The official '12 NFL Draft Thread - Going Live at 8 EST

[clyde_carbon]

Today is the day people! Woohoo!

1.30. A.J. Jenkins, WR, Illinois

 

[CalamityX11]

A las, the march to the Super Bowl begins tonight....

 

[Ray_Dogg]

I guess one of us needs to update the first post with Niners picks so the village doesn't get angry.

 

[xJuicex]

Depending on who goes before 30, I got a feeling Amini Silatolu will be a 49er by tonight.

 

[abaskin18]

My "doctors appointment" can't get here soon enough.

 

[michaelwarner]

I guess one of us needs to update the first post with Niners picks so the village doesn't get angry.

LOL, Awesome Ray!

Completely draft related, I work at restaurant down the street from Radio City and last year I waited on the Equipment Manager for the Bills. We talked at length about the draft and I mentioned I was a Niner fan. He came in last night, after not being in for a year, and brought me a bag of Niner gear. He emailed a friend of his on the team and got a bunch of Sideline shirts and hats. Totally amazing. I'm wearing it with pride today. I also think I'm going to have to start rooting for the Bills too...

 

[Ray_Dogg]

LOL, Awesome Ray!

Completely draft related, I work at restaurant down the street from Radio City and last year I waited on the Equipment Manager for the Bills. We talked at length about the draft and I mentioned I was a Niner fan. He came in last night, after not being in for a year, and brought me a bag of Niner gear. He emailed a friend of his on the team and got a bunch of Sideline shirts and hats. Totally amazing. I'm wearing it with pride today. I also think I'm going to have to start rooting for the Bills too...

That is awesome.

 

[BINGO]

LOL, Awesome Ray!

Completely draft related, I work at restaurant down the street from Radio City and last year I waited on the Equipment Manager for the Bills. We talked at length about the draft and I mentioned I was a Niner fan. He came in last night, after not being in for a year, and brought me a bag of Niner gear. He emailed a friend of his on the team and got a bunch of Sideline shirts and hats. Totally amazing. I'm wearing it with pride today. I also think I'm going to have to start rooting for the Bills too...

That was very Classy of him.

 

[CalamityX11]

LOL, Awesome Ray!

Completely draft related, I work at restaurant down the street from Radio City and last year I waited on the Equipment Manager for the Bills. We talked at length about the draft and I mentioned I was a Niner fan. He came in last night, after not being in for a year, and brought me a bag of Niner gear. He emailed a friend of his on the team and got a bunch of Sideline shirts and hats. Totally amazing. I'm wearing it with pride today. I also think I'm going to have to start rooting for the Bills too...

jealous!!!

I'm going to start talking to random people from now on!

 

[BINGO]

Pats trying to move up?
1:38PM ET
New England Patriots

It seems that everyone has gotten the hint that the draft rumors hitting the wire later on in the process are largely smoke-screens, but that hasn't stopped them from flowing freely.

On Thursday afternoon, Albert Breer of the NFL Network reported that the New England Patriots had called the Seattle Seahawks, according to league sources, to inquire about what it would take to get up to No. 12 overall. Breer's educated guess is that the Pats are targeting Alabama S Mark Barron.

Barron's name is one that we've been hearing all day as a potential Top 10 pick, so moving up to 12 wouldn't do the Pats any good. But if Barron does manage to slide to that spot, we can't rule out such a trade taking place. By moving to 12, the Pats can jump ahead of Dallas, Philadelphia and the Jets, all of whom are rumored to be interested in Barron.

- Tim Kavanagh​

 

[BINGO]

Giants eyeing Kirkpatrick?
11:53AM ET
New York Giants

One player whose stock has allegedly been slipping over the past several days is Alabama CB Dre Kirkpatrick. The reality may just be that Kirkpatrick had not been as high on team's draft boards as some folks believed, and this is simply a correction of the earlier misplacement.

In any case, this is an important consideration for teams in the latter portion of the first round; while Kirkpatrick was at one time going as high as Buffalo at No. 10, it appears he may be on the board for teams in the 20s that are looking to boost their CB corps. What about the team at No. 32 overall?

Mike Garafolo of the Star-Ledger believes that Kirkpatrick's name is one that the New York Giants may put on their draft card should the Alabama product still be around for them at 32. The Giants hosted Kirkpatrick for one of their 30 allotted visits this draft season, so they should have a good idea whether they like him enough to make it two straight seasons of drafting a first-round CB (Prince Amukamara joined the team in 2011).

Given the Giants' recent strategy of taking the best player available on their board, it does not seem as though they'd trade up to nab Kirkpatrick, but if he were to fall through to them, he'd be one of the prospects under consideration. Of course, if he does make it that far, this could be a nice opportunity for the Giants to auction that pick away to the CB-needy teams at the front end of Round 2.

- Tim Kavanagh​

 

[merc]

Exciting indeed. Still like the old format better, though....Saturday and Sunday. Gonna be an interesting draft this year, for sure.

 

[ChrisPozz]

Browns may try for a third first-round pick to draft Brandon Weeden | ProFootballTalk

Intriguing going in to me and may be very intriguing by tonight.

 

[ChrisPozz]

Kendall Wright tunes out NFL draft hype - Chicago Sun-Times

More than anything, Wright has been bothered by a report about his body fat being at 16 percent. Just last week, he said, one NFL club measured his body fat at 8.4 percent.

 

[Ray_Dogg]

Kendall Wright tunes out NFL draft hype - Chicago Sun-Times

More than anything, Wright has been bothered by a report about his body fat being at 16 percent. Just last week, he said, one NFL club measured his body fat at 8.4 percent.

The eyeballs could tell he wasn't 16 percent. Such a stupid report to begin with.

 

[BINGO]

Browns may try for a third first-round pick to draft Brandon Weeden | ProFootballTalk

Intriguing going in to me and may be very intriguing by tonight.

This is some fascinating sh8t. I_am_1z created a thread called "1st Round Draft surprise predictions", and my post (my prediction that is) was that the browns would end up having 3 1st round picks...

Fascinating Bingo, fascinating...!

 

[Bemular]

Browns may try for a third first-round pick to draft Brandon Weeden | ProFootballTalk

Intriguing going in to me and may be very intriguing by tonight.

I would love to think "there's our trade", but if Weeden is still on the board at 22 then I see no reason to believe he won't make it to the 2nd round. (Unless Pittsburgh takes him??) At least, I'm not seeing QB being a 1st round need for any of the bottom 10 teams.

 

[Hangman]

Can't wait for it to begin. Went out and got some lobsters and clams this morning. Clam chowder, steamers and lobsters for a clam bake right before the draft. Gonna have a clam bake in my back yard for me and my friends to celebrate the draft.

Can't wait for my patriot friends to come in contact with my giants friends. Gonna be interesting.

 

[FourBeeDen]

wonder how this guy would react this time around...

 

[ChrisPozz]

NFL.com Blogs Blog Archive Morris Claiborne could go to Minnesota Vikings

Minnesota has Claiborne rated highest on their draft board and the team reportedly likes him more than USC offensive tackle Matt Kalil.