Friday, April 28, 2006

Putting the NFL 2006 draft in perspective ...

I read this great article from 1 of my favorite writers (Dan Wertzel) on the yahoo page.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=AhJaEHGHhnITOMcRmagf_XhDubYF?slug=dw-young042606&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

The great thing is that someone finally named a defensive player as a possible no. 1 pick. Most experts always say that teams don't like to spend a lot of money on people who don't score, but I say otherwise ...

You know the tired old cliche of: Defense wins championships? It's true, in almost any sport 85 times out of a 100 times the beter defensive team will win. Just look at the last NBA champs, what did they have going for them? Yup defense defense. Well even though I'm still more partial to AJ Hawk, Mario Williams would be an instant mature addition to any team in the NFL.

About Reggie Bush ... I still think he's the no.1 draft pick despite all the allegations. By the way I think the NCAA is a moneygrabbing, slavedriving, hypocritical bunch of pigheaded greedy and grumpy old men (and some women). Everyone is grabbing for the dough, except for the players who most of the time have fake they are students. This system sucks and the NBA and NFL imposing age limits (with a lot of help from the NCAA, judges and unions) doesn't help players. It's strange "justice" because everyone has the right to earn a buck (or a lot of bucks) and you get sent to Iraq at the age of 18, but you can't play in the NBA. Strange ...

My final draftorder for the first 10 picks:

1. Reggie Bush
2. Mario Williams
3. Vince Young
4. D'Brickashaw Ferguson
5. AJ Hawk
6. Matt Leinart
7. Winston Justice
8. Vernon Davis
9. Michael Huff
10. DeAngelo Williams

Sorry no Jay Cutler (no first rounder in my book) and surely no slacking LenDale White (the biggest dissapointment since mr. Clarrett).

Have nice weekend and nice draft people.

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