NFL DRAFT 2005 - LIVE THREAD

NFL and ESPN | 4-23-05

[Dan from Michigan]

I'm starting a live thread. Draft is on now. San Francisco is on the clock.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Could have easily been worse. And that's a sad statement to make on a day where you have two first round picks.

[No Blue States]

Oh goodie, it's the Viqueens turn to pick. It will be interesting to see how they mess this one up. Perhaps a punter from France?

Viking fans:

[mainepatsfan]

You hold him more responsible than #7 for the Broncos?

[Dog Gone]

Hey, don't trust me. I thought the 49ers were going to select Rodgers, lol.

Then again, maybe they will in the 2nd round.

[crabapple joe]

yeah but how many rushing yards and tds did Harrington have

As previously posted, Harrington had more combined yards and more combined TDs (19 to 17) than Vick. I'm not a big Harrington fan but I just get tired of all the Vick hype, coupled with criticism of other quarterbacks who put up equal or better numbers (usually quarterbacks who are not described as "athletic" if you get what I mean). As for the playoffs, Dan Marino never won a Super Bowl but he's in the Hall of Fame based on his statistics.

[1john2 3and4]

Owners, by and large, seem to be too conservative a bunch to actually consider drafting a whole team. But for out-of-the-box thinking, Oh man, it would be awesome. I might even watch a thug-league game or two :)

[IndyTiger]

1 SF Alex Smith * (QB)
2 Mia Ronnie Brown * (RB)
3 Cle Braylon Edwards * (WR)
4 Chi Cedric Benson * (RB)
5 TB Carnell Williams * (RB)
6 Ten Adam Jones * (CB)
7 Min Troy Williamson * (WR)
8 Ari Antrel Rolle * (CB)
9 Was Carlos Rogers * (CB)
10 Det Mike Williams * (WR)
11 Dal Demarcus Ware * (OLB)
12 SD Shawne Merriman * (DE)
13 NO Jammal Brown * (OT)
14 Car Thomas Davis * (S)
15 KC Derrick Johnson * (OLB)
16 Hou Travis Johnson * (DT)
17 Cin David Pollack * (DE)
18 Min Erasmus James * (DE)

[dread78645]

ROUND 1
#	Sel#	Team	Player	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	School
1	1	San Francisco	Smith, Alex D.	QB	6-4	212	Utah
2	2	Miami	Brown, Ronnie	RB	6-0	233	Auburn
3	3	Cleveland	Edwards, Braylon	WR	6-3	211	Michigan
4	4	Chicago	Benson, Cedric	RB	5-10	222	Texas
5	5	Tampa Bay	Williams, Carnell	RB	5-11	217	Auburn
6	6	Tennessee	Jones, Adam 'Pacman'	CB	5-11	187	West Virginia
7	7	Minnesota (from Oakland)	Williamson, Troy	WR	6-1	203	South Carolina
8	8	Arizona	Rolle, Antrel	CB	6-0	202	Miami (Fla.)
9	9	Washington	Rogers, Carlos	CB	6-0	199	Auburn
10	10	Detroit	Williams, Mike	WR	6-5	229	Southern California
11	11	Dallas	Ware, Demarcus	DE	6-4	247	Troy State
12	12	San Diego (from N.Y. Giants)	Merriman, Shawne	OLB	6-4	253	Maryland
13	13	New Orleans (from Houston)	Brown, Jammal	OT	6-6	313	Oklahoma
14	14	Carolina	Davis, Thomas	FS	6-1	231	Georgia
15	15	Kansas City	Johnson, Derrick O.	OLB	6-3	234	Texas
16	16	Houston (from New Orleans)	Johnson, Travis	DT	6-4	290	Florida State
17	17	Cincinnati	Pollack, David	DE	6-2	261	Georgia
18	18	Minnesota	James, Erasmus	DE	6-4	263	Wisconsin
19	19	St. Louis
20	20	Dallas (from Buffalo)
21	21	Jacksonville
22	22	Baltimore
23	23	Seattle
24	24	Green Bay
25	25	Washington (from Denver)
26	26	Oakland (from N.Y. Jets)
27	27	Atlanta
28	28	San Diego
29	29	Indianapolis
30	30	Pittsburgh
31	31	Philadelphia
32	32	New England

[Dog Gone]

ROFL

[Dan from Michigan]

A lot of top defenders came from Wisconsin. I think he'll do a good job for you.

[mainepatsfan]

You maybe right. He could win up being a number one pick after all! Just not the first round.

[No Blue States]

I regret being a toddler and missing the great Packers of the 60s.

Although I well remember the Cowboys and Steelers in the 70s, mostly from the adults shouting at the tv..lol

[Dan from Michigan]

Rams pick Alex Barron, Florida State. Lineman.

[commish]

It still might turn out to be a good day for Minnesota. Williamson is a good reciever and will stretch the field, and James is a very good DE. The only problem with James is the Vikings have replaced the head case they had is Moss with another one (James is another player known to not go all out everyplay). Plus thier are injury concerns with James.

[Txsleuth]

Don't trust me, I am a fan and fans are never to be trusted when it comes to knowing anything---LOL

BTW, Texas Rangers 10
NY Yankees 1

Cowboys UP!

[mainepatsfan]

Bulger won't be able to complain about pass protection.

[Dan from Michigan]

Kyle Turley....talk about a headcase. Helmet toss!!!!

[No Blue States]

The Yankees must have the flu.

Come on Boys, make the right choice!

[dread78645]

No denver 1st rd pick? Hmmm.

traded away #25 w/ 'skins

[Colonel_Flagg]

Well, we've got three rush ends ahead of him (Udeze, Johnstone and Darrion Scott). Hopefully he will work out.