the more it strikes me that all of our draftees have one thing in common…that they love to play football so much with such great passion, they probably are the kind of guys who would play for nothing if professional football didn’t exist.

And really thats the kind of guys we need, the players who give 150% on every play like its their last.

I have a good feeling about this group.

Matt Mosley.

Adam Schein is one of my favorites.

Loved reading about all of those games Brewster started at Ball State… not to mention barely giving up any sacks during his college career.

Nice find on the John Garrett recount of John Phillips, Big.

Btw, keep an eye on Ogletree. My bro-in-law is a longtime UVA football fan, and he couldn’t believe that “KO” (what he and his friends used to call him) didn’t even get drafted. He thinks that the injury two years ago hurt him.

To piggy back on Terry’s comment…

It sure looks like our front office is focusing on substance over style in 2009. Just tough, experienced, passionate, hard-nosed players willing to work it and give their all.

I’ll take that over da prima donnas any day of the week.

Great post.

I’m all for guys who want to play and play hard. We’ve got starters locked in at most positions, we needed to fill in and get solid special team guys. It’s looking more and more like that’s what we did. I’ll be interested to see how these guys pan out.

i find moss’ (and some others) reaction to the cowboy’s draft perplexing. this is a team that went 9-7; how many of the starters should be “locked in”? i’m happy with finding some depth guys, but don’t you wish they had moved up to get a guy that compete to start somewhere? i know a rookie starting is not an easy thing to live with, but honestly, is crayton all that? austin has looked promising, but in very limited duty. hurd and stanback are pretty much ST guys. a rookie wideout couldn’t compete with these guys? likewise, it doesn’t look to me like we have all that much a S. also, imo, the OL (especially depth) is suspect; wouldn’t have hurt to have more guys competing there, especially if the last four picks are all long shots anyway! how does this add up to a b?

that said, i know it’s way to early to be making pronouncements. they did pretty well last year in the draft. i’m willing to give the benefit of the doubt.

That is exactly my point a few blog posts back. What do you do when there isn’t much in value and your guys are already off the board? Trade down, pick up another pick.

I see this draft as nothing too flashy, getting special teamers (which we did need, very much so) and hopefully more than a few solid backups. Butler and Brandon Williams can hopefully develop into situational pass rushers, giving Ware & Ellis/Spencer a breather. I for one am optimistic about these guys and next season. We won’t really know anything until we get a few games under our belt next year. This team has changed, it won’t be as flashy as the past few years but I think they will be better. May be not, who really knows? No one, we have a long summer wait for find out.

I was pissed off last year at our Offensive line and our lack of WR help. I’m holding my breath, hoping that we run more, play action a lot more and hoping that our WR’s step it up. Spreading the ball around can do wonders, keeping the defense guessing. Last year, the oppossing defense knew where the ball was going most of the time.

The Saints released Hollis Thomas, 6’0, 335, 13 year vet. You probably remember him from the Eagles if not the Saints. I wonder if there is any interest, as this was one area of need that wasn’t addressed in the draft.