NFL this week

Originally Posted by japoelflaco

Any word if there are going to be good defensive players in the next draft??
The Raiders and the Chiefs probably need them before a good QB, hey SF got to the NFC Championship game with Alex "freaking" Smith.

The SEC is always a good breeding ground for defensive players, this years draft will be more about defense than offense, very few senior offensive powerhouses coming out. . . Notre Dame has quite a few good defensive seniors, they are going to be gutted next year.

Originally Posted by japoelflaco

But you are right, Smith's value has increased a la Matt Flynn.

none of the "available" qbs are franchise worthy, the sad thing is the cardinals are going to go after one or more of them. it's really hard remaining a cardinal fan, if they go after vick it's game over for me personally. as a new resident of colorado it may be time to become a bronco fan

[Rodac]

Originally Posted by TGJamey

The SEC is always a good breeding ground for defensive players, this years draft will be more about defense than offense, very few senior offensive powerhouses coming out. . . Notre Dame has quite a few good defensive seniors, they are going to be gutted next year.

Barrett Jones: Offensive line - Bama
DJ Fluker: Offensive guard - Bama
Dee Millener: Defensive back - Bama
Eddie Lacy: Offensive back - Bama
Chance Warmack: Offensive line - Bama

All Americans coming out, but first things first.
Notre Dame defense will be gutted on 01/07/13.

[sports_fan39]

we could do with 2-3 OL (Rams)

[lonewolfz28]

Originally Posted by japoelflaco

Any word if there are going to be good defensive players in the next draft??
The Raiders and the Chiefs probably need them before a good QB, hey SF got to the NFC Championship game with Alex "freaking" Smith.

A couple good starting points for getting up to speed on the 2013 draft: http://walterfootball.com/draft2013charlie.php
http://fftoolbox.com/nfl_draft/2...mock-draft.cfm

Just some names to watch out for during the bowl games:
Jarvis Jones, OLB, Georgia
John Jenkins, DT, Georgia
Alec Ogletree, ILB, Georgia
Star Lotulelei, DT, Utah
Damontre Moore, OLB/DE, Texas A&M
Manti Te'o, ILB, Notre Dame
Bjoern Werner, OLB/DE, Florida State
Xavier Rhodes, CB, Florida State
Johnathan Hankins, DT, Ohio State
DeMarcus Milliner, CB, Alabama
C.J. Mosely, ILB/OLB, Alabama
Jesse Williams, DT, Alabama
Dion Jordan, OLB/DE, Oregon
Johnthan Banks, CB, Mississippi State
Barkevious Mingo, DE/OLB, LSU
Sam Montgomery, DE/OLB, LSU
Sheldon Richardson, DT, Missouri
Alex Okafor, DE, Texas
Kenny Vaccaro, S, Texas
Matt Elam, S, Florida
Kawann Short, DT, Purdue
Jordan Poyer, CB, Oregon State
Tony Jefferson, S, Oklahoma
David Amerson, CB, N.C. State
Ezekiel Ansah, DE, BYU
Logan Ryan, CB, Rutgers

More names will likely get added as some underclassmen may still declare for the draft. Depending on how they play in their own bowl games, the Senior Bowl/East West Shrine game and how they perform at the Combine, these names should all rise and fall in popularity for the top two rounds many times before the draft.

[DarthVergessenheit]

Richard Sherman got robbed should be the one going to the Pro Bowl this year.

Originally Posted by DarthVergessenheit

Richard Sherman got robbed should be the one going to the Pro Bowl this year.

Is that you or is that the Adderall talking..?

Only 5 NFC linebacker spots and SF has three of them. (2 of them starters),
and both starting safeties are from SF as well.

He's not a starter, but Justin Smith got on there as well.

9 spots total...very respectable.

[lonewolfz28]

Originally Posted by thefrostqueen

Only 5 NFC linebacker spots and SF has three of them. (2 of them starters),
and both starting safeties are from SF as well.

He's not a starter, but Justin Smith got on there as well.

9 spots total...very respectable.

Yup, good showing by the 9'ers defense. At least those guys are actually still good, unlike guys that still get in on past reputation...cough...Jeff Saturday...cough.

There were several others I think shouldn't have made it because there were better candidates at their position. But, we all know it's a popularity contest and more than anything.

[DarthVergessenheit]

Richard Sherman won the appeal against his four game suspension.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/87...peal-suspended

Originally Posted by DarthVergessenheit

Richard Sherman won the appeal against his four game suspension.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/87...peal-suspended

More like he lucked out that the person taking his sample put it in another cup.
Personally I think he was guiltier than shit.

According to the written decision, Sherman's sample cup began leaking, to which the tester grabbed another cup and transferred the sample. Documentation of the leaking cup was not originally on the submitted report following the test and only when asked by a supervisor in October did the tester acknowledge the sample being transferred from the original cup.

The tester later gave testimony that he'd never experienced a leaking cup before, yet didn't feel the situation rose to the level of needing to be included on his report.

I doubt that the other cup the guy transferred it to had Adderall in it.