Well more like the Good, the Bad, and the Questionable because draft picks aren’t “ugly”, but regardless.

The NFL draft is finally over. And I mean finally. I love the draft as much as anyone, but the NFL needs to find a way to shorten it. This year’s draft was spread out over three days and took more than 15 hours. It feels like Eric Fisher was drafted four months ago.

The Good

San Diego Chargers

I think the Chargers had the best draft of any team this year. Their first three picks (D.J. Fluker/Manti Te’o/Keenan Allen) were all players with first round grades. Allen was once rated the top receiver in this class, Te’o was once a top five prospect, and Fluker has shot up draft boards. Not only did the Chargers draft good players, but they drafted players that fill needs for their team.

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There were some big-time surprises in the first round of last night’s NFL Draft. Texas A&M Tackle Luke Joeckel was being mocked to the Chiefs at #1 overall for months, and on draft day, Kansas City decides to take Western Michigan Tackle Eric Fischer instead. Shows how much we all know. This is a draft full of offensive lineman and defensive players at the top, as was obvious with only 5 offensive skill position players taken, and for the first time ever no running backs taken in the first round.

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Everyone is an expert…

But instead of having five TSB writers giving a list of who should be taken where in the 2013 NFL Mock Draft, we’re going to mix it up a bit. We are going to do it Fantasy Football style. We randomly selected the draft order, one through five, and are selecting who we think should be picked by that team. Not who we think will be picked. Read the rest of this entry »

As you all have probably heard by now, Wednesday afternoon, North Korea announced that they have clearance to launch nuclear missiles at the United States. Buffalo Bills’ Wide Receiver Stevie Johnson used his Twitter to make a suggestion for the North Koreans if they do plan to do so.

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NFL WEEK 12 AGAINST THE SPREAD

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• The Star* rating is how much I like that team against the spread.  14* is my favorite pick.
• The bold team indicates the team I like against the spread.  (ATS)
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Last season TSB kicked the NFL season off with Hook and I picking the over or under from Las Vegas on each NFL team.  Well, we’re back at it again.  But this time with a larger panel.  Along with Hook (@HookTSB) and  myself (@ttlsportsblog), our resident NASCAR expert Krissy (@NASCARKrissy) and NBA/Breaking Bad aficionado Hasib (@BaggyDizzle) have weighed in as well.  Newcomers to the TSB staff, Jorel (@JorelPetree) and Dave (@DaveSlavin) have sent in their locks as well.

These win totals were taken off sportsbook.com less than a week ago.  So if a few of them are off, I apologize as the lines do move.

The yellow color signifies the TSB staff member’s “Lock” pick.  We’ve each selected a LOCK on an over and one on the over.

NOTE: These picks were made prior to Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys working the New York Giants tonight. Read the rest of this entry »