SB Nation's Mock Draft - Podcast by Yahoo! Sports' Shutdown Corner

by Rexx on Apr 21, 2009 10:28 AM EDT Comment 20 comments

FILE - In these university handouts and file photos top college football prospects for the 2009 NFL Draft are shown. They are: Clay Matthews, Rey Muauluga, Aaron Maybin, LeSean McCoy, Fili Moala, Eugene Monroe, William Moore, Knowshon Moreno, Shawn Nelson, Hakeem Nicks, Michael Oher and Brian Orakpo. (AP Photo)

9 months ago: FILE - In these university handouts and file photos top college football prospects for the 2009 NFL Draft are shown. They are: Clay Matthews, Rey Muauluga, Aaron Maybin, LeSean McCoy, Fili Moala, Eugene Monroe, William Moore, Knowshon Moreno, Shawn Nelson, Hakeem Nicks, Michael Oher and Brian Orakpo. (AP Photo)

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The sharp guys over at Yahoo! Sports NFL Blog, Shutdown Corner, did an audio version of the entire first round of SB Nation's Mock Draft. They had all the NFL bloggers call in and leave their pick on a voice mail. Then they taped a "virtual" show, where they were the analysts and used the voice mails to announce the picks. Next they did a full commentary on each pick after each blogger announced it, just like Mel Kiper and the guys do it for real. It came out pretty good for a first run. You can click here to listen to it, and although it is around 90 minutes long, perhaps you'll want to skip up to my pick at #26 for ther Baltimore Ravens. You'll find the beginning commentary leading up to the pick at around 1:09 into the piece, with my pick and narrative at 1:10:30. The post-pick commentary on my selection of UNC WR Hakeem Nicks was that they wondered aloud that if Nicks did not have that incredible bowl game, would he even be considered a top wideout? They also mentioned that he scored an 11 on his Wonderlic, but noted that the entire wide receiver class did relatively poorly on the test.

So head on over to Shutdown Corner, which also keeps regular tabs on SB Nation's NFL blogs as well.

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All the top WRs are blockheads

11-15 for every one of them but Maclin (22 i think)

I got Summer hatin' on me cuz I'm hotter than the sun. Spring hatin' on me cuz I ain't never sprung
Winter hatin' on me cuz I'm colder than Y'all. And I will never, I will never, I will never Fall.
-Lil Wayne, Mr. Carter

by shake n bake on Apr 21, 2009 10:46 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Big deal

Just run fast, catch the ball and run fast again! Duh!

Rexx

by Rexx on Apr 21, 2009 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

the further away from the ball on O (and to a lesser extent on D)

the less intelligence matters.

A dumb center can’t recognize fronts and make line calls*, a dumb QB can’t make reads (* cough, cough VINCEYOUNG, cough cough *)

tackles and guards have to know what the other guys around them are doing to make sure every defender gets accounted for.

backs and WRs just have to learn their assignments, then it’s just read and react.

*I remember on my sophomore football team the coaches hated that the starting center coming into the year was short and 140lbs. Right up until they started running plays in camp, one guard asked about his assignment on a certain play, then the center explained the entire line’s assignment on that particular play/front.

by shake n bake on Apr 21, 2009 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

passed on pettigrew and the de's?

notice you passed at 26 on robert ayers and tyson jackson at de and brendon pettigrew. i like nicks but i don’t think oz would make that pick with those 3 on the board especially at the de position. i think i understand your preference for nicks over pettigrew (though i bet oz would take pettigrew) but would love to hear your reason for passing on ayers and jackson.

by Fandemonium on Apr 21, 2009 1:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Tough call

and Ozzie would probably take Pettigrew, as he is the best TE in the entire draft. I knew that going in, but I got to make the pick and this was my chance to take the guy I WANTED, and of course, I want Nicks. Three years from now when he continues to make highlight reel grabs and is an All Pro on the defending Super Bowl Champs, you will say what a friggin’ genius I was. OKAY!?

Rexx

by Rexx on Apr 21, 2009 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i understand now ...

it was your pick and not what you thought the oz would do – props to you for that.

and i’ll be honest … part of me totally agrees with you and hopes we really do take nicks even over those 3.

he quite possibly could be our anquan boldin.

by Fandemonium on Apr 21, 2009 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

at a much cheaper price

but thank god for Ozzie, as he is much better at this than I obviously am.

Rexx

by Rexx on Apr 21, 2009 6:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

don't feel too badly ...

he’s also better than most of the other nfl gm’s too!

by Fandemonium on Apr 21, 2009 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

should have taken ty jackson IMO. Could get Nicks in round 2 easily. If not then someone just as talented like Igluasies or however you spell it.. Nice stuff over there though.

by davidhusker on Apr 21, 2009 1:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

If we could get Jackson or Pettigrew in round one

and then someone like Robiskie in the second, I’d be more than satisfied. But I doubt that type of talent will be there, and I did not like the singer’s son!

Rexx

by Rexx on Apr 21, 2009 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

agreed...

Robiskie is a good fit, high character, tough, makes plays in traffic, tall and strong enough to out physical most corners for the catch…

by adh on Apr 22, 2009 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The quality was terrible

And those guy’s voices were terrible to listen to. I just skipped to the Ravens pick and thought it was fair. Football speed, Crabtree and Nicks are the top 2.

Those freaking phones in the background were so annoying and no way they were actually getting that many phone calls. Amateur sports talk radio shows are so bad. But nice job Rexx.

You have to hate losing more than you love winning.

by Mr MaLoR on Apr 21, 2009 2:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I was wondering

if the phones were purposeful background noises to make it seem like the real Draft. One guy sounded much clearer than the other. However, I give them their props for sticking with it for 90 minutes.

Rexx

by Rexx on Apr 21, 2009 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

BOOOOOO

Why pass on Pettigrew? C’mon man, I thought we agreed Saturday that he would be the pick over Nicks or DHB…

That said, solid pick otherwise.

by DT711 on Apr 21, 2009 2:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

And Tyson Jackson

BPA Rexx, BPA!

by DT711 on Apr 21, 2009 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m pretty sure that the Ravens would take Jackson and Ayers over Nicks. I doubt that both Jackson and Ayers will be available, though.

by BAL_Hawk on Apr 21, 2009 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

But if they are we have to take em, especially Jackson

by DT711 on Apr 21, 2009 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I like Ayers more than Jackson. Ayers played for Tennessee, a school with a long tradition of scary defensive lineman (Reggie White, Albert Haynesworth, John Henderson, Shaun Ellis, Leonard Little). I believe Ayers has more upside.

by BAL_Hawk on Apr 21, 2009 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs