Official 2010 NFL Draft Thread

[TGantz]

I got 27. How did I not think of Miami???

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Anyone else here perplexed that D Alexander was not drafted? He is a big body with good speed and amazing production in college, but NFL scouts obviously did not buy into his numbers. I didn't seem him play a lot. What am I missing about him?

Didn't he have an injury at the end of the year?

After the season he had knee surgery. Apparently he's not at the point where he can pass a physical right now, which explains why he was neither drafted or signed as a UDFA yet. He's worked his way back before though, so there shouldn't be any doubt he'll be the same guy he was last year.

[Hungary Jack]

Anyone else here perplexed that D Alexander was not drafted? He is a big body with good speed and amazing production in college, but NFL scouts obviously did not buy into his numbers. I didn't seem him play a lot. What am I missing about him?

Didn't he have an injury at the end of the year?

After the season he had knee surgery. Apparently he's not at the point where he can pass a physical right now, which explains why he was neither drafted or signed as a UDFA yet. He's worked his way back before though, so there shouldn't be any doubt he'll be the same guy he was last year.

Thanks. Didn't realize that he had had surgery.

[Leroy]

Blount didn't get picked? Baggage be damned, I'd sign him.

[Socnorb11]

I'm looking forward to see just how positive Tebow's effect is in the locker room. I'm willing to bet it won't be as rosy as the talking heads seem to think.

oh, and he won't be a quality NFL quarterback. Use him as a utility guy/wildcat and maybe he'll be useful, but I honestly don't think he's athletic enough to do that in the NFL, either.

He was athletic enough to be maybe the best player ever in maybe the toughest college conference in America, but he's not athletic enough to play against those same players at the next level?

Explain.

I haven't heard a single NFL coach or ex-coach say that they wouldn't want him on their team........ and I've heard many that have said that they would want him. But because Kiper says that he's not "the right mold", then everyone jumps on THAT bandwagon? Kiper also loved Ryan Leaf, and hated the Marshall Faulk pick.

[lukethedrifter]

I'm looking forward to see just how positive Tebow's effect is in the locker room. I'm willing to bet it won't be as rosy as the talking heads seem to think.

oh, and he won't be a quality NFL quarterback. Use him as a utility guy/wildcat and maybe he'll be useful, but I honestly don't think he's athletic enough to do that in the NFL, either.

He was athletic enough to be maybe the best player ever in maybe the toughest college conference in America, but he's not athletic enough to play against those same players at the next level?

Explain.

I haven't heard a single NFL coach or ex-coach say that they wouldn't want him on their team........ and I've heard many that have said that they would want him. But because Kiper says that he's not "the right mold", then everyone jumps on THAT bandwagon? Kiper also loved Ryan Leaf, and hated the Marshall Faulk pick.

I think I can speak for the other posters here when I say that Kiper is the only reason we think Tebow is ill suited for the NFL.

[stlouie_lipp]

I'm looking forward to see just how positive Tebow's effect is in the locker room. I'm willing to bet it won't be as rosy as the talking heads seem to think.

oh, and he won't be a quality NFL quarterback. Use him as a utility guy/wildcat and maybe he'll be useful, but I honestly don't think he's athletic enough to do that in the NFL, either.

He was athletic enough to be maybe the best player ever in maybe the toughest college conference in America, but he's not athletic enough to play against those same players at the next level?

Explain.

I haven't heard a single NFL coach or ex-coach say that they wouldn't want him on their team........ and I've heard many that have said that they would want him. But because Kiper says that he's not "the right mold", then everyone jumps on THAT bandwagon? Kiper also loved Ryan Leaf, and hated the Marshall Faulk pick.

Are you seriously comparing the SEC to the NFL? If you need an explanation as to why that comparison is ridiculous, well....have fun with Tebow is all I'll say.

[cpebbles]

Any NFL coach would love to have the chance to see whether he could turn Usain Bolt into an NFL player. That's a long way from being willing to spend a first round pick on him.

If the concerns about Tebow were all coming from Mel Kiper's head, I doubt he would have bunkered down for the last several months relearning how to throw a football. The concerns around the league are legitimate.

[clevername]

Explain.

He doesn't have the arm strength, accuracy, or throwing motion to be a legit NFL QB.

He won't be playing in the same offense.

I conceded he may or may not have success as a wildcat player, but he is not in the same league as far as speed and athleticism of the players currently excelling in the NFL as wildcat players.

And all the reasons already mentioned.

How did guys like Tommy Frazier and Eric Crouch do in the NFL?

[Socnorb11]

I'm looking forward to see just how positive Tebow's effect is in the locker room. I'm willing to bet it won't be as rosy as the talking heads seem to think.

oh, and he won't be a quality NFL quarterback. Use him as a utility guy/wildcat and maybe he'll be useful, but I honestly don't think he's athletic enough to do that in the NFL, either.

He was athletic enough to be maybe the best player ever in maybe the toughest college conference in America, but he's not athletic enough to play against those same players at the next level?

Explain.

I haven't heard a single NFL coach or ex-coach say that they wouldn't want him on their team........ and I've heard many that have said that they would want him. But because Kiper says that he's not "the right mold", then everyone jumps on THAT bandwagon? Kiper also loved Ryan Leaf, and hated the Marshall Faulk pick.

Are you seriously comparing the SEC to the NFL? If you need an explanation as to why that comparison is ridiculous, well....have fun with Tebow is all I'll say.

No, I'm comparing him to other NFL players. The other NFL players came from college also, right?