R. Rich

No. What, are you new to the Wall? You know how the mob operates 'round here, especially @ this time of year.

And that's the point, William: w/ the way the cap has gone up, $25 million isn't a huge salary. It's still a lot of money, but not in relation to the cap and to some of the salaries that have been given out for linemen this offseason.

W/ the 49ers picking right before the Bills, there's a strong chance that Willis will be gone. Now, would I take the deal and swap first round picks to acquire Turner? Sure. Well, then what to do w/ the 30th pick? Again, this is if I were the GM, I'd look to bolster the offensive line by taking a guy I think can be a real star in the pros: C Ryan Kalil of USC. I'd look to draft David Harris in the 2nd round, then go after some CB help in the 3rd. Since this draft is not a great one for corners, I wouldn't bypass the chance to upgrade @ center (Fowler's very technically sound, but is too weak) and bring in a tough, smart MLB to overspend on this group of corners. Of course, this is just my take on things. I'm quite sure there's little or no chance of Kalil ending up in Buffalo once the draft gets underway.

You shouldn't hate.

You're beginning to lose me here... ...and I'm gone.

No, but there was this kicker from Ohio State that......... Never mind. That wasn't this draft. My bad.

Agreed. I personally don't believe that the first round would turn out the way it did in this mock (a little too line-heavy, I think; the draft hardly ever goes the ideal way), especially in regard to Peterson.

Awesome. I remember my brother being all psyched when he got to meet Dr. Harry Edwards (the noted sports psychologist). He said the guy's just a phenomenal conversationalist. Not too preachy either, which I would've thought he'd be. I'll bet working w/ Dr Walker was a constant learning experience, huh? Someone w/ his credentials, I'll bet it was something else.

It takes all kinds, Dean. Critique away.

Man, would I have loved to be @ that function. What a treat it must've been for you.

I hear ya. This mock draft sucks. It's stupid. WTF are you guys thinking? You're all a bunch of idiots. Man, do I love this sideline GM stuff!

Or...Green Bay could simply wait for either Peterson or Lynch to fall to them. Why, if there's 2 good RBs available and their pick is just 4 selections away, would they deal up and lose another pick to get one particular player?

ROUND THREE 65. Atlanta (from Green Bay via Oakland) Tim Crowder, DE, Texas 66. Detroit Daniel Bazuin, DE, Central Michigan 67. Cleveland David Irons, CB, Auburn 68. Tampa Bay Josh Beekman, G, Boston College 69. Arizona LaMarr Woodley, DE/LB, Michigan 70. Denver (from Washington) Brandon Siler, LB, Florida 71. Atlanta (from Green Bay via Miami) Ryan Harris, T, "That School" 72. Minnesota Doug Free, T, Northern Illinois 73. Houston Paul Soliai, DT, Utah 74. Buffalo Zach Miller, TE, Arizona State 75. Cleveland (from Atlanta) Samson Satele, C, Hawaii 76. San Fransisco Jacoby Jones, WR, Lane College 77. Pittsburgh Quentin Moses, DE/LB, Georgia 78. Oakland (from Green Bay) Mario Henderson, T, Florida State 79. Jacksonville Sabby Piscitelli, S, Oregon State 80. Tennessee Victor Abiamiri, DE, "That School" 81. NY Giants Mike Otto, G/T, Purdue 82. St. Louis Ikaiika Alama-Francis, DE, Hawaii 83. Carolina Kevin Kolb, QB, Houston 84. Kansas City Aundrae Allison, WR, East Carolina 85. Seattle Scott Chandler, TE, Iowa 86. Denver Derek Landri, DT, "That School" 87. Dallas Manuel Ramirez, G, Texas Tech 88. New Orleans Zak DeOssie, LB, Brown 89. NY Jets Troy Smith, QB, Ohio State 90. St. Louis (from Philadelphia) Stephen Nicholas, LB, South Florida 91. New England Michael Johnson, S, Arizona 92. Buffalo (from Baltimore) Jonathan Wade, CB, Tennessee 93. San Diego Antonio Pittman, RB, Ohio State 94. Chicago Jordan Kent, WR, Oregon 95. Indianapolis Craig Davis, WR, LSU 96. San Diego (compensatory pick) Buster Davis, LB, Florida State 97. San Fransisco (compensatory pick) John Wendling, DB, Wyoming 98. Indianapolis (compensatory pick) Doug Datish, C, Ohio State 99. Oakland (compensatory pick) Turk McBride, DT, Tennessee

ROUND TWO 33. Miami (from Green Bay via Oakland) Justin Blalock, G, Texas 34. Detroit Brandon Meriweather, DB, Miami 35. Tampa Bay LB Lawerence Timmons, LB FSU 36. Cleveland DeMarcus "Tank" Tyler, DT NC State 37. Chicago (from Washington via NY Jets) Trent Edwards, QB Stanford 38. Arizona Tony Ugoh, T, Arkansas 39. Cleveland (from Atlanta via Houston) Michael Bush, RB, Louisville 40. Green Bay (from Miami) Brian Leonard, RB, Rutgers 41. Minnesota Sidney Rice, WR, South Carolina 42. San Fransisco Quinn Pitcock, DT, Ohio State 43. Buffalo David Harris, LB, Michigan 44. Green Bay (from Atlanta) Ben Patrick, TE, Delaware 45. Carolina Arron Sears, G/T, Tennessee 46. Pittsburgh Ryan Kalil, C, USC 47. Oakland (from Green Bay) James Marten, T, Boston College 48. Jacksonville Drew Stanton, QB, Michigan State 49. Cincinnati Brandon Mebane, DT, California 50. TennesseeMarcus McCauley, CB, Fresno State 51. NY Giants Rufus Alexander, LB, Oklahoma 52. St. Louis Daymeion Hughes, CB, California 53. Dallas Steve Smith, WR, USC 54. Oakland (from Green Bay via Kansas City) Johnnie Lee Higgins, WR, UTEP 55. Seattle Justin Harrell, DT, Tennessee 56. Denver Tanard Jackson, CB, Syracuse 57. Philadelphia Eric Wright, CB, UNLV 58. New Orleans Anthony Gonzalez, WR, Ohio State 59. NY Jets Joe Newton, TE, Oregon State 60. Miami (from New England) Jason Hill, WR, Washington State 61. Baltimore Justin Durant, LB, Hampton 62. San Diego Eric Weddle, S, Utah 63. NY Jets (from Chicago) Tim Shaw, LB, PENN STATE 64. Tampa Bay (from Indianapolis) Aaron Rouse, S, Virginia Tech

Here's the results: ROUND ONE 1. Oakland JaMarcus Russell, QB, LSU 2. Detroit Joe Thomas, OT, Wisconsin 3. Atlanta (from Cleveland) Calvin Johnson, WR, Georgia Tech 4. Tampa Bay Gaines Adams, DE, Clemson 5. Arizona Alan Branch, DT, Michigan 6. Washington Amobi Okoye, DT, Louisville 7. Minnesota Jamaal Anderson, DE, Arkansas 8. Cleveland (from Atlanta via Houston) Brady Quinn, QB, "That School" 9. Miami Levi Brown, OT, PENN STATE 10. Houston (from Atlanta) LaRon Landry, S, LSU 11. San Francisco Patrick Willis, LB, Mississippi 12. Buffalo Adrian Peterson, RB, Oklahoma 13. Philadelphia (from St. Louis) Reggie Nelson, S, Florida 14. Carolina Greg Olsen, TE, Miami (FL) 15. Pittsburgh Paul Posluszny, LB, PENN STATE 16. Kansas City (from Green Bay) Adam Carriker, DE, Nebraska 17. Jacksonville Jarvis Moss, DE, Florida 18. Cincinnati Leon Hall, CB, Michigan 19. San Diego (from Tennessee) Robert Meachem, WR, Tennessee 20. N.Y. Giants Darrelle Revis, CB, Pittsburgh 21. Denver Charles Johnson, DE, Georgia 22. Dallas Chris Houston, CB, Arkansas 23. Green Bay (from Kansas City) Marshawn Lynch, RB, Cal 24. New England (from Seattle) Dwayne Jarrett, WR, USC 25. N.Y. Jets Anthony Spencer, DE, Purdue 26. St. Louis (from Philadelphia) Ted Ginn Jr, WR, Ohio State 27. New Orleans Aaron Ross, CB, Texas 28. New England Michael Griffin, S, Texas 29. Baltimore Joe Staley, OT, Central Michigan 30. Tennessee (from San Diego) Dwayne Bowe, WR, LSU 31. Chicago Ben Grubbs, OG, Auburn 32. Indianapolis Jon Beason, LB, Miami (FL)

Thanks again to everyone. We'll do this again next year.

Indianapolis, by proxy, selects Doug Datish, C from Ohio State and w/ the final selection in our 3 round mock draft... Oakland selects Turk McBride, DT from Tennessee This concludes the mock draft. Thanks to all of the participants. It was fun. See ya next year 'round draft time!

San Fransisco is on the clock.

Back to back Busters, eh? Okay.

Your choice. Either works for me.

San Diego's next pick is up.

Indianapolis, by proxy, selects Craig Davis, WR from LSU San Diego is back on the clock.

I just sent silvermike a PM to let him know that his pick was up. He's online and was checking out this forum. Guess he's okay w/ this pick.

Chicago is on the clock.

Buffalo selects Jonathan Wade, CB from Tennseess San Diego is on the clock.