I'm just a sports junkie trying to spread my "Sportsledge" to anyone that will listen. I'll try to be as objective and unbiased as possible but as we all know we bleed the colors of our favorite teams.

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Early 2011 NFL Mock Draft

This is my first try at doing a mock draft. We can assume some of the orders will change due to some unexpected results in the final 4 weeks. Well here goes:
1.Carolina: Andrew Luck, QB Stanford. QB is the most important positon on the field, and the Panthers need one. And comparisons to Peyton Mannig are too good to pass up.
2.Bengals: Da'Quan Bowers, DE, Clemson . 11 sacks is good enough for last in NFL, and Bowers is a beast in the mold of Mario Williams
3.Lions: Patrick Peterson, CB, LSU. Best player available and a postion of need. Thought about Nick Fairley, but they are loaded on the D line. And Alphoso Smith SUCKS
4.Buffalo: Nick Fairley, DE/DT, Auburn . Simply put, too good to pass up. Completly dominated this season on an underrated Defense front.
5. Arizona: Cam Newton, QB, Auburn. He is a freak of nature and at a positon on need for the Cardinals
6.Denver: Marcell Dareus, DE/DT, Alabama. Best defensive player available for a team that needs help everywhere  on D.
7.San Francisco: Ryan Mallet, QB, Arkansas. New coach means new QB especially when you inherit some crappy QBs. Mallet is a beast that shredded some really good SEC defenses
8.Minnesota:  Jake Locker, QB, Washington. Brett Favre is old and Tavarios Jackson sucks. Enough said.
9.Dallas: Prince Amukamara , CB, Nebraska. One of the worst pass defenses in the league and he is a shut down corner.
10.Tennessee: AJ Green, WR, Georgia. Best WR is the draft, Randy Moss experiment did not work. I don't see him available here. But couldn't see a good fit with the above teams.
11.Washington: Julio Jones, WR, Alabama . Great WR and a major position of need. Most of their WRs are off the practice squad. Not a good thing.
12.Cleveland: Robert Quinn, DE/OLB, North Carolina . Complete steal at 12, top 5 talent that will fall due to "character" issues.
13.Seattle: Ryan Kerrigan, DE, Purdue . The guy is a beast.
14.Houston: Brandon Harris, CB, Miami. Putrid pass D that allowed D McNabb  to pass for over 425 yds.
15.Miami: Mark Ingram, RB Alabama. Old running back and one that gets injured. Enough said
16.New England (via Oakland): Cameron Heyward, DE, Ohio State. Huge DE that will work wonders beside Wilfork
17.Jacksonville: Ras-I Dowling, CB, Virgina. The all name team that is potentially big enough to play safety as well.
18.Tampa Bay: Derek Sherrod, OT, Miss St. The best takle is too good to pass up at this spot.
19.Kansas City: Akeem Ayers, DE/OLB, UCLA . A senior caption that Pioli will love, can play two positions.
20.NY Giants: Justin Blackman, WR, Okla St. What looks like a position of excess for Giants, turned out to be a postion of need. The guy is a STUD. Can hopefully do it at the next level.
21.St. Loius: Jonathan Baldwin, WR, Pittsburgh. In urgent need to get Sam Bradford some weapons to go along side of Steven Jackson
22.Indianapolis: Adrian Clayborn, DE, Iowa . With Sherrod off the board, this guy will help free up Freeney. A no brainer
23.San Diego: Anthony Costanzo, OT, BC. Rivers was running for his life and Matthews kept getting demolished. A must pick for SD.
24.NY Jets: Von Miller, DE/OLB, Texas A&M. Huge career for a really good player, that will make a really good defense much better.
25.Chicago: Nate Solder, OT, Colorado. HUge man with a huge upside at a position that Chicago must address
26.Philadelphia: Gabe Carima, OT, Wisconsin. Assuming Vick is back, they will wont to keep him on the field. He is best available
27.Pittsburgh: Mike Pouncey, G, Florida . Match him up beside his brother and not worry for the next 10 years. They are that good.
28.Atlanta: Bruce Carter, LB, UNC. Huge talent that will fall due to being on a crappy team
29.Green Bay: Janoris Jenkins, CB, Florida. Woodson is turning 36 and they need to get young at this position.
30.Baltimore: Aaron Williams, CB, Texas . Defense isn't getting any younger. Really good cover corner
31.New Orleans: Allen Bailey, DE, Miami. Really good value this late in first round.
32. New England: Justin Houston, DE/OLB, Georgia. Great combo pick here for Pats. Thats why they have back to back picks here.

Long Time no talk..............

Well looky here. Havent had any post in quite some time. Let me recap the last couple of months in my sports life. Lets start with the good, my Auburn Tigers are #1 in the nation and are playing for their first national championship since 1957. They also field in my opinion the greatest college football player in the past 30 years, Cam Newton. Cam isn't without convtroversy, but what he does on the field is amazing. Now my beloved Carolina Panthers are on the opposite end of the spectrum. They suck A$$ and i can't wait for next year with them. Also, my boy BJ Penn completly demolished HOFer Matt Hughes.

Thursday, August 5, 2010

UFC 117

If you know me by now, you would know that I am extremly pumped for this weekend. It is a big weekend in the world of my new found obsession, the UFC. This Saturday in Oakland, California the UFC is presenting UFC 117. The card is friggen loaded. The card features a title fight and 2 #1 contender fights. I've got to say, i'm really looking forward to the Roy Nelson/Junior Dos Santos heavyweight bout. The winner of this fight gets Brock Lesnar (lets not kid ourselves Brock is going to smash Cain in October). Back to the card on hand. In Roy Nelson you get an "Everyday" man that looks like he just left Burger King after eating a double whopper. Dos Santos is on a tear of demolishing anything that gets in front of him. Got to say he is a heck of a fighter. The main event is Anderson "The Spider" Silva vs. Chael Sonnen. The lead up to this fight has been great. Chael is the closest thing to a professional wrestling "HEEL" as there is (by the way I love pro wrestling as well). Ufortunatly he has pissed off someone that many consider to be the best MMA fighter in the world. Silva is looking to shut Chael up with a 1st round KO, which i see happening. On to my predictions.
Silva by 1st Rd. KO
Fitch unanimous decision
Dos Anjos 3rd Rd submission
Almeida 2nd Rd submission
Dos Santos 1st Rd. KO
Hazlett 3rd Rd. Sub
Davis unanimous decision
Boetsch 2nd Rd KO
Hendricks unanimous decision
Struve 3rd Rd Sub
Saunders unanimous decision
Let me know what you guys think.