...and I have no idea what the Bills will be doing.
To be honest, nor does anyone else. Some people think the Bills will draft Florida St LB Patrick Willis at #12. Some people think they'll get Michigan CB Leon Hall. Some people think they'll trade up with Houston and draft Adrian Peterson at 10. Some people think they'll draft Paul Posluszny. Some people think they'll draft Darrelle Revis (who?).
I think one of the most interesting times of the year for aimlessly surfing sports related internet sites, has to be the month or so leading up to the NFL draft. It's really the only time that you can head to 17 different websites, some apparently created by 4th graders in Mr. Herdline's Tuesday-Thursday Computer class, and get at least 17 different versions of Mock Drafts. Some sites even give you predictions on 2nd round picks, which seems a bit like predicting who will win a NASCAR race, but then attempting to predict who will round out the top 5.
Still, I find myself completely engrossed in these ridiculous sites. I eagerly look to see if the site has each team's logo next to their corresponding draft position (which I think lends legitimacy to the site), and then why exactly this expert feels the Buffalo Bills will be taking Darrelle Revis at #12 because of a "Glaring hole at cornerback following Nate Clements’ departure, Revis brings the size and toughness to immediately compete and brings added value where Clements did not, in the return game." Yes folks. The return game. True, Nate Clements did return 1 punt for a touchdown in 2005, but was not used in the return game at all in 2006, because the Bills have a midget named Roscoe Parrish, who not only is the dumbest player in the NFL (by Wonderlic standards at least), also averaged 11.3 yds/return last season with 1 TD. Is Parrish Devin Hester? No. Is anyone that good? No. Is he a very good punt returner? Yes.
What is fun about the weeks leading up to the draft, is that at least you get some different opinions being tossed around on the Internet. Too often the same AP story is posted on a team's website, 4 fan sites, espn.com, si.com, msnbc.com, etc(.com) and passed off as "new news". Even Power Rankings tend to look awfully similar 1 month into any season of any sport on any website.
So here's to you, Mr. Mock Draft Football Guy.
By the way...the Bills could get Adrian Peterson!!!! hehe
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I also love mock drafts sites. Not just for the NFL, but for any league. It's a little bit of a bummer that the Bears pick so low because no one actually has any idea what they'll do in a mock draft, so I can't pay any attention to them. But I guess that also means they went to the Super Bowl last year, so I shouldn't be complaining about boring mock drafts.
I'll just focus on the Bulls gift-wrapped lottery pick instead.
Well written article.
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