AE 2013 NFL Draft Competition

[Exe Gesis]

COMPETITION:

Of the listed players below, predict what number they'll be chosen in the draft.

To determine the winner of the comp, see the following example:

Whoever has the LOWEST difference total will be the winner.

If there is a tie, a tie-break process will determine the placings. It will be based on most exact tips, and closest tips, etc.

The NFL Draft begins Friday April 26th around 10 AM (AEST) and finishes up April 28th. So, I'll be accepting your tips until 23:59 Thursday April 25th (AEST).

Post your selections only once in this thread, and edit it as many times as you want. On the date and time of deadline mentioned above, I will lock the thread to gather official entries.

WINNER'S PRIZE: 1 year BFSC membership.

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DRAFT NOTES:

The full NFL draft can be viewed here for you to work out which players go to which teams in which rounds etc.

In 2013, Mr Irrelevant is pick #254. So, all undrafted players counted as pick 255.

In 2013, there are some forfeited picks, which are not numbered, just stripped from the draft order.

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FORFEITED PICKS:

* Cleveland will forfeit its second-round selection after selecting WR Josh Gordon in the second round of the 2012 Supplemental Draft.
* New Orleans will forfeit its second-round selection as part of the punishment for the team's 2012 bounty scandal.

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THE PLAYERS: Thanks to Dirty Bird and Sven for selecting this year's group again.


--QB--
Matt Barkley - USC
Ryan Nassib - Syracuse

--HB--
DJ Harper - Boise State
Giovani Bernard - North Carolina

--WR--
Josh Boyce - TCU
Da'Rick Rogers - Tennessee Tech

--TE--
Gavin Escobar - San Diego State
Nick Kasa - Colorado

--OL--
Chance Warmack (G) - Alabama
Terron Armstead (T) - Arkansas Pine-Bluff

--DE--
Ezekiel Ansah - BYU
Margus Hunt - SMU

--DT--
Jesse Williams - Alabama
John Jenkins - Georgia

--LB--
Sio Moore (OLB) - Connecticut
Manti Te'o (ILB) - Notre Dame

--CB--
Jamar Taylor - Boise State
BW Webb - William & Mary

--S--
Ray Ray Armstrong (SS) - Miami
John Cyprien (FS) - Florida International

--ST--
Dustin Hopkins (K) - Florida State
Brad Wing (P) - LSU

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LEADERBOARD:

 

[Dirty Bird]

Very nice. Thanks for setting it up

 

[drd23]

Obvious Boise St bias is obvious.

Will edit this later with my guesses

 

[Dirty Bird]

Obvious Boise St bias is obvious.

Will edit this later with my guesses

Well, last year it was Sven who went with Kellen Moore, so yeah....

 

[Sven]

Well, last year it was Sven who went with Kellen Moore, so yeah....

What a mistake, one of my biggest

 

[Dirty Bird]

Well, Moore was the make or break person last year. You need someone with a huge range to really sort out people in this game.

This year I went with DJ Harper. He's every bit as good as Doug Martin at the college level, but his 2 ACL injuries a few years back (Freshman and Sophmore seasons) means some teams will push him down the draft board. If teams look at what he can do and ignore the injuries (they were 2 years ago and Harper's season year was statisitcally better than Martin's season year) he could very well go in the 2nd. But everyone might look at the injuries and not even have him on their board. Huge range, huge potential for someone to hit something big.

Taylor was just bias though

 

[drd23]

I have less of a problem with Taylor being included than I do Harper, probably because I expect 10-15 RBs to get selected before him

 

[Exe Gesis]

Hopefully next year sven and dirty bird can leave boise out for a change and spread the schools around or focus on some other interesring program or situation.

 

[drd23]

Also GG, your spreadsheet incorrectly lists WR Da'Rick Rogers (Tenn Tech) as "Braden Wilson"

 

[Joshen]

--QB--
Matt Barkley - USC - 38
Ryan Nassib - Syracuse - 33

--HB--
DJ Harper - Boise State - 184
Giovani Bernard - North Carolina - 71

--WR--
Josh Boyce - TCU - 160
Da'Rick Rogers - Tennessee Tech - 52

--TE--
Gavin Escobar - San Diego State - 60
Nick Kasa - Colorado - 215

--OL--
Chance Warmack (G) - Alabama - 7
Terron Armstead (T) - Arkansas Pine-Bluff - 39

--DE--
Ezekiel Ansah - BYU - 5
Margus Hunt - SMU - 35

--DT--
Jesse Williams - Alabama - 52
John Jenkins - Georgia - 126

--LB--
Sio Moore (OLB) - Connecticut - 86
Manti Te'o (ILB) - Notre Dame - 32

--CB--
Jamar Taylor - Boise State - 60
BW Webb - William & Mary - 109

--S--
Ray Ray Armstrong (SS) - Miami - 250
John Cyprien (FS) - Florida International - 37

--ST--
Dustin Hopkins (K) - Florida State - 180
Brad Wing (P) - LSU - 245

 

[Sven]

Hopefully next year sven and dirty bird can leave boise out for a change and spread the schools around or focus on some other interesring program or situation.

I put in a number of small school propects this year, and will probably do so again next year.

 

[Dirty Bird]

I think last year I aimed to have a player from every FBS conference + 1 indy + 1 lower school kid.

So I dont see the problem.

 

[drd23]

How about we have a ban on Boise State players in this comp next year?

 

[Dirty Bird]

To be fair, there's no decent Boise State players graduating next year.
So unless Matt Miller declares early, there's on one worth drafting.

 

[Shade]

What do you put for a player you dont think will be drafted?

 

[Exe Gesis]

Put undrafted. Ill just give it a number when I know what number mr irrelevant is.

 

[Blacky]

It sucks that one pick can blow you up

 

[Exe Gesis]

Have changed the kicker selected from Lauren Silberman (who is a silly choice anyway), plus she's injured too.

She made two kick-offs at the Regional Combine of 19 and 14 yards before suffering a leg injury and pulling out.

 

[Dirty Bird]

That's sexist.

 

[Shade]

thank god i had more chance than her of getting drafted.

 

[Exe Gesis]

It's a waste of a slot for the comp. Everyone's gonna pick undrafted. Need each selection to be challenging.

 

[Dirty Bird]

Sheesh - You want interesting picks, you get given the first ever woman to put her name forward and then you go and change it.
You're offered history and you go cutthroat on us and make changes at the last minute just for the perceived belief of making it better.

 

[Exe Gesis]

Stupid choice is a stupid choice.

 

[Exe Gesis]

Silberman tryout screams “publicity stunt”

It appeared to be a curious coincidence when news that a female kicker would attend one of the various Regional Scouting Combines emerged within a day after a report surfaced regarding the NFL’s long-term plan for turning the regional events into an American Idol-style competition.

What better way to get people to pay attention to Regional Scouting Combines that were ignored when they debuted in 2012 than to come up with a new twist?

Kicker missing part of his foot? It’s been done.

Kicker who kicks without a shoe? It’s been done.

Donkey that kicks field goals? It’s been done.

Female kicker who didn’t kick in college, or apparently ever? Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!

With nearly 150 NCAA football programs, each producing at least once every four years (if not more often) a kicker whose eligibility has expired, how does a 28-year-old former club soccer player at Wisconsin with no football kicking experience end up among 37 kickers at the Regional Scouting Combine in New York? That’s a question that has yet to be fully answered.

But don’t feel bad for Lauren Silberman. If it was a publicity stunt, she got her 15 minutes of NFL fame in exchange for a tryout at a group event that was never, ever going to result in anything more.

Based on the fact that, via the New York Post, more than two dozen media members (including the E! television network) attended the Regional Scouting Combine in New York, the apparent publicity stunt accomplished its goal of creating publicity.

And we can now go back to ignoring the Regional Scouting Combines. Until they track down Dr. Nick Riviera’s old friend Mr. McGreg, with a leg for an arm and an arm for a leg.

 

[Dirty Bird]

Te'o stunt = Must be included
Silberman stunt = Not included.

As I said, sexist