2006 NFL Draft Links

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Best free NFL draft information on the net. I don't include a site if most of their draft content is premium (e.g. ESPN). The first post has general links and resources. The second has all-star game coverage. The third has Combine and Pro Day/individual workout coverage.

 

NFL DRAFT LINKS

 

Profiles

See FFToday section below for profiles from Wright, Waldman, and I.

NFL.com: http://www.nfl.com/draft/profiles

NFL Draft Countdown (on right): http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com/sub/rankings.html

OTC: http://2006.ontheclockdraft.com/group_list...method=position

Football's Future: http://www.footballsfuture.com/2006/prospects/

Rob’s Scouting: http://www.robscouting.com/2006/Teams.htm

NFLfans.com: http://www.nflfans.com/x/2006/showoffense.php?xnumber=50

DraftStock: http://www.draftstock.com/site_main/index....files&Itemid=32

About.com: http://football.about.com/od/playerprofiles/

 

The best NFL draft blog

http://nfldraftreview.blogspot.com/

 

NFL.com Draft Central

http://www.nfl.com/draft

Draft information on the NFL’s official websites. The Combine updates and Pro Day tracking by Gil Brandt are one of the best annual features. Lots of analysis and profiles.

 

FFToday.com

Matt Waldman’s profiles:

Samples: http://www.fftoday.com/articles/waldman/05...ng_profiles.htm

Portfolio: http://www.fftoday.com/scouting/index.htm

Robert Wright's Positional Breakdowns:

OL: http://www.fftoday.com/articles/wright/06_rookie_ol.htm

My RB series:

06 RB class Final: http://www.fftoday.com/articles/idptony/06draft_rbs_v6.htm

06 RB class pre-Combine:

http://www.fftoday.com/articles/idptony/06draft_rbs_v5.htm

06 RB Class end of regular season: http://www.fftoday.com/articles/idptony/06draft_rbs_v4.htm

06 RB Class late season update: http://www.fftoday.com/articles/idptony/06draft_rbs_v3.htm

06 RB Class early season update: http://www.fftoday.com/articles/idptony/06draft_rbs_v2.htm

06 RB Class spring preview: http://www.fftoday.com/articles/idptony/06draft_rbs_v1.htm

 

NFL Draft Countdown

http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com

For one-stop shopping of NFL draft information, Scott Wright has one of the best independent free draft website. Nice layout, easy navigation, solid rankings, decent profiles, and Scott produces one of the better independent mocks every year. Also has a nice draft blog: http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com/blog/wrightstuff.html

 

Sports Illustrated Draft Central

http://quicktime.cnnsi.com/football/nfl/specials/draft/2006/

The link isn’t working this year, so it looks like SI won’t have profiles and rankings, which have historically been good. There are plenty of articles…

Tony Pauline:

Combine Preview: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/foot...view/index.html

Combine Wrap: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/foot...wrap/index.html

3/10: http://quicktime.cnnsi.com/2006/football/n...ders/index.html

3/24: http://quicktime.cnnsi.com/2006/football/n...ders/index.html

3/31: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/foot...ders/index.html

USC Pro Day: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/foot...apup/index.html

4/14: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/foot...ners/index.html

Don Banks Mock:

#1 http://quicktime.cnnsi.com/2006/writers/do...ft.1/index.html

#2 http://quicktime.cnnsi.com/2006/writers/do...art1/index.html

#3: http://quicktime.cnnsi.com/2006/writers/do...art1/index.html

#4: http://quicktime.cnnsi.com/2006/writers/do...art1/index.html

Stewart Mandel’s Top 20: http://quicktime.cnnsi.com/multimedia/phot...ft/index.1.html

Dr. Z Top Prospects: http://quicktime.cnnsi.com/2006/writers/dr...raft/index.html

 

Collegefootballnews.com

http://www.collegefootballnews.com/default.htm

Not an NFL draft site, but the best college football website on the net.

Early entry discussion: http://www.collegefootballnews.com/2006/Dr...arlyEntries.htm

Pete Fiutak Mock Draft: http://www.collegefootballnews.com/2006/Draft/MockDraft.htm

 

Great Blue North Draft Report

http://www.gbnreport.com/

Best feature of Canuck Colin Lindsey’s site is the running news updates on the main page. Other nice features are the frequently updated Declared Underclassmen list: http://www.gbnreport.com/juniors.htm and his updates from Next Level Scouting.

 

Next Level Scouting

NEW: http://www.nextlevelscoutinginc.com/

OLD: http://www.nextlevelscouting.com/index.htm

Home of site mentioned above. John Murphy writes in a stream-of-consciousness method at times, but has a lot of new or interesting tidbits, especially combine and pro day coverage.

 

KFFL Draft Central

http://www.kffl.com/static/nfl/features/nfl_draft/

The full package is pay, but they have a lot of nice free features this year, including a running notebook (NFL Draft Grapevine) and a compilation of draft order by position.

 

Yahoo – Charles Robinson draft coverage

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/expertsarchive...harles+Robinson

 

On The Clock

http://www.otcdraft.com/

Nice running draft news stories on main page and decent profiles by Greg Benjamin.

 

Draftdaddy.com

http://www.draftdaddy.com/

First turned on to this site for their undrafted free agent coverage, but they have all kinds of draft content. By far the best feature is their draft blog: http://www.draftdaddy.com/blog/blog.cfm

 

Football’s Future

http://footballsfuture.com/

One of the more improved sites the last couple of years. Famous for their extensive listing of mock drafts from across the net: http://www.footballsfuture.com/2006/mock.html

They also have comprehensive and original profiles and team needs analysis.

 

Fox Sports

Rising/Falling

3/12: http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/5408684

3/24: http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/5438526

4/7: http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/5483180

4/13: http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/5503168

 

DraftStock.com formerly NFL Draft Showcase

NEW: http://www.draftstock.com/

OLD:www.draftshowcase.com/

Allen Trieu doesn’t spend as much time on compiling draft links anymore, but he has his own site highlighted by a limited, but growing, collection of in-depth profiles and some video highlights of prospects.

 

Fantasy Football Toolbox Draft Index

http://fftoolbox.com/nfl_draft/index.cfm

A lot of comprehensive profiles, including of future prospects (ineligible underclassmen). List of mock drafts from around the net: http://fftoolbox.com/nfl_draft/2006_mockdrafts.cfm

 

Draft Board Insider

http://www.draftboardinsider.com/

Decent layout and navigation. Some pretty in-depth and original profiles and articles.

 

Rick Gosselin (Dallas News) Draft Page

http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/football/nfl/?nl

 

Rob’s Scouting

http://www.robscouting.com/

I’m never a big fan of his rankings and the site is a little rough, but Rob McCartney has been around for a while, does his own scouting, and writes his own in-depth profiles. He made them hard to find this year. Go to ‘Teams’ to see the list of teams he scouted and scroll down to find links to the players he has profiles for.

 

College Sports TV (CSTV)

Division I-A: http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/cs-m-footbl-body.html#

Division I-AA, II, III, and NAIA: http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/cs-m-f...-more-body.html

Website of college network with tons of articles on college teams and players, the same ones you’d find in the news section of many college team’s football websites.

 

Pro Sports Daily NFL Draft News

http://www.prosportsdaily.com/nfl/nfldraft.html

Daily links to draft-related stories from newspapers across the country.

 

Google News on NFL Draft: http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en&tab=wn&q=nfl%20draft

 

Profootballtalk.com Rumor Mill

http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm

The infamous rumor mill has been known to break stories before the mainstream media. Only draft info would be stories of prospects as far as they relate to NFL rumor and speculation.

 

Pro Football Weekly

http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/NFLDraft/default.htm

Nolan Nawrocki is no Joel Buschbaum. Content remains embarrassing since Joel’s passing. 2006 draft stuff isn’t even up yet in site linked above, but there was draft talk in the weekly college notes during the season: http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/Colle...tes/default.htm

 

Houstonprofootball.com NFL Draft War Room

http://www.houstonprofootball.com/draft/

Obviously the slant of the content is related to the Texans, but the best draft information on a team’s fan website. The profiles are in-depth, but they only select five at a position, and make the selections early, so a few are no longer (or sometimes never were) top prospects by the time football season is over. Newspaper-quality articles are the other main content.

 

NFLFans.com (formerly The Draft Exchange)

http://www.nflfans.com/x/

Quirky site whose brutal layout is rough on the eyes. Scroll down and look on the left for prospect rankings and profiles. Forums seem to find some unique and hard-to-find information, especially during the Combine and workouts.

 

Draftdatabase.com

http://www.draftdatabase.com/

Replaces draftbook.com, and openly admits it, an independent site that closed down a few years ago. Like draftbook.com, they compile prospect profiles and reviews from a handful of other sources.

 

About.com NFL Draft home

http://football.about.com/od/nfldraft/

 

Draftseason.com

http://www.draftseason.com/

Nice layout, easy navigation. Brief bios on prospects and not much in-depth or unique content, other than some fluff interviews.

 

theHogs.net Draft Section

http://www.thehogs.net/Draft/index.php

Washington fan site isn’t Redskin-centric with their draft information. Big database of prospects with profiles, albeit brief ones.

 

hR mock draft links

http://www.hailredskins.com/MockDraft.htm

Nice compilation of mocks from around the net by Hail Redskins.

 

Football.com Draft Home

http://www.football.com/cgi-bin/posters/pr...at=draft1.shtml

Draft notes and rankings is about it. Loss of D.J. Boyer’s content is irrelevant; I thought their rankings actually look a little better without him.

 

NFL Draft Forecast

http://www.nfldraftforecast.com/

Decent layout and navigation, but some pretty whack rankings and outdated profiles. A collection of original articles and interviews, but not much substance.

 

Sportsnutz.com Draft Coverage

http://sportznutz.com/nfl/draft/

Rankings and the few profiles they provide (they promise more to come) are mediocre, but the Team Needs section was actually decent. Horrible layout and navigation (scroll down and look on the left to find the links to content).

 

D2football.com 2006 Pro Hopefuls

http://www.d2football.com/index.php?fuseac...home.proHopeful

One of the top websites covering NCAA Division II football reviews some dark horses.

Pre-Combine rankings: http://www.d2football.com/index.php?fuseac...ooks®ionID=6

 

RESOURCES

 

Historical NFL draft information

http://www.drafthistory.com/

http://www.nfl.com/draft/history

 

NCAA Football statistics (all divisions)

http://www.ncaa.org/stats/football/footballMenu.html

 

2006 Traded draft picks

http://www.draftinsiders.com/8.html

 

2006 Free agents

http://www.theredzone.org/2006/freeagents/

 

Official Site of NFL Combine

http://www.nflcombine.net/

 

The Huddle Report Mock Draft scores (still has 2005 rankings, obviously)

http://www.thehuddlereport.com/top100/index.shtml

 

Average measurables of first round picks the last five years

http://www.ourlads.com/DraftAverages.html

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ALL-STAR GAMES

 

Senior Bowl

http://www.seniorbowl.com/2006/

Saturday, 1/28/06 3pm EST on ESPN

 

Rosters: http://www.seniorbowl.com/2006/rosters.htm

Roster discussion: http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?slug=ci...adel&type=story

NFL Network coverage: http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/story/9185231

NFL Draft Countdown Senior Bowl HQ: http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com/features/...seniorbowl.html

Mobile Register (al.com) Senior Bowl coverage: http://www.al.com/seniorbowl/mobileregister/

GBN Report: http://www.gbnreport.com/seniorbowlreport.htm

PFW Notebook: http://profootballweekly.com/PFW/NFLDraft/...notes012506.htm

PFW Blog: http://profootballweekly.com/PFW/NFLDraft/...2005/blog06.htm

Scout.com Chat Transcripts (featuring Tony Pauline):

http://nfldraft.scout.com/2/492522.html

http://nfldraft.scout.com/2/493040.html

http://nfldraft.scout.com/2/493868.html

SI Week Review (Tony Pauline): http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/foot...ne.senior.bowl/

Scout.com Week Review: http://nfldraft.scout.com/2/493995.html

Pat Kirwan (NFL.com) Week Review: http://www.nfl.com/draft/story/9195449

SI Game Wrap: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/foot...l.ap/index.html

Game stats: http://www.seniorbowl.com/2006/news/2006seniorbowlstats.htm

 

East-West Shrine Game

http://www.shrinegame.com/

Saturday, 1/21/06 4pm EST on ESPN

 

Rosters: http://www.shrinegame.com/rosters.php

Preview: http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform...ive/pv13455.htm

Matchup: http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.../match13455.htm

Box Score: http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform...px?GAMEID=13455

MySA Notebook: http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/footbal...ok.30604cd.html

ESPN Notes: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=ncf&id=2299937

TSN Wrap: http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform...inal/W13455.htm

ESPN Wrap:

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2301065

Draftdaddy.com Wrap: http://draftdaddy.com/prospects/EastWest.cfm

Whole Hog Sports coverage:

http://www.wholehogsports.com/story.php?pa...&storyid=143417

http://www.wholehogsports.com/story.php?pa...&storyid=143422

http://www.wholehogsports.com/story.php?pa...&storyid=143267

 

Hula Bowl

http://www.hulabowlhawaii.com/

Saturday, 1/21/06 7pm EST on ESPN

 

Rosters: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/...P512290357.html

Preview: http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform...ive/pv13456.htm

Matchup: http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.../match13456.htm

Box Score: http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform...px?GAMEID=13456

TSN Wrap: http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform...inal/W13456.htm

ESPN Wrap: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2301267

NFLDRB Review: http://nfldraftreview.blogspot.com/2006/01...bowl-notes.html

Local coverage:

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/...P601220351.html

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/...P601190364.html

http://starbulletin.com/2006/01/22/sports/notebook.html

http://starbulletin.com/2006/01/17/sports/story02.html

 

Las Vegas All-American Classic

http://www.lvaac.com/

Saturday, 1/14/06 4:30pm EST

 

Rosters: http://www.lvaac.com/rosters

Preview: http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform...ive/pv13458.htm

Matchup: http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.../match13458.htm

TSN Box Score: http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform...px?GAMEID=13458

Official Box Score: http://www.lvaac.com/post_game.html

TSN Wrap: http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform...inal/W13458.htm

 

Magnolia Grid-Iron Classic (D-IA v. D-IAA)

http://www.magnoliagridironclassic.com/

Saturday, 12/24/05 12pm EST

 

I-A Roster: http://www.magnoliagridironclassic.com/roster1.php

I-AA Roster: http://www.magnoliagridironclassic.com/roster2.php

 

I.AA.org Preview: http://i-aa.org/article.asp?articleid=75035

Offensive Stats: http://www.magnoliagridironclassic.com/off_stats.php

Defensive Stats: http://www.magnoliagridironclassic.com/def_stats.php

Recap: http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stories/010606abf.html

 

Cactus Bowl (DII)

http://www.cactusbowl.org/

Friday, 1/6/06 7:35pm EST

 

East roster: http://www.cactusbowl.org/EAST2006.htm

West roster: http://www.cactusbowl.org/WEST2006.htm

Statistics: http://www.javelinaathletics.com/football/...tats/010606.htm

Recap: http://www.javelinaathletics.com/football/2005/010606fb.html

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NFL COMBINE AND INDIVIDUAL WORKOUTS

Official Site of NFL Combine: http://www.nflcombine.net/

Final NIC invite list: http://www.nflcombine.net/nicplayers.aspx

NFL Network coverage schedule: http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/story/9234181

 

NFL.com coverage

Preview

List of invitees by school: http://www.nfl.com/draft/story/9206978

Brandt offensive preview: http://www.nfl.com/draft/story/9234537

Brandt defensive preview: http://www.nfl.com/draft/story/9244060

Carucci preview: http://www.nfl.com/draft/story/9256561

 

Daily

Combine blog: http://www.nfl.com/draft/story/9256785

Brandt Day One: http://www.nfl.com/draft/story/9260367

Brandt Day Two Quick Hits: http://www.nfl.com/draft/story/9263888

Brandt Day Three Quick Hits: http://www.nfl.com/draft/story/9266806

Brandt Day Four Quick Hits: http://www.nfl.com/draft/story/9269149

Brandt Day Five Quick Hits: http://www.nfl.com/draft/story/9271713

Brandt Day Six Quick Hits: http://www.nfl.com/draft/story/9273222

Measurements 2/25: http://www.nfl.com/draft/story/9267896

Measurements 2/26: http://www.nfl.com/draft/story/9269912

Measurements 2/27: http://www.nfl.com/draft/story/9270956

Measurements 2/28: http://www.nfl.com/draft/story/9273126

 

Wrap

Brandt offense: http://www.nfl.com/draft/story/9281192

Brandt defense: http://www.nfl.com/draft/story/9286579

 

NFL Draft Review blog running coverage: http://nfldraftreview.blogspot.com/

 

NFL Draft Countdown coverage

http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com/features/...ingcombine.html

Results: http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com/features/...ne/results.html

 

Next Level Sports coverage

http://www.scoutingcombine.com/

 

Yahoo coverage

2/23 Notebook: http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=cr-c...=yhoo&type=lgns

2/24 Notebook: http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=cr-c...=yhoo&type=lgns

2/25 Notebook: http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=cr-c...=yhoo&type=lgns

2/27 Notebook: http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=cr-c...=yhoo&type=lgns

 

FF Live Wire Results:http://www.fflivewire.com/combine/rbcombine.asp

 

Football’s Future coveragehttp://www.footballsfuture.com/2006/combine.html

 

SI coverage

Banks preview:http://quicktime.cnnsi.com/2006/writers/do...bine/index.html

Pauline preview:http://quicktime.cnnsi.com/2006/football/n...view/index.html

Pauline wrap: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/foot...e.wrap/?cnn=yes

 

PFW coverage:http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/NFLDr...ine/default.htm

 

Con Draft notes: http://condraft.com/2006-Combine-Reports/report.html

 

GBN Notebook: http://www.gbnreport.com/combinenotebook.html

 

theHogs.net Combine section:http://www.thehogs.net/Draft/combine/index.php

Testing results were tracked last year (still available from 2005, if you scroll down to the right) on this site.

 

nflfans.com Combine forum – news, updates, and rumors from Combine

http://www.nflfans.com/x/forumdisplay.php?f=79

 

PRO DAYS

NFL.com schedule and notes of Pro Days and individual workouts: http://www.nfl.com/draft/analysis/individual_workouts

 

Next Level Scounting Pro Days and individual workout extensive coverage:

http://www.nextlevelscoutinginc.com/index....id=13&Itemid=28

 

fflivewire Results:

http://www.fflivewire.com/prodays/prodays.asp

 

Tony Pauline Rising/Sliding:

3/10: http://quicktime.cnnsi.com/2006/football/n...ders/index.html

3/24: http://quicktime.cnnsi.com/2006/football/n...ders/index.html

3/24: http://quicktime.cnnsi.com/2006/football/n...ders/index.html

3/31: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/foot...ders/index.html

USC Pro Day: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/foot...apup/index.html

Pro Day Overall: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/foot...ners/index.html

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Thanks!

[LunaTick 30]

thanks

 

without going through some mock drafts, is there a site you have which depicts the draft order past round 1?

[Deadpool 0]

Very Nice Tueskan!!!

 

Much Thanks!

 

[remote controller 143]

Please PIN!

[FlippingDevil 0]

Very Nice Tueskan!!!

 

Much Thanks!

 

 

Nice job of copy/paste from Footballguys.com

 

http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index...howtopic=222993

 

Maybe next time you should give credit to the poster over there, it's just common courtesy, unless of course you are Tenascious D at that site. Just a tip.

[remote controller 143]

Nice job of copy/paste from Footballguys.com

 

http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index...howtopic=222993

 

Maybe next time you should give credit to the poster over there, it's just common courtesy, unless of course you are Tenascious D at that site. Just a tip.

This has been a regular post from Tusekan for the past few years. I would bet they got it from him.

[HTH 95]

[Tusekan Raiders 0]

...unless of course you are Tenascious D at that site.

 

There you have it.

 

I've been posting it here for years, but as the site was down earlier this year, I had to get the list started. Now that fftoday is back up, it was time to bring it home.

[murf74 461]

Thanks you the man.

 

I am drooling for this year's draft. It seems so deep.

[HTH 95]

Please PIN!

 

[Yippie Skippy 0]

Wow. Why do I feel like a kid getting a huge stack of homework right before spring break??

 

Before scrolling, and scrolling down that list, I thought I was spending too much of my time obsessing on fantasy football in March.

 

I feel alot better now!! Thanks professor.

[Mike MacGregor 20]

There you have it.

 

I've been posting it here for years, but as the site was down earlier this year, I had to get the list started. Now that fftoday is back up, it was time to bring it home.

 

Glad to have this back in its rightful place. Good stuff Tony

[phillybear 366]

unless of course you are Tenascious D at that site.

 

Interesting.

[Zap 0]

The best NFL draft blog

http://nfldraftreview.blogspot.com/

 

I don't think the blog has lived up to the praise, but with a major tax project and March Madness out of the way things should be very busy around there through the draft.

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Pro Day Results

 

Combine Results

[Wildman 0]

2006 Rookie Scouting Portfolio

 

So far I've received some really nice responses about this project.

[Raider 84 29]

Tusekan Raider your the bomb. Awesome links.

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Updates

4/14 - added more SI content (original and third posts), Fox rising/falling (original), link to Matt Waldman's draft portfolio, Next Level Scouting extensive Pro Day coverage and their combine stuff (third post), fflivewire Pro Day results (third post), Rick Gosselin's draft page, Robert Wright's positional previews (original).

4/15 - Propect Profiles section added to original post - quick link to the profile sections of these sites, Tony Pauline Pro Day gainers (original and third post), KFFL Draft Central added (original post), NFL Draft Showcase has become DraftStock.com (changed link in original post)

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Updated with my final RB review in the original post.

http://www.fftoday.com/articles/idptony/06draft_rbs_v6.htm

[Wildman 0]

Updated with my final RB review in the original post.

http://www.fftoday.com/articles/idptony/06draft_rbs_v6.htm

 

Nice analysis!

[MahSoonerz 0]

Just wanted to note that I've used this post every day in the last week. Thank you.

[donhaas 18]

Very nice

 

Thanks!

 

 

Oakland Raiders still suck, however

[Orgazmo 2]

This should be pinned forever bump

[Tusekan Raiders 0]

Bump to save links

[Cuse9 129]

This should be pinned forever bump

Pinned forever! Well, bump four years later!!