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Matt McGuire’s NFL Draftology 320:
Dissecting the Trade Value Chart

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Send Matt an e-mail here: [email protected] All other e-mail, including advertising and link proposals, send to: [email protected] One of the most intriguing things regarding the NFL Draft is the trades taking place. Teams move up for the players they feel can win them a championship, or trade down to acquire more picks in the hopes…

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Ten Reasons Why the Detroit Lions Must Draft Russell Okung

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With Sam Bradford pretty much a lock to go No. 1 overall, the biggest 2010 NFL Draft debate now – aside from the Tim Tebow hysterics – is if the Lions should select Nebraska defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh or Oklahoma State left tackle Russell Okung with the No. 2 pick on April 22. Detroit’s draft…

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2009 NFL Betting Props

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2009 NFL Betting Props: Team and Player Buffalo Bills: Under 7.5 Wins The Bills have the worst offensive line the NFL. They also can’t get to the quarterback. Trent Edwards isn’t the most battle-tested quarterback, and Terrell Owens, 36 in December, is no longer the receiver he once was. I can’t see the Bills finishing…

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Matt McGuire’s NFL Draftology 205A:
Positional Demand

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Send Matt an e-mail here: [email protected] All other e-mail, including advertising and link proposals, send to: [email protected] “With the first pick in the 2009 NFL Draft, the Atlanta Falcons select Alex Mack, center, California.” You know this will NEVER happen in a billion, zillion years. Why is that? Why is a center not worth taking…

Picks

NFL Picks Against the Spread: Week 1, 2009

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NFL Picks (Preseason 2009): 8-7-2 (+$130) NFL Picks (2008): 136-125-6 (+$4,330) If you don’t quite understand the line, total or anything else, go to my Sports Betting FAQ. Vegas betting action updated Sept. 14, 2:30 p.m. ET. Go to Week 1 NFL Picks – Early Games Washington Redskins (0-0) at New York Giants (0-0) Line:…

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nflnespn

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Who’s better at covering the NFL Draft? ESPN or the NFL Network? Send Matt an e-mail here: [email protected]. All other e-mail, including advertising and link proposals, send to: [email protected] Draft Day is upon us, and yes I can feel it. But there is only one way to experience D-Day of course, and that is by…

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Matt McGuire’s NFL Draftology 378:
The Safest Pick Myth

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Send Matt an e-mail here: [email protected] All other e-mail, including advertising and link proposals, send to: [email protected] Every year you hear about, “Who is the safest player in the Draft? … Should this team make the safe pick? … You do not want to invest millions in a player who is not safe.” Quite frankly,…

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NFL Draft: New Regimes Mean New Quarterbacks

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I’ve said the following countless times in my 2010 NFL Mock Draft and NFL Draft Mailbag: New regimes mean new quarterbacks. When a new head coach and/or general manager are hired, they usually want to bring in “their guy.” Unless the team’s signal-caller is on a Pro Bowl level or is being paid tons of…

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Matt McGuire’s NFL Draftology 321:
Revising the Trade Value Chart

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Send Matt an e-mail here: [email protected] All other e-mail, including advertising and link proposals, send to: [email protected] In Draftology 320, I discussed why the trade value chart (TVC) is necessary to analyze trade scenarios and find the value of draft picks. However, this does not mean the current TVC is any good. The current TVC…

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2010 NCAA Tournament Picks: South

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2010 NCAA Tournament: South Bracket Teams Duke (29-5) WHY TO LOVE: Duke perhaps has the best trio in college basketball. Three players score at least 17 points per game: senior guard Jon Scheyer (18.9 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 5.2 apg), junior guard Nolan Smith (17.6 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 3.0 apg) and junior forward Kyle Singler (17.2…