Blokestradamus

Still my favourite http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/dsprofile.php?pyid=66723&draftyear=2009&genpos=RB

I sense a high degree of BS with this one. I've seen others reporting mid 4.4 to 4.5 flat range, which I can buy.

Don't shatter things for 99% of people that think snaps under center is how to ID a "pro-style" offense.

He was more of a natural Daniel. Never going to forgive him for thinking the Australian flag was the Union Jack.

I vote for Kentucky's Stanley Williams. For multiple reasons: He's a Stanley - I need to fill my quota of proper English-sounding blokes since Nigel left. He's a running back - we need a few more of those. His nickname is Boom - that just reeks of awesome.

With that contract, not like we have a choice

Because I've been very Bills-centric with what I've watched and written about, mock drafts are a good way of taking time away from that to assess the rest of the league. Even if it's just as simple as spending time reading through depth charts to get a feeling for a teams' biggest deficiencies. I assess scheme fits and skill sets for fun but I lose a little perspective at times on where they best fit within a 32-team league. I don't think I've ever published a full 32-pick 1st round mock because I'm pretty **** at slotting players. I think I nailed 4 last year and that included the 2 QB's that we knew about

My mother doesn't have a basement, thank you very much!

For a second, I thought you meant Bo Levi Mitchell.

Patrick Towles!!!

I remember the good old days when you used to crack one off to Sam Darnold. http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/topic/191308-tank-for-sam-darnold-sc-qb-2nd-coming-of-brady/?do=findComment&comment=4197172

I wasn't being nasty about anything. You just didn't get the joke.

!@#$ing hell, how low is the life expectancy where you live?

Does he even lift, bro?! https://twitter.com/MoveTheSticks/status/846611957339713536

We have "Cardale from his knees" style arm strength videos. Cue hysteria. https://twitter.com/RosterWatch/status/847845972340334594

Roby, Miller, Wolfe, Trevathan, Jackson, Paradis, Ray in 5 drafts. If that was Whaley, he'd get skinned for it

Elway offered Osweiler $16m/year and drafted Paxton Lynch. I can think of other words to use to describe him.

And Tavon Austin wasn't worth the 8th pick. Far be it for me to tell teams how to draft. Gimme picks

@MikeGarafolo VCU basketball player Mo Alie-Cox has informed NFL teams he will work out for them as a TE on April 11 near Richmond, VA. 6'7", 250 pound power forward. Turns 24 at the start of his potential rookie year. 85" arm span.

Biggest issue was technical regression. He's never been a high and tight delivery QB at the best of times but his windup got so pronounced last year. Not on Bortles, just an evaluation failure on the Jags part. Thankfully, I never bought into the hype (deletes all Zach Mettenberger-related tweets).

In the grand scale of things, I'm not sure you could call Bortles anything but. His regression last year put him squarely in the basement of starting QB's.

QB4 for me but he was always bound to grade fairly poorly in a couple of areas. I'm still a believer in the talent he possesses but I'm still not convinced that his ceiling (which is ultimately Aaron Rodgers-ish) is completely attainable. If the Bills take a shot to find out, I'll support them doing so. Might as well swing for the fences. Sane goes for Kizer; I like what he can be. He's QB2 because I see an easier/quicker path to his ceiling being reached.

At no point have we ever professed to be SI or ESPN (I'd be making a much better living if we were, trust me). As for the Fanspeak thing, the Draft Wire site used it for a simulation mocking for every team. If Luke is struggling to be taken seriously, how did he land an exclusive interview with the best player in the 2017 draft class? http://draftwire.usatoday.com/2017/03/29/exclusive-myles-garrett-spends-a-day-with-draft-wire/ It's a fun tool to play around with and, as I've explained when I used it for a mock draft a couple of months ago, it helps to keep personal bias out of it by taking composite rankings over my own personal value. That comes out much more when I write about a prospect. I'm not a fan of the multi-page layout either. I think it's cheap and a bit tacky, to be perfectly honest but it's a tool that pretty much every non-major site uses to boost traffic numbers. Again, don't like it, don't read it. It's hardly rocket science. I've not read some things on BR in the past because of it, it's not hard to do. I'll relay your suggestions and I thank you for the feedback. Maybe next time, just put them across in a more constructive manner.

To some degree, I jumped off the bandwagon I helped to create. The joys of a fluid process.