The only two remotely-burning question in last weekend’s NFL draft were (a) whether the Detroit Lions would be able to come to terms with Georgia quarterback, Matt Stafford, who I guess was pretty good but not good enough for Detroit to back up the Brinks truck. They did anyway, signing Stafford to a six-year, $72 million deal with incentives.
ASYLUM POLL: What Does Stafford Have To Do To Earn $72 Million?
Oh, and (b) everyone wanted to know where Southern Cal quarterback Mark Sanchez was going to land. The Jets wound up taking him fifth overall. Kellen Clemens must be doing a helluva job holding that clipboard. Here‘s a nice summary of the draft, written up by someone who cares more than I do.
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God bless the Oakland Raiders…it is going to be a sad day for all when Al Davis goes to Super-Hell.
How bout them Raiders?
Seriously, though, I knew as soon as Goddell said “With the 7th pick” that there would be guffaws and catcalls regarding anyone the Silver and Black picked up. Heyward-Bey is a “reach” truly, but Crabtree didn’t want to play for Oakland and would have been a cancer in an already bed-ridden franchise. But really, this whole draft thing is a crap shoot, and maybe instead of deifying some punk kid who probably would fail us as a first round pick, it will motivate some other punk kid into becoming a top tier player and earn that money.
Maclin would have been nice though.
The only answer to that Asylum Poll question better be- fuck a panda.
Ahh the Bills, they did good on their draft but I don’t think it in any way changes the fact we are going to get our ass handed to us by this schedule. But at least we aren’t the Raiders.
Honestly, given the trajectory of the Raiders’ picks from the first round to the second, I was surprised they didn’t draft Tyler Hansbrough in the third round, Teirson Hollis in the fourth round, and trade away their fifth round pick for a half-eaten sandwich and the crumbs at the bottom of a bag of Cheetos.
What kind of sandwich?
Ham and cheese, though they probably would have settled for a hard roll with ketchup.
Actually, most of the burning questions were addressed to Percy Harvin.
Because he likes weed, you see.
And, generally, you burn weed.
Nevermind.