NFL Draft Open Thread

Submitted by Captain on

Let the party begin, first up Carolina. 

Who they should draft:  Patrick Peterson.

Who they will draft:  Cam Newton.

My anticipated reaction:  myarrrghidontlikethatguy.

exmtroj

April 28th, 2011 at 8:12 PM ^

Newton is going to get crushed at Carolina.  He has no receivers, the defense isn't good, the O line isn't great despite what the NFL Network guys are saying.  He's going to play 3 high quality teams in-division twice each year, two of which are elite-level teams with elite QB's.  If you aren't a Panthers fan, it's going to be fun to watch.

ryebreadboy

April 28th, 2011 at 10:46 PM ^

I will thoroughly enjoy watching that.  I detest Cam Newton and I really really hate it when sports announcers are like "oh, he made a mistake when he stole that laptop".  Okay, I make mistakes but they don't involve theft.  It may have been a "mistake", but that doesn't make it inexcusable.  Not to mention the whole pay-for-play thing, which I totally think he was complicit in.

BlueAggie

April 28th, 2011 at 8:18 PM ^

I love to see Von Miller going here.  He made a tough decision to come back to school last year, and it paid off big time for him.  The opinion of Miller down here rivals the opinion of Denard in Ann Arbor.  (And a similar guy in that he frequently used his high profile to draw attention to the other athletic teams on campus.)  Great day for a great guy.

SwaggLikeUs

April 28th, 2011 at 9:07 PM ^

rumors(and tweets) about Chad Johnson to Detroit. After this pick it seems more likely that Cincinnati keeps TO and sends #85 packing. I'd like to have him as a Lion, as it'd be a big improvement over Bryant Johnson. The two CJ's and Burleson would be a nice receiving corp

UMichYank11

April 28th, 2011 at 8:33 PM ^

With all the talks about trading down and such, Patrick Petersen shouldn't have gone to the Cardinals.  There must be something changed about pick trading because all day today and yesterday I heard the Cardinals are all but guarenteed to trade out of the #5 slot.  Petersen is a beast but I would take Chuck Woodson any day anywhere!

UMWest22

April 28th, 2011 at 8:36 PM ^

how ESPN announces who the pick is before the commish actually announces it.  It really takes away from the intrigue of the draft.

Agh.  Beaten to it.  Also, the trade hasn't even been announced yet...

Waffles

April 28th, 2011 at 8:37 PM ^

Wow, Atlanta gave up a lot of that pick. This years 27th pick, their 2nd and 4th round pick, and next years 1st and 4th round pick.  I think that was too much.

M-Wolverine

April 28th, 2011 at 8:37 PM ^

And a BIG jump up.
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<br>Whoa...gave up too much. Good move by Browns. Sounds weird saying that.