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Mock Draft 5 Year Scorecard

For the benefit of people who are new to OURLADS’ Scouting Services, we wish to clarify our approach to Draft Projections. Our objective is different from just about everyone or every organization that goes through the 'mock draft' exercise. We are not working the phones, the Internet, or other 'connections' to 'handicap' the Draft. Nor do we have any hidden agenda. What we are attempting to do is to slot players based on our ratings, to teams where we feel they best fit. We have enough confidence in our player ratings and the various team needs and direction, to do that. The idea is that players with first round ratings ought to go in the first round, second round players in round two and so forth.

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Jim Johnson 1941 - 2009 More...

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NFL Draft 2009 Team By Team Evaluations Our draft grades range as follows: excellent, good, above average, average, below average, questionable, and poor. Most teams will fall in the above average to below average range. Please be reminded that our grades represent our sincere, objective, and thoughtful opinions. Individual team depth charts and write-ups will be in the 2009 Ourlads Draft Review to come out in June.

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2009 NFL Combine Player Ratings For each position, we have ranked the players listed by a special Ourlads’ formula. Only those athletes who participated in the Combine are ranked.

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Relevance of the Combine

Forecasting NFL Success With Physical Attribute Tests  |  By Joe Landers
Download (PDF) Right Click the link & choose "Save Target As"

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Sudden Impact - 2009 Update
Positions Where Rookies Contribute Immediately  |  By Joe Landers

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The Importance of Day One
NFL Two-Deeps Tell Us Where to Find Talent  |  By Joe Landers

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John Fitzpatrick June 6, 1961 – December 8, 2008 Minnesota Vikings, National Football Scouting More...

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Author Malcolm Gladwell interviews Ourlads' Dan Shonka
Malcolm Gladwell interviews Dan Shonka for the article "Most Likely to Succeed" in the December 15, 2008 edition of The New Yorker magazine.