Comments on: 65 Observations about the 2009 NFL Draft

By: Anthony Stalter

Anthony Stalter — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:13:58 +0000

Anonymous – good call on Crabtree, especially in light of him being a headcase. Harvin has been exceptional for Minnesota.

I’m surprised about Laurinaitis, I really am. So far, I was wrong about him – he’s been great.

They say it takes three years to truly evaluate a draft, so we’ll see how bad I screwed up in a few years!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:09:09 +0000

Looks like after 1/3 season, you might want to go back to this posting and see how well you did Percy Harvin at #22 was not actually high, it was pretty low, considering his ability. Also, if you were going to point out his character issue, you should have noticed Crabtree has also character issue.

Also, it seems the James Laurinaitis from Ohio st. doing very fine unlike this prediction #37. Chris Wells has injury issue and not so productive.

Your prediction about Aaron Curry is correct so far though.

By: Anthony Stalter

Anthony Stalter — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:15:14 +0000

Thank you for all of your comments, guys. I really appreciate it.

By: Da Bear

Da Bear — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:15:30 +0000

Nice job, Anthony Kiper-Stalter. You know your stuff. I especially liked the comment about the Raiders. As long as Al Davis is calling the shots they are a mess.
I agree about Sanchez. Some of my closest friends are Jets’ fans and hope it works out, but I’m predicting that it won’t. Again, excellent work, thorough and informative.
Let’s start the season.

By: Bay44

Bay44 — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:44:55 +0000

Good wrap ATS …….. There is nothing left to say but – we’ll get back to you in three years and see how all these picks turned out.
You done your homework.

By: Anthony Stalter

Anthony Stalter — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:54:34 +0000

Can’t agree with you on that one. Bradford and McCoy will both be marginal at best in the NFL – Sanchez would have been picked ahead of both of them.

I’ll give McCoy – not Bradford. I know you think all Big 12 quarterbacks are overrated because nobody plays defense in that conference, but I think Bradford is the real deal and a legitimate No. 1 pick next year.

My biggest concern with Sanchez is how flustered he got when a team was able to get a good rush on him. And that was college – what’s going to happen in the NFL when defensive coordinators are going to send multiple defenders at him at all times? His decision-making wasn’t always good in the clutch (see the Oregon State and California games from last year as examples) either.

But you can find five negative things to say about every prospect in the draft, as well as five positive things. The bottom line is that we’ll never know where Sanchez would rank if we waited to come out, but I wonder…

By: Gerardo Orlando

Gerardo Orlando — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:18:39 +0000

“But I can’t help but think about how if Mark Sanchez had waited to come out next year, there’s a good chance he would be the third quarterback taken behind Sam Bradford and Colt McCoy. Yet he was a top 5 pick in this year’s draft and the Jets had to trade two high picks and three players in order to select him. Yikes.”

Can’t agree with you on that one. Bradford and McCoy will both be marginal at best in the NFL – Sanchez would have been picked ahead of both of them.