Gil Brant

by MWB on Apr 22, 2008 10:05 AM CDT

Gil has posted his top 100 on NFL.com. Here is his explantion of how he ranks the players.

Here is my attempt at identifying the first 100 players I think will be drafted this weekend. I look at the prospects' most important individual characteristics, position specifics, along with height and speed to formulate this order. Medical status (for players such as Phillip Merling and Jonathan Stewart) was not considered in the rankings. And playing experience (i.e., long-time starter vs. one-year wonder) is something I value.

Rather than ranking the players from one to 100, I have broken them into 10 tiers of 10 and listed them alphabetically within the tiers. Nobody can predict exactly where every player is going to get drafted. The point here is to pinpoint the range in which a prospect is likely to go.

http://www.nfl.com/draft/story?id=09000d5d807e3288&template=with-video&confirm=true

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why 10?

Why 10 tiers of 10? Isn’t that a bit arbitrary? I know it makes it easier for the web site to handle, but tiers of talent aren’t necessarily going to be in the decimal system. For instance, the first 7 players are clearly ahead of the rest. So why include three more from the second tier?

I know that seems nitpicky but that’s how teams draft. They either trade up a few spots to get the last guy in the tier, or once the last guy in the tier is gone, they trade back. It would be nice for a “draft guru” to delineate the tiers of players for us lay people.

Derek

Signature! I don't need no stinking signature!!

by DerekSTheRed on Apr 22, 2008 10:19 AM CDT reply actions

This defn should of been a fanshot.. sorry

Its my Money, And I want it NOW!

by thebigham on Apr 22, 2008 10:54 AM CDT reply actions

sorry, but 'ole Gil is way off

on his raking of Antoine Cason at #61, he’s got to be kidding.

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Apr 22, 2008 10:55 AM CDT reply actions

Sweet

Dont we pick 61st? ;-)

by Impatient on Apr 22, 2008 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions

He's not the only one that has Cason ranked so low. . .

Although, let’s be honest – 61st overall isn’t really low. That doesn’t mean that he’s going to be picked that low, but I’ve seen other mocks that has Cason deep in the second round near that pick.

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by JerrodWheeler on Apr 23, 2008 7:20 AM CDT up reply actions