebow and Sam Bradford (possibly) should all be declared for the draft, all three are arguably better than Stafford and one of which the Lions will surely be able to pick up.

I would definitely disagree they are better than Stafford. Tebow, for one, is going to be a complete bust at NFL level. He has an OK arm, but thats it. Think Michael Vick without speed.

[MTJ]

bluetooner, on Mar 31 2009, 18:07, said:

I would definitely disagree they are better than Stafford. Tebow, for one, is going to be a complete bust at NFL level. He has an OK arm, but thats it. Think Michael Vick without speed.

Tebow has been told he'll only be considered by teams for either TE/FB in the NFL.