Official FReeper NFL Draft Live Thread

[William McKinley]

The morning headlines:

Colts: Draft day eve deal nets Huard

Texans to take QB Carr No. 1, Harrington's stock plummets

Steelers got 'wrong guys' in 1974 draft

Report: Carr's deal with Texans approved by Management Council

Donahoe not optimistic about Bledsoe trade talks

Last call - Boston Globe (Apr 19, 2002)

Football fortunetelling - USA Today (Apr 19, 2002)

Giants' Focus on Big Men May Change - NY Times (registration req'd) (Apr 19, 2002)

Crouch Ready to Play Any Position - Associated Press (Apr 19, 2002)

Rich Williams Shuns NFL's Big Bucks - Associated Press (Apr 19, 2002)

'Skins, Trotter Talk As Draft Looms - Associated Press (Apr 19, 2002)

NFL Teams Ready to Gamble at Draft - Associated Press (Apr 19, 2002)

Miami Players Sought in NFL Draft - Associated Press (Apr 19, 2002)

The anticipation a rush for Green - Boston Globe (Apr 19, 2002)

It's Heavy on Tackles, Light On Linebackers - Washington Post (Apr 19, 2002)

[William McKinley]

ROUND 1
#	Sel#	Team	Player	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	School
1	1	Houston	David Carr	QB	6-3	225	Fresno State
2	2	Carolina
3	3	Detroit
4	4	Buffalo
5	5	San Diego
6	6	Dallas
7	7	Minnesota
8	8	Kansas City
9	9	Jacksonville
10	10	Cincinnati
11	11	Indianapolis
12	12	Arizona
13	13	New Orleans
14	14	Tennessee
15	15	N.Y. Giants
16	16	Cleveland
17	17	Atlanta
18	18	Washington
19	19	Denver
20	20	Seattle
21	21	Oakland (from Tampa Bay)
22	22	N.Y. Jets
23	23	Oakland
24	24	Baltimore
25	25	New Orleans (from Miami)
26	26	Philadelphia
27	27	San Francisco
28	28	Green Bay
29	29	Chicago
30	30	Pittsburgh
31	31	St. Louis
32	32	New England

[William McKinley]

Bump

[Dominic Harr]

Predictions on which team will make the biggest reach with their first-rounder?

And on which first-rounder will be this year's 'Ryan Leaf'?

[Dales]

Leaf was a once in ten years proportion bust. I mean, there have been quarterbacks taken very high who have tanked, but I don't think many people thought Andre Ware was going to be the best player out of his draft. Many people thought Leaf would be.

[ken5050]

Remember Tony "what's his name"..it began with an "M", I think...the OL picked number one about 15 years ago..he was obviously a steroid nut job....he was about the biggest bust ever...thought the Oklahoma lnebacker Brian..??..came close..

[ken5050]

Turn on C-span.....the "Rally against America"..then turn on the NFL draft and look at the crowd.....how do you tell the difference? (g)

[Dales]

The Boz!

[buccaneer81]

My boys don't have a pick until #86! Jon Gruden had better be worth it!

[habs4ever]

You mean Tony Mandarich? and Bosworth next...Boz was cut short with injuries, but still a fine talent.It's always the later rounds that net the gems, players like Terrell Davis coming out of nowhere.

[Texaggie79]

ping

[Mad Dawgg]

Oh My Gawd The Browns Drafted A RB?

Hope they get some OL to go with him

Word is he hates to block!

ARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH

[Dales]

My G-men FINALLY took a TE. It has been so aggravating haivng Cross be our best TE option.

[Dales]

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[Diddle E. Squat]

Two Longhorns taken in the top 5, how many Aggies so far?

[Diddle E. Squat]

There's something hilarious watching Jets fans who have no clue who the Jets just picked, go into default 'boo-mode'.

[Dales]

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No, I am not a Jets fan, I am a Giants fan. But I kinda like seeing the Green folk do ok, as long as I can still make fun of them.

[Dan from Michigan]

Joey Harrington goes to the Lions. The next in a long line of legendary Lion QB's....Mike McMahon(has promise), Charlie Batch, Scott Mitchell, Andre Ware, Rodney Peete, Chuck Long.....

I hope Morninwig can actually develop a QB.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Well, at least I hear the new stadium is going to be nice.

I had always hope that the Lions would go far with Barry Sanders, too bad it didn't happen. One of my favorite NFL memories was seeing Sanders burn the Cowboys for 199 yards at Texas Stadium on a Monday Night. Lions won with an overtime field goal. Some good turkey day upsets in Pontiac, too. For some reason the Lions often rose to the occasion on Thanksgaving.

[Dales]

Honestly, I have always thought the Lions problem was more head coaching than QBing. Batch isn't great, but you could win with batch. McMahon isn't good, but you can get by with McMahon.

One of my favorite Lions' highlights was a Batch/Sanders play. Batch gave the ball to Sanders who ran a fake draw sweep to the right. He got all the way to about 2/3 of the way to the right sideline, and then hit the brakes and reversed field. Batch, who basically had not moved from when he handed the ball off, did not look to block or anything like that. No, as soon as Barry hit the brakes to go the other way, Batch turned his back on the play, made the ref's "TD" signal with his arms, and started walking off the field as Barry ran past him and the defense, scoring on a 20 yard run at the left sideline after he ran about 45 yards on the play.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Great story.

BTW, I think the "Chrysanthemum? But she got cat!" spot has got to be headed to the TV commercial hall of fame. It STILL makes me laugh.