***SBR NFL Draft CONTEST***

[slacker00]

To the whiners: go to hell. Somebody went to the work to set up this contest. SBR let this contest take up board space. BetOnline put up some prizes. If you don't like it, STFU. There was a chance to offer suggestions for over a week, where were you then? I know it happens every time there's a contest, and maybe I'm just in a bitchy mood right at this moment, but you whiners need to grow up.

Thanks mofome, SBR, BetOnline and anyone else behind the scenes for setting up this contest. Some people do appreciate the work that gets done around here.

[SBR Lou]

To the whiners: go to hell. Somebody went to the work to set up this contest. SBR let this contest take up board space. BetOnline put up some prizes. If you don't like it, STFU. There was a chance to offer suggestions for over a week, where were you then? I know it happens every time there's a contest, and maybe I'm just in a bitchy mood right at this moment, but you whiners need to grow up.

I was interested in the contest in the suggestions thread, but I felt it may be too much of a googling contest and I mentioned that then. Just because I or anyone else didn't like how it was executed, doesn't mean we shouldn't be able to offer feedback after the fact. I would assume honest feedback would be looked at come the next draft contest whether NBA or NFL.

There's no need to get personal like the previous poster did, it's just a contest, not everybody needs to be in unanimous agreement at how awesome it is.

[Sportsgirl]

But to open a new acccount for this - don't think so. Over/under on those who did so is 1.

Badnina and I both opened new accounts for this. And don't say it's cuz we're girls or we don't gamble - you said 1 was the over/under for opening a new account just for this: 2 that I know of did.

As far as everything else you've said, it's your right to opine, and, while some of it may be true, this contest was ment to be fun - not to be over-analyzed and have the fun sucked right out of it. So what if no one gets any of the top 10 correct - someone is going to win some money without having to risk a dime.
I for one had a great time looking at players and deciding who I thought would bring the most to each team. But, I love the NFL and having something like this to do at this time of year was fun.

Ritehook, you've made some interesting posts at this forum, and if you recall, I've agree with you a time or two, but in this case, sadly, we are not on the same page.

[Sportsgirl]

I was interested in the contest in the suggestions thread, but I felt it may be too much of a googling contest and I mentioned that then. Just because I or anyone else didn't like how it was executed, doesn't mean we shouldn't be able to offer feedback after the fact. I would assume honest feedback would be looked at come the next draft contest whether NBA or NFL.

There's no need to get personal like the previous poster did, it's just a contest, not everybody needs to be in unanimous agreement at how awesome it is.

Intelligent and useful feedback comes not from negativity, but from positive imput. Give us your scenario for running a draft contest and let's see how it campares.

[2Pac]

1) Jake Long
2) Chris Long
3) Glenn Dorsey
4) Mcfadden
5) Clady
6) Matt Ryan
7) Matt Ryan
8) Matt Ryan
9) Sedrick Ellis
10) Sedrick Ellis
11) Keith Rivers
12) Keith Rivers
13) J. Stewart
14) J. Stewart
15) J. Stewart
16) Aquib Talib
17) Aqib Talib
18) Aqib Talib
19) J. Stewart
20) J. Stewart
21) D. Jackson
22) D. Jackson
23) D. Jackson
24) Limas Sweed
25) L. Sweed
26) L. Sweed
27) L. Sweed
28) Felix Jones
29) A. Cason
30) A. Cason
31) A. Cason

2) Brohm

[raiders72002]

1.OLT Jake Long, Michigan
2. DE Chris Long, Virginia
3. QB Matt Ryan, Boston College
4. RB Darren McFadden, Arkansas*
5. DT Glenn Dorsey, LSU
6. OLB Vernon Gholston, Ohio State*
7. CB Dominic Rodgers-Cromartie, Tennessee State
8. OG-OT Branden Albert, Virginia*
9. DE Derrick Harvey, Florida*
10. DT Sedrick Ellis, USC
11. CB Leodis McKelvin, Troy
12. OLT Ryan Clady, Boise State*
13. RB Jonathan Stewart, Oregon*
14. OT Chris Williams, Vanderbilt
15. LB Jerod Mayo, Tennessee*
16. RB Rashard Mendenhall, Illinois*
17. OT Jeff Otah, Pittsburgh
18. OLB Keith Rivers, USC
19. OT Gosder Cherilus, Boston College
20. CB Mike Jenkins, South Florida
21. DE Phillip Merling, Clemson*
22. WR Devin Thomas, Michigan State*
23. WR James Hardy, Indiana*
24. WR Limas Sweed, Texas
25. DT Kentwan Balmer, North Carolina
26. S Tyrell Johnson, Arkansas State
27. CB Brandon Flowers, Virginia Tech*
28. RB Felix Jones, Arkansas*
29. LB Curtis Lofton, Oklahoma*
30. OT-OG Sam Baker, USC
31. S Kenny Phillips, Miami (Fla.)*

[raiders72002]

Slayton 8

[R3Sports]

time to close this up!

[slacker00]

I was interested in the contest in the suggestions thread, but I felt it may be too much of a googling contest and I mentioned that then. Just because I or anyone else didn't like how it was executed, doesn't mean we shouldn't be able to offer feedback after the fact. I would assume honest feedback would be looked at come the next draft contest whether NBA or NFL.

There's no need to get personal like the previous poster did, it's just a contest, not everybody needs to be in unanimous agreement at how awesome it is.

If you want to offer suggestions for a 2009 NFL draft contest, your best bet is to offer suggestions in the weeks leading up to the 2009 NFL draft while contest proposals are being taken. At the very least, start a new thread titled "2009 NFL draft contest suggestions." to share your opinions. Putting these comments in the main thread comes off as shallow criticism.

I'm not waving a flag that this is the most awesome contest ever. But, I see that somebody put some work into making this contest happen at all, and I think it's immature to try to undermine that effort in any way.

[raiders72002]

2. Dan Conner
3. Terrell THomas
4. Justin Harper
5. Jamar Adams
6.Jamey Richard
7 Chase Ortiz

[5 star bomb]

Round 1:
1) Jake Long
2)Glenn Dorsey
3)Matt Ryan
4)Darren McFadden
5)Chris Long
6)Vernon Gholston
7)Keith Rivers
8)Sedric Ellis
9)Derek Harvey
10)Leodis Mckelvin
11)Devin Thomas
12)Branden Albert
13)Jonathan Stewart
14)Ryan Clady
15)Jerod Mayo
16)Rashard Mendenhall
17)Jeff Otah
18)Chris Williams
19)Aqib Talib
20)Desean Jackson
21)Phillip Merling
22)Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie
23)Gosder Cherilus
24)Cailus Campbell
25)Kentwan Balmer
26)Quentin Groves
27)Brandon Flowers
28)Felix Jones
29)Duane Brown
30)Kenny Phillips
31)Tyrell Johnson


First pick in round No. 2: Chad Henne

First pick in round No. 3: John David Booty

First pick in round No. 4: Mario Manningham

First pick in round No. 5: Marcus Monk

First pick in round No. 6: DJ Hall

First pick in round No. 7: Amarri Jackson


Bonus player: (3 points) Jeremy Leman MLB Illinois: 115th pick


Tiebreaker: Steve Slayton RB WVU: 98th pick

[2Pac]

Round 1:
1) Jake Long
2)Glenn Dorsey
3)Matt Ryan
4)Darren McFadden
5)Chris Long
6)Vernon Gholston
7)Keith Rivers
8)Sedric Ellis
9)Derek Harvey
10)Leodis Mckelvin
11)Devin Thomas
12)Branden Albert
13)Jonathan Stewart
14)Ryan Clady
15)Jerod Mayo
16)Rashard Mendenhall
17)Jeff Otah
18)Chris Williams
19)Aqib Talib
20)Desean Jackson
21)Phillip Merling
22)Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie
23)Gosder Cherilus
24)Cailus Campbell
25)Kentwan Balmer
26)Quentin Groves
27)Brandon Flowers
28)Felix Jones
29)Duane Brown
30)Kenny Phillips
31)Tyrell Johnson


First pick in round No. 2: Chad Henne

First pick in round No. 3: John David Booty

First pick in round No. 4: Mario Manningham

First pick in round No. 5: Marcus Monk

First pick in round No. 6: DJ Hall

First pick in round No. 7: Amarri Jackson


Bonus player: (3 points) Jeremy Leman MLB Illinois: 115th pick


Tiebreaker: Steve Slayton RB WVU: 98th pick

LET IT BE NOTED THAT 5 STAR BOMB MISSED THE 3PM CUTOFF

[Sportsgirl]

I kinda figured that NO would trade up and maybe take the #7 pick, but I didn't see the Jags trading up. Although, it makes sense. Baltimore will likely take a QB first round and which ever one they want will probably still be available at #26. Smart move.

[Cee]

I kinda figured that NO would trade up and maybe take the #7 pick, but I didn't see the Jags trading up. Although, it makes sense. Baltimore will likely take a QB first round and which ever one they want will probably still be available at #26. Smart move.

Seems like New Orl did well. I thought they would go cb. As they were the worst pass coverage in the league IMO.

Jax needs DE , seems like they got harvey too early. He's overrated to me.

Henne to balt?

[5 star bomb]

LET IT BE NOTED THAT 5 STAR BOMB MISSED THE 3PM CUTOFF

I got my picks in before the draft started.

[slacker00]

I kinda figured that NO would trade up and maybe take the #7 pick, but I didn't see the Jags trading up. Although, it makes sense. Baltimore will likely take a QB first round and which ever one they want will probably still be available at #26. Smart move.

Yep. Baltimore was pretty committed to QB as their first pick. Maybe they thought Ryan could fall to them. The experts didn't really seem to think the Falcons would take Ryan for some reason. Ryan isn't really #3 pick overall type of quality, but apparently the next years draft will be QB poor which increases Ryan's value.

[Sportsgirl]

Seems like New Orl did well. I thought they would go cb. As they were the worst pass coverage in the league IMO.

Jax needs DE , seems like they got harvey too early. He's overrated to me.

Henne to balt?

Because I thought NO might take the Pats pick, I had Ellis at No. 7 - wouldn've been a good pick for NE, too, imo.

I've got Brohm going to Balt. - but maybe that's because I just got back from a business trip to Louisville

[Sportsgirl]

Yep. Baltimore was pretty committed to QB as their first pick. Maybe they thought Ryan could fall to them. The experts didn't really seem to think the Falcons would take Ryan for some reason. Ryan isn't really #3 pick overall type of quality, but apparently the next years draft will be QB poor which increases Ryan's value.

Yep, I had Atlanta taking Ryan - the Falcons needed to squash rumors that Vick would return after jail to their team. I think taking a QB as their No. 1 pick did that. But, it didn't occur to me that when Ryan was gone before the 8th, it was to Baltimore's benefit to trade that spot. Brohm will still be around at 26th, I think.

[ritehook]

IF IT WAS JUST THE TOP 10, AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN: The Great Diatche had 7. THE WINNER! Or should have been.

Junkyard Dog and Raiders both had 6, pickd in right order. Hey, nancy, you had 5! Right, with the tradeups (as I figured would happen once ty within the first 10) it foils the reasoning.

As I said, just making this a Top 10 pick would have pointed up a winner. (Ties could have been decdided by naming the trade-down teams etc. And no, I wasn't going to offer this up
BEFORE the contest was announced, as it was doubtful until a few days before the event. And, no one asked me!!)

All those other rules were useless. Unless, as i noted, they were expecting 2 million entries.

[Cee]

Because I thought NO might take the Pats pick, I had Ellis at No. 7 - wouldn've been a good pick for NE, too, imo.

I've got Brohm going to Balt. - but maybe that's because I just got back from a business trip to Louisville

Might be a good choice. I like henne over brohm. But who knows really. You may be right

I had NE going LB, i think they did the best so far in the draft. IMO they liked mayo over rivers anyways , so they traded down a bit and got their guy. Will be interesting to see where they ranked rivers/mayo on their draft board.

KC stole my guy, cee angry now

[ritehook]

And yeah, it's legit, as crazyl said, to critique a contest here, as well as anything else. I slammed the CBS NCAA March Madness contest here, and was seconded by a mod (Justin)

Because something originiates with SBR we can't critique it? Can't f'rinstance say that such and such book should be a C, not an A?

Mo's effort in getting this is appreciated. But, sorry, it was poorly conceived. But perhaps BoL came through so late tht he didnt have tht much time to plan it out better.

[Sportsgirl]

Might be a good choice. I like henne over brohm. But who knows really. You may be right

I had NE going LB, i think they did the best so far in the draft. IMO they liked mayo over rivers anyways , so they traded down a bit and got their guy. Will be interesting to see where they ranked rivers/mayo on their draft board.

KC stole my guy, cee angry now

Cee - KC stole MY guy!!!! I so wanted that kid in Pittsburgh
I had KC taking Jeff Otah - maybe the Steelers will get him.

[ritehook]

btw, nancy, you would have come in foiurth (5 direct matches)and won some money in my quickly conceived idea as to how to the contest should have come down.

If BoL will hire me as a consultant next year -LOL - I'l devise a contest that will have even non-draftniks eager to get into it - since there are a lot of "fans" of certain teams here, maybe something along the lines of picking the player "your" team will take - not in top 7 tho.

And with a few tie breakers.

Enough neg critiques for me for the weekend.

[Sportsgirl]

IF IT WAS JUST THE TOP 10, AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN: The Great Diatche had 7. THE WINNER! Or should have been.

Junkyard Dog and Raiders both had 6, pickd in right order. Hey, nancy, you had 5! Right, with the tradeups (as I figured would happen once ty within the first 10) it foils the reasoning.

As I said, just making this a Top 10 pick would have pointed up a winner. (Ties could have been decdided by naming the trade-down teams etc. And no, I wasn't going to offer this up
BEFORE the contest was announced, as it was doubtful until a few days before the event. And, no one asked me!!)

All those other rules were useless. Unless, as i noted, they were expecting 2 million entries.

Yeah, Nance! Anyway, Ritehook, I think the above is the proper way to "critque" a contest. Not by knocking it, but instead by offering helpful suggestions for the future.

[Cee]

And yeah, it's legit, as crazyl said, to critique a contest here, as well as anything else. I slammed the CBS NCAA March Madness contest here, and was seconded by a mod (Justin)

Because something originiates with SBR we can't critique it? Can't f'rinstance say that such and such book should be a C, not an A?

Mo's effort in getting this is appreciated. But, sorry, it was poorly conceived. But perhaps BoL came through so late tht he didnt have tht much time to plan it out better.

When you make statements like this

"This was constructed by someone who doesn't know much about the NFL draft."

Which have no basis. It's tough to take what u say seriously.

It's a free contest. If u hafta pay for it, fine then knock it. The rules are more challenging like this. Doing 10 picks, all u hafta do is copy everyone's mocks online and you can do well easily.

There was reports long was 2nd pick right before the draft. ATL taking a qb wasnt tough. Oak taking a rb wasnt tough. Then u figure dorsey next. So the 1st 5 picks were easy as hell. If u trusted the media.

[Cee]

Cee - KC stole MY guy!!!! I so wanted that kid in Pittsburgh
I had KC taking Jeff Otah - maybe the Steelers will get him.

Pitt is always fine on OL tho! Eagles need otah. Our OL is terrible

[Sportsgirl]

Pitt is always fine on OL tho! Eagles need otah. Our OL is terrible

we lost Faneca to the Jets, tho

[Cee]

Chances philly drafts otah 85% if hes avail

[Cee]

we lost Faneca to the Jets, tho

faneca is guard ainna? Otah is tackle

[Sportsgirl]

Chances philly drafts otah 85% if hes avail

wanna bet on it

[Cee]

cee hearts balt now yesssssssssssss

[Cee]

wanna bet on it

where's pitt going now with no OL avail?

[Sportsgirl]

faneca is guard ainna? Otah is tackle

yeah, but, Albert is gone as my hoped for replacement for Faneca. I think Otah makes a good addition to an O-line in Pittsburgh that needs help in any position. Albert was just the pipe dream I was having ... it started right after my 10-second Jake Long dream.

[Cee]

yeah, but, Albert is gone as my hoped for replacement for Faneca. I think Otah makes a good addition to an O-line in Pittsburgh that needs help in any position. Albert was just the pipe dream I was having ... it started right after my 10-second Jake Long dream.

Otah in PA

Just not a western pa team

[slacker00]

1.OLT Jake Long, Michigan
2. DE Chris Long, Virginia
3. QB Matt Ryan, Boston College
4. RB Darren McFadden, Arkansas*
5. DT Glenn Dorsey, LSU
6. OLB Vernon Gholston, Ohio State*
7. CB Dominic Rodgers-Cromartie, Tennessee State
8. OG-OT Branden Albert, Virginia*
9. DE Derrick Harvey, Florida*
10. DT Sedrick Ellis, USC
11. CB Leodis McKelvin, Troy
12. OLT Ryan Clady, Boise State*
13. RB Jonathan Stewart, Oregon*
14. OT Chris Williams, Vanderbilt
15. LB Jerod Mayo, Tennessee*
16. RB Rashard Mendenhall, Illinois*
17. OT Jeff Otah, Pittsburgh
18. OLB Keith Rivers, USC
19. OT Gosder Cherilus, Boston College
20. CB Mike Jenkins, South Florida
21. DE Phillip Merling, Clemson*
22. WR Devin Thomas, Michigan State*
23. WR James Hardy, Indiana*
24. WR Limas Sweed, Texas
25. DT Kentwan Balmer, North Carolina
26. S Tyrell Johnson, Arkansas State
27. CB Brandon Flowers, Virginia Tech*
28. RB Felix Jones, Arkansas*
29. LB Curtis Lofton, Oklahoma*
30. OT-OG Sam Baker, USC
31. S Kenny Phillips, Miami (Fla.)*

I think we can hand the 1st place trophy to raiders. Nice picking. Also, nice waiting to the last minute to post. I didn't realize the top 5 would basically be leaked immediately before the draft. Nice work as usual by Chris Mortensen.