Here's a fun drafting game for all of us here who fashion ourselves GMs. You pick a team, then run the draft, accepting or declining trades along the way. The "grades" are subjective, of course, and the trade offers so numerous and ridiculous you can't help but trade down more than you ever would. I ended up with an absolutely absurd 21 draft picks. It only takes a second to register (I gave them a mailinator email address, which they didn't seem to mind).
Anyway, here's the link: http://www.first-pick.com/NFL/DraftGame.aspx
And here's my first attempt, so you can tell me what an idiot/genius I am. Next time I think I'll do one without trading:
Your score is: 3362 (Drafting Ability: B-, Player Quality A, Future Draft Picks: N/A)
Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 26 (G.B.): Tyler Eifert, TE, Notre Dame (A)
Round 2 Pick 10: Cornellius Carradine, DE, Florida State (C+)
Round 2 Pick 20 (MINN): Jonathan Cyprien, SS, Florida International (A)
Round 2 Pick 23 (G.B.): Menelik Watson, OT, Florida State (C)
Round 2 Pick 24 (SEA): Stedman Bailey, WR, West Virginia (D)
Round 3 Pick 15: Jamar Taylor, CB, Boise State (A)
Round 3 Pick 20: Brian Winters, OG, Kent State (C)
Round 3 Pick 21 (MINN): Devin Taylor, DE, South Carolina (B-)
Round 3 Pick 27 (HOU): Le'Veon Bell, RB, Michigan State (B+)
Round 3 Pick 29 (N.E.): Hugh Thornton, OG, Illinois (C)
Round 4 Pick 14: Travis Kelce, TE, Cincinnati (B)
Round 4 Pick 20 (CHI): D.J. Hayden, CB, Houston (C+)
Round 4 Pick 27 (HOU): Bennie Logan, DT, LSU (A)
Round 5 Pick 5 (SEA): Da'Rick Rogers, WR, Tennessee Tech (A)
Round 5 Pick 13: Adrian Bushell, CB, Louisville (A)
Round 5 Pick 20 (CHI): Kwame Geathers, DT, Georgia (A)
Round 5 Pick 27 (HOU): Kenjon Barner, RB, Oregon (B+)
Round 5 Pick 33 (COMP): Landry Jones, QB, Oklahoma (A)
Round 7 Pick 11: Rontez Miles, FS, California (PA) (A)
Round 7 Pick 18: Kayvon Webster, CB, South Florida (A)
Round 7 Pick 44 (COMP): Quinton Dial, DT, Alabama (A)
Anyway, here's the link: http://www.first-pick.com/NFL/DraftGame.aspx
And here's my first attempt, so you can tell me what an idiot/genius I am. Next time I think I'll do one without trading:
Your score is: 3362 (Drafting Ability: B-, Player Quality A, Future Draft Picks: N/A)
Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 26 (G.B.): Tyler Eifert, TE, Notre Dame (A)
Round 2 Pick 10: Cornellius Carradine, DE, Florida State (C+)
Round 2 Pick 20 (MINN): Jonathan Cyprien, SS, Florida International (A)
Round 2 Pick 23 (G.B.): Menelik Watson, OT, Florida State (C)
Round 2 Pick 24 (SEA): Stedman Bailey, WR, West Virginia (D)
Round 3 Pick 15: Jamar Taylor, CB, Boise State (A)
Round 3 Pick 20: Brian Winters, OG, Kent State (C)
Round 3 Pick 21 (MINN): Devin Taylor, DE, South Carolina (B-)
Round 3 Pick 27 (HOU): Le'Veon Bell, RB, Michigan State (B+)
Round 3 Pick 29 (N.E.): Hugh Thornton, OG, Illinois (C)
Round 4 Pick 14: Travis Kelce, TE, Cincinnati (B)
Round 4 Pick 20 (CHI): D.J. Hayden, CB, Houston (C+)
Round 4 Pick 27 (HOU): Bennie Logan, DT, LSU (A)
Round 5 Pick 5 (SEA): Da'Rick Rogers, WR, Tennessee Tech (A)
Round 5 Pick 13: Adrian Bushell, CB, Louisville (A)
Round 5 Pick 20 (CHI): Kwame Geathers, DT, Georgia (A)
Round 5 Pick 27 (HOU): Kenjon Barner, RB, Oregon (B+)
Round 5 Pick 33 (COMP): Landry Jones, QB, Oklahoma (A)
Round 7 Pick 11: Rontez Miles, FS, California (PA) (A)
Round 7 Pick 18: Kayvon Webster, CB, South Florida (A)
Round 7 Pick 44 (COMP): Quinton Dial, DT, Alabama (A)