N: I was toiling away making calls all night last night, and you were flaunting yourself around the town last night
G: I went to Jersey Boys last night. I figured I deserved a one night off. I was up this morning and 5 am. Short night.
N: Latest news?
G: I thought there would be no trading at top, but now I can see some. St. Louis, Atlanta and KC are all entertaining offers. It depends on who goes with the 2nd pick. If it’s Dorsey to STL the draft goes one way and if its Chris Long it goes another.
N: If STL takes Dorsey, does ATL take Ryan?
G: Atlanta wants Dorsey. If he goes #2 its either Ryan or move down.
N: Is it the Saints that are trying to move up?
G: I heard Saints, New England and Jets could move up.
N: Who does NE want?
G: The best pass rusher in the draft would still be on the board. I would assume Ghouston, but NE always does a lot of fishing around this time of year.
N: Are there players rising dramatically at the last minute?
G: Not at this point. I don’t look at other mocks and boards, just what I hear. The risers started doing it two weeks ago. Boards are pretty established now.
N: Are you convinced Boldin, RW and CJ won’t be traded?
G: Well, the Bengals will take such a huge cap hit they can’t move him. That’s why they didn’t take the Commanders offer. If Jerry wants RW it will take both #1’s.
N: Will the Bengals wait till June 1st to trade him spread his cap hit?
G: There is a war about what makes up a contract. Right now the Bengals are daring him … if you claim you’re going to sit out all year, go ahead and do it. If it wasn’t for the cap hit, they would have traded him by now, but they are stuck with each other.
N: The assumption for the Cowboys was always RB or CB or WR. How much of a delimma if one of the really good tackles slides down to #22 like Albert or Chris Williams?
G: don’t see any way that happens. I think the yare all gone at #20 at the latest.
N: The top 2 defnesive backs on the board are DRC and McKelvin. Then Jenkins slightly below them. Do you see Jenkins falling to #22?
G: I see all three of them gone by #17 at the latest. I only have 21 players with 1st round values. The Cowboys sit at #22. I don’t see any guys sliding. Mayo might, but he doesn’t fit Dallas’ needs.
N: But if Jenkins falls to #22, does that put a Cowboys in a position where they have to take him or take BPA?
G: If Jenkins slides he will be the best player available. The Cowboys drafted two tackles last year, why not see if they can play? I don’t know why they would take another OT.
N: Out of the projected WR’s, CB’s and RB’s believed to be sitting there at #22, Is the best player available Felix Jones?
G: I think so. He’s the final player on my list of 21 first round graded players. He’s the 21st player on my board.
N: Will Jamaal Charles be there in the 2nd round?
G: A possibility. There is a chance one of those RB’s could slide into the 1st . Charles would be the logical one. But between Charles, Kevin Smith and Chris Johnson they’re early 2nd round guys.
N: Are you getting reports the Cowboys will be approached about a trade up situation?
G: Everyone from #21 down is getting calls about trade ups for QBs. Brohm, Henne and Flacco are all graded differently on different boards, but that’s where the interest comes. The board is kind of flat from 20-27 .. it picks up #28. That’s where I thought the trades would happen, but now I think it will happen earlier in the 20s. I think there are a lot of inquiries made today about what it would take to move up. Lots of teams are on the phone fishing around today to see what it would cost to get to #20 vs #23 vs #25 vs #27 .. etc.
N: Say you’re the Steelers at #23 you would have to give them a lot trade all the way back to the mid 30’s. That’s a big step down. But #28 isn’t a big step down and wouldn’t cost teams that much.
G: Agreed.
N: How significant are character flags in this draft? There are so many of them in this draft !!
G: There are a lot of them in this draft. There are more players off of boards for character flags than usual.
N: One team I talked to last night told me they have 50 players with character flags.
G: don’t know what team you talked to, but I talked to one team that took every player with a character flag completely off the board. This is what it’s coming to. Teams are just getting tired of having these guys in their lockerroom.
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