The earliest I ever felt like talking about the draft.

[Guest Aloysius]

makes me wonder how many workout warriors actually make it in the league. i'm guessing very few: vernon davis is nowhere near the player he should be, mike mamula was too often injured, vernon gholston hasn't even gotten on the field (though he's still a rook).

Just saw this blurb on Gholston:

 

For the first time, Mangini sounded frustrated by the slow development of rookie OLB Vernon Gholston, the sixth pick of this year's draft. "He had a significant shot (Sunday)," Mangini said tersely. "There were plays to be made." Gholston, in limited action, made two glaring mistakes. He got caught out of position on a bootleg pass completion, biting hard on an inside play fake. Later, he missed a chance for his first sack, hesitating and letting Jay Cutler out of the pocket for a long pass completion. Gholston showed little closing speed. Acknowledging frustration, the rookie, who has no sacks, said: "You look at the sack total for yourself and you wish you had some, but there have been a lot where I've been close. The thing with sacks, once you get that first one, you keep on rolling."

[PlaygroundLegend]

The Cleveland Browns 2009 Draft:

 

Round 1: Rey Maualuga (He is a fricken beast, think Ray Lewis/Polamalu hybrid!)

Round 2: Phil Loadholt (Right Tackle, Oklahoma)

Round 3: Best Corner Available

Round 4: Rashad Jennings (Runningback, Liberty)

Round 5: Will Davis (DE, llinois)

Round 6: Lovon Ponder (SS, Miami)

Round 7: some awesome Phil savage Prospect (round 7 is his best one so far, I think Hall and Mcdonald came in round 7)

[JewDago]

okay, so gholston's been on the field but has made no positive impact. his combine numbers say he should be destroying half the planet right now and fighting mecha-gholston.

 

as for johnson, if he breaks 4.5, he's going top 10, and not to us. 4.5-4.65 will put him somewhere in the top 20. and, unlike percy harvin, johnson's workout pics are terrifying. the way his arms are curled kinda makes him look like a little person.