Jerome Manson is a sports enthusiast who enjoys both watching games and studying various teams’ successes and failures. When he isn’t analyzing the X’s and O’s, Jerome is blogging about the NY Giants for selectaticket.com. As the 2013 NFL Draft approaches and we get excited about which team will draft whom, it’s sometimes easy to [...]
Read the rest of this entry »2012 NFL Draft: 5 Favorites from 1st Round
Not counting the top 2 quarterbacks, a handful of player-team matches make great sense to me. Some thoughts on Thursday night’s activity (the pairings I liked the most). 5. Harrison Smith S Notre Dame: The Vikings should be exuberant once they get a chance to work with Smith. He is tough, smart, and instinctive. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »2012 NFL Scouting Combine: Defensive Backs
Prior to the combine, I felt that this DB class was perhaps the deepest and strongest of all. Alas, this is not the case. The group was very slow overall, with few players showing that fluidity necessary to line up against the elite receivers in the NFL. I saw many corners with safety movement skills [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Gotta Love a Mock Draft
My first 2012 NFL mock draft (Updated 1/9) – 1. Indianapolis Colts Andrew Luck- I must say, the Colts picked the right time to be bad. Selecting their star of the future is a sound move and will give Indy stability at the most vital position in football. 2. St. Louis Rams Justin Blackmon- Since [...]
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