In touch with our dark side

Admit it...in places you don't talk about at cocktail parties, dark places in your soul, there is no better, spine-tingling schadenfreude fun that watched an over-hyped, pretty boy QB fall down the draft board like a brick in a pool. We didn't really know how much fun it was when it happened to Aaron Rogers, but we got to enjoy Leinhart, and REALLY got to enjoy Quinn today. All the way to #22. And we watched him every step of the way.

Same to his sister.

The third round is about half over, and Bazuin, Staley and Usama Young (Kent) have been picked. I loved the commentary from Kiper and the boys on Usama--Kiper says "average player who had great workouts." Can't see that one working out. He wasn't even first team ALL-MAC.

Doug Free may still go tonight. He is currently the top O-tackle on the board.

Update: Shows what I know. No Free, but G Andy Alleman from Akron went to New Orleans, whose draft strategy appears to be an unusual one of cornering the market on MAC talent. Then, the Bears pulled a pretty big shocker by taking Garrett Wolfe in the 3rd round. At this size, that's a pretty big surprise. A number of backs--including Antonio Pittman--were ranked ahead of him on most boards.

FINAL TALLY: Drew Mormino (C) of CMU, Doug Free (OT) of NIU, and Ryne Robinson (WR) of Miami went today, making it eight total MAC picks. I'll be interested to see how that ranks historically, but it's on the high side, that's for sure. That CMU team had three NFL draft picks on it--not too many Falcon teams (if any) can say that. And, of course, they all date back to the DeBord regime.

We'll keep an eye on the free agent wires. I'm thinking Markray might get a UDFA shot.