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NFL Draft Open Thread

I will be on sporadically today but I will obviously keep my eye on where our guys will get drafted.

This is a different class than in years past. This is a quiet yet confident group, they don't draw a lot of attention to themselves yet once they get on the field they are absolutely fierce competitors. For the most part the top four USC players taken (Ellis, Jackson, Rivers and Davis) should be pretty productive with their respective teams.

Others like Rachal, Baker, Radovich, Spanos, Booty and Washington should all get opportunities to earn a spot on their respective teams. I think Baker and Rachal could be sleeper picks that are undervalued, but who really knows?

As, always leave comments, suggestions or rants here I will pop on if something really crazy happens.

I wish all of our guys well.

UPDATE I: The Patriots trade their #7 pick to the Saints and Sedrick Ellis goes to New Orleans. He will be reunited with Coach O! Good move by the Saints.

UPDATE II With the 9th pick Rivers goes to the Bengals! That’s a solid pick for them as well. So far not bad for the SC defense. All Things Trojan has the video of Rivers getting selected by Cincy!

UPDATE III The Redskins trade their pick, #21, to Atlanta and they take Sam Baker! WOW! That’s a great surprise! That’s is AWESOME.

UPDATE IV LoJack to the Seahawks! Back with Lofa…that’s FOUR IN THE FIRST ROUND BABY!!!!

UPDATE V Chilo goes to the 49er’s with the 39th pick. Looks like his gamble paid off that’s 5 players taken from SC so far on the first day

UPDATE VI Big Freddie Davis goes to the Redskins with the 48th pick. A Great day for SC so far. With Brohm and Henne dropping Mortensen said that helps Booty. We’ll see. Tell me Pete Carroll isn’t happy with how this draft is turning out.

UPDATE VII CB Terrell Thomas goes to the New York Giants. That’s 7 players in the first 2 rounds. What…A…Day!!

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Atlanta takes Ryan
So I guess Mel Kiper will keep his job!

by Paragon SC on Apr 26, 2008 12:19 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

interesting stat
from WeAreSC in regards to ucla in the draft.
Last Year:
USC: 5
UCLA: 1

Last 5 Years:
USC: 30
UCLA: 14

1st Round Last 5 Years:
USC: 7
UCLA: 1

big gap there.

by Paragon SC on Apr 26, 2008 12:33 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

After first 2 rounds today
USC: 7
UCLA: 0

It's hard not to snicker.

by bwren on Apr 26, 2008 6:20 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sad commentary
It's not like they didn't get any good athletes to play at Westwood High. Unfortunately, they weren't well-served by their coaches, in terms of sharpening their skills OR getting them to stay focused during games they lost during which they just seemed to fade away. In that scenario, most of them didn't have the chance to develop their talent or showcase their play-making ability enough to lift it to the next level... another legacy of ineffective coaching.

by Defender90 on Apr 28, 2008 12:20 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Agree
Without Maurice Jones Drew, it would have been a lot worse.  He is by far the best player that has come out of ucla in years.  Jones pretty much single handedly won about 4 games for the bruins in that year that they went 10-2.

by frak on Apr 28, 2008 5:57 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Maurice and...
Drew "clearly no relation to Ben" Olson, who was crucial in helping the team eke out those 10 wins, more than a few of which were come-from-behind.

by Defender90 on Apr 28, 2008 10:14 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

and the Jets take....
Gholston

I was hoping they might looked at ellis but he could go #7. not a bad pick for the Jets the wife will be happy.

Oh well

by Paragon SC on Apr 26, 2008 12:46 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

PAts trade the pick to New Orleans
they will pick Ellis and he will be with Coach O

by Paragon SC on Apr 26, 2008 12:52 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Jags take Harvey from UF
Thats a reach at that spot but it should help them.

by Paragon SC on Apr 26, 2008 1:03 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Baker to the Falcons
with the 21st pick.  A little surprised (although very happy) to see him go that high, but I think he'll work out great for them.

by Boy Howdy on Apr 26, 2008 2:33 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Damn...
Jets Pass on Davis for the TE from Purdue.

Oh well 0-2

by Paragon SC on Apr 26, 2008 3:30 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wonder how this affects recruiting
Here we have 4 1st round picks.  All 4 players elected to stay for their senior seasons.  The move definitely paid off for Ellis and Rivers.  I'm also starting to think that Rey made the right decision to stay for his senior year since Rivers would have been picked before him.  Rey has a chance to be the 1st LB picked in 2009 now.

Maybe we will see more players considering not leaving early because of this draft.  Once again USC  leads the way in sending players to the next level.  Its hard to imagine why a recruit would not want to play for Carroll when the other option in LA is an empty passion bucket.

by frak on Apr 26, 2008 4:28 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Terrell Thomas final pick of 2nd Rd
Wow!  What a day indeed for Pete Carroll and the USC program.  I like some of the USC connections with some of today's picks.  Ellis re-unites with new Saints and former USC D-line coach Ed Orgeron, Rivers joins Carson Palmer in Cincy, LoJack joins Tatupu in Seattle, and Thomas re-joins Steve Smith  with the Giants.  I know these guys will do well at the next level.

Fight On!  

USC Sports Talk, contributor http://uscsportstalk.blogspot.com

by mel kiper fan on Apr 26, 2008 6:14 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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