2023 NFL Draft Thread

[WhiskeyM]

Nice to see Pitt with so many picks.  They tend to produce NFL talent, but can't seem to put together a complete season.  It's unfortunate the city is far and away a pro sports town.

Purdue had 5 players drafted this year, which was the most since the 2004 class (which had an admirable 9 players drafted).

[ELA]

Marino, Green, Fitzgerald, Revis, Donald, Dorset.

If you had to pick an NFL team, solely by looking at their NFL alums, you would certainly choose Pitt way higher than you should

[OrangeAfroMan]

Here's a recent list of rookie FA signings by NFL team:
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/2023-nfl-undrafted-free-agent-tracker-team-by-team-list-of-prospect-signings-after-nfl-draft/

Notables:
The Lions grabbed Ibrahim from Minnesota.  
Arkansas LB Bumper Pool to Panthers.
Army EDGE Andre Carter II to Vikings.
UL QB Malik Cunningham to Pats.
Texas RET D'Shawn Jamison to 49ers
Minny QB Tanner Morgan to Steelers.

[FearlessF]

The NFL draft, which starts tonight, was caused by a 23-year-old who grew up in Inver Grove and starred in football for South St. Paul High School.
Stan Kostka, an All-American running back for the University of Minnesota, prompted an intense bidding war among NFL owners in 1935, inking the largest contract in NFL history. His record-setting $5,000 contract and $500 bonus far exceeded the pay of other players, even stars like Bronko Nagurski.
The bidding war over Stan Kostka unsettled the NFL's owners so much that they started the NFL draft in 1936.
Interestingly, in the midst of Stan's holdout for the highest NFL contract in history, he ran for mayor of Inver Grove. While Stan did not win, one of his fellow players on the 1935 All-American team was Gerald Ford, who became President in 1974.

[ELA]

Shocked that Carter went undrafted, unless there is still a rule regarding his Army service

[OrangeAfroMan]

He also had 11 fewer sacks this year.

[rook119]

Nice to see Pitt with so many picks.  They tend to produce NFL talent, but can't seem to put together a complete season.  It's unfortunate the city is far and away a pro sports town.

Purdue had 5 players drafted this year, which was the most since the 2004 class (which had an admirable 9 players drafted).

Usually Pitt teams can't put it all together because they always have 1-2 positions that are a straight up dumpster fire. Last year it was OL, which was supposed to be really good w/ all 5 starters back but it was Pickett who made them look better than they were. 

1/2 of Allegheny Co. are PSU fans and the majority of SW PA is PSU as well. Not to mention Allegheny Co is one of the oldest in the nation and they stay home. City doing well now but from about 1980-2008 you went to Pitt to get a degree and got a job in another state. There just isn't a huge local alumni base. 

Pitt does have a track record of good TV ratings tho. 

[Cincydawg]

Did TCU have so many picks because they had that many good players or because they made the Finals?

[FearlessF]

winning solves everything

[OrangeAfroMan]

Did TCU have so many picks because they had that many good players or because they made the Finals?

If anyone ever becomes enamored with how smart NFL GMs are.....ask them this question.  

[OrangeAfroMan]

Usually Pitt teams can't put it all together because they always have 1-2 positions that are a straight up dumpster fire. Last year it was OL, which was supposed to be really good w/ all 5 starters back but it was Pickett who made them look better than they were.

1/2 of Allegheny Co. are PSU fans and the majority of SW PA is PSU as well. Not to mention Allegheny Co is one of the oldest in the nation and they stay home. City doing well now but from about 1980-2008 you went to Pitt to get a degree and got a job in another state. There just isn't a huge local alumni base.

Pitt does have a track record of good TV ratings tho.

So.....they have everything needed to start a 24 hour news network?

[Cincydawg]

TCU got a lot of exposure.  Had they lost a close game or three back when, with the same players, how many draft picks would have gone their way?  I'm not disputing they didn't have that many good players, maybe they did, Duggan was solid.  TCU is an outlier of course, in at least two ways.

[rook119]

So.....they have everything needed to start a 24 hour news network?

The ACCN cornered the market selling ads to hock Scottish Spoons, Irish collanders and Tactical Soap on a rope to the masses. It would be though for Pitt to go alone. 

[ELA]

TCU got a lot of exposure.  Had they lost a close game or three back when, with the same players, how many draft picks would have gone their way?  I'm not disputing they didn't have that many good players, maybe they did, Duggan was solid.  TCU is an outlier of course, in at least two ways.

Did the exposure they got against Georgia help them?  More like exposed