Whoa! Didn’t Mean To Be Gone So Long!
* - if you’re not a subscriber to the Warroom over at The SportingNews website, you should become one. It’s only $4.95 a month or $39.95 a year. They currently have their 2009 Mock First Round, 2009 Top 99 Prospects, and 2009 Prospects by Position available.
* - Chris Steuber of Scout.com checks in with his Top 10 QB Prospects of 2009.
* - here’s Steuber’s updated Top 19 Prsopects Overall.
* - Pro Football Weekly has a profile on Boise State RB Ian Johnson.
* - a 2010 mock first round from walterfootball.
* - Matt McGuire of walterfootball is now teaching Draftology
* - here’s the Great Blue North’s current prospect database
* - and here’s TheFootballExpert’s Top 54 for 2009
that’ll do for now. I’ll continue catching up in the next few days.
A Couple of Things
* - Pro Football Weekly profiles Graham Harrell
* - not really draft-related, but Peter King delivered a helluva commencement address at Ohio University earlier this year
Some Recent Updates
* - Chris Steuber of Scout.com updates his Big Board
* - Scout.com has also updated its evaluations of nearly 1,000 high school recruits!
* - in the first of a series of prospect profiles, Pro Football Weekly takes a look a Virginia OLT Eugene Monroe
* - oh, by the way, I am now officially in the employ of Consensus Draft Services, so feel free to swing on by and check us out!
Another Round of Tidbits
* - here’s Pete Prisco’s list of each NFL team’s most overrated and underrated player.
* - Dennis Dillon provides us with a behind-the-scenes look at being an NFL scout.
* - Pat Kirwan gives us a list of potential first-time Pro Bowlers for 2008.
* - Gil Brandt has his rundown on the seniors to watch for the 2009 Draft.
The Latest Tidbits
* - Ross Tucker of Sports Illustrated chimes in with his views on what makes a good NFL offensive lineman
* - Tucker also ranked the importance of each OL position
* - the homepage of the folks over at Consensus Draft Services offers both their Top 10 Prospects for 2009 and their Mock First Round for 2009.
* - I just purchased the college football preview magazine from the folks over at Lindy’s Sports today. I haven’t read it in any depth yet, but a cursory glance showed that not only did it contain a Top 50 overall prospects list, but also a Top Ten NFL Talent list for each conference.
Some Random Bits Of Info
* - here’s walterfootball’s prospect rankings, position-by-position
* - walterfootball has compiled its own list of 2009 mock drafts, updated daily!
(and please forgive me for being a typical male pig, here, but is that girl Tim Tebow is pictured with ridiculously hot, or what?!)
* - while this site is intended to be primarily draft-related, I also intend to provide free agency information when possible. Why? Because what happens to a team in free agency can significantly affect how a team approaches the draft. Holes can be created and filled via free agency, increasing or decreasing a team’s desire to address a position via the draft. With that in mind, here’s a first couple of looks at who may be available on the free agent market come February:
* - a quick look by nfl.com’s Adam Schefter
* - a position-by-position breakdown from the folks at kffl.com
* - let’s really look into the future, shall we? Scout.com has their top 300 high school recruits here
* - ESPN’s Bill Williamson talked with ex-Bronco GM Ted Sundquist about how he approached the draft process
* - SI-com’s Michael Lombardi, a former NFL personnel man, has some words of wisdom about mock drafts
* - here’s Lombardi’s take on the offseason process for today’s NFL teams
More Lists of Names to Keep An Eye On
* - Al Fronczak of East Coast Sports News gives us his offensive prospects…
* - and his defensive prospects
* - a 2009 mock 2nd round?!
* - Matt McGuire’s (of walterfootball) mock 1st round
* - Greg Haefner’s (also of walterfootball) mock 1st round
A Couple of New Top Tens
* - Mel Kiper chimes in with his…
* - and Russ Lande of The Sporting News gives us his
