The 1st Round of the 2011 NFL draft is now history and what a draft it was with trade ups, trade downs, botched trades and some surprising picks. Newton going to the Panthers was probably the world’s worst kept secret but Gabbert falling to 10 and the Jags trading up for him – well done […] Continue reading → OK its nearly upon us and without further ado heres our final mock draft. A couple of minor changes given that it looks like Cam Newton and not Blaine Gabbert will have the dubious honour of being QB for Carolina. Otherwise its much the same as we initially picked. We think there is a good […] Continue reading → [fivefilters.org: unable to retrieve full-text content] LIONS GM MARTIN MAYHEW Opening statement “We finished up our draft meetings on Tuesday and now we’re in the process of going through some scenarios and talking about some players and breaking s… Detroit Lions : News Continue reading → In the midst of a far-from-typical NFL offseason, General Manager Martin Mayhew explained Thursday that he has made the most of having less to do. With labor talks currently ongoing, the league’s typical free agent signing period hasn’t taken place, which has freed up more time for Mayhew to work toward the upcoming draft. “I’ve been excited […] Continue reading → Where should the skins go in the 2011 draft. I’m not sure they know themselves given they have so many imponderablesespecially at QB. McNabb looks like he will be gone as soon as there is a free agency and is Rex Grossman really the answer under centre? Sure he reached a Superbowl with the Bears, […] Continue reading → The Titans had a miserable 2010 which is reflected in their no 8 pick. They desperately need to sort out their QB position, however with Gabbert and Newton likely gone, it will be interesting to see how they play it. A trade down to the mid teens would probably not be enough to guarantee picking […] Continue reading → On Paper San Fransisco looked a shoo in for the NFC West in 2010, but as Football is played on Grass or Turf and not paper, here they find themselves at no 7 in the 2011 draft. Most of their 2010 problems seemed to stem from the uncertainty at QB with the two Smiths vying […] Continue reading → The Browns had an ok season in 2010 and in Colt McCoy may have unearthed their QB for the next 10 years. Given his lack of weapons and the poor O-Line in front of him his six TDs to nine interceptions can be forgiven and we think that the Browns should use their no 6 pick to […] Continue reading → After a couple of good seasons under the auspices of Kurt Warner the Cardinals reverted to type in 2010 ending up bottom of a very poor NFC West. Strangely for a team, who had such a poor season they look to have a reasonable squad, and with a couple of free agents and an inspired […] Continue reading → After a rare AFC North clean sweep in 2009, and with the arrival of T.O. expectations for last season were high, however as often happens the following season was a bust and here they are picking at No 4. The Terrell Owens experiment doesn’t appear to have worked for them and with their only experienced […] Continue reading → 