Joe did.

is the USA Today one – I bought it last week as my one draft mag purchase of the year, and it stinks on ice – I warn all of you – - don’t buy it!

No, he bases his mocks based on what he perceives to be team needs. The guy definitely knows his college fooball. What he doesn’t know is the NFL, outside of the Saints. You can see that in his overall NFL player rankings, which are basically nothing more than a Who’s Who of the 2000s, peppered with a few trendy names. The capsules truly are spot on most of the time, especially his player comparisons.

How in depth does that magazine go? Every player capsule in Detillier’s guide has a 1/3 to 1/2 page write up on average. Here’s the breakdown by position from last year’s guide (number of capsules/number ranked):

QBs – 19/44
HBs – 29/55
FBs – 13/24
WRs – 38/76
TEs – 29/52
Cs – 17/33
Gs – 18/38
Ts – 25/55
DEs – 35/54
DTs – 27/50
ILBs – 15/32
OLBs – 26/51
CBs – 25/62
FSs – 15/30
SSs – 15/28
Ks – 3/8
Ps – 3/8
TOTAL – 352/700

I always fill in the drafting teams as I’m watching. There’s typically 2 or 3 players every year that are drafted and nowhere to be found in the book. Still, unless Lindy’s is providing extensive write ups on 350+ players, along with twice as many mentions, I’s day you’re selling yourself $11 short.

I’ll avoid any guide that still has Fairley ranked #1. I’ll print my stuff off line the day of the draft…much preferable then getting stuck with something 3 months out of date.