NFL draft day 2 game thread (NO SPOILERS!!!!!!)

[Phragle]

It's hard to believe the shit they do sometimes

 

[dcmissle]

ESPN analysts seem to love the pick. Is nfln killing it?

I am shocked Kiper is not killing it ... He is all about when being as important as who

 

[RoDaddy]

Teammates called him "Coach Richards" out of respect, so at least he's got that going for him

 

[SeoulSoxFan]

Per Reiss:
 
@MikeReiss
More on Stanford DB Jordan Richards: Team captain, comes from football family (his father played at Tufts in 1970s). Hard hitter. #NEPick
 
So typical of BB that I'm not even mad. 

 

[ifmanis5]

Trey Wingo loved him, called him "Coach Richards." Seems like a smart guy & good fit but undersized.

 

[PedroKsBambino]

Where do you think this dude was when Belichick called him? Getting wasted watching the draft as a fan?

 
Stanford kid---he was likely extracting DNA from a dinosaur bone in order to create a new vaccine or something

 

[timelysarcasm]

Everywhere is saying he's a "late rounds" guy. How does this kind of thing even happen?

 

[Ed Hillel]

Kiper compared him to Ryan Clark lmfao.

 

[SpacemanzGerbil]

I have one Stanford grad as a friend. Just got this from him:
 
"Richards? Really?"

 

[PayrodsFirstClutchHit]

It's hard to believe the shit they do sometimes

 
All these SB wins and they start to think they know what they're doing. It's crazy.

 

[dcmissle]

Here is the deal. Usually the knee jerk defense of a wayward pick is, "well somebody could have jumped them ..."

Who???? The fucking guy himself did not expect to be taken till the 5th

 

[pappymojo]

Shelterdog 2 for 2 in the contest.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Here is the deal. Usually the knee jerk defense of a wayward pick is, "well somebody could have jumped them ..."

Who???? The fucking guy himself did not expect to be taken till the 5th

 
Belichick just doesn't view the draft that way. They rank players and pick based on that, nothing else.

 

[Stitch01]

Ah feels like draft day now.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

It's inconceivable the Patriots aren't in the room thinking "will he still be there at 96 and 97," right? It's not like that's a question they forget to ask themselves.

 

[Dollar]

Pats took a defensive back who nobody expected them to take?  FUCK!  I'm done with this shit, instead I'm going to watch Malcolm Butler win a Super Bowl on my 3 Games to Glory IV Blu-ray.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Pats took a defensive back who nobody expected them to take?  FUCK!  I'm done with this shit, instead I'm going to watch Malcom Butler win a Super Bowl on my 3 Games to Glory IV Blu-ray.

 
Well, to be fair, they didn't "take" Butler

 

[ElcaballitoMVP]

Here is the deal. Usually the knee jerk defense of a wayward pick is, "well somebody could have jumped them ..."

Who???? The fucking guy himself did not expect to be taken till the 5th

There very well could've been a team in the 3rd that wanted him and the Pats got worried he wouldn't be there when they pick again at 96. 

 

[dcmissle]

 
Belichick just doesn't view the draft that way. They rank players and pick based on that, nothing else.

If that's the case, why do they trade down so much? Why don't they just go down their list?

 

[jsinger121]

There goes AJ Cann

 

[ElcaballitoMVP]

DAMN IT

 

[SeoulSoxFan]

There goes Cann.
 
Fuck fuck fuck. 

 

[dcmissle]

And there goes Cann

 

[JBJ_HOF]

By his sophomore season, in fact, Richards had such a thorough understanding of the playbook that he got the nickname, “Coach Richards.”
 
“Because he was so mature and did everything right on and off the field,” Ertz said. “If you had a question, it was, ‘Just ask Coach Richards.’ I think that speaks volumes to the respect people have for him in the program.”
http://www.sacbee.com/sports/nfl/san-francisco-49ers/article10886939.html

 

[Manzivino]

Good news is we got the random DB portion of the draft over early and the three picks late 3rd/early 4th can go to the OL.

 

[E5 Yaz]

There very well could've been a team in the 3rd that wanted him and the Pats got worried he wouldn't be there when they pick again at 96. 

 
Okay, but say that's true ... what that means is that the guy they wanted to take at 64 in the first place will likely to be gone by 96-97. So, to save the third round guy they wanted, they sacrifice the second round guy

 

[bankshot1]

shit
 
that was the big ugly I had hoped for

 

[dcmissle]

Good news is we got the random DB portion of the draft over early and the three picks late 3rd/early 4th can go to the OL.

Lol

 

[ElcaballitoMVP]

 
Okay, but say that's true ... what that means is that the guy they wanted to take at 64 in the first place will likely to be gone by 96-97. So, to save the third round guy they wanted, they sacrifice the second round guy

 
Not if the Pats had Richards at the top of their draft board. 

 

[SeoulSoxFan]

BB does every single year. Why am I still mad? Did I spend more than an hour studying the safeties in this draft? No. Yeah, but I'm still mad. 

 

[DanoooME]

Board just changed on NFLN and it looks like Seattle traded up to #69.

 

[E5 Yaz]

 
Not if the Pats had Richards at the top of their draft board. 

 
Got it.

 

[brandonchristensen]

He's trade bait for Andre Johnson, relax.

 

[Fishercat]

 
Okay, but say that's true ... what that means is that the guy they wanted to take at 64 in the first place will likely to be gone by 96-97. So, to save the third round guy they wanted, they sacrifice the second round guy

 
You lost me on this one. If Belichick had someone higher on his board who was likely to earlier to boot, it seems unlikely he takes the DB there.

 

[bankshot1]

fucking Arod

 

[wibi]

Seattle just moved up to pick #69.  Not sure what for yet

 

[tims4wins]

SSF you are mad not because of who, but when. 99% chance he woulda been there at 101 which is why this is frustrating.

 

[Luis Taint]

Fucking ARod

 

[Deathofthebambino]

I don't have any problem with the pick.  I like it more than I liked the Jimmy G. pick last year.  The most unsurprising thing about the pick is the reaction to it, which I love.  So far, I have issues with what the Pats have done.  They got the guys they wanted to get, and as always, they have 1000000000x more information on these guys than we do.  

 

[E5 Yaz]

Slappy just took Taz deep for 660

 

[Ed Hillel]

LOL:

Randy Gregory's representatives made it clear that, whichever team drafts him, needs to have a support system in place that would be expected to include a security person and a personal handler who would follow Gregory at all times. To Gregory and his representatives, it didn't matter where in the draft he went, but where in the NFL he went. He was adamant that it would be with a team that would support him. Dallas has been through similar experiences in the past, providing helpers to wide receiver Dez Bryant after he was drafted. And there are expected to be Gregory Rules and followers in Dallas as well.

 

[SpacemanzGerbil]

Can Ernie Adams do some voodoo bullshit with all these 2nd round safety busts and come out with Ed Reidenstein or something.

 

[chester]

What is the percentage of players that have gotten an "off the field problem" caveat. 50. 60%

I guess this is stating the obvious but it's almost becoming a routine part of the scouting report.

 

[E5 Yaz]

 
You lost me on this one. If Belichick had someone higher on his board who was likely to earlier to boot, it seems unlikely he takes the DB there.

 
I was surmising that they made the pick at the last minute to avoid having him picked in the early third, thereby NOT picking who they wanted at 64.
 
ElCab's point took the air out of my balloon

 

[dcmissle]

It's out of my system ..

 

[DanoooME]

Come back from a long commercial break for 10 seconds of Eisen witticisms and then back to commercial?  Fuck you Goddell.

 

[Deathofthebambino]

SSF you are mad not because of who, but when. 99% chance he woulda been there at 101 which is why this is frustrating.

 
How can you guys possibly know that? 

 

[drtooth]

Wonder if Carroll will take a chance on Collins here.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Is that the first NFL player named Clive since .... ummm

 

[tims4wins]

 
How can you guys possibly know that? 

You are right we don't. But as with Tavon, if it doesn't work out, BB deserves a lot of criticism