ROTB Community Mock Draft: Are You Up For It?

by Hawkwind on Mar 12, 2009 1:52 PM MDT in 2009 Draft Comment 54 comments

The question has been asked a couple of times about ROTB holding our own community driven mock draft and so now we're bringing that question to you. Basically what we're talking about is a mock draft comprised entirely of ROTB members. We'd all pick a team that we either live near or follow on a secondary basis or whatever and we'd each make the pick for that particular team. Sounds easy right?

Check for details after the jump.......

Ok, below is the list of teams with a first round pick (we'll start with the first round for now) and you can 'pick' your team in the comments section. If comments are already there, please make sure that your team is available. I've got something special in mind for our very own Arizona Cardinals so for now, let's assume that they're off limits.

Other than that, start picking your teams. After a couple of days, if there are still teams available we'll let people pick multiple teams if they feel they're up to the task. We'll try to get all the teams filled by the end of the week, so be quick.

Once you make your pick, you can do as much or as little as you want as far as a 'write-up' is concerned. If you just want to send the players name and nothing more, so be it. If you want to send a quick reason why he was your pick, more power to you. And if you want to go above and beyond and come up with a full scouting report, bravo.

The bottom line is that this is our mock draft and we can run it any way that we want. If you've got questions or suggestions, send them to revengeofthebirds@gmail.com or otherwise post a comment with the team that you want............

[Note by Andrew602, 03/10/09 3:36 PM MST ] - To

1. Detroit Lions - Andrew602
2. St. Louis Rams - Hawk
3. Kansas City Chiefs - kj197728
4. Seattle Seahawks - KDean75
5. Cleveland Browns - Cardinal_Fang
6. Cincinnati Bengals - LACardsfan
7. Oakland Raiders - ianbbc02
8. Jacksonville Jaguars - AZCARDS66
9. Green Bay Packers - jallred350
10. San Francisco 49ers - bcloirao
11. Buffalo Bills - Bezekira
12. Denver Broncos - AJBirdWatcher
13. Washington Redskins - (I'm assuming that DBacksskins will want this one)
14. New Orleans Saints - Boogatt66
15. Houston Texans - Red Reign
16. San Diego Chargers - LACardsfan
17. New York Jets - RedbirdsRule
18. Chicago Bears - KDean75
19. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - hevchv
20. Detroit Lions (from Dallas via Roy Williams trade) - Andrew602
21. Philadelphia Eagles - AJBirdWatcher
22. Minnesota Vikings - jallred350
23. New England Patriots - Hawk's wife
24. Atlanta Falcons - CardsFan08
25. Miami Dolphins - CardsIrish
26. Baltimore Ravens - Fireking
27. Indianapolis Colts - Irishcardinal
28. Philadelphia Eagles (from Carolina Panthers) - AJBirdWatcher
29. New York Giants - ianbbc02
30. Tennessee Titans - Giannaros
31. Arizona Cardinals - ROTB community
32. Pittsburgh Steelers - cgolden/Blitzburg/et. al.

UPDATE #1: Ok guys there are 12 11 teams left open as of right now. Starting tomorrow AM, we'll open it up and you can select your second team. Once we get each team filled (hopefully by tommorrow afternoon) we'll go over all the details about how this mock will go down. So if you want a second team check back early tomorrow to get your choice.

Update #2: We've updated the big board and only ~~seven~~ ~~five~~ ~~four~~ two teams left (~~Rams~~, ~~Seahawks~~, ~~Jaguars~~, ~~Packers~~, ~~Bills~~, ~~Jets~~ and ~~Giants~~). ~~Anyone wishing to pick up a second team, make your choices now.~~ Thanks to everyone for pitching in and helping us get this done. Hopefully Friday the 13th or sometime over the weekend we can get this organized. Expect to see a post.

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Sounds like fun.

I’ll take the Vikings since I’m in Minnesota.

by jallred350 on Mar 10, 2009 12:18 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Good Idea

I’ll try my hand at the Miami Dolphins – gives me some time to scout their needs.

by CardsIrish on Mar 10, 2009 12:25 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

My wife calls "dibs" on the Patriots

And I figure hevchv will want the Bucs.

We all leave footprints in the sands of time, just watch out for the discarded fish hooks!

by Hawkwind on Mar 10, 2009 12:57 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I assume you're claiming the Bay Area, Hawk?

How fun to be Al Davis for the day. Don’t let it go to your head though. lol

by AJ BirdWatcher on Mar 10, 2009 1:39 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m afraid I’d be charged with “tampering” when the Raiders and Niners pick guys from the German Pro League. ;-)

I’ll leave them available for the closet Niner/Raiders fans, otherwise I can take them as I do have lots of local media to delve into.

We all leave footprints in the sands of time, just watch out for the discarded fish hooks!

by Hawkwind on Mar 10, 2009 2:28 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

yup.

by hevchv on Mar 10, 2009 4:54 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

good call

by hevchv on Mar 10, 2009 4:54 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Denver

Moved from New Mexico to Salt Lake this winter. Both consider themselves Bronco country.

by AJ BirdWatcher on Mar 10, 2009 1:35 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

BTW

I’m drafting RB all 7 rounds

by AJ BirdWatcher on Mar 10, 2009 1:58 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

LOL

by Cardinal_Fang on Mar 10, 2009 2:13 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Im in. Great Idea

I can take the Chargers or the Bengals. Two guys are fans here at work and all we talk about is football. Unless my boss sees this, then all we do is work work work.

I love to travel, but hate to arrive.

by LAcardsfan on Mar 10, 2009 1:36 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Saints baby, Saints!

Who would win in a fight, Whisenhunt or a Hurricane?
Hold on, hold on, what if the Hurricanes name was Whisenhunt?
Daaaaaaaaaa Cards, Da Cards Da Cards Da Cards Da Cards!!!

by boogatt66 on Mar 10, 2009 1:37 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I'll just take whatever leftover

I’m not picky

When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome again.
-Barney Stinson

by Red Reign on Mar 10, 2009 1:48 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Guess I'll take the Texans

They are my new favorite AFC team since the Bills picked-up TO. It’ll give me a chance to catch up on them.

When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome again.
-Barney Stinson

by Red Reign on Mar 10, 2009 6:08 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’ll take the Bears.

by KDean75 on Mar 10, 2009 1:49 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I’ll take two teams if necessary. Don’t really care who but a team far enough from the Bears so I stay honest. Except for the Packers, screw them.

by KDean75 on Mar 11, 2009 6:58 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Browns please. And I’ll accuse the Patriots of cheating.

by Cardinal_Fang on Mar 10, 2009 2:14 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I guess I'll take the hard picks

LIONS

Hey, hey, hey hey hey, watch the language, ok? I have a family.
Revenge of the Birds

by Andrew602 on Mar 10, 2009 2:38 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Why not take Dallas & Carolina while you're at it. lol

by AJ BirdWatcher on Mar 10, 2009 2:42 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

San Francisco

I lived in the Bay Area for a few years (up until the glorious return to AZ last September), so I’ll take the Niners.

by bcloirao on Mar 10, 2009 3:42 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Timeline

Also—when do you want the pick?

by bcloirao on Mar 10, 2009 3:43 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

We want to have this completed in the next week or so.

Hey, hey, hey hey hey, watch the language, ok? I have a family.
Revenge of the Birds

by Andrew602 on Mar 10, 2009 4:30 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Da Raiders

didn’t see them picked yet.

by ianbbc02 on Mar 10, 2009 4:26 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Baltimore

I’m a cards fan at heart but I’ve always fallowed the ravens closely

by Fireking on Mar 10, 2009 5:02 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

and welcome to RotB Fireking.

by hevchv on Mar 10, 2009 5:03 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Steelers

Should be reserved for our mentor, CG.

I recall that he follows them as his ‘second team’

by AJ BirdWatcher on Mar 10, 2009 5:04 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Or is old mentor Blitzburg will.

We all leave footprints in the sands of time, just watch out for the discarded fish hooks!

by Hawkwind on Mar 10, 2009 5:11 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Another question

Are we going to go in order so I know who has already been taken? Otherwise I get the feeling we’re going to be seeing a lot of teams picking Crabtree, Curry and Stafford.

by bcloirao on Mar 10, 2009 7:39 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

What we may do is open another post and everybody posts their picks in order under the comments..

Then we’ll put together a final piece..Dont take my word for it though, I have to talk to CG.

Hey, hey, hey hey hey, watch the language, ok? I have a family.
Revenge of the Birds

by Andrew602 on Mar 10, 2009 9:08 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow

That may be expecting quite a bit of organization and accountability among our little group of misfits. I would expect quite a few Vikings-like scenarios.

When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome again.
-Barney Stinson

by Red Reign on Mar 10, 2009 9:15 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Chiefs

I guess I will take the Chiefs. My friend Channon is a die hard fan of theirs so I hear about them from him all the time.

by kj197728 on Mar 10, 2009 8:37 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I'll take

The Titans if no one else wants them. I’ll give my best not to mess up my pick!

My body might be in Greece, but my mind and my heart is in Arizona. When the heck will I visit the Desert?

by Giannaros on Mar 11, 2009 7:05 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I’m willing to take a second team too if needed. I’m pretty excited about this.

by jallred350 on Mar 11, 2009 9:47 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

same here

I’ll take the Iggles if they’re available at that point

by AJ BirdWatcher on Mar 11, 2009 2:32 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Indy

My friend’s a die hard fan.

by Irishcardinal on Mar 11, 2009 3:24 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Falcons

I need to study up on them for Fantasy Prep anyway.

By the way who won our Fantasy league last year?

by CardsFan08 on Mar 12, 2009 12:21 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Some dude called CardsFan08 I think?

by CardsIrish on Mar 12, 2009 3:56 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Really? I seriously stopped looking when I was down 10 points going into the last game.

Well my pessimism paid off! I think I only had a TE left or someone who regularly doesn’t put up 10 points. It must have been really close.

by CardsFan08 on Mar 12, 2009 4:28 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yep 91 to 90.25

Thats pretty close alright!!! You ended my 8 game win streak the previous round!

by CardsIrish on Mar 12, 2009 6:39 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's awesome

I’m going to try my hand at the Pick’em next year. Hopefully I’ll have the same beginners luck.

What are the plans for next year’s ROTB Fantasy Football? Are we going to stick with FleaFlicker or do we want to switch to something like nfl.com? I think NFL allows 12 or 16 teams if we have enough people who want to do it.

by CardsFan08 on Mar 14, 2009 11:28 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Last year it was a struggle to fill 8, but in 09 that shouldn't be a problem

I’ve never heard of a league with 16 teams. I would think the talent would be a little thin at that point.

by AJ BirdWatcher on Mar 14, 2009 12:28 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

It is

My league ran with 16 teams for three years and RBs and QB were at a premium. One injury at RB would effectively knock that team out of the running.

If there’s enough people, run two 12-team leagues. East vs. West. The Championship is just a comparison of scores between the winners of each league’s championship game.

We all leave footprints in the sands of time, just watch out for the discarded fish hooks!

by Hawkwind on Mar 15, 2009 9:33 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's a great idea Hawk

I think we’ll run with that if we can get enough people who want to play.

Now I need to go back and try to understand the voodoo that you guys were able to cook up to be so effective at pick’em last year. I think I’ll put two posts one of what my head tells me, and another with me just flipping a coin with heads representing the home team and see who ends up ahead at the end of the year.

by CardsFan08 on Mar 22, 2009 3:37 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'll take the Packers too.

My dad is a big fan of them, so I’ll get him involved in the pick.

by jallred350 on Mar 12, 2009 7:12 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

No love for the lowly NFC West

You would think one of us would jump all over having the 2nd or 4th pick.

by AJ BirdWatcher on Mar 12, 2009 7:18 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I would have taken the Bills, but I agree with AJ, the Seahwks could do some interesting things, I’ll take them. Plus, I kept picking them in the picks every week for some assinine reason.

by KDean75 on Mar 12, 2009 7:45 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs