fricker66
02-03-2006, 04:41 PM
Stolen from the sanctuary with credit to Tusekan Raiders for his hard work in assembling:
I know at least Buffy the Lydell Slayer is looking for them...
NFL DRAFT LINKS
Zap and Wildman's NFL Draft blog
http://nfldraftreview.blogspot.com/
FFToday.com
Matt Waldman’s profiles:
http://www.fftoday.com/articles/waldman/05_scouting_profiles.htm
My RB series:
06 RB Class end of regular season: http://www.fftoday.com/articles/idptony/06draft_rbs_v4.htm
06 RB Class late season update: http://www.fftoday.com/articles/idptony/06draft_rbs_v3.htm
06 RB Class early season update: http://www.fftoday.com/articles/idptony/06draft_rbs_v2.htm
06 RB Class spring preview: http://www.fftoday.com/articles/idptony/06draft_rbs_v1.htm
Sports Illustrated Draft Central
http://quicktime.cnnsi.com/football/nfl/specials/draft/2006/
Not up yet, but SI always has some of the best free draft grades and analysis in the business.
Don Banks Mock #1: http://quicktime.cnnsi.com/2006/writers/don_banks/01/27/mock.draft.1/index.html
Stewart Mandel’s Top 20: http://quicktime.cnnsi.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/2006/01/16/gallery.draft/index.1.html
NFL.com Draft Central
http://www.nfl.com/draft
Draft information on the NFL’s official websites. The Combine updates and Pro Day tracking by Gil Brandt are one of the best annual features. Lots of analysis and profiles.
NFL Draft Countdown
http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com
For one-stop shopping of NFL draft information, Scott Wright has the best independent free draft website. Nice layout, easy navigation, solid rankings, decent profiles, and Scott produces one of the better independent mocks every year. Also has a nice draft blog: http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com/blog/wrightstuff.html
Collegefootballnews.com
http://www.collegefootballnews.com/default.htm
Not an NFL draft site, but the best college football website on the net.
Early entry discussion: http://www.collegefootballnews.com/2006/Draft/EarlyEntries.htm
Pete Fiutak Mock Draft #1: http://www.collegefootballnews.com/2006/Draft/MockDraft.htm
Great Blue North Draft Report
http://www.gbnreport.com/
Best feature of Canuck Colin Lindsey’s site is the running news updates on the main page. Other nice features are the frequently updated Declared Underclassmen list: http://www.gbnreport.com/juniors.htm and his updates from Next Level Scouting.
Next Level Scouting
http://www.nextlevelscouting.com/index.htm
Home of site mentioned above. John Murphy writes in a stream-of-consciousness method at times, but has a lot of new or interesting tidbits.
On The Clock
http://www.otcdraft.com/
Nice running draft news stories on main page and I like Greg Benjamin’s profiles. They have original content and good analysis rarely found on free sites.
Draftdaddy.com
http://www.draftdaddy.com/
First turned on to this site for their undrafted free agent coverage, but they have all kinds of draft content. By far the best feature is their draft blog: http://www.draftdaddy.com/blog/blog.cfm
Football’s Future
http://footballsfuture.com/
One of the more improved sites the last couple of years. Famous for their extensive listing of mock drafts from across the net: http://www.footballsfuture.com/2006/mock.html
They also have comprehensive and original profiles and team needs analysis.
Fantasy Football Toolbox Draft Index
http://fftoolbox.com/nfl_draft/index.cfm
A lot of comprehensive profiles, including of future prospects (ineligible underclassmen). List of mock drafts from around the net: http://fftoolbox.com/nfl_draft/2006_mockdrafts.cfm
Draft Board Insider
http://www.draftboardinsider.com/
Decent layout and navigation. Some pretty in-depth and original profiles and articles.
Rob’s Scouting
http://www.robscouting.com/
I’m never a big fan of his rankings and the site is a little rough, but Rob McCartney has been around for a while, does his own scouting, and writes his own in-depth profiles, which are pretty good. He made them hard to find this year. Go to ‘Teams’ to see the list of teams he scouted and scroll down to find links to the players he has profiles for.
Draftdatabase.com
http://www.draftdatabase.com/
Replaces draftbook.com, and openly admits it, an independent site that closed down a few years ago. Like draftbook.com, they compile prospect profiles and reviews from a handful of other sources.
College Sports TV (CSTV)
Division I-A: http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/cs-m-footbl-body.html#
Division I-AA, II, III, and NAIA: http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/cs-m-footbl-more-body.html
Website of college network with tons of articles on college teams and players, the same ones you’d find in the news section of a college’s football website.
Pro Sports Daily NFL Draft News
http://www.prosportsdaily.com/nfl/nfldraft.html
Daily links to draft-related stories from newspapers across the country.
Google News on NFL Draft: http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en&tab=wn&q=nfl%20draft
Profootballtalk.com Rumor Mill
http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm
The infamous rumor mill has been known to break stories before the mainstream media. Only draft info would be stories of prospects as far as they relate to NFL rumor and speculation.
Pro Football Weekly
http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/NFLDraft/default.htm
Nolan Nawrocki is no Joel Buschbaum. Content remains embarrassing since Joel’s passing. 2006 draft stuff isn’t even up yet in site linked above, but there was draft talk in the weekly college notes during the season: http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/College+Football/College+Notes/default.htm
Houstonprofootball.com NFL Draft War Room
http://www.houstonprofootball.com/draft/
Obviously the slant of the content is related to the Texans, but the best draft information on a team’s fan website. The profiles are in-depth, but they only select five at a position, and make the selections early, so a few are no longer (or sometimes never were) top prospects by the time football season is over. Newspaper-quality articles are the other main content.
NFLFans.com (formerly The Draft Exchange)
http://www.nflfans.com/x/
Quirky site whose brutal layout is rough on the eyes. Scroll down and look on the left for prospect rankings and profiles. Forums seem to find some unique and hard-to-find information, especially during the Combine and workouts.
Draftseason.com
http://www.draftseason.com/
Nice layout, easy navigation. Brief bios on prospects and not much in-depth or unique content, other than some fluff interviews, but a decent stop.
hR mock draft links
http://www.hailredskins.com/MockDraft.htm
Nice compilation of mocks from around the net by Hail Redskins.
Football.com Draft Home
http://www.football.com/cgi-bin/posters/printPost.cgi?category=draftnotes&at=draft1.shtml
Draft notes and rankings is about it. Loss of D.J. Boyer’s content is irrelevant; I thought their rankings actually look a little better without him.
NFL Draft Forecast
http://www.nfldraftforecast.com/
Decent layout and navigation, but some pretty whack rankings and outdated profiles. A collection of original articles and interviews, but not much substance.
Sportsnutz.com Draft Coverage
http://sportznutz.com/nfl/draft/
Rankings and the few profiles they provide (they promise more to come) are mediocre, but the Team Needs section was actually decent. Horrible layout and navigation (scroll down and look on the left to find the links to content).
D2football.com 2006 Pro Hopefuls
http://www.d2football.com/index.php?fuseaction=home.proHopeful
One of the top websites covering NCAA Division II football reviews some dark horses.
RESOURCES
Historical NFL draft information
http://www.drafthistory.com/
http://www.nfl.com/draft/history
NCAA Football statistics (all divisions)
http://www.ncaa.org/stats/football/footballMenu.html
2006 Traded draft picks
http://www.draftinsiders.com/8.html
2006 Free agents
http://www.theredzone.org/2006/freeagents/
Official Site of NFL Combine
http://www.nflcombine.net/
The Huddle Report Mock Draft scores (still has 2005 rankings, obviously)
http://www.thehuddlereport.com/top100/index.shtml
Average measurables of first round picks the last five years
http://www.ourlads.com/DraftAverages.html
I know at least Buffy the Lydell Slayer is looking for them...
NFL DRAFT LINKS
Zap and Wildman's NFL Draft blog
http://nfldraftreview.blogspot.com/
FFToday.com
Matt Waldman’s profiles:
http://www.fftoday.com/articles/waldman/05_scouting_profiles.htm
My RB series:
06 RB Class end of regular season: http://www.fftoday.com/articles/idptony/06draft_rbs_v4.htm
06 RB Class late season update: http://www.fftoday.com/articles/idptony/06draft_rbs_v3.htm
06 RB Class early season update: http://www.fftoday.com/articles/idptony/06draft_rbs_v2.htm
06 RB Class spring preview: http://www.fftoday.com/articles/idptony/06draft_rbs_v1.htm
Sports Illustrated Draft Central
http://quicktime.cnnsi.com/football/nfl/specials/draft/2006/
Not up yet, but SI always has some of the best free draft grades and analysis in the business.
Don Banks Mock #1: http://quicktime.cnnsi.com/2006/writers/don_banks/01/27/mock.draft.1/index.html
Stewart Mandel’s Top 20: http://quicktime.cnnsi.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/2006/01/16/gallery.draft/index.1.html
NFL.com Draft Central
http://www.nfl.com/draft
Draft information on the NFL’s official websites. The Combine updates and Pro Day tracking by Gil Brandt are one of the best annual features. Lots of analysis and profiles.
NFL Draft Countdown
http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com
For one-stop shopping of NFL draft information, Scott Wright has the best independent free draft website. Nice layout, easy navigation, solid rankings, decent profiles, and Scott produces one of the better independent mocks every year. Also has a nice draft blog: http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com/blog/wrightstuff.html
Collegefootballnews.com
http://www.collegefootballnews.com/default.htm
Not an NFL draft site, but the best college football website on the net.
Early entry discussion: http://www.collegefootballnews.com/2006/Draft/EarlyEntries.htm
Pete Fiutak Mock Draft #1: http://www.collegefootballnews.com/2006/Draft/MockDraft.htm
Great Blue North Draft Report
http://www.gbnreport.com/
Best feature of Canuck Colin Lindsey’s site is the running news updates on the main page. Other nice features are the frequently updated Declared Underclassmen list: http://www.gbnreport.com/juniors.htm and his updates from Next Level Scouting.
Next Level Scouting
http://www.nextlevelscouting.com/index.htm
Home of site mentioned above. John Murphy writes in a stream-of-consciousness method at times, but has a lot of new or interesting tidbits.
On The Clock
http://www.otcdraft.com/
Nice running draft news stories on main page and I like Greg Benjamin’s profiles. They have original content and good analysis rarely found on free sites.
Draftdaddy.com
http://www.draftdaddy.com/
First turned on to this site for their undrafted free agent coverage, but they have all kinds of draft content. By far the best feature is their draft blog: http://www.draftdaddy.com/blog/blog.cfm
Football’s Future
http://footballsfuture.com/
One of the more improved sites the last couple of years. Famous for their extensive listing of mock drafts from across the net: http://www.footballsfuture.com/2006/mock.html
They also have comprehensive and original profiles and team needs analysis.
Fantasy Football Toolbox Draft Index
http://fftoolbox.com/nfl_draft/index.cfm
A lot of comprehensive profiles, including of future prospects (ineligible underclassmen). List of mock drafts from around the net: http://fftoolbox.com/nfl_draft/2006_mockdrafts.cfm
Draft Board Insider
http://www.draftboardinsider.com/
Decent layout and navigation. Some pretty in-depth and original profiles and articles.
Rob’s Scouting
http://www.robscouting.com/
I’m never a big fan of his rankings and the site is a little rough, but Rob McCartney has been around for a while, does his own scouting, and writes his own in-depth profiles, which are pretty good. He made them hard to find this year. Go to ‘Teams’ to see the list of teams he scouted and scroll down to find links to the players he has profiles for.
Draftdatabase.com
http://www.draftdatabase.com/
Replaces draftbook.com, and openly admits it, an independent site that closed down a few years ago. Like draftbook.com, they compile prospect profiles and reviews from a handful of other sources.
College Sports TV (CSTV)
Division I-A: http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/cs-m-footbl-body.html#
Division I-AA, II, III, and NAIA: http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/cs-m-footbl-more-body.html
Website of college network with tons of articles on college teams and players, the same ones you’d find in the news section of a college’s football website.
Pro Sports Daily NFL Draft News
http://www.prosportsdaily.com/nfl/nfldraft.html
Daily links to draft-related stories from newspapers across the country.
Google News on NFL Draft: http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en&tab=wn&q=nfl%20draft
Profootballtalk.com Rumor Mill
http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm
The infamous rumor mill has been known to break stories before the mainstream media. Only draft info would be stories of prospects as far as they relate to NFL rumor and speculation.
Pro Football Weekly
http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/NFLDraft/default.htm
Nolan Nawrocki is no Joel Buschbaum. Content remains embarrassing since Joel’s passing. 2006 draft stuff isn’t even up yet in site linked above, but there was draft talk in the weekly college notes during the season: http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/College+Football/College+Notes/default.htm
Houstonprofootball.com NFL Draft War Room
http://www.houstonprofootball.com/draft/
Obviously the slant of the content is related to the Texans, but the best draft information on a team’s fan website. The profiles are in-depth, but they only select five at a position, and make the selections early, so a few are no longer (or sometimes never were) top prospects by the time football season is over. Newspaper-quality articles are the other main content.
NFLFans.com (formerly The Draft Exchange)
http://www.nflfans.com/x/
Quirky site whose brutal layout is rough on the eyes. Scroll down and look on the left for prospect rankings and profiles. Forums seem to find some unique and hard-to-find information, especially during the Combine and workouts.
Draftseason.com
http://www.draftseason.com/
Nice layout, easy navigation. Brief bios on prospects and not much in-depth or unique content, other than some fluff interviews, but a decent stop.
hR mock draft links
http://www.hailredskins.com/MockDraft.htm
Nice compilation of mocks from around the net by Hail Redskins.
Football.com Draft Home
http://www.football.com/cgi-bin/posters/printPost.cgi?category=draftnotes&at=draft1.shtml
Draft notes and rankings is about it. Loss of D.J. Boyer’s content is irrelevant; I thought their rankings actually look a little better without him.
NFL Draft Forecast
http://www.nfldraftforecast.com/
Decent layout and navigation, but some pretty whack rankings and outdated profiles. A collection of original articles and interviews, but not much substance.
Sportsnutz.com Draft Coverage
http://sportznutz.com/nfl/draft/
Rankings and the few profiles they provide (they promise more to come) are mediocre, but the Team Needs section was actually decent. Horrible layout and navigation (scroll down and look on the left to find the links to content).
D2football.com 2006 Pro Hopefuls
http://www.d2football.com/index.php?fuseaction=home.proHopeful
One of the top websites covering NCAA Division II football reviews some dark horses.
RESOURCES
Historical NFL draft information
http://www.drafthistory.com/
http://www.nfl.com/draft/history
NCAA Football statistics (all divisions)
http://www.ncaa.org/stats/football/footballMenu.html
2006 Traded draft picks
http://www.draftinsiders.com/8.html
2006 Free agents
http://www.theredzone.org/2006/freeagents/
Official Site of NFL Combine
http://www.nflcombine.net/
The Huddle Report Mock Draft scores (still has 2005 rankings, obviously)
http://www.thehuddlereport.com/top100/index.shtml
Average measurables of first round picks the last five years
http://www.ourlads.com/DraftAverages.html