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With the 1st pick...

The Detroit Lions reached an agreement Friday night with Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford to make him the first pick in the NFL draft on Saturday.
Stafford agrees to terms with Lions

According to a source, Stafford will receive a six-year, $72 million deal with $41.7 million guaranteed. The contract could be worth as much as $78 million if Stafford achieves all of his playing incentives. The guaranteed money tops the $41 million in guarantees Albert Haynesworth received from the Washington Redskins earlier this offseason.

Ridiculous amount of money for someone that hasn't done a thing yet.

As for the Pack, I REALLY hope Crabtree falls.

Here is the 1st round draft order for the



1 Detroit Lions Matthew Stafford
2 St. Louis Rams
3 Kansas City Chiefs
4 Seattle Seahawks
5 Cleveland Browns
6 Cincinnati Bengals
7 Oakland Raiders
8 Jacksonville Jaguars
9 Green Bay Packers
10 San Francisco 49ers
11 Buffalo Bills
12 Denver Broncos
13 Washington Redskins
14 New Orleans Saints
15 Houston Texans
16 San Diego Chargers
17 New York Jets
18 Denver Broncos
19 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
20 Detroit Lions
21 Philadelphia Eagles
22 Minnesota Vikings
23 New England Patriots
24 Atlanta Falcons
25 Miami Dolphins
26 Baltimore Ravens
27 Indianapolis Colts
28 Buffalo Bills
29 New York Giants
30 Tennessee Titans
31 Arizona Cardinals
32 Pittsburgh Steelers

Teams with 2 picks in the first round are bolded

I'm absolutely jacked right now. I love where we're picking and I'll be overly ecstatic with any of Crabtree, Curry, Orakpo, Raji, Jenkins, Andre Smith, or Monroe, and I could even warm up to the idea of Oher and Maybin's potential.

That being said, I probably just sealed the deal that Ted is gonna come outta left field and take Clay Robert Ayers or Clay Matthews #9 overall.

I'm excited. This is crap that it starts late afternoon now and will spill into my Saturday night, though.

Really one of those drafts where there could be alot of movement/trades or setting up of trades.

Cannot believe we have to wait until 3 for this. What a load of ****.

The guaranteed money at the top of the draft is getting completely out of control.

I really also like where the Packers are picking. There is nobody in this draft that if we pick them, I will walk around depressed. My number list right now in order goes

Raji
Jenkins
Andre Smith
Crabtree

Any one of those and I am thrilled

I really hate having to wait til 3, this sucks. Lots of rumors-Boldin, Quinn, Ocho, etc, should make the first round pretty interesting. Hopefully Sanchez goes ahead of us so we have more talent to choose from.

DocHoliday wrote:I really hate having to wait til 3, this sucks. Lots of rumors-Boldin, Quinn, Ocho, etc, should make the first round pretty interesting. Hopefully Sanchez goes ahead of us so we have more talent to choose from.

Or, he could be available and likely give us multiple trade options from teams that want to take him before San Fran can.

But San Fran already has a QB that is better than Rodgers, lol.

T-minus 35 minutes, and I'm about to lose my mind.

Seriously, this is agony. The draft should not start so late.

Only 20 more minutes till the first pick in announced

God I hope the Packers don't land a bust or some average joe.

MikeIsGood wrote:T-minus 35 minutes, and I'm about to lose my mind.

Seriously, this is agony. The draft should not start so late.

No kidding. I had no idea it started this late. I work at 5:30 and was like, "cool, I'll at least get to see the 1st round." Now I'm probably going to have to leave right after the Packers' pick.

I just noticed SW has Everette Brown falling to the second round, with the Packers taking him.

I can't imagine him falling that far but it'd be pretty sweet.

10 minutes between picks, we should be up around 4:30 or so.

This is the first draft that I can remember that there isn't one guy that I've felt that we "Gotta Have." It just seems like there isn't a lot of "star" power in this draft.
I'd be ok with trading with Denver if Sanchez falls to us, but what is a good deal for them moving up 4 spots?

I'm also fine with trading down. We will all have our opinions on what happens this weekend but we won't know for sure until 2-3 years down the road. Although if we stay at #9 we better get someone who can contribute this year, regardless of his position.

We need like at least three guys out of this draft that can contribute this year.

Erin Andrews right out of the box nice.

I want to boink Erin Andrews.

It sounds like after all the hype of fast risers it could end up being pretty chalk. Stafford, Smith, Curry, Crabtree, in that order.