2012 Draft

[summond822]

So I was reading an article about Turbin, and I saw this picture. Those arms just made me stop and say "Holy ****".

Is there a way to make the pic smaller?

[Jimmy]

so ******* jealous. you guys got two of my favorite players in this year's draft. turbin and wagner. and irvin is gonna be a contender for DROY.

guess i have a back up team in madden this year

[Caulibflower]

Not gonna lie, getting more and more excited about this season. Already had a solid team, now have a legitimate three-way competition for starting QB. Russell Wilson is starting to excite me. I liked him a lot before the draft, and it's looking more and more like the only bad thing people can find to say about him is the "HT" number next to his name. (But he's got huge hands!) He's a tremendous athlete, he's going to be able to move around to find throwing lanes, he improvises well, and for Pete Carroll to say he's just as much in the starting battle after one minicamp as Tarvaris and Flynn says a lot.

Irvin, by all acounts looked good in minicamp and Carroll was raving, as usual, about his speed, but also said something else that I liked - said he was asking a lot of questions at team meetings - "good questions." Turbin's got people talking, and as much as I would've preferred Kendricks over Wagner, and as much as he reminds me of Aaron Curry, he's fast, he's rangy, he's stout and could very well turn into another good player. I haven't heard much about him from minicamp, but I liked what I saw when I was watching Winston Guy's gamefilm from Kentucky and am excited to see what kinds of defensive packages Pete Carroll is going to come up with. Really, really liking the way our defense is starting to look (And Trufant's back!), and the offense has gotten a shot in the arm, too.

[Caulibflower]

Originally Posted by Caulibflower

Yeah. I figure Bobby Wagner will at least compete for a starting spot and provide depth, but I feel like Kendricks would have had a much bigger impact. But that's the draft for ya! But it occurred to me - I think I even had Russell Wilson going to us in the 4th in my sig-mock at one point, so I actually feel pretty good about our QBs right now. This is the scenario where I'm glad to have Tarvaris Jackson on the roster. There are two other QBs to compete with who all have a legitimate claim to starting ability, yet are unproven. They're all pretty mobile guys. If Flynn can't beat out Tarvaris, it means we at least have a mediocre QB. We're not in dire straits - we still just will want to upgrade. With Russell Wilson, I feel like we'll know right away whether he can play. I'm going to call it right now - I think he'll be a preseason superstar. But whether or not that translates into being a starting-caliber QB will just be a matter of waiting for him to get his opportunity to see.

Sort of feel like bumping this draft-day comment. For some reason.