Random, randomness

Needless to say the 2009 edition of EO's mock draft was a failed bit. I lacked the courage of my convictions at #3, I knew KC wanted Tyson Jackson. I knew Tyson Jackson was the best pick for their depth chart, I just did not believe that they would pull the trigger there.

With out question once the train left the rails at #3, it was impossible to get it back on track.

So with the bar set so HIGH with that mock and the fact I refuse to issue meanignless draft grades (Packers GREAT / Raiders HORRIBLE) lets try a random mock of next years 2010 draft. *order determined by projection of records conduction in a highly scientific way I invented, called guesstimation...

1. Oakland ~ Taylor Mays 6'3 230 S USC


2. Detroit ~ Russell Okung 6'5 300 OT Oklahoma State


3. Cinncy ~ Terrence Cody 6'5 360 DT Alabama


4. St Louis ~ Sam Bradford 6'4 218 QB Oklahoma


5. Kansas City ~ Greg Hardy 6'4 265 OLB Mississippi


6. Arizona ~ Jermaine Gresham 6'6 262 TE Oklahoma


7. Buffalo ~ Brandon Spikes 6'5 247 LB Florida


8. Carolina ~ Brandon LaFell 6'3 210 WR LSU


9. Seattle ~ Trent Williams 6'5 310 OT Oklahoma


10. Jacksonville ~ Tim Teabow 6'3 240 QB Florida


11. New York Jets ~ George Selvie 6'4 252 DE/OLB S. Florida


12. Minnesota ~ Colt McCoy 6'3 216 QB Texas


13. Atlanta ~ Sergio Kindle 6'4 254 OLB Texas


14. Miami ~ Ciron Black 6'5 330 OT LSU


15. Tampa Bay ~ Trevard Linely 6'0 180 CB Kentucky


16. Washington ~ Ndamukung Suh 6'4 305 DT Nebraska


17. Chicago ~ Antonio Coleman 6'2 252 LB Auburn


18. Tennessee ~ Adam Ulatoski 6'8 310 OT Texas


19. Baltimore ~ Joe McKnight 6'0 200 RB USC


20. Denver ~ DeMarcus Granger 6'3 305 DT Oklahoma


21. Cleveland ~ Sam Young 6'8 330 OT Notre Dame


22. New Orleans ~ Mark Herzlich 6'4 238 LB Boston College


23. Dallas ~ Brandon Lang 6'4 250 DE/OLB Troy


24. Houston ~ CJ Spiller 5'11 195 RB Clemson


25. San Fran ~ Everson Griffen 6'3 265 DE/OLB USC


26. Philly ~ Lawerence Marsh 6'5 305 DT Florida


27. Green Bay ~ Carlos Dunlap 6'6 285 DE Florida


28. San Diego ~ Sean Witherspoon 6'1 235 LB Missouri


29. Indy ~ Bryan Bulaga 6'6 304 OT Iowa


30. Pitt ~ Greg Romeus 6'5 265 DE Pitt


31. New England ~ Gerald McCoy 6'4 295 DT/DE Oklahoma


32. New York Giants ~ Ras I Dowling 6'2 200 CB Virgina

2009 Mock Draft

Here it is just short of 16 hours early...

Round 1

1. Detroit Lions ~ Matt Stafford QB Georgia
   
2. St. Louis Rams ~ Justin Smith OT Baylor
   
3. Kansas City Chiefs ~ Eugene Munroe OT Virgina 
   
4. Seattle Seahawks ~ Aaron Curry LB Wak Forrest
   
5. Cleveland Browns ~ Michael Crabtree WR Texas Tech
   
6. Cinncy Bengals ~ Andre Smith OT Alabama
   
7. Oakland Raiders ~ Darius Heyward Bey WR Maryland
   
8. Jacksonville Jaguars ~ BJ Raji DT Boston College
   
9. Green Bay Packers ~ ** Denver Broncos ** Matt Sanchez QB USC
   
10. San Fransico 49ers ~ Brian Orakpo DE/OLB Texas
    
11. Buffalo Bills ~ Michael Oher OT Mississippi
12. Denver Broncos ~ Tyson Jackson DE LSU
    
13. Washington Redskins ~ Aaron Maybin DE Penn State
    
14. New Orleans Saints ~ Rey Maualuga LB USC
    
15. Houston Texans ~ Brian Cushing LB USC
    
16. San Diego Chargers ~ Robert Ayers DE Tennessee
    
17. New York Jets ~ Jeremy Maclin WR Missouri
    
18. Denver Broncos ~ ** Green Bay Packers ** Malcom Jenkins CB Ohio State
    
19. Tampa Bay Bucaneers ~ Everette Brown DE/OLB Florida State
    
20. Detroit Lions ~ Eben Britton OT Arizona
    
21. Philadelphia Eagles ~ Branden Pettigrew TE Oklahoma State
    
22. Minnesota Vikings ~ Percy Harvin WR Florida
    
23. New England Patriots ~ Clay Mathews LB USC
24. Atlanta Falcons ~ Peria Jerry DT Mississippi
    
25. Miami Dolphins ~ Vonte Davis CB Illinois
    
26. Baltimore Ravens ~ Darius Butler CB UConn
    
27. Indianapolis Colts ~ Chris Wells RB Ohio State
    
28. Buffalo Bills ~ Michael Johnson DE Georgia Tech
    
29. New York Giants ~ Kenny Britt WR Rutgers
    
30. Tennessee Titans ~ Evander Hood DT Missouri
    
31. Arizona Cardinals ~ Knowshon Moreno RB Georgia
    
32. Pittsburgh Steelers ~ Max Unger G/C Oregon

Round 2

1. Detroit Lions ~ James Laurinatis LB Ohio State
2. New England Patriots ~ Louis Delmas S Western Michigan
3. St. Louis Rams ~ Josh Freeman QB Kansas St 
4. Cleveland Browns ~ Larry English DE/OLB Northern Illinois
5. Seattle Seahawks ~ William Beaty OT UConn
6. Cinncy Bengals ~ Sen Derrick Marks DT Auburn
7. Jacksonville Jaguars ~ Clint Sintim LB Virgina
8. Oakland Raiders ~ Phil Loadholt OT Oklahoma
9. Green Bay Packers ~ Alex Mack C California
10. Buffalo Bills ~ Donald Brown RB UConn
11. San Fransico ~ Jamon Meredith OT South Carolina
12. Miami Dolphins ~ Hakeem Nicks WR North Carolina
13. New York Giants ~ Eric Wood C/G Louisville
14. Houston Texans ~ Alphonso Smith CB Wake Forrest
15. New England Patriots ~ Lawrence Sidbury DE/OLB Richmond
16. Denver Bronocs ~ ** Green Bay ** Ron Brace DT Boston College
17. Chicago Bears ~ Duke Robinson G Oklahoma
18. Cleveland Browns ~ Patrick Chung S Oregon
19. Dallas Cowboys ~ Shaun Smith CB/S Utah
20. New York Jets ~ William Moore S Missouri
21. Philadelphia Eagles ~ Rashad Jennings RB Liberty
22. Minnesota Vikings ~ Alex Magee DT Purdue
23. Atlanta Falcons ~ Marcus Freeman LB Ohio State
24. Miami Dolphins ~ Connor Barwin OLB Cinncinatti
25. Baltimore Ravens ~ Jonathan Luguis C/G Arkansas
26. New England Patriots~ LeShon McCoy RB Pittsburgh
27. Carolina Panthers ~ Rashad Johnson S Alabama
28. New York Giants ~ Jared Cook TE South Carolina
29. Indianapolis Colts ~ Juaquin Iglesias WR Oklahoma
30. Tennesse Titans ~ DJ Moore CB Vanderbilt
31. Arizona Cardinals ~ Andy Levitre G Oregon State
32. Pittsburgh Steelers ~ Mike Mickens CB Cinncinatti

Can the Irish return to prominence, is there talent in Charlie Weis or is he just the lucky benefactor of two men named Brady?

Tom Brady certainly helped Charlie Weis in the NFL and helped get him to Notre Dame.

Brady Quinn put big Charlie on his back and helped him get that fat new contract.

Now in a land without a Brady, can Charlie prove his worth?

Enter Jimmy Clausen, a loud, pompous, some times obnoxious blonde bomber from sunny California. Like Quinn, Clausen got to the field early in his Irish career. Clausen also took Quinn’s lead in rewriting the record books. Now is the important thing, as a junior can Clausen again be like Quinn and take a HUGE step forward.

I wanted to compare Clausen to Quinn, but also other QBs.

First find the standard, attempts and INTs seemed to be the key to efficiency but would that prove out?

Easiest way to start was with NFL Hall of Famers right?

Elway .031
Montana .025
Marino .030
S Young .025
Aikman .029

.03 looks good, but is that just extreme greatness or good ole boy syndrome? So I sought some current QBs…

Favre .033
P. Manning .027
Brady .037

OK so .03 looks like a ratio to predict greatness in the NFL right?

So how about great college QBs?

Peyton Manning .024 for his career at Tennessee
Brett Favre .028 for his career at Southern Miss

Eli Manning .027 for his career at Ole Miss
Matt Ryan .027 for his career at Boston College

This year’s crop?

Matt Stafford .033 career at Georgia
Mark Sanchez .032 career at USC

and if talking college QBs, the best I ever saw Brady Quinn (his ratio is wicked SICK)

Sophomore .028
Junior .015
Senior .014

NOW just how does Jimmy Clausen stack up???

Sophomore .038
Career .033

The IRISH seem to be in good hands with Clausen, and if Clausen takes the Quinn like mega step from SOPH to JR, they could be in for something special, because unlike Quinn before him Clausen is surrounded with some very good talent.

RANT on Cook!

They did want him. They did not want him.

He did want them. He did not want them.

Now his agent is on the phone with the Jets and Eric Mangini?

Sounds vaguely familiar to a nightmare I had last year.

This time however it is not a messy divorce between my all time favorite player and my favorite team. The 2009 version has Jay Cutler and the Denver Broncos nearing the precipice of irreconcilable differences in an out of control vehicle. Like the 2008 story the driver is still Bus Cook.

Almost like an overly protective father ready to beat up his son in law that might look at the pretty girl in the corner, Cook seems to turn to melt down mode whenever a team cast wondering eyes on another.

When Ted Thompson (a pretty good GM despite his one way ticket to hell for mishandling Green Bay’s GOAT) turned his eyes to Aaron Rodgers Cook went nuts. When he started making comments to ESPN about Favre not being done, and not retiring it was the first step in Cook's beat up of Green Bay.

Never mind the fact Cook was making money for his client (and himself mind you) off retirement gigs and the Madden “Favre Retirement Edition”, no he would not have his client done that way.

Cook finally convinced a Mississippi farm boy to move to New York?, because he was sure Favre still wanted to play. Never mind the fact Favre was happy in retirement, hates big cities, and was in no shape to begin a season.

While it was never said aloud; the fact that Cooks final Favre big pay day only came after Favre meet the roster date that triggered his final bonus, and had Favre not played Cook would have missed those dollars. Cooks contract also calls for him to get a % of the player part of jerseys sales. So the surge in Brett Favre Jets (like the one EO Jr. wanted and got for Christmas) jerseys and final edition Brett Favre Packers jerseys netted Cook a nice piece of change too.

So what to do in 2009 for Bus Cook; Favre is really going to Mississippi to ride his tractor (albeit with a permanently damaged right bicep), jersey sales are down, and Cook's out of touch reputation is hurting him attracting incoming rookies.

Well heck, it worked last year and Denver did look at that kid from New England uhm…

Now Cook is talking to whom; the Jets and Eric Mangini with Tampa Bay, and the threat of the NFC North’s 3 headed QB vacuums thrown in to raise the pot. The fact Mangini is now in a new city all the better right. New York sells jerseys Pennington, Favre, and Eli Manning have proved that. Cleveland? Well Brady Quinn was not even a starter when his jersey sales cracked the top 10 in the NFL.

Cutler is getting bad advice; the new offense that Denver will run is tailored to make the QB fame and fortune. Ask Drew Bledsoe, Tom Brady, Matt Cassel, hell ask Brady Quinn, and future NFL millionaire Jimmy Clausen. Forcing his way out of Denver to the vanilla offense of the Jets or Buccaneers is not conducive to Cutler making pro bowls or money. The only person that stands to gain is Bus Cook.

Sure, I am bitter about Cook forcing the divorce between Favre and Green Bay.

Sure, Cook cost me money with EO Jr’s 6th birthday present (a Cutler away jersey) and his 2008 Christmas present (the afore mentioned Favre Jets Green), but I am not just sour grapping here. Bus Cook is making a mockery of being a sports agent, to the point even that I now rank him as the #1 most evil agent in football and the #2 most evil agent in sports (in front of Drew Rosenhaus, who actually does take care of his clients needs and behind Scott Boras on the evil agent scale). The NFL needs to step in and prevent these bad recipes being served up from the kitchen of Bus Cook.

Rampant speculation on where Cutler will end up is a good topic for another post so I will defer, (duh the Jets) but I can say this Scott Boras might need to look out if Cutler ends up in Cleveland and thus cost me money on EO Jr’s 2007 Christmas present (a Quinn Cleveland Brown).