An early look at who might go where in the 2008 NFL Draft with our first two-round mock draft of the year.
ROUND 1
1. Miami (1-15): QB Matt Ryan, Boston College
2. St. Louis (3-13): OT Jake Long, Michigan
3. Atlanta (4-12): DT Glenn Dorsey, LSU
4. Oakland (4-12): DE Chris Long, Virginia
5. Kansas City (4-12): OT Ryan Clady, Boise State
6. New York Jets (4-12): RB Darren McFadden, Arkansas
7. New England (from San Francisco): CB Leodis McKelvin, Troy
8. Baltimore (5-11): DE Vernon Gholston, Ohio State
9. Cincinnati (7-9): DT Sedrick Ellis, USC
10. New Orleans (7-9): DT Pat Sims, Auburn
11. Buffalo (7-9): CB Dominique Rogers-Cromartie, Tennessee State
12. Denver (7-9): LB Keith Rivers, USC
13. Carolina (7-9): RB Rashard Mendenhall, Illinois
14. Chicago (7-9): OT Chris Williams, Vanderbilt
15. Detroit (7-9): RB Jonathan Stewart, Oregon
16. Arizona (8-8): FS Kenny Phillips, Miami
17. Minnesota (8-8): DE Phillip Merling, Clemson
18. Houston (8-8): CB Mike Jenkins, South Florida
19. Philadelphia (8-8): DE Derrick Harvey, Florida
20. Tampa Bay (9-7): OT Jeff Otah, Pittsburgh
21. Washington (9-7): LB Dan Connor, Penn State
22. Dallas (from Cleveland): RB Felix Jones, Arkansas
23. Pittsburgh (10-6): WR James Hardy, Indiana
24. Tennessee (10-6): CB Aqib Talib, Kansas
25. Seattle (10-6): DT Trevor Laws, Notre Dame
26. Jacksonville (11-5): LB Curtis Lofton, Oklahoma
27. San Diego (11-5): OG Brandon Albert, Virginia
28. Dallas (13-3): OT Carl Nicks, Nebraska
29. San Francisco (from Indianapolis): DE Lawrence Jackson, USC
30. Green Bay (13-3): OL O’neil Cousins, UTEP
31. New England (16-0): Pick Forfeited
32. New York Giants (10-6): FS DaJuan Morgan, North Carolina State
ROUND 2
33. Dolphins: OT Anthony Collins, Kansas
34. Rams: WR Malcolm Kelly, Oklahoma
35. Raiders: CB Antoine Cason, UNLV
36. Chiefs: WR Early Doucet, LSU
37. Jets: CB Brandon Flowers, Virginia Tech
38. Falcons: TE Dustin Keller, Purdue
39. Ravens: QB Brian Brohm, Louisville
40. 49ers: OG Chili Rachal, USC
41. Saints: DT Dre Moore, Maryland
42. Bills: WR DeSean Jackson, California
43. Broncos: OT Gosder Cherilus, Boston College
44. Panthers: LB Tavares Gooden, Miami
45. Bears: QB Joe Flacco, Delaware
46. Lions: LB Jerod Mayo, Tennessee
47. Bengals: DE Calais Campbell, Miami
48. Vikings: LB Quentin Groves, Auburn
49. Falcons (from Texans): CB Tarcy Porter, Indiana
50. Eagles: WR Devin Thomas, Michigan State
51. Cardinals: RB Chris Johnson, East Carolina
52. Redskins: WR Andre Caldwell, Florida
53. Buccaneers: SS Tyrell Johnson, Arkansas State
54. Steelers: OT Duane Brown, Virginia Tech
55. Titans: WR Mario Manningham, Michigan
56. Seahawks: OT Sam Baker, USC
57. Packers (from Browns): RB Jamaal Charles, Texas
58. Dolphins (from Chargers): LB Spencer Larson, Arizona
59. Jaguars: DT Kentwan Balmer, North Carolina
60. Colts: DT Red Bryant, Texas A&M
61. Packers: CB Justin King, Penn State
62. Cowboys: LB Erin Henderson, Maryland
63. Patriots: OG Roy Schuening, Oregon State
64. Giants: LB Xavier Adibi, Virginia Tech
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Kevin Gilbride: Magican or Genius? Maybe both
Kevin Gilbride: Magician or Genius? Maybe Both
By Dr. Bill Chachkes
When History begins to be written about this weekend's Super Bowl, no matter who wins, Kevin Gilbride will be a major contributor. While Giants Head coach Tom Coughlin and 1st Yr GM Jerry Reese will get most of the credit, Gilbride will be the offensive expert behind it all. Known as a coach with a knack for getting the most out of his Quarterback, Gilbride has had a long history in the business. He played and began his coaching career at the age of 28 for Southern Connecticut State in 1979 as offensive coordinator, becoming the head coach one year later. Compiling a 35-14-2 record could be no easy task at the small Northeast Conference School with a limited amount of financial resources for the athletics program. His rise in the NFL coaching ranks however could only be described as meteoric. It could also be established that his coaching Quarterbacks and their success is the key to his as well.
At his first stop in the NFL as a coordinator in 1990 in Houston, he would work with then defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan. Their relationship was never on the best of terms and would result in at least one altercation in public, where Ryan punched Gilbride in the stomach on the sidelines of a game in 1993, while Gilbride was suffering from cancer of the left Kidney. But Gilbride had worked with Oilers QB and former CFL stand out Warren Moon, and taught him well enough that he was able to step in as a short term replacement coach for Gilbride at the end of the 1993 season while Moon was rehabbing an injury.
At the next stop Gilbride worked with Mark Brunell and the expansion Jacksonville Jaguars, keying their early success as a franchise. That led to Gilbride's one and only chance as an NFL head coach with the San Deigo Chargers in 1997. His 1998 selection of QB Ryan Leaf was his one and only mishap in all his years in the NFL, and the blame could still be laid equally at both the feet of Leaf himself for a poor work ethic and then GM Bobby Bethard for the poor research of his scouting staff.
After leaving the west coast and the Spanos family to deal with their own problems, Gilbride came back east to another reclamation project, the Pittsburg Steelers. They had a Receiver/Quarterback/Kick Returner named Kordell Stewart, who had loads of talent but no direction. Gilbride would give that direction, and Stewart would at least become a more solid player.
After a break in from coaching in 2001, He would return to the NFL in 2002 with the Buffalo Bills as their Offensive Coordinator. It wasn't quite the right fit though, and Gilbride came south to The Giants in 2004 to work with his friend Coughlin once again. Telling then Giants GM Ernie Accorsi and Player/Pro Personnel director Marv Sunderland "I need Kevin on this staff" Coughlin got the Mara and Tisch families to make Gilbride the 4th highest paid non-coordinator assistant coach in the NFL at that time.
Tom Coughlin knew what many in the coaching business also knew. Gilbride was brilliant at designing offenses that played into the strengths of a Quarterback, and would design a blocking scheme that would protect then veteran QB Kurt Warner while he helped tutor the Rookie Eli Manning. 2004 would be a rough year for New York, posting a 5-11 record, but it would be the last losing year for the Giants under this current staff. Manning would have fits and growing pains through the 2005 and 2006 seasons as a starter once Warner left for Arizona, but we saw the flashes of brilliance in Both Manning and Gilbride as far back as the December 2004 game against the Steelers (a 33-30 Giants loss late in the game). In Late 2006 Coughlin elevated Gilbride to double duty as both offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, but would bring in Chris Palmer in early 2007 as quarterbacks coach to work with Manning on improving his mechanics. We believe this was the final piece of the coaching puzzle, the combination of Palmer, Gilbride, and Coughlin, that would spark the Giants 6 game win streak after 2007's 0-2 start, that got New York into Super Bowl XLII (42). As always, Gilbride made the most of his personnel. Plaxico Burris playing injured all season? No problem. Just put in routes for him where he doesn't need to cut on his bad ankle that much, and leave the "slashing" routes to inside receivers like Sinorice Moss and Steve Smith. Running back Brandon Jacobs hurt?? Bring in back up Derric Ward and rookie Ahmad Bradshaw for a triple back rotation. Star tight end Jeremey Shockey goes down? Just bring in that quiet kid from Western Oregon Kevin Boss (see our rookie impact piece on him). All he does is go out and catch the ball.
So when you watch today's game, look over to the sidelines and find Kevin Gilbride under his headset talking to the coaches upstairs. He is just as big a reason the Giants are there as Coughlin or the players.
By Dr. Bill Chachkes
When History begins to be written about this weekend's Super Bowl, no matter who wins, Kevin Gilbride will be a major contributor. While Giants Head coach Tom Coughlin and 1st Yr GM Jerry Reese will get most of the credit, Gilbride will be the offensive expert behind it all. Known as a coach with a knack for getting the most out of his Quarterback, Gilbride has had a long history in the business. He played and began his coaching career at the age of 28 for Southern Connecticut State in 1979 as offensive coordinator, becoming the head coach one year later. Compiling a 35-14-2 record could be no easy task at the small Northeast Conference School with a limited amount of financial resources for the athletics program. His rise in the NFL coaching ranks however could only be described as meteoric. It could also be established that his coaching Quarterbacks and their success is the key to his as well.
At his first stop in the NFL as a coordinator in 1990 in Houston, he would work with then defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan. Their relationship was never on the best of terms and would result in at least one altercation in public, where Ryan punched Gilbride in the stomach on the sidelines of a game in 1993, while Gilbride was suffering from cancer of the left Kidney. But Gilbride had worked with Oilers QB and former CFL stand out Warren Moon, and taught him well enough that he was able to step in as a short term replacement coach for Gilbride at the end of the 1993 season while Moon was rehabbing an injury.
At the next stop Gilbride worked with Mark Brunell and the expansion Jacksonville Jaguars, keying their early success as a franchise. That led to Gilbride's one and only chance as an NFL head coach with the San Deigo Chargers in 1997. His 1998 selection of QB Ryan Leaf was his one and only mishap in all his years in the NFL, and the blame could still be laid equally at both the feet of Leaf himself for a poor work ethic and then GM Bobby Bethard for the poor research of his scouting staff.
After leaving the west coast and the Spanos family to deal with their own problems, Gilbride came back east to another reclamation project, the Pittsburg Steelers. They had a Receiver/Quarterback/Kick Returner named Kordell Stewart, who had loads of talent but no direction. Gilbride would give that direction, and Stewart would at least become a more solid player.
After a break in from coaching in 2001, He would return to the NFL in 2002 with the Buffalo Bills as their Offensive Coordinator. It wasn't quite the right fit though, and Gilbride came south to The Giants in 2004 to work with his friend Coughlin once again. Telling then Giants GM Ernie Accorsi and Player/Pro Personnel director Marv Sunderland "I need Kevin on this staff" Coughlin got the Mara and Tisch families to make Gilbride the 4th highest paid non-coordinator assistant coach in the NFL at that time.
Tom Coughlin knew what many in the coaching business also knew. Gilbride was brilliant at designing offenses that played into the strengths of a Quarterback, and would design a blocking scheme that would protect then veteran QB Kurt Warner while he helped tutor the Rookie Eli Manning. 2004 would be a rough year for New York, posting a 5-11 record, but it would be the last losing year for the Giants under this current staff. Manning would have fits and growing pains through the 2005 and 2006 seasons as a starter once Warner left for Arizona, but we saw the flashes of brilliance in Both Manning and Gilbride as far back as the December 2004 game against the Steelers (a 33-30 Giants loss late in the game). In Late 2006 Coughlin elevated Gilbride to double duty as both offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, but would bring in Chris Palmer in early 2007 as quarterbacks coach to work with Manning on improving his mechanics. We believe this was the final piece of the coaching puzzle, the combination of Palmer, Gilbride, and Coughlin, that would spark the Giants 6 game win streak after 2007's 0-2 start, that got New York into Super Bowl XLII (42). As always, Gilbride made the most of his personnel. Plaxico Burris playing injured all season? No problem. Just put in routes for him where he doesn't need to cut on his bad ankle that much, and leave the "slashing" routes to inside receivers like Sinorice Moss and Steve Smith. Running back Brandon Jacobs hurt?? Bring in back up Derric Ward and rookie Ahmad Bradshaw for a triple back rotation. Star tight end Jeremey Shockey goes down? Just bring in that quiet kid from Western Oregon Kevin Boss (see our rookie impact piece on him). All he does is go out and catch the ball.
So when you watch today's game, look over to the sidelines and find Kevin Gilbride under his headset talking to the coaches upstairs. He is just as big a reason the Giants are there as Coughlin or the players.
7 Crazy Superbowl Predictions that could happen
7 Crazy Super bowl Predictions that could happen
By Dr. Bill Chachkes-NFL Draft Bible.com
7- Patriots WR Randy Moss will be assaulted by a group from the women's anti-defamation league as he leaves a party Saturday Night. He will need a restraining order and a police escort in order to play the game Sunday.
6- Coach Bill Belichick will have his entire coaching wardrobe of 27 Hoodies and two pullover hats stolen by a group of 12 year olds from the Ravenswood Housing Projects In Astoria NY called the "little Giants Mafia".
5- Dallas owner Jerry Jones, still distraught over the Cowboys early exit from the Playoffs, will try to get a new playoff system passed that eliminates the wild card round of the playoffs. He will then take a 4 day skiing trip to Utah with Jeff Lurie, and Dan Snyder. He will break his hand on a fall on the slopes, and Snyder will have him airlifted out by a Fedex copter. Lurie will then try to Rush release a movie epic based on the trip ahead of Steve Tisch's release of the same movie.
4- Jessicia Simpson will break up with Tony Romo and Profess her love for Eli Manning. Her father Joe will throw himself at Archie and Olivia Manning, begging them for a chance at their son. Archie will offer Joe a case of Double Stuff Oreos and a case of Hershey's Chocolate milk and tell him to go home.
3- Tom Petty's Tour Bus will burn down at a Roadside diner in Black Canyon City Arizona the day before the game. No one will be hurt, but Petty will have to borrow Prince's purple guitar to play the halftime show. Gene Simmons from Kiss will tell everyone he could have played a better show. By himself.
2- Tom Brady will throw 7 interceptions in the game, and retire from football in the post game press conference. He will break up with the pinup girlfriend and join a religious cult, giving all his net worth to them.
And the #1 Wacky Super Bowl Prediction is:
The Giants will win 24-21 on a last second Field Goal by Tynes again. Both Scotland and Milton Fl. will claim Tynes a Native son, causing a Lawsuit over both's use of his name on a welcome sign. Tynes will accept a free agent offer to play for the new NFL expansion team in Fairbanks Alaska….
By Dr. Bill Chachkes-NFL Draft Bible.com
7- Patriots WR Randy Moss will be assaulted by a group from the women's anti-defamation league as he leaves a party Saturday Night. He will need a restraining order and a police escort in order to play the game Sunday.
6- Coach Bill Belichick will have his entire coaching wardrobe of 27 Hoodies and two pullover hats stolen by a group of 12 year olds from the Ravenswood Housing Projects In Astoria NY called the "little Giants Mafia".
5- Dallas owner Jerry Jones, still distraught over the Cowboys early exit from the Playoffs, will try to get a new playoff system passed that eliminates the wild card round of the playoffs. He will then take a 4 day skiing trip to Utah with Jeff Lurie, and Dan Snyder. He will break his hand on a fall on the slopes, and Snyder will have him airlifted out by a Fedex copter. Lurie will then try to Rush release a movie epic based on the trip ahead of Steve Tisch's release of the same movie.
4- Jessicia Simpson will break up with Tony Romo and Profess her love for Eli Manning. Her father Joe will throw himself at Archie and Olivia Manning, begging them for a chance at their son. Archie will offer Joe a case of Double Stuff Oreos and a case of Hershey's Chocolate milk and tell him to go home.
3- Tom Petty's Tour Bus will burn down at a Roadside diner in Black Canyon City Arizona the day before the game. No one will be hurt, but Petty will have to borrow Prince's purple guitar to play the halftime show. Gene Simmons from Kiss will tell everyone he could have played a better show. By himself.
2- Tom Brady will throw 7 interceptions in the game, and retire from football in the post game press conference. He will break up with the pinup girlfriend and join a religious cult, giving all his net worth to them.
And the #1 Wacky Super Bowl Prediction is:
The Giants will win 24-21 on a last second Field Goal by Tynes again. Both Scotland and Milton Fl. will claim Tynes a Native son, causing a Lawsuit over both's use of his name on a welcome sign. Tynes will accept a free agent offer to play for the new NFL expansion team in Fairbanks Alaska….
Thursday, January 31, 2008
NFL Draft Bible Football Friday Podcast
The NFL Draft Bible's Football Friday Podcast crew Welcome in Zennie Abraham and Mike Ingram Live from Arizona with our Superbowl XLII(42) Preview Show. We will get you up to speed on all the Football news this week plus other special guests. Besides podcasting LIVE on Blog Talk Radio, the show is now available on iTunes as well.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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> -- Georgia Tech G Nate McManus
> -- Oklahoma CB Marcus Walker
>
> Coming Soon: Senior Bowl Preview With Vanderbilt T Chris Williams
>
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> Episode#2 Posted Now
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Wednesday, January 9, 2008
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