2009 NFL Mock Draft

Skinsfan55 · Post by **Skinsfan55** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:26 am

It sucks that we could have traded Rocky (and more obviously) for Lance Briggs but declined.

Countertrey · Post by **Countertrey** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:44 am

and more obviously

It's not like that "and more" was just a $15 Gift Card to Wal-Mart.

Skinsfan55 · Post by **Skinsfan55** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:25 pm

I believe it was a 50 dollar gift card

KazooSkinsFan · Post by **KazooSkinsFan** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:43 pm

I'm always arguing that you don't ignore position, but you strongly tilt towards the best player. But man, if there's a good OT available at #13 I don't see how we pass that up.

PulpExposure · Post by **PulpExposure** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 1:23 pm

Skinsfan55 wrote:I believe it was a 50 dollar gift card

In the form of a 1st round draft pick...

funbunch65 · Post by **funbunch65** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 10:18 pm

brad7686 wrote:
funbunch65 wrote:I agree we need a DT, but I also think we need a DE just as bad. I would actually prefer that we take a DE with the 13th pick. There will be 3 OT's gone by the time we pick so we shouldn't reach on an OT. We should adress the Dline with the 13th pick if we stay put. If our front office is hellbent on taking an OT we should definately trade back a get a couple extra picks.

Even if three OT's were gone, it would not be reaching to take the fourth at 13. OT is rather stacked with talent this draft.

I can agree with this statement if one of the following fall to 13: Andre Smith, Eugene Monroe, Jason Smith, or Otah. I would actually like to grab Raji or Orakpo over Otah though.

Irn-Bru · Post by **Irn-Bru** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 10:27 pm

PulpExposure wrote:
Skinsfan55 wrote:I believe it was a 50 dollar gift card

In the form of a 1st round draft pick...

I know I'd rather have Rocky and a chance to repair our O-line than having Lance Briggs plus that many more THN members furious about us trading away a #1 and not stopping until the whole universe hears it.

Countertrey · Post by **Countertrey** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:46 pm

PulpExposure wrote:
Skinsfan55 wrote:I believe it was a 50 dollar gift card

In the form of a 1st round draft pick...

Thank you!

brad7686 · Post by **brad7686** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 4:27 pm

funbunch65 wrote:
brad7686 wrote:
funbunch65 wrote:I agree we need a DT, but I also think we need a DE just as bad. I would actually prefer that we take a DE with the 13th pick. There will be 3 OT's gone by the time we pick so we shouldn't reach on an OT. We should adress the Dline with the 13th pick if we stay put. If our front office is hellbent on taking an OT we should definately trade back a get a couple extra picks.

Even if three OT's were gone, it would not be reaching to take the fourth at 13. OT is rather stacked with talent this draft.

I can agree with this statement if one of the following fall to 13: Andre Smith, Eugene Monroe, Jason Smith, or Otah. I would actually like to grab Raji or Orakpo over Otah though.

Do you mean Oher? Otah was drafted last year i believe. Raji could be a good pickup, I'm not sure Orakpo will be a 4-3 DE, especially since we already send Carter out there at his size, but i could be wrong. I like Oher as much as Monroe and J. Smith, because his arms are gonna hold up well in the NFL in pass blocking. He's also a powerful run blocker. Andre Smith is huge but will be gone I would think.

funbunch65 · Post by **funbunch65** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:15 pm

brad7686 wrote:
funbunch65 wrote:
brad7686 wrote:
funbunch65 wrote:I agree we need a DT, but I also think we need a DE just as bad. I would actually prefer that we take a DE with the 13th pick. There will be 3 OT's gone by the time we pick so we shouldn't reach on an OT. We should adress the Dline with the 13th pick if we stay put. If our front office is hellbent on taking an OT we should definately trade back a get a couple extra picks.

Even if three OT's were gone, it would not be reaching to take the fourth at 13. OT is rather stacked with talent this draft.

I can agree with this statement if one of the following fall to 13: Andre Smith, Eugene Monroe, Jason Smith, or Otah. I would actually like to grab Raji or Orakpo over Otah though.

Do you mean Oher? Otah was drafted last year i believe. Raji could be a good pickup, I'm not sure Orakpo will be a 4-3 DE, especially since we already send Carter out there at his size, but i could be wrong. I like Oher as much as Monroe and J. Smith, because his arms are gonna hold up well in the NFL in pass blocking. He's also a powerful run blocker. Andre Smith is huge but will be gone I would think.

Yeah I meant Oher, my bad. Would like to have gotten Otah last year though, he had a pretty good year with the Panthers this year. Point is I wouldn't be upset if we drafted any of the before mentioned. We just need line help period. There is a pretty big drop off after those top 4 OT's, just hope there not all taken before our pick. Seems like alot of teams need tackles this year.

fleetus · Post by **fleetus** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:47 am

All this will change after the combine workouts, but, I will add that Monroe, UVA, has been very durable, a trait that we desperately need on our OL. Also he played guard in 2007 opposite another 1st rounder from UVA, Brandon Albert. So he will be drafted as a tackle, but two positives are: 1) durable 2) experience at guard

Wahoo McDaniels · Post by **Wahoo McDaniels** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 2:01 am

I reiterate my previous posts...what gives anybody any confidence in our scouting department? Read the following on the Malcolm Kelly pick. Why did we pick him? This is ludicrous...as a presumably good business man (Snyder), shouldn't you always be on the "value" side of a deal and not be getting taken by even Tom, Dick, and Malcolm?

http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/new ... s/2132309/

Even though the NFL Draft Advisory Committee projected Kelly as a second-rounder, Kelly skipped his senior season and entered the draft, where he was taken by the Redskins with the 51st overall pick.

But, according to the source, Kelly faced an unusual circumstance that forced his hand.

"Malcolm's situation was different, as a lot of people have figured out. Malcolm had knee problems. The reason he slipped (in the draft) is because they knew about his knee. There's not a lot of cartilage in there," said the source, referring to a knee injury that kept Kelly inactive for all but five games of his rookie season.

"He's in the process of addressing it now. But had Malcolm been able to play in five games this year at OU, where would he be now? An undrafted free agent. That's why he had to get while the getting was still good."

fleetus · Post by **fleetus** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 1:44 pm

Wahoo McDaniels wrote:I reiterate my previous posts...what gives anybody any confidence in our scouting department? Read the following on the Malcolm Kelly pick. Why did we pick him? This is ludicrous...as a presumably good business man (Snyder), shouldn't you always be on the "value" side of a deal and not be getting taken by even Tom, Dick, and Malcolm?

http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/new ... s/2132309/

Even though the NFL Draft Advisory Committee projected Kelly as a second-rounder, Kelly skipped his senior season and entered the draft, where he was taken by the Redskins with the 51st overall pick.

But, according to the source, Kelly faced an unusual circumstance that forced his hand.

"Malcolm's situation was different, as a lot of people have figured out. Malcolm had knee problems. The reason he slipped (in the draft) is because they knew about his knee. There's not a lot of cartilage in there," said the source, referring to a knee injury that kept Kelly inactive for all but five games of his rookie season.

"He's in the process of addressing it now. But had Malcolm been able to play in five games this year at OU, where would he be now? An undrafted free agent. That's why he had to get while the getting was still good."

Drafting a player who is injured is not always a bad idea. Every situation is different. The Bills drafted McGahee 23rd after he blew out his knee and couldn't even participate in the Scouting combine. Most experts rated him as a 2nd or 3rd round gamble but the Bills fared pretty well.

If Kelly was viewed as a top 15 talent that could be had at #51 because of an injury they felt confident could be rehabbed, then I'd say it was a calculated gamble. Either way, it is pretty silly to think Snyder and Cerrato were not aware of it and didn't consider the issue at all.

PulpExposure · Post by **PulpExposure** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 1:49 pm

fleetus wrote:
Wahoo McDaniels wrote:I reiterate my previous posts...what gives anybody any confidence in our scouting department? Read the following on the Malcolm Kelly pick. Why did we pick him? This is ludicrous...as a presumably good business man (Snyder), shouldn't you always be on the "value" side of a deal and not be getting taken by even Tom, Dick, and Malcolm?

http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/new ... s/2132309/

Even though the NFL Draft Advisory Committee projected Kelly as a second-rounder, Kelly skipped his senior season and entered the draft, where he was taken by the Redskins with the 51st overall pick.

But, according to the source, Kelly faced an unusual circumstance that forced his hand.

"Malcolm's situation was different, as a lot of people have figured out. Malcolm had knee problems. The reason he slipped (in the draft) is because they knew about his knee. There's not a lot of cartilage in there," said the source, referring to a knee injury that kept Kelly inactive for all but five games of his rookie season.

"He's in the process of addressing it now. But had Malcolm been able to play in five games this year at OU, where would he be now? An undrafted free agent. That's why he had to get while the getting was still good."

Drafting a player who is injured is not always a bad idea. Every situation is different. The Bills drafted McGahee 23rd after he blew out his knee and couldn't even participate in the Scouting combine. Most experts rated him as a 2nd or 3rd round gamble but the Bills fared pretty well.

If Kelly was viewed as a top 15 talent that could be had at #51 because of an injury they felt confident could be rehabbed, then I'd say it was a calculated gamble. Either way, it is pretty silly to think Snyder and Cerrato were not aware of it and didn't consider the issue at all.

Not only that, in the wording he quoted, the NFL advised Kelly he'd be a 2nd round pick. Seems that the Skins picked him where he was supposed to go...

frankcal20 · Post by **frankcal20** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 2:47 pm

I feel like fans, we are always complaining. Its not like we went from being really good to really bad in the recent history.

I think that our biggest concern is that we have not used the draft to build our team. Our owner has not shown patience with other coaches. I would have loved to see Marty here a bit longer to see what he could do. I wish Danny took on a role more like Jerry Richards of the Panthers.

I hope that we trade down from #13 (bad luck) to a late 1st or 2 seconds and a third or something like that. I don't know what the value of the pick is but we have a few area's that need upgrades and one draft pick or f/a will not correct those issues for a younger team.

tribeofjudah · Post by **tribeofjudah** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:02 pm

Updated: Who is saying that we need Cornerbacks....??? This is ridiculous.

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Wahoo McDaniels · Post by **Wahoo McDaniels** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:07 pm

fleetus wrote:
Wahoo McDaniels wrote:I reiterate my previous posts...what gives anybody any confidence in our scouting department? Read the following on the Malcolm Kelly pick. Why did we pick him? This is ludicrous...as a presumably good business man (Snyder), shouldn't you always be on the "value" side of a deal and not be getting taken by even Tom, Dick, and Malcolm?

http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/new ... s/2132309/

Even though the NFL Draft Advisory Committee projected Kelly as a second-rounder, Kelly skipped his senior season and entered the draft, where he was taken by the Redskins with the 51st overall pick.

But, according to the source, Kelly faced an unusual circumstance that forced his hand.

"Malcolm's situation was different, as a lot of people have figured out. Malcolm had knee problems. The reason he slipped (in the draft) is because they knew about his knee. There's not a lot of cartilage in there," said the source, referring to a knee injury that kept Kelly inactive for all but five games of his rookie season.

"He's in the process of addressing it now. But had Malcolm been able to play in five games this year at OU, where would he be now? An undrafted free agent. That's why he had to get while the getting was still good."

Drafting a player who is injured is not always a bad idea. Every situation is different. The Bills drafted McGahee 23rd after he blew out his knee and couldn't even participate in the Scouting combine. Most experts rated him as a 2nd or 3rd round gamble but the Bills fared pretty well.

If Kelly was viewed as a top 15 talent that could be had at #51 because of an injury they felt confident could be rehabbed, then I'd say it was a calculated gamble. Either way, it is pretty silly to think Snyder and Cerrato were not aware of it and didn't consider the issue at all.

I would have agreed with you in the past if it weren't for two recent and very visible free agent additions that point to the contrary: Brandon Lloyd and Adam Archleta.

With Archuleta in particular, the book on him was that he a "spent" player like a punch drunk boxer. Everybody in the league (except Lovie Smith) was shocked that the Skins paid him like they did. There were only two teams involved in the bidding war...the Skins and the Bears. Both eventually got the short end of the "Archuleta stick" over the next couple years.

So, what past history makes you believe, in any way the Skins, have any idea what they are doing? I have learned that you can never underestimate the incompetency of the Skins front office in a Snyder ownership.

SkinsFreak · Post by **SkinsFreak** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:20 pm

Wahoo McDaniels wrote:I have learned that you can never underestimate the incompetency of the Skins front office in a Snyder ownership.

Then you must have quite on the learning process a long time ago. Just because you've ceased with continual education doesn't mean the world has stopped rotating and hasn't evolved since. :wink:

Wahoo McDaniels · Post by **Wahoo McDaniels** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:18 pm

SkinsFreak wrote:
Wahoo McDaniels wrote:I have learned that you can never underestimate the incompetency of the Skins front office in a Snyder ownership.

Then you must have quite on the learning process a long time ago. Just because you've ceased with continual education doesn't mean the world has stopped rotating and hasn't evolved since.

What? I'm gonna need a decoder ring to figure out what this one means....did you mean "quit" instead of "quite"....did you mean "continuing education" instead of "continual education"?

Spell check could have been an option or possibly re-reading the post before hitting the "Submit" button....

...and there's always the possibility that you were under the inference of a halluocengeneric drug when you made this post. :lol:

El Mexican · Post by **El Mexican** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 5:12 am

Wahoo McDaniels wrote:
SkinsFreak wrote:
Wahoo McDaniels wrote:I have learned that you can never underestimate the incompetency of the Skins front office in a Snyder ownership.

Then you must have quite on the learning process a long time ago. Just because you've ceased with continual education doesn't mean the world has stopped rotating and hasn't evolved since.

What? I'm gonna need a decoder ring to figure out what this one means....did you mean "quit" instead of "quite"....did you mean "continuing education" instead of "continual education"?

Spell check could have been an option or possibly re-reading the post before hitting the "Submit" button....

...and there's always the possibility that you were under the inference of a halluocengeneric drug when you made this post.

Through the years I've LEARNED that the FO makes little sense in their personel decisions.

It's not a question of "learning", I think. These people are grown men, they don't change that easily or at all. Kids can change, not grown men and their attitudes and the way they view the NFL.

SkinsFreak · Post by **SkinsFreak** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:56 am

Wahoo McDaniels wrote:
SkinsFreak wrote:
Wahoo McDaniels wrote:I have learned that you can never underestimate the incompetency of the Skins front office in a Snyder ownership.

Then you must have quite on the learning process a long time ago. Just because you've ceased with continual education doesn't mean the world has stopped rotating and hasn't evolved since.

What? I'm gonna need a decoder ring to figure out what this one means....did you mean "quit" instead of "quite"....did you mean "continuing education" instead of "continual education"?

Spell check could have been an option or possibly re-reading the post before hitting the "Submit" button....

...and there's always the possibility that you were under the inference of a halluocengeneric drug when you made this post.

HA! That's friggin hilarious! You're right, 2 Percocets and 3 gin and tonics... (I've had 2 surgeries in the past month)

My point remains however. :wink:

tribeofjudah · Post by **tribeofjudah** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:09 pm

Well guys, after crunching some numbers, here are the TOP votes compiled from many mock draft websites. The top guys are:

OT, Jason Smith, 13 votes
DE, Everett Brown, 7 votes
DE, Michael Johnson (not Jackson), 7 votes
DT, BJ Raji, 6 votes
DE, Tyson Jackson, 5 votes
LB, James Laurinaitis, 5 votes
OT, Michael Oher, 4 votes
LB, Aaron Curry, 4 votes
CB, Vontae Davis, 4 votes
DE, George Selvie, 4 votes

The winner is Jason Smith. That's my prediction with my thoroughly Un-scientific process of elimination....
:lol:

http://www.hailredskins.com/MockDraft.htm

fleetus · Post by **fleetus** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 9:54 am

Wahoo McDaniels wrote:
fleetus wrote:
Wahoo McDaniels wrote:I reiterate my previous posts...what gives anybody any confidence in our scouting department? Read the following on the Malcolm Kelly pick. Why did we pick him? This is ludicrous...as a presumably good business man (Snyder), shouldn't you always be on the "value" side of a deal and not be getting taken by even Tom, Dick, and Malcolm?

http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/new ... s/2132309/

Even though the NFL Draft Advisory Committee projected Kelly as a second-rounder, Kelly skipped his senior season and entered the draft, where he was taken by the Redskins with the 51st overall pick.

But, according to the source, Kelly faced an unusual circumstance that forced his hand.

"Malcolm's situation was different, as a lot of people have figured out. Malcolm had knee problems. The reason he slipped (in the draft) is because they knew about his knee. There's not a lot of cartilage in there," said the source, referring to a knee injury that kept Kelly inactive for all but five games of his rookie season.

"He's in the process of addressing it now. But had Malcolm been able to play in five games this year at OU, where would he be now? An undrafted free agent. That's why he had to get while the getting was still good."

Drafting a player who is injured is not always a bad idea. Every situation is different. The Bills drafted McGahee 23rd after he blew out his knee and couldn't even participate in the Scouting combine. Most experts rated him as a 2nd or 3rd round gamble but the Bills fared pretty well.

If Kelly was viewed as a top 15 talent that could be had at #51 because of an injury they felt confident could be rehabbed, then I'd say it was a calculated gamble. Either way, it is pretty silly to think Snyder and Cerrato were not aware of it and didn't consider the issue at all.

I would have agreed with you in the past if it weren't for two recent and very visible free agent additions that point to the contrary: Brandon Lloyd and Adam Archleta.

With Archuleta in particular, the book on him was that he a "spent" player like a punch drunk boxer. Everybody in the league (except Lovie Smith) was shocked that the Skins paid him like they did. There were only two teams involved in the bidding war...the Skins and the Bears. Both eventually got the short end of the "Archuleta stick" over the next couple years.

So, what past history makes you believe, in any way the Skins, have any idea what they are doing? I have learned that you can never underestimate the incompetency of the Skins front office in a Snyder ownership.

It is easy to just sort of lump all of the past mistakes in one bundle and throw your hands up in frustration. BUT, if you look at it closely, there is a different story. here's our noteable players added/lost list for the past 3 years, drafted players with an *:

2006
Added
B. Lloyd
Archuleta
T. Collins
Duckett
*Doughty
*Montgomery
*Golston
*McIntosh

Lost
W. Harris
P. Ramsey

2007
Added
P. Kendall
F. Smoot
L. Fletcher
*L. Landry
*Blades

Lost
Duckett
Wynn
W. Holdman
Stoutmire
L. Marshall
Dockery

Cerrato named V.P. of Football Ops

2008
Added
Erasmus James
Schweigert
*C. Horton
*Tryon
*K. Moore
*Rhinehart
*Kelly
*Brennan
*D. Thomas
*F. Davis

Lost
T. Wade
V. Fox

Now, I realize that we're only one season removed from those 2008 draft picks. But still, it is obvious that by keeping all our picks and drafting all those players, the number of players who eventually contribute will increase. I would say it is a safe bet that 4 of them will be solid contributors in 2 years. That is better than we can say for the previous 2 years where all we have to show for it are a few marginal starters plus Landry. If we have to depend on top 10 picks like Landry, then it means we are finishing at the bottom of the league every year. So last year, with nothing higher than #21, we hauled in a good class comparatively. If we drafted like that for 3-4 years in a row, we would have a nice mix of young up and coming players. This all happened after Cerrato was named VP of Football. So let's see what he does this year. Hopefully he continues the strategy of emphasizing the draft over free agents, not overpaying for free agents and not giving away too many draft picks.

DEHog · Post by **DEHog** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:09 am

Don't forget Ryan Clark!

SkinsFreak · Post by **SkinsFreak** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:36 am

I'm not sure I understand this love fest for Ryan Clark all of a sudden. He's been a decent contributor for Pitt in the tackling department, but only has 5 Int's in 7 years as a pro. Horton had 3 Int's in his rookie year alone. And if the discussion surrounding Clark resurfaced merely due to his hit on Willis McGahee, well I also remember a huge hit on Chad Johnson made by Kareem Moore.

Remember, we drafted Sean Taylor and LaRon Landry, so releasing Ryan Clark at the time was not a major loss. And if Taylor was still alive, we wouldn't be having this discussion. We now have Landry, Horton and Moore with the possibility of moving Springs to safety for us, so I'm not really missing Clark and I don't blame the team for releasing him at the time.