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Face it we love mock drafts even though they don’t mean anything, anything at all. They are just fun. We all feel compelled to put in our two cents. Come draft time, we are all experts, just like Mel Kiper. In fact, Mel just wants to be like us.

So one of the latest mock drafts has Eugene Monroe dropping out of the top five. Last week a prominent mock draft had the Lions taking Monroe number one. What happened? It seems that Eugene may have a knee injury that is causing him to drop down the draft board.

Well, the Lions are going this way…

1. Detroit Lions: QB Matthew Stafford, Georgia
The Lions have been trying to hold their cards and maintain their best poker face, but they are not fooling the rest of the league, who fully expect the rocket-armed junior to be the first quarterback drafted. Stafford’s impressive interviews and overall intelligence have not been lost on any team that has come into contact with him. He has handled all the pressure extremely well, being described by one team as “just one of the guys” with the even-keeled temperament to win over an offensive line and perform at a high level in the NFL.

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Forget Monroe, Lions want Stafford

and Eugene Monroe is going that way…

8. Jacksonville Jaguars: OLT Eugene Monroe, Virginia
Tra Thomas may not be enough of a short-term solution to get the Jaguars through the season, as his performance gradually declined in Philadelphia last season, making Monroe’s availability in this spot a pleasant surprise. Despite desperately trying to trade down, GM Gene Smith may not be able to, or want to, if Monroe is available.

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Looking good in brown is Derek Anderson of the Cleveland Browns

John Czarnecki at NFL on Fox is ranking the young quarterbacks.

Derek Anderson of the Cleveland Browns is tops on his list.

Cleveland’s Derek Anderson: A year ago, nobody with the Browns would have bet that Anderson would have started 15 of 16 games, winning 10 of them. Yes, he choked in Cincinnati when he fired four interceptions, causing the Browns to miss the playoffs. But Anderson is definitely the starter while poster boy Brady Quinn watches and waits. What makes Anderson’s life all the easier is a great young tackle in Joe Thomas to protect him and two of the game’s finest young receivers in Braylon Edwards and Kellen Winslow Jr.

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His next 2 choices to be stars are David Garrard of the Jacksonville Jaguars and Jay Cutler of the Denver Broncos.

You will have to read the article to see who else John likes at the quarterback position.

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Matt Jones is practicing leaning to one side

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Matt Jones was already in the normal job trouble. He was not producing and Jack Del Rio, the coach, was not happy.

Now Matt may have sealed his fate. One should not get caught with drugs after a down year.

Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Matt Jones faces a felony drug charge in his former college town after police say he was inside a car cutting up cocaine with a credit card.

The 25-year-old Jones and two others were arrested early Thursday. A police report said officers approached the car and an officer drew his handgun after Jones did not immediately show his hands.

Police said they searched the vehicle and found a plastic bag filled with a white substance that tested positive for cocaine and a jar with possible marijuana residue.

Jared Hicks and Benjamin Cook were also arrested on misdemeanor drug charges.

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How much of the off year could be contributed to cocaine use? We don’t know.

What we do know is the Jaguars went out and signed free agent Jerry Porter and traded for Troy Williamson. Both are receivers.

Things don’t look too good for Matt Jones right now.

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LT runs the football for the San Diego Chargers.

He is the supreme back. LaDainian makes the Chargers the tough team to beat.

On June 23rd, LT will be 29 years old.

The NFL works almost in dog years and 29 for a running back is getting up there.

The question for the NFL and Fantasy Football team owners is at what age will production begin to tail off?

Hey, 29 does not seem too old to me. Your intrepid author would love to be 29 again, but then if you add in 7 seasons of 300 plus carries and it gets a little more problematic.

It’s true, Tomlinson will be 29 at the start of the 2008 season. While his age won’t keep him from being one of the first three backs taken in all fantasy drafts, it could be enough to make some owners take Adrian Peterson ahead of him. Tomlinson has recorded 300-plus carries in all seven seasons at the NFL level, and the injured knee he sustained late the postseason could be an indication that the wear and tear could set in soon. However, his value won’t fall until at least 2009 drafts. source

Fred Taylor

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Tom Brady confused by all the open receivers

There it is.

It is out on paper. The big prediction.

New England will handily defeat the San Diego Chargers.

Come on, you know the game you really wanted was the Colts playing the Patriots. It is the missing matchup of red hot Peyton Manning firing bullets all over Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. And don’t make me spell Mass a what chetts.

Oh yeah, a stadium named for razors, what could be more apt. Tom Brady is a triple blade with all his weapons and Peyton Manning is a cordless electric with rotating heads acting smooth and easy.

Instead we get the banged up chargers playing a replacement blade in Billy Volek.

Now the matchup you are waiting for is Brett Favre and the Packers against the Patriots in the Super Bowl. San Diego has become the kid brother being pushed around.

Peyton and Brett discussing the awesome Billy Volek

Philip Rivers

There is the news that Philip Rivers may play.

Rivers returned to the practice field Friday for the first time this week and sounded ready to go.

“I think honestly, given the magnitude of the game and given the situation, if I’m out there as I plan to be for the first snap and throughout the game, it won’t have an effect at all,” he said.

Chargers coach Norv Turner is taking a more cautious approach. He listed Rivers as doubtful and said it would be a gametime decision. source

Uhh, hard to throw when you are on crutches. Tough to escape that pass rush, too.

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Hey, Tom Brady, why is Philip Rivers so much better than you?

What?

What are you saying?

Coach Bill Belichick picked the San Diego Chargers to win the Chargers/Patriots game on Sunday.

You mean he came out in public saying his team would lose to the Chargers?

Well, no.

So you are just pulling my leg, right?

Not exactly. Belichick had a team meeting and ripped the Patriots up and down and spoke so highly of the Chargers that he had the team believing the Chargers would win, unless the Patriots buckle down.

Huh?

So Belichick did what he did best; he walked into the meetings on Monday and ripped his team to shreds, all while building the Chargers up to be some football Goliath without weakness.

Forget the records, the point spread and the hype; according to Belichick this is 1916, the Chargers are Georgia Tech and the Pats are Cumberland.

“He put fear into us by going over everything we did wrong and everything they’ve done right the last two months,” fullback Heath Evans said Wednesday. “He was convincing,”

Belichick’s weekly servings of humble pie have become the stuff of legend around here. It’s one reason the Patriots are 17-0 and have avoided the overconfidence that has helped derail undefeated seasons for 35 years. source

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Tom Brady almost perfect

26 of 28. Think about that for a moment.

Ok, here is my question. Name one thing that you can do 26 out of 28 times.

Now go out in your backyard and throw the football to someone that is on the run and try and complete 26 out of 28. It is almost impossible and you are only 10 yards away without some 309 pound guy in your face trying to crush you.

Tom Brady did it to set an all time NFL record, regular season or post season, and Tom did it in one of the biggest games of all time. You see, this game gave the New England Patriots the record of 17 - 0. That ties the Miami Dolphins 17 - 0 record set over 3 decades ago.

There was pressure to win. Not even counting the pressure to win a playoff game against David Garrard and the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Final Score - New England Patriots 31 - Jacksonville Jaguars 20.

There was no denying Tom Brady today.

Brady completed 92.6 percent of his passes, breaking Phil Simms record of 88 percent (22-of-25) set in the Super Bowl after the 1986 season in which he led the New York Giants to a 39-20 win over the Denver Broncos.

And Brady did it mostly without Randy Moss, who had only one catch.

He hit all the other receivers — throwing for three touchdowns and 262 yards.

“Tom is terrific,” Seymour said. “He’s a great leader and he does all the little things.” source

Tom Terrific, now there is a new name for Brady.

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Tom Brady says One game, we are only talking about One game

Perfectomundo. 16 - 0.

That is an amazing accomplishment. In order to pull that off the Patriots had to play to the end. Tom Brady, Randy Moss, let’s give them a show and win this game.

Now did the winning all 16 games hurt them?

What do you mean? How could that hurt them?

When first you win it is so good. The winning can create a momentum all its own. In other words, winning begets more winning.

Your confidence as a team and as a player can skyrocket!

But the human mind and the human body can take only so much. Doubts and fatigue start to creep in and they tell you that losing one game would not be the end of the world.

Suddenly team focus changes and you play not to lose. We have seen it, oh so many times before. Has this happened to the Patriots?

Some may be wondering if the Patriots will be rusty off a bye week or taxed after 16-0? Will New England succumb to the omnipresent scrutiny? Are Belichick and Co. thinking about the Colts or flashing forward to the Super Bowl?

The Pats are concentrating on just one thing: the Jacksonville Jaguars. source

Now so far those are words.

A few years ago my beloved Pistons entered the NBA finals with an astounding 64 wins in the regular season. They played the starters heavy minutes all season. They wanted home field advantage in the playoffs.

The playoffs arrived and mentally they were a tired team. The Pistons were more interested in being careful and not losing than exhibiting their usual attacking style of offense. Eventually the Miami Heat and Shaq and Wade eliminated them in the Eastern Conference Finals. All that winning had created a unique mental hurdle.

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All right another award…uhh, go team go!

This was a tough vote.

No, really it was, because of teammate Randy Moss. You remember Randy, the guy who gave up in Oakland.

Tom threw for 50 touchdowns. Think about that for a moment. A great year has a QB throwing for about 25 to 28 touchdowns. Tom did about double that.

Hey, Peyton threw for 48 just a few years ago in a season to be remembered forever. Well, forget about it. 50 is the new 48.

All Randy did was break Jerry Rice’s single season receiving touchdown record. Randy Moss had 23 and Jerry Rice only had 22. No big deal, it was only Jerry Rice, the guy the practically invented the multiple touchdown game.

Maybe if Randy had caught all 50 of Tom Brady’s touchdown passes, then he could have won the award.

The voting was a little one-sided.

And it’s been a rewarding season for Brady, the first New England player to be chosen MVP and now the first Patriot to win Offensive Player of the Year. He collected 35 and a half votes to 12 and a half for Moss. Wes Welker, the Patriots’ other starting receiver, got one, as did Green Bay quarterback Brett Favre. source

Wes Welker got as many votes as Brett Favre? Uhh, what is that all about? Who is more valuable on offense, Wes or Brett, Wes or Randy, Wes or Tom? Geez, come on.

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David Garrard on 32 yard keeper

What a game to wear you down. It looked to all the world that the Jaguars had the game in hand and then Pittsburgh comes storming back in the fourth quarter to take the lead.

Big Ben struggled for Pittsburgh in the first half and Jacksonville took over the game.

In the second half, it was problems for David Garrard, the no turnover QB had 2 interceptions in the game and seemingly could not complete a pass to save his life.

Garrard aided the Steelers’ comeback by throwing two interceptions — one less than he had all season — only to come up with the play that may have saved the Jaguars’ season. source

Maurice Jones-Drew

Maurice Jones Drew had a great game and at times carried the Jags.

Jones-Drew, escaping Jaguars star Fred Taylor’s shadow in a performance filled with big plays, scored on a 43-yard swing pass after one of Roethlisberger’s interceptions and a 10-yard run that provided the 18-point lead. Jones-Drew’s 96-yard kickoff return the first time Jacksonville touched the ball set up Taylor’s 1-yard touchdown run and immediately answer the Steelers’ opening-possession 80-yard touchdown drive.

But in the end, it came down to a great play by David Garrard with time running out on a designed quarterback keeper Garrard rushed up the middle for 32 yards on a night when he could not hit the broad side of a barn with his passing. The run set up the game winning field goal by Josh Scoby.

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