Monthly Archives: March 2013

Mock Draft Fun

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With all the mock drafts floating around the internet I figured I’d jump on the bandwagon and make one myself.

It’s intriguing to judge this draft class because let it be none there is a bunch of talent throughout the players, but lacking in the big name department (the Andrew Luck’s and RGIII’s of the world).

It’s a rich class when it comes to offensive linemen and defensive ends with interesting talent at other positions. So this poses the question: Who’s going to take who?

Other than just naming off my picks I’m also going to examine who I think the Giants should take with the 19th pick, but without further delay here are my first round picks in order by team for the 2013 NFL Draft:

1 Luke Joeckel, OT
Texas A&M		  
2 Sharrif Floyd, DT
Florida		  
3 Bjoern Werner, DE
Florida State		  
4 Dee Milliner, CB
Alabama		  
5 Jarvis Jones, OLB
Georgia		  
6 Ezekiel Ansah, DE
Brigham Young		  
7 Eric Fisher, OT
Central Michigan		  
8 Geno Smith, QB
West Virginia		  
9 Matt Barkley, QB
Southern California		  
10 Star Lotulelei, DT
Utah		  
11 Lane Johnson, OT
Oklahoma		  
12 Cordarrelle Patterson, WR
Tennessee		  
13 Xavier Rhodes, CB
Florida State		  
14 Chance Warmack, OG
Alabama		  
15 Dion Jordan, DE
Oregon		  
16 Jonathan Cooper, OG
North Carolina		  
17 Damontre Moore, DE
Texas A&M		  
18 Kawann Short, DT
Purdue		  
19 Sheldon Richardson, DT
Missouri		  
20 Tyler Eifert, TE
Notre Dame		  
21 Barkevious Mingo, OLB
LSU		  
22
(from )		 Kenny Vaccaro, FS
Texas		  
23 Keenan Allen, WR
California		  
24 Desmond Trufant, CB
Washington		  
25 Datone Jones, DE
UCLA		  
26 Alec Ogletree, OLB
Georgia		  
27 Tavon Austin, WR
West Virginia		  
28 Johnathan Hankins, DT
Ohio State		  
29 Robert Woods, WR
Southern California		  
30 Alex Okafor, DE
Texas		  
31 Jesse Williams, DT
Alabama		  
32 D.J. Fluker, OT
Alabama

I believe Sheldon Richardson is who the Giants should aim for if he’s still around that point in the draft. With the G-Men lacking at defensive tackle after releasing Canty a few weeks ago they’ll need someone big and powerful to fill up those holes on the d-line.

Now this is all speculation because the Giants will most certainly take the best player on the board. Though, they should consider focusing on a defensive linemen to help improve their 28th ranked running defense from a year ago.

We’re only a month and a half away from the draft and it should be an exciting one to watch and look forward too.

The Arrival of Hamrlik

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The thirty-eight year old Roman Hamrlik was claimed off waivers Mar. 6 and now joins the blueshirts.

The move was in response to Marc Staal getting injured in the Rangers last game against the Philadelphia Flyers.

Bringing in a player like Hamrlik will bring some veteran leadership that the Rangers have been lacking on the young defensive end.

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There’s no question that losing Staal will cause a little bit of an impact for the Rangers defensive rotation. Though, John Tortorella has done a great job all season pairing together the right lines in the right situations.

Incorporating Hamrlik into the rotation will be a fast one and he’ll benefit from being surrounded by a ton of young and talented defensemen.

His experience in the league will hopefully bring some jump and discipline to the Rangers defensively and keep them on track while Staal is out of the lineup.

Hamrlik also has something to prove after being dropped by the Washington Capitals this season by showing he’s still got the skills to play at his age.

The one stat that’s intriguing is that 14 out of the 16 seasons he’s been in the league the team he’s played for has gotten into the playoffs. Those odds might work in the Rangers favor.

Nash Clutch in the Third

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Rick Nash has proven to be the dynamic difference maker the Rangers were hoping for when they traded for him.

All seven of his goals have come in the third period of games. How does it get more clutch than that?

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His physical ability, size, and stick handling skills have brought a fantastic boost to the Rangers offense. He’s a difference maker when needed to be and provides a spring in each players step when he jumps onto the ice.

The Rangers are 11-5-1 when he’s in the lineup and 0-3-1 when he’s out. That speaks volumes for how much of an important player he is for this franchise.

If the Rangers plan on getting back in the playoff hunt it’ll be behind Nash and a newly resurged captain Ryan Callahan.

Wasted Franchise Tag?

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Did the Giants waste their opportunity to use the franchise tag this past monday? Or was it the right move?

Many people predicted that Giants would use their tag on left tackle Will Beaty, but he agreed to terms on a 5-year contract extension worth 38.7 million on Feb. 27.

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The Giants have other free agents they could’ve signed just as defensive end Osi Umenyoria, safety Kenny Phillips, left guard Kevin Boothe, tight end martellus Bennett, kicker Lawrence Tynes and linebackers Chase Blackburn and Keith Rivers.

Any of these suitors could’ve comeback to the team and made an impact in some fashion, but it seems Reece and Coughlin have chosen to go a younger route with the team this year. By signing these players back they’ll have less cap room to work with and just recently got back under the cap contact restructuring.

One player that they should’ve franchised was Victor Cruz.

Contract talks with him have come to a standstill and don’t seem to be progressing enough before free agency opens on March 12th. It’ll be interesting to see how the Giants will deal with his new contract before then.