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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Halftime Huddle 10 Mock Draft


The Halftime Huddle Mock 10

With the NFL Draft only 3 weeks away, it’s time to start looking at who could go where and why. This is the Halftime Huddle Mock 10 – a look at the first 10 picks in next month’s draft as we see it here at HTH.


1. St. Louis Rams – Sam Bradford, QB, Oklahoma
For the Rams, this pick will come down to 2 players – Bradford or Nebraska DT Ndamukong Suh. The Rams are what feels like light years away from the days of the “Greatest Show on Turf,” and are in need of not only a great player but also a public relations boost, which they would struggle to get from a defensive lineman. That’s why Bradford is the pick here, and while he may not start right away in St. Louis, Marc Bulger is always one injury away from making that happen.


2. Detroit Lions – Ndamukong Suh, DT, Nebraska
If the Rams take Bradford, then the Lions have the choice between Suh and his Big 12 counterpart, Gerald McCoy from Oklahoma. While McCoy has charged up draft boards in recent weeks, Suh’s dominance throughout the season and his fourth place finish in the Heisman voting gives him the nod. Along with newly signed Kyle Vanden Bosch, Suh would give the Lions quite a 1-2 punch on the defensive line.


3. Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Gerald McCoy, DT, Oklahoma
The Bucs gave up the most rushing yards in the league last year, so a run stopper is a must at number 3. McCoy could slide right in as Tampa’s opening day starter, and he may just have the talent to do so.


4. Washington Redskins – Jimmy Clausen, QB, Notre Dame
The Redskins don’t seem sold on Jason Campbell, and with a new head coach in the fold in Mike Shanahan, he’ll most likely want to start developing his own quarterback (much like he did with Jay Cutler in his last few seasons in Denver).


5. Kansas City Chiefs – Eric Berry, S, Tennessee
Offense wasn’t the problem for Kansas City in 2009. The Chiefs gave up 26.5 points per game last season, but with the jury still out on defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey (the Chiefs’ first round pick in 2008), a playmaking safety like Berry makes the most sense.


6. Seattle Seahawks – Russell Okung, OT, Oklahoma State
With the retirement of longtime Seahawk Walter Jones, Seattle finds themselves with a need for a tackle. Enter Oklahoma State’s Russell Okung, as the Big 12 continues its dominance of the early stages of the draft. However, a sleeper for this pick could be safety Taylor Mays, given his USC ties with Pete Carroll.


7. Cleveland Browns – Joe Haden, CB, Florida
While the story of the Browns in 2009 was the struggles of the offense, the defense finished behind only the Lions in total yards allowed. Haden gets tabbed for Cleveland here, but with the release of Derek Anderson and the trade of Brady Quinn, don’t be surprised to see the Browns jump on either Bradford or Clausen if one of them is still on the board.


8. Oakland Raiders – Bryan Bulaga, OT, Iowa
With the Raiders, you can never truly tell where they are going to go (Darrius Heyward-Bey, anybody?). The offense did show signs of life at the end of 2009 (and the Raider running game has always been solid), so look for the Raiders to bulk up their offensive line with Bulaga.


9. Buffalo Bills – Trent Williams, OT, Oklahoma
And this is where the Tim Tebow watch officially begins. Buffalo is one of the rumored destinations for the Florida QB, but I think the Bills back off this early in the draft and hope that Tebow falls to them in Round 2. Instead, they help out their underrated running game by selecting offensive lineman Trent Williams.


10. Jacksonville Jaguars – Dez Bryant, WR, Oklahoma State
Jacksonville will be another team pressured by the Florida-faithful to select Tebow, but with the release of veteran WR Torry Holt, the Jaguars need another threat to line up opposite last year’s breakout surprise Mike Sims-Walker. Bryant, the consensus number one WR in this year’s draft, makes the most sense for Jacksonville at 10.


Stick with Halftime Huddle for all the latest news heading into next month’s NFL Draft.


Josh Cohick
Halftime Huddle contributing writer

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

2010 Draft

Who will be the running back to be selected first in the 2010 NFL Draft? With the list of RB’s that were in the Top Ten Rushing Leaders in 2009 College Football Season, Toby Gerhart is number one. Last year he rushed for 1,871 yards with 343 attempts. He averaged 5.5 yards per attempt with his longest rush being 61 yards. He also scored 27 touchdowns for Stanford University. We all know that college stats really do not matter when that rookie enters into the NFL. In 2008 Gerhart rushed for 1,136 yards on 210 rushing attempts. He averaged 5.4 yards per attempt and scored only 15 touchdowns. His rank in 2008 was 35 and in one year he jumped straight to number one. The question is will he be drafted in the first round or will he be waiting for a couple more. We shall see when the 2010 NFL Draft begins.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

New Overtime Rule


By a vote of 28 to 4 on Tuesday March, 23, 2010 the new rule for overtime has been decided. In order to win in overtime you have to beat your opponent by more than a field goal if the opposing team scores first with a field goal. It’s about time that a team needs more than a field goal to win a football game in the NFL. As a fan I always hated to see my team lose by a field goal, especially when the seconds are ticking away, you can feel the game is over, and then the opposing team is on the 35 yard line setting up to kick a field goal. This is the NFL, not soccer. Scoring touchdowns is the way to win games. This is a good rule and sometime in May of this year there will be another meeting to bring that rule into the regular season. If this rule is passed, this season should be an exciting season. Players will then really need to push themselves further to win the game rather than wasting time to get into field goal range to win.

Monday, March 22, 2010

Tim Tebow and Sam Bradford


With the draft slowly approaching the question remains which team will select Tim Tebow as their Quarterback. The 2007 Heisman winner put up big numbers in his senior year as a Florida Gator. He has worked hard over the summer to improve his mechanics that will hopefully help him move up the ranks in the 2010 Draft. However, according to NFL.com, there is one quarterback that will definitely be drafted before Tebow and that is Oklahoma Sooners’ Quarterback Sam Bradford. Bradford will more likely be drafted first by the St. Louis Rams who desperately need a quarterback. Tebow will be having workouts with Buffalo Bills and Seattle Seahawks and there are several teams interested in him. Tebow expected to go in the second round of the NFL Draft.

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Some Top Free Agency Moves.


Incase you have not been following, Here is the rundown of the top 10 Free Agency trades as we see it. Let us know your thoughts. Good trades or bad trades? Are we in for an exciting year in the NFL?


1. Julius Peppers DE (Carolina Panthers) traded to Chicago Bears Six year deal.

2. Anquan Boldin WR (Arizona Cardinals) traded to Baltimore Ravens Four year deal.

3.Karlos Dansby LB (Arizona Cardinals) traded to Miami Dolphins Five year deal.

4.Brandon Manumaleuna TE (San Diego Chargers) traded to Chicago Bears Five year deal.

5.Chester Taylor RB (Minnesota Vikings) traded to Chicago Bears Four year deal.

6. Nate Burleson WR (Seattle Seahawks) traded to Detroit Lions Five year deal.

7.Kyle Vanden Bosch DE (Tennessee Titans) traded to Detroit Lions Four year deal.

8.Antonio Cromartie CB (San Diego Chargers) traded to New York Jets Five year deal.

9.LaDainian Tomlinson RB (San Diego Chargers) traded to New York Jets Two year deal.

10.Antrel Rolle S (Arizona Cardinals) traded to New York Giants Five year deal.

Monday, March 15, 2010

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