Here is the In Thin Air Official Draft Thread:
The In-Thin Air Draft Thread
News
– QB Paxton Lynch is fading on a lot of teams draft boards as of late and may slide all the way down to #31.
– The city of Philadelphia wants to host the 2017 NFL draft.
– Mike Mularkey, coach of the Tennessee Titans, says it’s nice to have a bunch of picks going into the draft but, it will take more than one year to turn the franchise around.
– The San Diego Chargers are probably not going to pick T Laremy Tunsil but rather, T Ronnie Stanley.
– There has been some talk that LB Myles Jack will slide down the draft board.
– Chris Kleiman, coach for the North Dakota State Bison, says QB Carson Wentz ran a NFL-like offense. I have watched film of him and I can confirm that statement. He ain’t lying.
– DeMaurice Smith declared at the NFLPA meeting that the NFLPA will never apologize for fighting for it’s players.
– QB Ryan Tannehill told media the other day that there are no hard feelings between them and DT Ndamokung Suh not showing up to offseason team activities.
– QB Aaron Rodgers still gets nostalgic at his 2005 draft slide to the Green Bay Packers.
– Former Browns coach Mike Pettine states his two biggest mistakes were his first two picks of the 2014 draft.
Analysis
– Kevin Seifert gives his ten things to watch for during the NFL draft.
– Sharon Katz ranks the best and worst drafting teams when it comes to Round 1. The Denver Broncos are 17th.
– Dan Graziano analyzes the potential picks for the New York Giants.
– Final Mock Draft from PFF. Broncos select TE Hunter Henry with the #31 pick.
– Two-Round Mock from NFP. Broncos select T Germain Ifedi from Texas A&M and then take Bronson Kaufusi, DE, BYU.
– Mock from Greg Gabriel. Hell no the Broncos aren’t selecting QB, Connor Cook, MSU.
– Walter Football Mock. Broncos select S, Vonn Bell, Ohio State.
– DraftBreakdown mocks: DE Chris Jones, Mississippi State; QB Connor Cook, MSU; DE/OLB Kevin Dodd, Clemson; DL Vernon Butler, LA Tech.
– Here are some real interesting stats about prospect’s statistics in their college career that you all may want to take a look at.
– Chase Stuart notes that mock drafts don’t have anyone selecting a WR in the top 21 but have three WRs being selected in the top 24.
Broncos
– LB Von Miller expects his mega-deal to be done any day now and that his decision not to show up to offseason activities is not personal, it’s just business.
– The Broncos front office do not believe that the Eagles are going to trade QB Sam Bradford at all.
– Jeff Legwold tells the story of how CB Chris Harris had everybody over for his draft party and then busted horribly when he didn’t get drafted.
Preach!
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