Bench Points

In case you did not know from it being HAMMERED INTO OUR SKULLS THE LAST MONTH.

The 2006 NFL Draft was this weekend, and boy, between Chris Berman's obnoxious jokes, drunk J-E-T-S fans, and Marv Levy's senility showing. Well, it was a hell of a ride.

So The Texan's picking Mario Williams? Dumb. It's like picking Sam Bowie over Michael Jordan.

The Saints getting Reggie Bush? Awesome, I can't be happier for the city of New Orleans, and with Drew Brees, Joe Horn, and a backfield with both Deuce Mccallister AND Reggie Bush? Scary.

Titans getting Vince Young? Good for them, and they got Lendale White to boot.

Oh the lowly Jets. With your walking disaster area Chad Pennington as your supposed starting quarterback......you don't draft a quarterback. Even with sad sad Matt Leinart sitting in the green room. Did anybody else think Leinart might jump off the top of Radio City Music Hall at this point?

Green Bay taking A.J. Hawk? Solid.

Was Vernon Davis really crying out of happiness at being picked by the 49'ers? I don't know, but I hear last years number one pick has "small hands".

Al Davis must of been in the bathroom emptying his catheter when the Raiders made a good decision.

Next pick? Buffalo Bills! Wait, I'm sorry Bills fans. Somebody put Marv Levy out of his misery.

DETROIT DOESN'T TAKE A WIDE RECEIVER?! Amazing.

The 10th pick is the reason the Vikings should never have let Denny Green go and replace him with freaking Mike Tice. Green is no dummy, and much how he got Daunte Culpepper to the Vikings, Matt Leinart falls into his lap. With the best young receiving corps in the NFL, a solid running back in Edgerrin James, and an awesome new stadium....well I feel really bad for everybody else in the Cardinal's division.

I wasn't going to go any farther than the 10th pick, but a few notes:

Was Denver sending a message to Jake "The Snake aka The Mistake" Plummer by drafting Jay "I Look Like A 12 Year Old" Cutler?

The Vikings made a solid pick with Greenway, but in my heart I wanted them to take Laurence Maroney, especially with the question still floating around about their running back situation.

Finally, I'm glad Maroney went so high, and to such a solid team in the Patriots.


So the craziest weekend in sports is over, and thank god. If I ever see Mel Kiper Jr's hair again I will seriously consider shooting somebodies dog.

(BTW if anyone has a vid cap of the really lame ESPN draft intro with Matt Leinart as Neo, please let me know.)