Thursday, October 16, 2014

NFL Draft Big Board at Week After Week 7 of College Football

Positional Rankings:

QB: 
1. Marcus Mariota, Oregon
2. Bryce Petty, Baylor
3. Jameis Winston, Florida State
4. Brett Hundley, UCLA
5. Dak Prescott, Mississippi State
6. Connor Cook, Michigan State
7.  Sean Mannion, Oregon State
8. Everett Golson, Notre Dame
9. Cody Kessler, USC
10. Bo Wallace, Ole Miss

RB: 
1. Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin
2. Todd Gurley, Georgia
3. Ameer Abdullah, Nebraska
4. Tevin Coleman, Indiana
5. Mike Davis, South Carolina
6. Duke Johnson, Miami
7. T.J. Yeldon, Alabama
8. David Cobb, Minnesota
9. Jeremy Langford, Michigan State
 10. Corey Grant, Auburn

WR:
1. Amari Cooper, Alabama
2. Nelson Agholor, USC
3. Devin Funchess, Michigan
4. Sammie Coates, Auburn
5. DeVante Parker, Louisville
6. Ty Montgomery, Stanford
7. Kevin White, West Virginia
8. Rashad Greene, Florida State
9. Stefon Diggs, Maryland
10. Kasen Williams, Washington

TE: 
1. Nick O'Leary, Florida State
2. Jeff Heuerman, Ohio State
3. Gerald Christian, Louisville
4. Ben Koyack, Notre Dame
5.  E.J. Bibbs, Iowa State

OT:
1. Brandon Scherff, Iowa
2. Cedric Ogbuehi, Texas A&M
3. Andrus Peat, Stanford
4. Germain Ifedi, Texas A&M
5. Ty Sambrailo, Colorado State
6. La'el Collins, LSU
7. Spencer Drango, Baylor
8. Cameron Erving, Florida State
9. Sean Hickey, Syracuse
10. Ereck Flowers, Miami

G:
1. A.J. Cann, South Carolina
2.  Tre Jackson, Florida State
3. Laken Tomlinson, Duke
4.  Arie Kouandjio, Alabama
5. Aundrey Walker, USC

C:
1. Hronnis Grasu, Oregon
2. Reese Dismukes, Auburn
3. Dominic Espinosa, Texas
4. Brandon Vitable, Northwestern
5. B.J. Finney, Kansas State

DE:
1. Leonard Williams, USC
2. Randy Gregory, Nebraska
3. Shane Ray, Missouri
4. Mario Edwards, Florida State
5. Shawn Oakman, Baylor
6. Dante Fowler, Florida
7. Carl Davis, Iowa
8. Shilique Calhoun, Michigan State
9. Trey Flowers, Arkansas
10. Christian Covington, Rice

DT: 
1. Michael Bennett, Ohio State
2. Ellis McCarthy, UCLA
3. Danny Shelton, Washington
4. Eddie Goldman, Florida State
5. Grady Jeerers, Clemson
6. Jordan Phillips, Oklahoma
7. Malcom Brown, Texas
8. Tyeler Davidson, Fresno State
9. Gabe Wright, Auburn
10. Henry Anderson, Stanford

OLB:
1. Vic Beasley, Clemson
2. Shaq Thompson, Washington
3. Eric Striker, Oklahoma
4. Leonard Floyd, Georgia
5. Hau'oli Kikaha, Washington
6. Geneo Grissom, Oklahoma
7. Zach Hodges, Harvard
8. Noah Spence, Ohio State
9. Markus Golden, Missouri
10. Cedric Reed, Texas


ILB:
1. Benardric McKinney, Mississippi State
2. Denzel Perryman, Miami
3. Kris Frost, Auburn
4. Eric Kendricks, UCLA
5. A.J. Johnson, Tennessee
6. Ramik Wilson, Georgia
7. Trey DePriest, Alabama
8. Ben Heeney, Kansas
9. Bryce Hager, Baylor
10. Stephone Anthony, Clemson

CB: 
1. Marcus Peters, Washington
2. Ifo Ekpre-Olomu
3. Jalen Mills, LSU
4. Trae Waynes, Michigan State
5. P.J. Williams, Florida State
6. Doran Grant, Ohio State
7. Ronald Darby, Florida State
8. Quandre Diggs, Texas
9. Kevin Johnson, Wake Forest
10. Steven Nelson, Oregon State

S:
1. Landon Collins, Alabama
2. Kurtis Drummond, Michigan State
3. Jordan Richards, Stanford
4. Tyler Hunter, Florida State
5. Derron Smith, Fresno State
6. Cody Prewitt, Ole Miss
7. Anthony Harris, Virginia
8. Justin Cox, Mississippi State
9. Jermaine Whitehead, Auburn
10. Kyshoen Jarrett, Virginia Tech

Top 32: 
1. Marcus Mariota, Oregon
2. Leonard Williams, USC
3. Brandon Scherff, Iowa
4. Cedric Ogbuehi, Texas A&M
5. Vic Beasley, Clemson
6. Amari Cooper, Alabama
7. Bryce Petty, Baylor
8. Randy Gregory, Nebraska
9. Landon Collins, Alabama
10. Jameis Winston, Florida State
11. Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, Oregon
12. Shaq Thompson, Washington
13. Shane Ray, Missouri
14. Andrus Peat, Stanford
15. Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin
16. Michael Bennett, Ohio State
17. Benardric McKinney, Mississippi State
18. Jalen Mills, LSU
19. Mario Edwards, Florida State
20. Ellis McCarthy, UCLA
21. Nelson Agholor, USC
22. Brett Hundley, UCLA
23. Todd Gurley, Georgia
24. A.J. Cann, South Carolina
25. Danny Shelton, Washington
26. Eric Striker, Oklahoma
27. Devin Funchess, Michigan
28. Denzel Perryman, Miami
29. Kurtis Drummond, Michigan State
30. Sammie Coates, Auburn
31. German Ifedi, Texas A&M
32. Hronnis Grasu, Oregon

Sunday, October 5, 2014

NFL Week 5 Predictions

Last week I finished 7-5 

Bills at Lions: Matthew Stafford and the Detroit Lions are on fire and I feel like they can shut down struggling E.J. Manuel and the Bills offense. Lions win 23-13

Falcons at Giants: This will likely be an offensive shootout as both teams defenses are struggling. I like Eli Manning to continue his winning always and pick up a tough victory at home. Giants win 27-20

Ravens at Colts: Andrew Luck is putting up an MVP-caliber season and will out duel the Ravens offense that lacks playmakers besides for Steve Smith. As long as they shut down Smith, the Colts will cruise to a victory. Colts win 31-21

Texans at Cowboys: After a huge defensive output against the do-it-all Drew Brees and as long as the offense does their job and double teams J.J. Watt Dallas will win. Cowboys win 34-27

Rams at Eagles: This could be the game where the Philadelphia defense truly shows their colors. If they can't stop Austin Davis and the pedestrian Rams offense then they have a serious problem on that side of the ball. Eagles win 38-10

Browns at Titans: The Browns have some serious momentum behind them and have finally found the right coach. With Brandon Tate back, their offense will be clicking on all cylinders. Browns win 24-23

Buccaneers at Saints: The Saints rarely lose at home, and against the Bucanneers they will continue that trend. Saints win 34-20

Steelers at Jaguars: The Jaguars are definitely on the right path but their team is just not ready to compete at this point in Bortles development. Steelers win 27-17

Bears at Panthers: This is an interesting matchup as both teams are coming off embarrassing losses. I like the Bears to get back on track on the road. Bears win 21-17

Cardinals at Broncos: The Broncos high powered offense will face the well-coached Cardinals defenses in this battle and I like the Peyton Manning to win this one an pick up a huge victory at home. Broncos win 21-20

Jets at Chargers: With the unbelievable play of Philip Rivers and the Chargers offense, the Jets won't stand a chance, even if Geno Smith has a flawless game. Chargers win 28-14

Chiefs at 49ers: The 49ers will win this one as they pick up their second ever victory at Levi Stadium with some shutdown defense. 49ers win 20-17

Bengals at Patriots: Bengals will take advantage of the poor play the whole Patriots team and win with a complete team victory. Bengals win 30-24

Seahawks at Redskins: The Seahawks won't even have to win this game with their defense as Russell Wilson will perform greatly as he always does in prime time. Seahawks win 24-6

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Packers-Vikings Post Game

Grading the Packers:

Quarterback: Aaron Rodgers was once again on point ringing up 156 yards and three touchdowns through three quarters after sitting on the bench with a more than comfortable 42-0 lead. He finished the day with a 138.7 QB Rating. Matt Flynn brings down this grade after coming in and throwing an interception. Overall, the Packers quarterbacks look as good as always. Grade: B+

Running Backs: Eddic Lacy finally broke out of his slump as he totaled 105 yards on thirteen carries and scored twice. What was so amazing about Lacy was his thumping runs, as his second touchdown as he was barreling into the far right side of the end zone, took off the helmet of a pursuing Viking defender. James Starks added 46 yards on 12 carries as the Packers rushing attack put up 157 yards after a very quiet first four weeks of the season. Grade: A-

Wide Receivers: The Packers receivers didn't do a lot as Rodgers was held under 175 yards in his shortened game. The play that stuck out to me was the 66 yard touchdown catch and run by Jordy Nelson from a beautiful throw by Aaron Rodgers. Davante Adams caught his first career touchdown catch on a slant as he glided into the end zone. Randall Cobb opened the scoring for the Packers and led the team, along with Eddie Lacy, with three catches. Grade: A

Tight Ends: Andrew Quarless was the only tight end with a catch, as he finished with two catches for 19 yards. The tight ends, however, did open up some very key running lanes to finally get Eddie Lacy and Co. running again. Grade: B

Offensive Line: The line only gave up two sacks and consistently gave Rodgers enough time to scan the field and move around freely in the pocket. The reason for the high grade, however, is for the vast improvement in the run game, especially for thumper Eddie Lacy. All five linemen had a great game and extra probe to the dynamic guard duo of T.J. Lang and Josh Sitton for opening up the inside run game. Grade: A-

Defensive Line: Datone Jones left the game early but this was a superb showing by the defensive line. Letroy Guion and Mike Daniels each had 1.5 sacks and consistently showed up for a top tier rushing attack, one that was supposed to tear through the Packers defense. Luther Robinson got his hand in the face of Ponder and forced him to throw a pick to Julius Peppers that resulted in a pick-6. Grade: A

Linebackers: Julius Peppers, as you read above, had a pick-six that shifted a ton of momentum the Packers way. He also recorded a half of a sack. The very next time the ball was in Ponder's hands he threw to another Green Bay linebacker, this time Jamari Lattimore, which resulted in a passing touchdown. A.J. Hawk recorded a half of a sack and repeatedly got into the backfield. Nick Perry may have had the most impressive performance, as he took Christian Ponder down twice for two sacks. Grade: A+


Secondary: The defensive backs weren't asked to do all that much and played very well for the most part, as Sam Shields and Co. shut down Greg Jennings and Cordarelle Patterson. They also limited Christian Ponder to 200 yards passing and didn't allow a passing touchdown. Grade: B+

Special Teams: The special teams also had a decent game as Mason Crosby made all six of his extra points and Tim Masthay repeatedly pinned the Vikings offense inside the twenty yard line. Grade: A+


Coaching: Mike McCarthy made all the right calls and perhaps his best call was to let Aaron Rodgers end his game in the third quarter as the game was already well in hand. Dom Capers called a nice game and got a lot of Packers defenders into the backfield consistently. Grade: A