General Rules and Resources - WP Mock (4/4)

General Mock Draft Rules:
-Try to follow what the team would do, even if it's not something with which you might totally agree.
-Trades are allowed, don't stress too much about them though. The Saints and Jets reps are the only guys that are expected to seriously consider a high profile trade. Outside of that, feel free to look around and ask for interest. Some teams are more likely to trade down at any time, and others are more willing to trade either way if they think it will land them their guy.
-The NFL Trade Value Chart is a guide, not law. That said, please don't trade down 15 slots in the 2nd for a 7th round pick ;).
-Comp picks CANNOT be traded.

-GTripp0012 is handling the picks and will be keeping the big board updated. He is mainly dealing with this draft through PMs, though AIM might be alright (make sure you get a confirm on IMs though. 24 hour pick time limit, but obviously, we'd like to move much faster than that (don't rush pick if you need some time to look through some mocks and scouting reports etc though)

I'm also willing to help in whatever way i can.



Resources:

-NFL.com Draft Portal: http://www.nfl.com/draft
-NFL.com Pro Day Reports: http://www.nfl.com/draft/analysis/individual_workouts
-KFFL.com: http://kffl.com/hotw/NFL?all=1
--(some of the FA info affects draft strategy, so only seeing Pro Day results doesn't give a full picture)

-Statistics:
--NCAA official stat database: http://web1.ncaa.org/d1mfb/mainpage.jsp
---(choose IA or IAA, click on team reports, choose a school, click on roster/players and choose a player)
---(ie Reggie Bush: http://web1.ncaa.org/d1mfb/playerDetail.jsp?yr=2005&org=657&player=5 )

-Rankings: - only draftscout has rankings that include all players, but its not free.
--(NFLDraftScout.com is the best for this, but they just killed their free preview)
--Draft Prospect Rankings: http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=211&p=9&c=12&nid=83&lnid=124&yr=2006
--NFLDraftCountDown.com: http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com
--ESPN (iniders only): http://insider.espn.go.com/nfldraft/draft/tracker/rankedPlayers?draftyear=2006&action=login&appRedirect=http%3A%2F%2Finsider.espn.go.com%2Fnfl draft%2Fdraft%2Ftracker%2FrankedPlayers%3Fdraftyea r%3D2006

-Other Mocks:
--Scout.com with mock database (option 5 or 6): http://www.fanmonster.com/public/muncher/SuperMuncher/default.asp?site=211
--5 Rounds, pretty reasonable: http://www.bengalszone.com/article.php?sid=405
--1-3 Rounds, hR Mock Database: http://www.hailredskins.com/MockDraft.htm


-Draft Pick Value Chart: (one has more formatting)
http://www.eastcoastsportsnews.com/NFLDraftChart.html
http://content.scout.com/a.z?s=68&p=3&blipid=14689

How long will we have to make our pick between each pick?

How long will we have to make our pick between each pick?
We will start with 24 hours. Ideally, this is a rapid process, but with 16 guys, that can't work. So although you are supposed to check back often, sometimes that can't be done. If 24 hours pass between the prior pick and you do not make your pick, either myself or that guy will make the pick so the draft can continue. I don't think this will happen.

Just a prediction, but I think it's reasonable to average 8-10 picks a day.

important:
if you don't do anything else, at least check this link. Replace the 24 with the number of your team's original pick, and you'll see a list of mocks and which player and position they had your team take combined on a single page. It doesn't work if you trade your pick, since both your needs and your draft slot change. It can still give you a good idea of your needs though:

http://www.fanmonster.com/public/muncher/SuperMuncher/byPos.asp?pos=24&site=211

url fixed.