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From: Scott Anonymous
To: LouPickney@gmail.com
Date: Dec 26, 2006 8:39 PM
Subject: Your mock draft site

Your site is by far the best on the net. While I would absolutely love to see a detailed breakdown of team needs, your mailbag column makes up for it. I enjoy reading the feedback from other readers and their sound observations.

I'm a Texans fan, which indirectly means I'm an NFL draft fan. But it's cool to follow. I cringed when I saw your latest (26 Dec) mock draft - because up to and including the Texans' current spot, I can't really argue with you. Other than Dunta Robinson, the Texans' secondary is trash, and is a glaring need. Kubiak is probably more inclined to address the defensive side of the ball as well, and draft a team that is designed to beat Indy. Domanick Davis may be done for good due to his knee injury, and the O-line is something that needs to be addressed, as usual, since it doesn't seem as if everyone is understanding the zone-blocking scheme. I'd rather see those positions addressed but the realistic side of me feels like they will go DB in the first.

Anyway, good work. Keep it up.

Lou: Thanks for the comments, though I don't think this is the best draft site on the net (see the Links section for some excellent sites that are out there.) The more opinions you can read about the draft, the more of an overall picture you can get of what is likely to happen in April.

The Texans could use a shut-down corner, and while Darrelle Revis is going to be a little raw if he comes out this year, the guy has the athleticism to be a big-time player in the NFL before too long. I think LSU FS LaRon Landry would be a better fit for the Texans, but it's unclear if Landry will actually be on the board by the time Houston drafts.

Offensive line is a need for the Texans, but the team seems more likely to address that in later rounds on day one (though if Joe Thomas falls to them, all bets are off.)

From: Canter Family
To: LouPickney@gmail.com
Date: Dec 28, 2006 10:27 AM
Subject: Brian Brohm

What do you think the chances are for the Carolina Panthers to draft Brian Brohm? I think it would be a good move for them

Lou: I really like the idea of Carolina taking Brohm, but there's no guarantee that will happen give Carolina's holes at safety and MLB. There are a few people I know who think Brohm is a better prospect than Quinn (particularly with Brohm's arm.) With the way so many NFL teams use short passes anymore, I personally think accuracy trumps a strong arm, but that's just me.

Also, Brohm could go back to Louisville for another season, so he's not a lock to come out in this draft by any means. Then again, I always think of Calvin Johnson as being a lock for the NFL, but he still has another year of eligiblity left, so you never know. Player decisions on staying/going will of course have a major impact on who goes where in the draft.

From: Kevin Harwick
To: LouPickney@gmail.com
Date: Dec 29, 2006 8:32 AM
Subject: Ginn?

No Ginn in the 1st round???

Lou: Ted Ginn, Jr. is electric, but at 6'0" 175 lbs., he doesn't have prototype NFL size. Could he go first round? Quite possibly, though I don't know that it's a given.

Ginn's 4.3 speed is very appealing, but can Ginn handle a chuck at the line from a physical DB? Can he handle the beating that receivers take in the NFL? Can he block well? Obviously he is a special teams superstar waiting to happen, but I don't think that he is the guaranteed first round lock that some see him as being. Maybe I'm wrong; we'll see.

From: Keith Fravel
To: LouPickney@gmail.com
Date: Dec 29, 2006 9:06 AM
Subject: Zibikowski in the First?

Hey man -

I appreciate the mock draft and all because it gives me something to do while I'm at work...but what's your story? Are you a huge Notre Dame homer? The Shark won't go that high! If nothing else, his contract with the Cubs will scare some teams off. Also, there is just no way Zibi projects as a first round draft pick. The guy has Coy Wire written all over him. He's too small to make the jump to LB in the pro's, and far too slow to be a respectible cover safety. To me, he's got career special teamer written all over him.

Lou: I know that the Cubs have a contract with Tom Zbikowski's roommate at Notre Dame WR, Jeff Samardzija, but as far as I know Zbikowski isn't under contract with the Cubs. Teams might be concerned with his fling with boxing, but that can be handled much easier than a potential MLB deal.

Zbikowski runs a reported 4.3 40, and at 6'0" 230 he has the size to play safety in the NFL. His return skills are an added value, and among strong safeties in the draft, only Texas' Michael Griffin and Wyoming's John Wending look to be up there with Zbikowski.

As for a transition to LB in the pros, I don't know that such a move would make sense for Zbikowski. Maybe a team looking to add speed to the position would consider it, but I'd think that Zbikowski would be better suited being utilized in the SS role.

Maybe Zbikowski will fall to the second round, but with the need that many teams have at safety, I see him going round one at this point. As I did in many of the other responses I've had in this column, I have to note that Zbikowski has one more year of eligibility remaining and may return to Notre Dame, so it's not a done deal that he'll be in the 2007 Draft at all.

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