The official 2012 draft day trades and trade rumors thread

[Southpaw]

Here comes the run on O Lineman.

 

[gmabel830]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!! At 15?! Pass rushing specialist, but he was someone a lot of us thought might be there in the 3rd round.

Show me the mock that had Irvin over Ingram and Coples!

 

[AsUpRoDiGy]

Should've gone with Mercilus if they were taking that big of a risk

 

[az1965]

So far run on DT... only one OL selected so far.

 

[WisconsinCard]

Lots of starting-caliber tackles in round 3. Good call. We'll get one Saturday. No hurry.

Ya never know!! It has happened before and will again. There will be talent left in round number three. We could trade back into round two or even round one. It's not over yet.

 

[crisper57]

What the hell did the Rams and Hawks do to themselves? Terrible picks!

 

[WisconsinCard]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!! At 15?! Pass rushing specialist, but he was someone a lot of us thought might be there in the 3rd round.

Show me the mock that had Irvin over Ingram and Coples!

The first shocker of the draft.

 

[Ed Burmila]

Ya never know!! It has happened before and will again. There will be talent left in round number three. We could trade back into round two or even round one. It's not over yet.

Yeah, good call. Let's just hope we magically get a starting tackle in Round 3 or 4. Skelton and Kolb will be happy to hear that.

 

[WisconsinCard]

Not happy about Floyd.....

Not because I would rather have Reiff or Decastro, but because I can't stand Floyd and I think he is supremely overrated. I wanted to trade way back.

Mel had him in the top 10 on his board. So we'll just have to wait and see

 

[Broseph]

If I were a rams fan I would be pissed off...

 

[Big Deal]

Somehow I think if we drafted a three-legged midget you'd say GREAT PICK! WAY TO GO, MR. GRAVES!

Floyd's a good player. Remember watching the QBs run for their life last year? I'm pretty sure no one we draft in the 4th round is going to solve that problem.

Actually, I don't remember Skelton running for his life at all. Outside the 49ers game, I thought he stood tall in the pocket.

 

[WisconsinCard]

Yeah, good call. Let's just hope we magically get a starting tackle in Round 3 or 4. Skelton and Kolb will be happy to hear that.

I guess you should go to bed and wake up Monday since it's over...

 

[joeshmo]

Looks like the pre-draft talk of Stubby Arms Magee Reiff possibly taking a fall were accurate.

 

[WisconsinCard]

Actually, I don't remember Skelton running for his life at all. Outside the 49ers game, I thought he stood tall in the pocket.

There you go letting facts get in the way of a good rant...

 

[AzStevenCal]

If I were a rams fan I would be pissed off...

Because of the pick or because you were stuck being a Rams fan?

Steve

 

[WisconsinCard]

Looks like the pre-draft talk of Stubby Arms Magee Reiff possibly taking a fall were accurate.

Good call

 

[joeshmo]

Good call

As soon as I say that watch the Jets take him.

 

[Ed Burmila]

Looks like the pre-draft talk of Stubby Arms Magee Reiff possibly taking a fall were accurate.

It doesn't matter now since we didn't take him, but aren't you going a bit overboard with "stubby arms mcgee"? His arms are ONE INCH shorter than the combine average. An inch.

Let's go find the old threads about Dwight Freeney's short arms - should be good for laughs.

 

[AsUpRoDiGy]

Something tells me the Cards are going to try and trade up into the 2nd.

 

[Evil Ash]

It doesn't matter now since we didn't take him, but aren't you going a bit overboard with "stubby arms mcgee"? His arms are ONE INCH shorter than the combine average. An inch.

Let's go find the old threads about Dwight Freeney's short arms - should be good for laughs.

Well evdiently teams found more wrong with him because he keeps falling

 

[Quagmire]

Like seeing the OTs keep dropping. Gives me hope that Cardinals trade up to top of 2nd for Massie or Martin

 

[WisconsinCard]

Something tells me the Cards are going to try and trade up into the 2nd.

I was thinking the same thing

 

[gmabel830]

Anyone else watching NFLN? FarmersOnly.com?! WTF?!

 

[joeshmo]

It doesn't matter now since we didn't take him, but aren't you going a bit overboard with "stubby arms mcgee"? His arms are ONE INCH shorter than the combine average. An inch.

Let's go find the old threads about Dwight Freeney's short arms - should be good for laughs.

And Player X ONLY ran a .1 second slower in the 40, yet we are always talking more highly about a player that runs a 4.4 over a guy that runs a 4.5. Its the same percentage difference. Linemen both O and D are punchers in the trenches and there is a reason why boxing matches put arm length in tale of the tape.

Short arms dont become an issue if the player can make up for it with amazing feet, strength, strength, and so on. Reiff doesn't have anything amazing(some good but none amazing), so bringing up Freeney or Joe Thomas as an example is laughable considering both of those guys have other amazing attributes that make up for it.

 

[Monty]

Matt Kalil= 34 1/2
Riley Reiff= 33 1/3

This is not about arm length.