2009 Member Mock (Second) Rounds 1-3

[beerlover]

Originally Posted by Super Mario

Via PM from BigBull17, the Arizona Cardinals Select:

Larry English, DE/OLB, Northern Illinois

is it me or does #51 look like a Middle Linebacker? aggressive, plays with edge, instinctive to the ball & explosive tackler. nice pick

[BigBull17]

Originally Posted by beerlover

is it me or does #51 look like a Middle Linebacker? aggressive, plays with edge, instinctive to the ball & explosive tackler. nice pick

Yeah. I may have changed my pick if I had noticed Maybin was there at 31, but I just assumed he wasnt there. Oh well.

[Blake]

Round 1 is in the books. Remember you can see all the picks HERE.

Round 2 is underway with:

Patriots - rmartin65
Rams - WolverineFan
Browns - HOU-TEX

[Blake]

Biggest surprise: Beatty going before Britton.

Best Value: Pettigrew @ 28 to Philly.

[rmartin65]

With the 34th pick in the draft, the New England Patriots select OLB Connor Barwin, from Cincinnati.

Explanation will follow shortly.

[Shaft75]

And Maybin continues to fall!

[Blake]

Originally Posted by Shaft75

And Maybin continues to fall!

The next 3-4 team is the Browns, but they already took Orakpo.

[rmartin65]

Connor Barwin


This might seem a little high for Barwin, but I could not risk not getting him. His combine numbers were lights out among the D linemen, and his play on the field backs it up. He is a Patriots player, a great team guy who can play multiple positions. He will take Vrabel's spot, both on defense and on the goal line.

[Ole Miss Texan]

Originally Posted by rmartin65

Connor Barwin


This might seem a little high for Barwin, but I could not risk not getting him. His combine numbers were lights out among the D linemen, and his play on the field backs it up. He is a Patriots player, a great team guy who can play multiple positions. He will take Vrabel's spot, both on defense and on the goal line.

Nicely done, they sure got young at the LB position with he and Laurinaitis... that was desperately needed.

[rmartin65]

Originally Posted by Ole Miss Texan

Nicely done, they sure got young at the LB position with he and Laurinaitis... that was desperately needed.

Yep. I decided that with Laurenaitis, Barwin, and Mayo from last year, they are set at the position for quite a while.

[HOU-TEX]

Originally Posted by rmartin65

Connor Barwin


This might seem a little high for Barwin, but I could not risk not getting him. His combine numbers were lights out among the D linemen, and his play on the field backs it up. He is a Patriots player, a great team guy who can play multiple positions. He will take Vrabel's spot, both on defense and on the goal line.

I like Barwin. I grabbed him in the last mock in the 2nd round too. I think he fits Belichick perfectly. Nice pick

[WolverineFan]

With the 35th pick the St. Louis Rams select . . .

CB D.J. Moore, Vanderbilt

By taking an OT in the 1st round, I knew needed to go defense in the 2nd and CB is a big need for the Rams. By adding Moore the Rams add one of the top 3 CB's in the draft.

[HOU-TEX]

Originally Posted by WolverineFan

With the 35th pick the St. Louis Rams select . . .

CB D.J. Moore, Vanderbilt

By taking an OT in the 1st round, I knew needed to go defense in the 2nd and CB is a big need for the Rams. By adding Moore the Rams add one of the top 3 CB's in the draft.

Dammit man! He was one of my options

I'll be back shortly to make the Brownies pick

[Blake]

Originally Posted by HOU-TEX

Dammit man! He was one of my options

I'll be back shortly to make the Brownies pick

I almost took him over Johnson. Too bad he is 5' nothing.

[WolverineFan]

Originally Posted by Super Mario

I almost took him over Johnson. Too bad he is 5' nothing.

Height really means nothing for NFL CB's these days though. All the WR's are 6'2+ while all the CB's are under 6 feet.

Moore is 5'10 185 lbs so he actually has decent size for a CB.

[HOU-TEX]

With the 36th pick in the 2009 TT draft, the Cleveland Browns select:

Donald Brown, RB out of UConn

With an aging Lewis, Brown would surely bolster the Browns lackluster backfield from day 1. Other positions that were considered are Oline and CB, but figured Brown was the BPA at a needed position.

[Honoring Earl 34]

Originally Posted by WolverineFan

Height really means nothing for NFL CB's these days though. All the WR's are 6'2+ while all the CB's are under 6 feet.

Moore is 5'10 185 lbs so he actually has decent size for a CB.

I'll bet Butler goes before both . He's bigger, faster , stronger , with a 44" vertical . He also had the best feet and the most fluid hips at the combine , for CB's .

[rmartin65]

Two good picks... I really like Brown, he will be phenomenal in Cleveland.

[beerlover]

Originally Posted by HOU-TEX

With the 36th pick in the 2009 TT draft, the Cleveland Browns select:

Donald Brown, RB out of UConn

With an aging Lewis, Brown would surely bolster the Browns lackluster backfield from day 1. Other positions that were considered are Oline and CB, but figured Brown was the BPA at a needed position.

nice pick. who was that other RB named Brown that use to play in Cleveland?

[WolverineFan]

Originally Posted by Honoring Earl 34

I'll bet Butler goes before both . He's bigger, faster , stronger , with a 44" vertical . He also had the best feet and the most fluid hips at the combine , for CB's .

Well he is pretty much an unknown to me so he needs to take his talents and put them out on the field. Moore was the difference maker on Vandy's defense last year and when you watched them he stood out.

I had never heard of Butler before the combine, not to say he's not a great player, it's just that I prefer an established player over a combine stud. He could very well turn out to be great, but I already know what I'm getting by taking Moore. I feel pretty good about taking him early 2nd round.