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Darius Robinson and Dieon Blue are both players although they played out of position in college. Both should flourish at safety. I'm really really surprised we didn't bring in OT Tiny Richardson from Tennessee.

Go back and watch the Iron Bowl. He got abused all game by a true freshman. He's going to get eaten alive as a OT and won't play it at the next level.

Cyrus will be lucky to play at all this year. His knee is mangled.

I like Moses but not at OT. He will be a beast at OG and I'd definitely take him. Drugs or not I'd take a chance on Seantrel Henderson late.

Moses isn't an OT at the next level. Tuitt would be a great pick. Cyrus is going to fall because his knee has been savaged by surgeries at bama. He also has no lateral quickness and is consistently beat by speed rushers. He'll kick inside to guard at the next level if he can pass a physical.

..of the season (provided everyone is healthy)? DE Marcel Dareus NT Kyle Williams DE Dwan Edwards OLB Shawn Merriman ILB Kelvin Shepard ILB Paul Posluszny (If re-signed) OLB Arthur Moats CB Leodis McKelvin CB Terrance McGee SS Aaron Williams FS Jarius Byrd

Ryan Mallet is this draft's Ryan Leaf.

DT Nick Fairley - Was the most dominant defensive player in a decade in the decade's most dominant conference in the NCAA. Man of great character, a leader on and off the field, unbelievable work ethic and great motor. Any negative stuff you've heard about him is laughable (He's a dirty player. LOL). QB Cam Newton. See above but add that he just might be the most athletic and most resilient QB to ever come out of college football. My hunch is that he's going to Carolina at no. 1 because they aren't stupid enough to listen to rhetoric and ignore the facts on the field. CB Patrick Peterson - As close to a can't miss as you can get. Will start from day one and is a guy whose skills and measurables can simply be summed up with one word: Elite. -----

Pretty

Pretty impressive.

I would be ecstatic if that's how our draft began.

Are you drunk? Fairley is a 6-5 320 who lead the SEC in sacks and TFL and is as agile as he hostile. He could play NT or DE in a 3-4 or either DT in a 4-3 and will be as or more dominant as Suh in ANY defensive scheme. Dareus couldn't carry Fairely's jock. Do people not realize that Fairley didn't even play football until his SENIOR year in HS....as an offensive lineman? Yes, that's right. He's been playing DT for three season total and is going to go no. 1 overall in the NFL draft after dominating CFB. Marcel Dareus? Pffft.

Ryan Mallet=Ryan Leaf. Both are dumb as a bag of hammers, immature, cannon armed and very low football IQ and are TERRIBLE under pressure.

i'm not saying he's the next Michael Jordan. Jesus. i'm saying that the scenario of Michael Jordan's drafting is very similar. Any team that passes up on him is going to regret for a very, very long time. I also didn't say Cam or die. i'm making the case that he is indeed a once in a generation player at the QB. I'm not sure he declares either but if he does I hope we don't make the mistake of passing on him.

So you are admitting that there is any proof whatsoever other than you just KNOW he did something wrong? WTF? That's common sense? Maybe where you come from it is but in the world I live in I need a little more than a "hunch. As far as the cheating goes he did cheat. My point is that NOBODY gives a sh*t. It happened when he was frosh and he's been a model citizen since. It is not accurate to say he EVER faced expulsion because he never did. Do you have a link to an on the record source that can provide the document that shows he was scheduled for a hearing? You can't and the reporter that's using this info is a reporter that has BEEN FIRED for lying about a story. As far as the laptop that's pretty old news but again he's been a model citizen since his freshman year in college. I honestly could not possibly care less. And if you don't know that all of this came from Megan Mullen then you really have no idea what's going with this whole story. That was confirmed by Sports Illustrated writer who also had all of this information but chose not to write about because as he put it "It was bs from people who had an axe to grind". No one said Urban Meyer was controlling the NY Times. I stated the fact that Peter Thamell is Urban Meyer's go to guy in the print media (Shad and Schlabach are his guys at in TV at ESPN) and he coordinated his story with his very close friend Thayer Evans. What about my username leads you to believe that I live in Alabama? Prolly that same crack detective work that's got you to the point where you don't need "proof" but just a good "hunch" in order to decide if someone has done something wrong. If you're wondering how I know so many details on this situation it comes from a source in NCAA compliance. You absolutely have ZERO idea what you are talking about and I do. How many years did Michael Jordan do it at UNC? And for the record to compare Aaron Maybin's year to arguably the greatest year by a QB in a generation (NCAA record for passing efficiency, over 4,000 yards of total offense, led the SEC in rushing as a QB) doesn't make alot of sense but if Cam actually had a Madden-like season the year before when he won the JUCO national championship and had even better numbers. To comprehend the season he had against the competition that he achieved it against makes it even more impressive. Also, I didn't say he was can't miss. NO ONE is can't miss. He's also not once in a decade type talent. He is a once in a generation type player. Think Elway but much faster, more physical and with the moves of a tailback. If you don't get that and dismiss it as simple exaggeration then I can't help you. Don't you have to provide me something where he said he didn't know anything about his father coming if you are going to insinuate that he said he didn't know his father was coming and lied about it? That article says the ATHLETIC DIRECTOR didn't know and he did not receive tickets from the University. But again this is something his FATHER did and not Cam and in your warped belief system this apparently is an example of a character flaw in the son??? Tebow craps on Cam in all other accounts? Are you drunk? What statistics or metric are you using to determine that because NOTHING exists to support that opinion. If Cam does come out he will be a top 5-10 pick after his combine and pro day performances. It also looks like Fairley is going to go no. 1 overall with Bowers going no. 2. I guess you could take CB Patrick Peterson (Who Cam humiliated on the run of the year vs LSU when he OUTRAN a Cb with 4.4 speed to the endzone - think about that btw). Like Olajuwon, he'll be a good player. I'd rather draft Michael Jordan, in this case he's Cam Newton.

He was never kicked out of Florida. The source for that story - written by Thayer Evans (A reporter that was FIRED by the Houston Chronicle for fabricating a story about some extravagant party hosted by Texas for a bunch of recruits that didn't happen) is not exactly a journalist. In fact - people familiar with the situation confirmed that Cam Newton had never been before the disciplinary board and was not in fact EVER facing expulsion. Plus, I cheated on a paper when I was 17 I'm sure. I'd guess 90% of this board did as well. Can anyone give me anything this kid (Not his father) has done since his days at UF that warrant labeling him a character risk? Kid has been a model citizen since he left there.

Did you reallyjust post a story from TMZ in response to a request to provide something credible? hahahahahaha. That's awesome. Also, TMZ is the ONLY news outlet to report this fantasy that was invented on a message board and it's bs. The fact is the there is an FBI investigation but it's target is Kenny Rogers. You're also correct about an NCAA investigation but they are investigating Miss. State as to why they continued to recruit a student-athlete after receiving a solicitation for benefits by Kenny Rogers allegedly on behalf if Cecil Newton. Also, the quote you are attributing to Cam about the money being too much at Auburn is from a completely discredited story by Joe Schad of ESPN. He's the guy that - just in the past month - also announced Mike Leach had accepted the job at Maryland (Randy Edsall is the new HC), Gus Malzahn has accepted the HC job at Vandy (Steve Franklin is the new HC there), Jon Gruden has been hired as the next HC at Miami (Al Golden is the new HC), and Les Miles would accept the HC job at UM if offered (Brady Hoke is their new HC) and who could forget the announcement that Bob Stoops HAD SIGNED A CONTRACT to become the next HC at Notre Damw? Also, Schad's story used two anonymous sources which have since been revealed as Jody Wright, a current GA at Alabama and former Assoc. AD at Miss. St., , and Dan Mullen's wife Megan. Jody Wright told Schad that Megan Mullen told HIM that Cam said this. The NCAA looked into this the week of the UGA game and interviewed both Wright and Mullen. Mullen said she never heard Cam say anything like that and would not corroborate Wright's story. The NCAA looked into all of this stuff in July of 2010 and again when people at Alabama started pushing this story (GA's don't take it upon themselves to start leaking info to ESPN on their own) to ESPN and Urban Meyer started pushing it to his hero worshiping lap dogs at the NY Times (Thayer Evans of FoxSports used to work at the NY Times with the person he has been coordinating pieces with - Peter Thamell.). Cam Newton absolutely did not know anything about this solicitation - Which is one of the main reasons he is eligible at AUBURN (He would not be eligible at Miss. St. since the solicitation took place there not at the school he enrolled at) and of there was ANY evidence to the contrary it would have been found by now. So to be clear the argument you are making is that because his FATHER has character issues we should not draft a once in a generation QB? Gotcha.

So you're saying you've only watched a couple of games and haven't looked at his stats? Gotcha.

...and you and this franchise will regret it for as long as we exist. He's a really special player who is a great passer.

To be honest I think he's closer to John Elway but much faster and with the moves of a RB.

Win a big game? At Alabama this year? SEC Championship game? Those are pretty big games. Come from behind? Auburn has come from behind in 8 games to win but the biggest was likely the Alabama game after being down 24-7 to win it 28-27. He is a once in a generation athlete who set an NCAA record for passing effeciency who is 6-6 250 and run a legit 4.4 40. Passing on him for anyone else will be the equivalent to teams passing on Michael Jordan for Clyde Drexler and Sam Bowie. He instantly gives this team a chance to win every game, he has no character issues and is a born leader. His pro day, combine and BCS performance tonight will likely push him to the no. 1 pick with Luck being out. You prolly don't believe that but it's true.

QB Cam Newton - Auburn with our first pick. Then jump back into the 1st round and grab DE Cameron Heyward - tOSO toward the bottom of the round. Then take an injured FS Mark Baron - alabama. Guy is an elite Safety but has a torn pectoral right now and might fall to us.

Didn't say he'd change the game. I said he would transform the perception of our franchise and be a very exciting team to watch - win or lose - until we get defense addressed.

This franchise will know what it feels like to be the Portland Trailblazers if we pass on QB Cam Newton out of Auburn. The guy is the Michael Jordan of the upcoming NFL draft and taking anyone else would be tantamount to picking C Sam Bowie from Kentucky if he's still on the board. 6-6 250 runs a legit 4.5/40 and has the moves of a RB to go with an accurate and cannon of an arm. He's more than a franchise QB. He's a franchise transforming QB and a once in a generation athlete. Whatever we need on defense can be found toward the end of the first round where we should trade our 2nd and another pick for a pick around the 25- 28 range.

I think if we miss out on drafting Jake the Snake that Ryan Mallet of Arkansas would be the next QB off the board. Definitely not Ponder.