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The weather is not supposed to cooperate with the opening of the NFL Draft tonight in Music City. The stage is covered of course, but the fan areas are not. There is talk of keeping it outside if there is rain but no lightning, but the NFL spared no expense and have a complete indoor set up ready to go.

Here are some projections I saw from looking at 6-7 mock drafts:

Quinnen Williams - the projections for him are fairly consistent with everyone having him between 3rd and 5th. (3rd - Jets, 4th - Raiders, 5th - Bucs) The Jets or Raiders might not be a horrible situation.

Jonah Williams - predictions here vary much more, but the most common slot seems to be 9th. I saw as high as 6th and as low as 16th. I'd be surprised if he went higher than 9th.

Josh Jacobs - a lot of people think the Raiders will pick him up (they have both the 24th and 27nd picks). A few have him slipping out of the first round. I didn't see anyone pick him to go higher than the Raiders at 24th.

Irv Smith, Jr - a few people believe the Patriots will pick him at 32nd, although most mock drafts have Noah Fant (Iowa) going before Irv, and Irv going in the 2nd round. This Patriots pick will likely depend on who is left at QB.

Either way somebody will get some steals in our players this year. RTR!

Them boys gonna make some $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.   Good on 'em!

 :popcorn2:

Who went #1 in the draft? RTR!

The first round doesn't start until 7:00 p.m. tonight Preacher...

Maybe he meant "in 1965".   :dunno:

 :lol: :lol: :lol: noooooo I meant today. RTR!

The Arizona Cardinals pick K Murray for the #1 pick in the draft.

#2 is Nick Bosa going to the 49ers.

#3 - Q to the Jets. WOOOT!!!!

Jets got a steal but I wish he could have played with a better team. RTR!

Jonah Williams goes eleventh to the Bengals. WOOOT!!!

2 out of three.  Someone is going to get a GREAT young man with Josh Jacobs!  ROLL TIDE!!!

He goes to the Raiders in the 24th pick.  #+

I hope he continues to play well.  He certainly surprised everyone with his development at Alabama.

 #+

Indeed. He will always be one of my favorite, all-time Bama players.  :worship:

Two guys sitting behind us at the baseball game last night were watching the draft via cell phone.  When Jacobs got drafted one said, "He's good because nobody wanted him out of high school.  He just wanted to prove it."
 :lol2:

Did he ever!

PLUS, Nick Saban and Scott Cochran helped just a little.   :lol2: :lol2:

This combination makes anybody good! RTR!

With Josh Jacobs' pick, Saban officially surpasses Paterno as coach with the most NFL first round draft picks.   :clap:


https://247sports.com/college/alabama/Article/Alabama-Football-coach-Nick-Saban-passes-Joe-Paterno-for-most-first-round-NFL-draft-picks-131538023/


Nick Saban -- 34
Joe Paterno -- 33
Bobby Bowden -- 32
Woody Hayes -- 27

These numbers don't include players that Saban recruited and developed (LSU, Mich State) that were drafted in the first round after he left.

If that's not recruiting ammo, then I don't know what is.  :clap:

The problem is with all the great 5* people they think they are owed a position. That is why they don't come to Alabama because they have to work for it. RTR!

Who did they pick to hold him up in the air so he can see over the line?

And how is he going to play football from the baseball field?

Hey he better be faster than life because he is about to meet the real world football players. RTR!

He can just use the pedestal that the talking heads have placed him on.  They just need a Center that can snap the ball that high...

You know how most Heisman people fail in the NFL well he is probably next. RTR!

He'll get broke like Cote.

:lol: #+

I'll predict this will be another RGIII kind of thing.

Irv Smith goes to the Vikings on pick #50.

Beginning to see why Saban was pissed at the DBs leaving early.

A phrase comes to mind...

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Yeah, they haven't even sniffed a Bama DB. I thought Damien Harris would have gone by now, though. RBs I've never heard of have, been picked ahead of him.

Damien went late in the 3rd: Patriots.  That's good for him!

Nobody interested in the others: Mack Wilson, Deionte Thompson and Saivion Smith.

Well these better than thou and greedy of money will learn when they wind up coaching at a high school level. RTR!

I've only noted one UGA guy being drafted so far.  Did I miss some?  What does this say about UGA?

They have a young team.   ???

I was afraid you'd say that....

Here's the list of 10 Bama drafted players:

Quinnen Williams, Round 1, #3, New York Jets

Jonah Williams, 1 11, Cincinnati Bengals

Josh Jacobs 1, 24, Oakland Raiders

Irv Smith Jr., 2, 50, Minnesota Vikings

Damien Harris, 3, 87, New England Patriots

Christian Miller, 4, 115, Carolina Panthers

Deionte Thompson, 5, 139, Arizona Cardinals

Ross Pierschbacher, 5, 153, Washignton Redskins

Mack Wilson, 5, 155, Cleveland Browns

Isaiah Buggs, 6, 192, Pittsburgh Steelers


Undrafted Bama players who signed afterwards:

Tight end Hale Hentges has signed with the Indianapolis Colts.

Cornerback Saivion Smith is signing with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Jamey Mosley is headed to the New York Jets, where he will be teammates with his older brother.

Lester Cotton is signing with the Oakland Raiders.

Saivion and Lester are 2 I did not think would sign. RTR!

UGA had 7 players drafted. The most since Kirby Smart arrived. Fields also transferred to Ohio St. They lose a lot.

Thanks for posting. I had lost track in my travels.

There's no guarantee that another year would have improved the draft stock of these guys, but it makes their early departures even more frustrating. Bama loses skill and experience and these guys, at best, sit on a bench next year.

Williams, Williams, and Jacobs are going to get paid. Sadly, they all landed on perennially dysfunctional teams. Hopefully they play well for a few years and get somewhere better down the road.

Harris and Smith are probably the big winners when it comes to team success. The Vikings are loaded on offense, which should create plenty of opportunities for Smith to do well and the team to make a playoff run (which upsets me because I hate the Vikings). The Patriots are the Patriots. The potential downside is that Brady's age and Robert Kraft's legal troubles may negatively impact the team this year.

I haven't written the Bengals off yet.  They made the playoffs 5 straight years, 2011-15, and hired a new coach after the past three subpar seasons.  I wouldn't put them in the same category as the Jets or Raiders (who are moving to Vegas next year).

The DBs should have stayed:  Mack Wilson to the Browns, Saivion Smith undrafted to the Jags. 

I'd like to know what grades the advisory committee gave the guys who decided to leave early.

They gave them a grade of :lol3:

Well one thing for sure when they win a game or two they get that money between the eyes. RTR!

Pretty interesting piece from Cecil on early departures.  Interesting that Jimbo echoed CNS but more bluntly.


https://www.tidesports.com/cecil-hurt-one-takeaway-from-ua-and-the-nfl-draft/

Well I agree they came to play for us why not stay the course and see how many wins you can accumulate? RTR!

Well, Jimbo was talking after draft results were in.  Saban was speaking before the draft, knowing that probably some of the early departures might not have the success they thought, but not wanting to limit their chances either.