BBI's 2012 Mock Draft

this isn't a comment on your mock

Choke/Clutch is the fetishization of the small sample size.

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by shake n bake on Jul 16, 2011 5:33 PM EDT reply actions

well I'm still not big on spending a high pick on Peyton's successor yet

but if the Colts somehow where in position for Luck, I couldn’t be upset with getting him, although I’d probably prefer the king’s ransom they could get trading back with Luck on the board.

Choke/Clutch is the fetishization of the small sample size.

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by shake n bake on Jul 17, 2011 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Perhaps

I wasn’t doing trades in this mock…but yeah, that seem likely. In any case, there were rumors that Colts were interested in Dalton or Kaepernick before the draft, and added to the fact that Peyton is recovering from surgery…

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by BigBlueIntervention on Jul 19, 2011 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't buy any rumors about the Colts draft

Bill Polian murders leakers with his bare hands. If it came from the Colts org, it was mostly aimed at trying to get someone to trade up to their spot. Which became irrelevant when a guy they really didn’t expect to fall to them was there.

Choke/Clutch is the fetishization of the small sample size.

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by shake n bake on Jul 19, 2011 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions

You got one thing right.

The Bengals will, indeed, be picking 32nd. :)

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by sexsalad on Jul 16, 2011 6:03 PM EDT reply actions

they are trading up?

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by manraj7 on Jul 16, 2011 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs

Man, I'm a Bengals fand and I'll rec this.

by Doc Scratch on Jul 17, 2011 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions

thanks man

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by manraj7 on Jul 17, 2011 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions

lol who knows!

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by BigBlueIntervention on Jul 19, 2011 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh, are they going to trade down?

by ATL Lion on Jul 27, 2011 8:43 AM EDT up reply actions

Colts get Luck

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by BAMFSpecialOps on Jul 16, 2011 6:09 PM EDT reply actions

I'm cryin' foul on that one.

by Doc Scratch on Jul 17, 2011 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't like Upshaw seems slow

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by manraj7 on Jul 16, 2011 7:55 PM EDT reply actions

His floor is very large

Even if he seems a little slow he’s one of the safer picks in the First.

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by ChiefWarPaint on Jul 17, 2011 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't like drafting guys because they are safe.

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by manraj7 on Jul 17, 2011 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions

No you're drafting him because he's a damn good player

And is already well prepared to handle the 3-4 OLB position

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by ChiefWarPaint on Jul 18, 2011 5:56 AM EDT up reply actions

not that good

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Reporter : "What do you remember about the BCS title game"
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by manraj7 on Jul 18, 2011 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions

He's still an upgrade over what you got in SF now...

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by ChiefWarPaint on Jul 18, 2011 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions

We don't know how Aldon Smith will turn out

so we can’t really say that can we.

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by manraj7 on Jul 18, 2011 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions

He's technically not a 49er yet right?

So I think I can.

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by ChiefWarPaint on Jul 19, 2011 2:26 AM EDT up reply actions

hater

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by manraj7 on Jul 19, 2011 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm a fan of Upshaw

I have him as a mid-1st round grade simple because of CWP said….extremely high floor, and could be a rock in run support, and isn’t too shabby at rushing the passer either

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by BigBlueIntervention on Jul 19, 2011 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions

I'd say he's at his best rushing the passer

His hand is on the ground most of the time IIRC

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by ChiefWarPaint on Jul 19, 2011 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions

Kalil sucks

give the Gints Jeffery or Burfict ya knucklehead!

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by Rorschach44 on Jul 16, 2011 8:13 PM EDT reply actions

<3 Kalil!

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by BigBlueIntervention on Jul 19, 2011 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions

You need to feel the love for Beatty

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by ct17 on Jul 29, 2011 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Ravens should draft Luck

they have a bum at QB

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by John Stephens on Jul 16, 2011 9:04 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs

Dre Kirkpatrick would be awesome

Unless, of course, one of the new guys shows Devin McCourty-like flash, then we should take Luck…Just to keep him away from everyone else.

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by Steel Spike on Jul 17, 2011 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions

that's so dick of you guys lol

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by BigBlueIntervention on Jul 19, 2011 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions

*would be so dick

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by BigBlueIntervention on Jul 19, 2011 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions

I know

We would have the best backup QB in the NFL. Nyah nyah nyah!

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by Steel Spike on Jul 20, 2011 2:28 AM EDT up reply actions

Perfect for next time Ben gets suspended.

Flacco's first 3 years vs. Brady's, Manning's and Brees' first 3 years

Flacco threw for just 21 fewer passing yards than Brady and tossed four fewer interceptions. Flacco threw for 1,655 more yards than Brees, two more touchdowns and four fewer picks. Manning, who averaged 88 more passes per season, threw for way more yards and touchdowns than Flacco, but also tossed 24 more interceptions.

by Mr MaLoR on Jul 21, 2011 9:51 AM EDT up reply actions

For the last time

He can’t get suspended for “raping” your secondary. It is a figurative term, not literal.

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by John Stephens on Jul 21, 2011 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

rec'd

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by seton hall and steelers on Jul 21, 2011 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions

one problem

jets shud definately be pickin first :D haha… honestly love this order though throws everyone off

by Leamg on Jul 16, 2011 11:19 PM EDT reply actions

ahaha that's the thing...no one knows what the order is going to be

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by BigBlueIntervention on Jul 19, 2011 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Eh, GB has their OTs with Bulaga and Sherrod.

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by Omaha Sun on Jul 17, 2011 3:05 PM EDT reply actions

Yes, so instead

they probably take Coples first overall to put across Clay Matthews. Most of their other rush OLBs are either bums or just not that good.

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by BlackPack-fan on Jul 17, 2011 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Eh,

bums is harsh. Unless you’re talking about Brady Poppinga.

I’d go with “serviceable” for the Jones-Walden-Zombo trio.

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by Omaha Sun on Jul 17, 2011 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Poppinga= SuperBum

And the rest of our OLBs are just average guys, unless Zombo improves to this year. Walden and Jones can’t really improve much IMO they’ve both been around a while.

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by BlackPack-fan on Jul 19, 2011 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Isn't this Jones 3rd season?

Has he even played 16 total games yet in his career?

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by Omaha Sun on Jul 19, 2011 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Hybrid Theory.

Right behind Meteora as LP’s best album, nice!!!

by JetKing55 on Jul 17, 2011 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions

^Black Pack's avatar

by JetKing55 on Jul 17, 2011 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions

Hybrid, Meteora and MtM are all tied.

MtM had a bit softer sound than the first two, which I didn’t have a problem with I thought it was great. But I’ve been taking opinions from fans: How do you feel about A Thousand Suns? I mean, I look at Itunes reviews and there are so haters; people who say “I’m a fan of LP but this album is garbage. What are they a techno group now?”

Personally, I thought it was worse than the first 3, but I listen to a wide variety of music so I thought it was still pretty good. I respect a band who changes its sound, some groups release 8 albums that sound the exact same. And plus, they made it clear that it was a “concept album” so I expected it to sound different, and perhaps softer.

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by BlackPack-fan on Jul 19, 2011 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm not the type that is going to hate on LP for trying something different

…but different doesn’t necessarily mean better. Some of the songs were good like “When they come for me,” “Wretches and Kings,” and “Burning in the Skies”…but the rest…jeez, it was like listening to gray noise on the tv. Just horrible.

And Hybrid Theory FTW….I can’t think of one….not ONE song I didn’t love from that album. Meteora was similarly brilliant, but “Easier to Run” was one of the worst songs I’ve heard. Minutes to Midnight had some good, some bad, but alot of it was forgettable.

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by BigBlueIntervention on Jul 19, 2011 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Minutes to Midnight was a downer for me.

To soft and just not the LP I liked. Only good song there was “Somewhere I Belong” in my opinion.

by JetKing55 on Jul 20, 2011 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions

haha somewhere I belong was in meteora...so I guess there wasn't really any

good song there for you haha. I loved What I’ve Done though….and Given Up

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by BigBlueIntervention on Jul 20, 2011 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh yea I mixed up What I've Done and Somwhere I Belong....

by JetKing55 on Jul 20, 2011 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Coples is 270+ he's a 4-3DE

by mangoes52 on Jul 22, 2011 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Mike Vrabel was 280+

And Coples has more athleticism then he does.

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by ChiefWarPaint on Jul 24, 2011 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions

280+?

Try 260.

If Coples is 270, he can play OLB, he just won’t be dropping back much unless he moves like Lawrence Taylor.

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by ISN on Jul 25, 2011 2:37 AM EDT up reply actions

Demarcus Ware is an OLB

but might as well be a DE, he had what, like 6 dropbacks the entire season? I envision the same sort of thing for Coples. Also, see Mario Williams, who IS 280 and slated to be an OLB

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by BigBlueIntervention on Jul 25, 2011 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions