http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...cornerback-darius-slay-gets-draft-invitation/
Interesting. I've been thinking he could possibly go as high as the early 2nd round lately. Could he sneak into the 1st?
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MrClean Inglourious Basterd Club Member
He is a replacement at the event for Trufant who dropped out due to his grandfather's illness. For Slay to go in the 1st means 3 corners already have.
I'm more surprised that Watson is going to be there. Does that mean they will have to serve tea and crumpets in the blue room? :shifty:azfinfanmang likes this. -
I read an article the other day about the NFL 'going global', so the people that are invited aren't necessarily first rounders, but trying to get different kinds of guys there on draft day.
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Watson is there because of me. Quite literally.
The idea of inviting all these players to the draft is nonsense. The top two or three should be there, the rest should have cameras in their homes like they used to have when picks were actually picks and not ruined by either ESPN or the NFL Network trying to outdo each other or idiots on Twitter -
Watson is there bc of you, or with your help? That's a hell of a claim.
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Slay may not be present on the first day. Since they started the new format I thought they had a group of people there for the 2nd (and maybe 3rd?) day as well.
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Simon when are you ever going to go to the actual draft yourself for the BBC?
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I had a dream that Lane Johnson was available at 12 and they passed over him for Desmond Trufant.
It was not a happy dream.Fin-Omenal likes this. -
The Blind Side part II- Watson is the best draft story of the year. Exceedingly talented and hard working guy who found a way overseas to escape poverty and a very rough childhood/adolescence.
When you take an almost uniquely physically talented OT with his size, reflexes, brute strength and coordination that have been bolstered with extensive boxing and basketball training and add a fanatical devotion to the game, you end up with a fantastic prospect.
I love the story and I love the tape on this guy- I would also love to have him on the Dolphins but I don't see him making it out of the first round. Green Bay is a possibility, Baltimore has been sniffing as well- bookends Blind Sides I & II.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/luke_winn/02/01/Menelik.Watson/index.html
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nfl/news/20130405/2013-nfl-draft-menelik-watson/ -
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Odd I had a dream about a week ago we drafted Tavon Austin. I'm not as in love with him as others but I would be happy with the pick.
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Also, the two networks announcing the pick before the commissioner reads it pisses me off too. -
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I think the shots of players celebrating at home with their family/friends are usually better than the draft room ones anyway, plus it usually takes them half an hour to get to the commish through all the congratulators, interviewers and hangers-on, lol.
The most annoying shot I see of the draft room though, is when a player is taking a call from the team to say they've been drafted, spoils any sort of suspense about who will be announced.Bpk, Fin-Omenal and Boomer like this. -
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HvmtbZzA40
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtuIol9aYnwMrClean likes this.