CSC Community Draft Board: Choosing the Top Five
by Dave Cariello on Apr 13, 2010 6:00 AM CDT
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PrintIf you thought our community mock draft was fun, I've got something that'll blow your socks off.
Let me introduce to you our first ever Canal Street Chronicles community draft board. The good people over at Dawgs by Nature, the SB Nation Browns blog, came up with this genius voting machine and are sharing it with us. Just another reason why being a member of such an awesome network of blogs can't be beat.
Your votes will be tabulated to create a big board of the top NFL draft prospects. While Sean Payton, Mickey Loomis and company are hard at work right now evaluating college players from around the country and ranking them as part of their draft plan, we will be doing the same.
Detailed instructions can be found after the jump. Please read them carefully.
I'm looking forward to seeing the results. And feel free to discuss your voting in the comment section.
How this works
Please vote only once!!
Rank the top five available players in the order you would like to seem them drafted by the Saints. Pretend you're in charge. Take talent, value, need, and character into account if and only if you feel that the Saints should be doing the same when evaluating a draft prospect. If you feel players should be ranked based on talent alone, then do so.
This is not a mock draft.
Don't predict what will happen. This does not take into account what other teams will do before the Saints pick. You never know what will happen or who will be available.
Don't predict how you think the Saints will rank players. This is how you, as a member of the Canal Street Chronicles community, rank the players.
Players will receive 5 points for every first place vote, 4 for every second place, and so on. They will receive 0 points if they are unranked. Total points from all ballots will be added, and the five players with the most votes will be taken out of the pool of available players and put up on the big board.
Again, please vote only once!!
You can track the results at your convenience by checking this website.
I will leave voting open for 48 hours, give or take. I will then post the results and we'll get started all over again on positions six through ten. We'll go as far as we can until the draft.
Happy voting!
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My Top 4 +1
1. Suh – most dominant player in the draft at a position of need.
2. Okung – a true franchise LT is something no team can afford to pass up, unless you already have one, and we do not.
3. Berry – biggest playmaker on defense at an unsolidified position.
4. McCoy – not the force Suh has been, but still well above any other front seven prospect on defense.
5. Bulaga – would have voted Campbell here, but he’s inexplicably not listed. 3rd best LT prospect in the draft, worthy of Top 5 consideration.
"I was not on the boat in question." -Darren Sharper
yea, but we don’t need a left tackle….why not get the best DE instead, after DTs and Berry? or OLB?
by Andrew Tessier on Apr 13, 2010 8:42 AM CDT up reply actions
So, you’re happy with Jon Stinchcomb, Zach Strief, Jermey Parnell and Na’Shan Goddard? Those are the only OTs currently under contract. Add Jammal Brown and Jermon Bushrod to that list, if you want to … I’m still not satisfied with their lead run blocking as a group. Put it this way, I see more potential for improvement between Okung/Campbell/Bulaga and J. Brown at LT, than I do between Morgan and A. Brown/Smith at DE. As far as OLB goes, there’s simply none that grade out anywhere close to the five players I selected. If any of these guys were available, there’s no way in hell I’d overlook them for Weatherspoon or Kindle. Why would you? Grab Okung, then trade J. Brown or Bushrod for any proven starting WLB. At least that way, you’d be upgrading two positions, not just one.
"I was not on the boat in question." -Darren Sharper
you got me there….but then, why not get bradford then trade him for a WLB?
by Andrew Tessier on Apr 14, 2010 2:29 AM CDT up reply actions
Because not many teams would be in the market for a QB with that kind of salary. As a starter, you’re talking about a position 32 deep in the league. Starting OTs run 64 deep. Just more of a crapshoot, is all. That doesn’t mean I wouldn’t draft Bradford, if he’s still around once all the elite need position players vanish, only that he wouldn’t top my Big Board based on demand.
"I was not on the boat in question." -Darren Sharper
Based strictly on need, last year’s Jenkins pick made a lot of sense. But what if Orakpu had slipped another spot? What if we were choosing between Orakpu, Jenkins and Oher (the guy I was pushing for at the time)? No knock on Jenkins, but Oher would have stepped in for J. Brown when he went down and we’d probably be in a position to let Brown walk right now, instead of overpaying him to play a position at which he’s not best suited. Orakpu would have been starting over Grant by midseason and the money we spent on an eight-years-older A. Brown could have gone in Jahri Evans’s. What would have missed out on without Jenkins, exactly? Worst case scenario, McKenzie could have stuck around all year and we still win the Super Bowl. Granted, it’s a lot easier to talk about these things in hindsight, but to just blow off elite players because they don’t “fill a hole” seems foolish, imo. Even Sam Bradford’s going to wind up falling somewhere in my 6-15 range. Need or not, his value (presumably to other teams) dictates that approach.
"I was not on the boat in question." -Darren Sharper
Hoping you mean Davis and not Campbell….as that boy out of Maryland screams bust. He’s a 2nd round prospect at best unless you’re Al Davis.
No, I’m one of the few that actually like Campbell. Based on raw potential, obviously. I also like the fact that he did exactly what it took to get noticed at the Combine. Imo, that shows not only ability, but determination. His sheer size and wingspan is what sets him apart from the pack, though. Technique and all that other stuff can be taught. Physical attributes can’t. Desire can’t either, but from everything I’ve seen and read on the guy, I don’t foresee that being a problem on the next level.
"I was not on the boat in question." -Darren Sharper
5 in order
1. Suh
2. McCoy
3. Berry
4. Okung
5. Bulaga
cp’s right, absolutely no OLB’s or DE’s worthy. Suh and McCoy with rotation of Ellis for a power inside game. Berry solidifying a much need as the best safety in the draft (Although if i had a 6th pick i’d pick Earl Thomas and move Berry to SS), and you build 2 offensive tackles for the next 10 years and trade off brown avoiding the big pay day that goes rightfully should go to Evans. You can’t afford to reach for a 15-20 talent in the top 5…it’s that simple.
mine goes:
1)McCoy (This would make the Ricky Williams draft trade look very insignificant)
2)Berry (Dream comes true)
3)Suh (shocker, isn’t it)
4)Kindle (would love for this to happen)
5) Graham (Perfect)
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