2015 NFL Draft Thread

[smeags]

so, i see that mds is still a douchebag piece of ish.  awesome.

He's the kind of nerd that routinely got his head shoved in the toilet by the cool Jewish kids at the synagogue.

[hunt]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/05/01/andy-reid-helped-cost-the-eagles-another-one-last-week/

The guy Chip Kelly replaced as the coach of the Eagles might have helped cost him the guy he wanted most in this draft.
According to Peter King of Sports Illustrated, a conversation between Titans coach Ken Whisenhunt and Chiefs coach Andy Reid last week helped convince Whisenhunt to hold onto the second pick in the 2015 NFL Draft and take Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota.

Reid told Whisenhunt about the 1999 draft, when Mike Ditka was running the Saints (into the ground), and offered his entire draft so he could take running back Ricky Williams. Reid's Eagles said no thanks, used their pick on Donovan McNabb, and were set at quarterback for a decade.

The chance at that kind of stability at the position was the key for Reid in his first year as head coach.

"I was talking to Andy today,'' Whisenhunt told King. "He told me the story about Ditka offering a whole draft for his pick. I understood what Andy was saying. It certainly helped solidify what I was thinking—that's for sure."

So while it's not exactly Reid's fault that Kelly's plan to build an all-Duck army of kung fu killers was spoiled, the former Eagles coach might not have helped.

Granted, the Titans should have known taking a near-sure thing at quarterback was the right call without affirmation, but hearing it from someone else might have solidified the wisdom of it.

you guys can thank andy.

[MDS]

philly was the 3rd highest rated market for the draft (which overall was down 25%, but that had more to do with the lack of manziel than anything)

the power of MM

[QB Eagles]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/05/01/andy-reid-helped-cost-the-eagles-another-one-last-week/

That story is so farging stupid.

"I talked to a guy who selected a QB high in the draft, and the QB did well, so I decided to draft a QB high in the draft."

[rjs246]

It's gonna be so great in three years when MM gets cut for being awful and Chip brings him in to much blah blah blah.

CANNOT WAIT.

[Zanshin]

Yup.

[General_Failure]

I don't think Chip's going to be here in three years.

[Zanshin]

Good odds there, too.

[ice grillin you]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/05/01/andy-reid-helped-cost-the-eagles-another-one-last-week/

That story is so farging stupid.

"I talked to a guy who selected a QB high in the draft, and the QB did well, so I decided to draft a QB high in the draft."

the wonderful world of PFT

[Don Ho]

So a Super Bowl coach has to be told by another coach to hang on to the second pick of the draft?  Genius.

I'm moving on.  Would have been nice but not at the price Titans wanted.  Did you hear Phil savage?  The difference between #20 and #50 is almost nothing.  Agholor will be fine.  Chip will get the most out of him.  Like IGY, I would have been more excited about Dorsett.  I would have been happy with any of the 3 (Agholor, Dorsett, Perriman). 

Now get us some youth at OL, a beast at Safety/CB, and we'll pray a QB falls in Chips lap.

[ice grillin you]

i didnt read the article but did it happen to mention that neither andy reid nor ken whisenhutt are the gm's of their respective teams and dont have final say on anything

[MDS]

the fact that florio just makes things up and everyone knows yet people still actively read him is abject insanity to me

then again sports fans are lunatics

[ice grillin you]

the link is the biggest eagle fan troll job ever....saying andy reid cost the team mm is actually pretty brilliant...of course like you say it doesnt work unless you have cranial lumps willing to click it...and theres tons of those out there

[ice grillin you]

tonights hopes and dreams

round 2

pj williams – CB – really good press cover corner which chip loves...but I think his future is to become a great safety

danielle hunter – edge – massive amounts of upside...needs to be coached up but his measurables are sick

eric rowe – S – another college corner....but he played for utah which means hes too slow to play corner in the nfl...move him to safety and you have something

randy gregory (edge) – again a guy chip would never take...but i can dream big that if hes somehow there when they pick that chip goes HAM...dooks a top 10 talent

round 3

senquez golson – CB – my man....love this guy...again too small for chip but a super playmaking cornerback who will struggle against really big wideouts and isnt going to get jump balls but can play slot or outside and will guard anyone...size may push him to the 4th round

chris conley – WR -  outside guy who can stretch...would be a good red zone guy as well...love the SEC...chip had him in for a visit which gives hope for this pick

sammie coates – WR – huge package of skills but so rough around the edges...would be hard to see chip taking him...but has a chance to be a #1 wr down the road

[QB Eagles]

the link is the biggest eagle fan troll job ever....saying andy reid cost the team mm is actually pretty brilliant...of course like you say it doesnt work unless you have cranial lumps willing to click it...and theres tons of those out there

Not only is it a bad story, it's nicked from Peter King, who at least had the sense to add "Now, let me make it clear: Reid did not ruin the Eagles' chances of trading for Mariota. That would be overly simplistic and, honestly, false. But it's quite a coincidence that the coach Kelly replaced, in the hours before the draft, gave Whisenhunt one more reason to say yes to Mariota and no to Kelly."

But just think of how stupid the whole concept is. Ditka also offered the same bonanza to the Browns, who turned him down and drafted Tim Couch. I wonder if the Browns GM from that time would give the same advice as Reid about ignoring the trade offers.