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Is the NFL's new parity destroying the league?

capdraft — Wed, 30 May 2007 13:32:56 CDT

In '07 the New England Patriots have signed Baltimore lb Adoulous Thomas and traded for Raiders' receiver Randy Moss. The NFL is backing this and hoping for a Patriots' super bowl. They are a very good team but is this part of the new parity the NFL has been asking fans to buy since 1996? Why would the league be so happy these stars landing in the no. 2 AFC super bowl contenders lap when teams like Green Bay and San Francisco could have used this talent and what about balance? Maybe its hard to see any favoritism, politics or bias for profit and to please powerful groups but how can the NFL explain its treatment of one team above other teams.

Since the league decided there would be no more dominante teams (49ers and Cowboys). The game has become wealthier but the quality of play may have suffered. Also, groups are investing billions of dollars in the league, even though most of this is for advertising rights and investments can some of this money be to have influence over who wins and loses? And what about the leagues treatment of teams/ owners like Jerry Jones (Cowboys) and Al Davis (Raiders) doesn't some of there accusations deserve to be hear?

The play on the field. Most of the games are mediocre with sloppy play on both sides of the ball. Complaints about this and game officiating has gotten so bad the NFL has put rules keeping any NFL employee from criticizing refs or the league. Fine or suspension could result if someone does. This includes the past three super bowls.
What parity!? the Pats’s, Broncos, Steelers, Panthers and Bears are always in the playoffs. If parity allows average and good teams to make the playoffs why have these teams’ dominated their divisions nearly every season since 200?
Bias/ favoritism: the NFL backs the Patriots and Steelers heavily. Not until the Moss trade has the Pats looked like contenders of the 70s’. Yet they dominate their division, something the NFL was supposed to be against. That trade alone shows that the NFL really wants them to succeed over other teams. The Cowboys and Raiders get bad press from ESPN (NFL’s media),terrible schedueling and no relief from the refs.

the AFC: The Patriots play in a weak AFC East, the weakest its ever been. There would up to three playoff contenders and at least two pro bowl qbs’in the 70’s-90’s. There hasn’t been any team to challenge the Patriots since Marino played in Miami. Pittsburg will bounce back because the NFL backs them too. K.C. and S.D. are twins with great running backs, tight ends and average qb’s the NFL will hype them while having bias against the Raiders- Denver is very talented but also hyped by the NFL.

the NFC: Carolina and Seattle are hyped and don’t do as good a job in personnel as the Cowboys but they do bring in huge revenue so they have to win. Seattle plays in a terrible division and Dallas has to deal with NFL bias because the league doesn’t want to see a dynasty rise again. my opinion: the new parity is to make the owners and league richer and has nothing to do with any level playing field. With so much revenue sharing and corporations investing in the league, owners get millions upfront before one regular season game. They know they don’t have to win to win financially; it could be profitable to allow another team to beat yours so they can make the playoffs- and split the revenue from local t.v. ratings and ticket sales with other teams. Instead of competing to win games, owners compete to get a bigger share of the revenue. This is one reason for the sloppy play on the field. Tagliabues’stadium program, is helped by fans paying for mediocre games at high prices to see their teams defeat the defending champions but still miss the playoffs. NFL marketing experts hope those fans will be pumped by the upset and keep spending on tickets and food at the new stadium to fill the leagues and owners pockets. If any owner or employee says something in public against this none sense, then his/ her team might have problems with the refs and get seriously bad press. That’s my opinion about the NFL today. I feel the parity system might have been used to improve the league at first, but now I see lots of misuse and abuse. Bottom line: teams have the right to make as much money as possible but they owe it to their fans to try and win as many games as possible too.

NFLs Favorites? Are these teams getting special treatment by the league to succeed over other teams?

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
PITTSBURG STEELERS
CAROLINA PANTHERS
DENVER BRONCOS
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capdraft — Wed, 30 May 2007 13:22:15 CDT

1	Oakland Raiders	Russell, JaMarcusJaMarcus Russell	Quarterback	LSU
2	Detroit Lions	Dayhandler, NickCalvin Johnson	Wide receiver	Georgia Tech
3	Cleveland Browns	Thomas, JoeJoe Thomas	Offensive tackle	Wisconsin
4	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Adams, GainesGaines Adams	Defensive end	Clemson
5	Arizona Cardinals	Brown, LeviLevi Brown	Offensive tackle	Penn State
6	Washington Redskins	Landry, LaRonLaRon Landry	Safety	LSU
7	Minnesota Vikings	Peterson, Adrian L.Adrian Peterson	Running back	Oklahoma
8	Atlanta Falcons (from Houston)[7]	Anderson, JamaalJamaal Anderson	Defensive end	Arkansas
9	Miami Dolphins	Ginn, Jr., TedTed Ginn, Jr.	Wide receiver	Ohio State
10	Houston Texans (from Atlanta)[7]	Okoye, AmobiAmobi Okoye	Defensive tackle	Louisville
11	San Francisco 49ers	Willis, PatrickPatrick Willis	Linebacker	Ole Miss
12	Buffalo Bills	Lynch, MarshawnMarshawn Lynch	Running back	California
13	St. Louis Rams	Carriker, AdamAdam Carriker	Defensive end	Nebraska
14	New York Jets (from Carolina)[8]	Revis, DarrelleDarrelle Revis	Cornerback	Pittsburgh
15	Pittsburgh Steelers	Timmons, LawrenceLawrence Timmons	Linebacker	Florida State
16	Green Bay Packers	Harrell, JustinJustin Harrell	Defensive tackle	Tennessee
17	Denver Broncos (from Jacksonville)[9]	Moss, JarvisJarvis Moss	Defensive end	Florida
18	Cincinnati Bengals	Hall, LeonLeon Hall	Cornerback	Michigan
19	Tennessee Titans	Griffin, MichaelMichael Griffin	Safety	Texas
20	New York Giants	Ross, AaronAaron Ross	Cornerback	Texas
21	Jacksonville Jaguars (from Denver)[9]	Nelson, ReggieReggie Nelson	Safety	Florida
22	Cleveland Browns (from Dallas)[10]	Quinn, BradyBrady Quinn	Quarterback	Notre Dame
23	Kansas City Chiefs	Bowe, DwayneDwayne Bowe	Wide receiver	LSU
24	New England Patriots (from Seattle)[11]	Meriweather, BrandonBrandon Meriweather	Safety	Miami (Florida)
25	Carolina Panthers (from New York Jets)[8]	Beason, JonJon Beason	Linebacker	Miami (Florida)
26	Dallas Cowboys (from Philadelphia)[12]	Spencer, AnthonyAnthony Spencer	Defensive end	Purdue
27	New Orleans Saints	Meachem, RobertRobert Meachem	Wide receiver	Tennessee
28	San Francisco 49ers (from New England)[13]	Staley, JoeJoe Staley	Offensive tackle	Central Michigan
29	Baltimore Ravens	Grubbs, BenBen Grubbs	Offensive guard	Auburn
30	San Diego Chargers	Davis, CraigCraig Davis	Wide receiver	LSU
31	Chicago Bears	Olsen, GregGreg Olsen	Tight end	Miami (Florida)
32	Indianapolis Colts	Gonzalez, AnthonyAnthony Gonzalez	Wide receiver	Ohio State

1 Oakland Raiders
Russell, JaMarcusJaMarcus Russell
Quarterback
LSU

2 Detroit Lions
Dayhandler, NickCalvin Johnson
Wide receiver
Georgia Tech

3 Cleveland Browns
Thomas, JoeJoe Thomas
Offensive tackle
Wisconsin

4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Adams, GainesGaines Adams
Defensive end
Clemson

5 Arizona Cardinals
Brown, LeviLevi Brown
Offensive tackle Penn State

6 Washington Redskins
Landry, LaRonLaRon Landry
Safety
LSU

7 Minnesota Vikings
Peterson, Adrian L.Adrian Peterson
Running back
Oklahoma

8 Atlanta Falcons (from Houston)[7]
Anderson, JamaalJamaal Anderson
Defensive end Arkansas

9 Miami Dolphins
Ginn, Jr., TedTed Ginn, Jr.
Wide receiver Ohio State

10 Houston Texans (from Atlanta)[7]
Okoye, AmobiAmobi Okoye
Defensive tackle
Louisville

11 San Francisco 49ers
Willis, PatrickPatrick Willis
Linebacker
Ole Miss

12 Buffalo Bills
Lynch, MarshawnMarshawn Lynch
Running back California

13 St. Louis Rams
Carriker, AdamAdam Carriker
Defensive end Nebraska

14 New York Jets (from Carolina)[8]
Revis, DarrelleDarrelle Revis
Cornerback
Pittsburgh

15 Pittsburgh Steelers
Timmons, LawrenceLawrence Timmons
Linebacker Florida State

16 Green Bay Packers
Harrell, JustinJustin Harrell
Defensive tackle Tennessee

17 Denver Broncos (from Jacksonville)[9]
Moss, JarvisJarvis Moss
Defensive end Florida

18 Cincinnati Bengals
Hall, LeonLeon Hall
Cornerback Michigan

19 Tennessee Titans
Griffin, MichaelMichael Griffin
Safety Texas

20 New York Giants
Ross, AaronAaron Ross
Cornerback Texas

21 Jacksonville Jaguars (from Denver)[9]
Nelson, ReggieReggie Nelson
Safety Florida

22 Cleveland Browns (from Dallas)[10]
Quinn, BradyBrady Quinn
Quarterback Notre Dame

23 Kansas City Chiefs
Bowe, DwayneDwayne Bowe
Wide receiver LSU

24 New England Patriots (from Seattle)[11]
Meriweather, BrandonBrandon Meriweather
Safety Miami (Florida)

25 Carolina Panthers (from New York Jets)[8]
Beason, JonJon Beason
Linebacker Miami (Florida)

26 Dallas Cowboys (from Philadelphia)[12]
Spencer, AnthonyAnthony Spencer
Defensive end Purdue

27 New Orleans Saints
Meachem, RobertRobert Meachem
Wide receiver Tennessee

28 San Francisco 49ers (from New England)[13]
Staley, JoeJoe Staley
Offensive tackle Central Michigan

29 Baltimore Ravens
Grubbs, BenBen Grubbs
Offensive guard
Auburn

30 San Diego Chargers
Davis, CraigCraig Davis
Wide receiver LSU

31 Chicago Bears
Olsen, GregGreg Olsen
Tight end
Miami (Florida)

32 Indianapolis Colts
Gonzalez, AnthonyAnthony Gonzalez
Wide receiver Ohio State

How many did I get right!? Four!!!

just three right!!! O.K. but this was a very strange draft.

CAPTAIN DRAFT’S 2007 MOCK NFL DRAFT!

Atlanta from Raiders Calvin Johnson,wr, Georgia Tech
Detroit Adrian Peterson,hb, Oklahoma
Arizona from Browns Joe Thomas,ot, Wisconsin
Tampa Bay LaRon Landry, db, LSU
Cleveland from Cardinals Jamarcus Russell,qb, LSU
Washington Alan Branch,dt, Michigan
Buffalo from Vikings Brady Quinn,qb, Notre Dame
Oakland from Falcons Gaines Adams,de, Clemson
Miami Jammal Anderson,de, Arkansas
Houston from Falcons Omobi Okoye,dt, Louisville
New England from 49ers Dwyane Jerrett,wr, USC
Minnesota from Buffalo Reggie Nelson,db, FSU
St. Louis Adam Carraker,de, Nebraska
Carolina Levi Brown, ot, Penn State
Pittsburg Quinn Pitcock,dt, Ohio State
Tennessee from Packers Tedd Ginn Jr,wr, Ohio State
Jackonsville Leon Hall,cb, Michigan
Cincinnati Jarvis Moss,de/olb, Florida
Green Bay from Titans Derrell Revis,cb, Pittsburg
N.Y. Giants Lawrence Timmons,lb, Florida State
Denver LaMarr Woodley,de, Michigan
Dallas Paul Posluszny,lb, Penn State
Kansas City Dwayne Bowe,wr, LSU
San Francisco from Patriots Tank Tyler,dt, N.C. State
N.Y. Jets Charles Johnson,de, Georgia
Cleveland from Eagles Marshawn Lynch,hb, California
New Orleans Justin Blaylock,og, Texas
San Francisco from Patriots Daymeion Hughes,cb, California
Baltimore Patrick Willis,lb, Ole Miss
San Diego Michael Griffin,S, Texas
Chicago Zach Miller,te, Arizona State
Indianapolis Buster Davis,lb, Miami U.

Captain drafts NFL team draft grades!

Atlanta C

Arizona C+

Baltimore C+

Buffalo A+/ Stanfords Trent Edwards is ready if veteran qb P.J. Lossman can't get it working.
Carolina C/ Late picks could help in '07

Chicago C-

Cincinatti B-

Cleveland C+

Dallas B

Denver C

Detroit B-

Green Bay C-

Houston D

Indianapolis B

Jacksonville C-

Kansas City C

Miami C-

Minnesota B+/ Adrian Peterson was the best "proven" player in this years' draft

New England B+/ getting Randy Moss will make an average draft look good. Brandon Meriweather is big hitter with baggage.

New Orleans C+/

New York Giants C-/

New York Jets B

Oakland A+/ Quentin Moses will be another future Raiders' pass rusher. Michael Bush can be a part time starter, a talented player needs more experience-has injury history. Johnny Lee Higgins may become the next deep threat when JaMarcus Russell a qb with Elway and Bartkowski arm stregnth, becomes the starter.

Philadelphia C-/ Look, you don't draft a qb to hold a clip board and ignore your defensive problems.
Pittsburg C/ New coach could have used extra receiver help for Big Ben and Hines Ward but Timmons will fill hole left by Joey Porter.

San Diego C/
San Francisco B+/ Outstanding draft but should have looked for receiver with extra first rounder.

Seattle D+/ Hawks got what they wanted in free agency.

Tampa Bay B-/ Gains Adams will learn from veteran Simeon Rice.

Tennessee C

Washington C

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capdraft — Wed, 30 May 2007 13:13:42 CDT

Rookie of the year: Adrian Peterson, Minnesota Vikings

Defensive rookie of the year: Paul Posluszny, Buffalo Bills

Who will help their teams in 2007? rookies usually sit the bench and learn but sometimes there are players who have the maturity and talent to help out immediatly.

1.Ray McDonald,de, Florida and Patrick Willis- 49ers: McDonald fits the 49ers 3-4 system and should make the adjustment from dt to end. Willis can shut down the run on sweeps and plug the middle, because S.F. plays the 3-4 Willis won't ware down as much.

2.Heath Miller,te, Arizona State- Raiders: Miller was best te in the draft. He can catch bad passes and find the soft spots in defenses and his blocking will help Raiders' running game.

3. Adrian Peterson,hb, Oklahoma- Vikings: To me the best player in the draft. He will bring back the days of Robert Smith to Minnesota. 4. Paul Posluszny,lb. Buffalo Bills. Shane Conlon helped start Buffalo's super bowl defenses and Posluszny could do the same thing in the near future.

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The best drafting teams in my opinion have been from 1970 to present:

My super bowl contenders for 2007!:

AFC:

New England/ with Moss and Thomas big guarentees.

Indianapolis/ replaced free agent stars but will need help defensively.

Baltimore/ always ready defensively but needs offensive help.

Bengals/ will compete with Pittsburg for title

Oakland/ o.k. the talent is there but this will take hard work.

San Diego/ has very good balance but can Norv Turner motivate them?

NFC:

Dallas/ has all the tools to win it all.

Chicago/ defense makes them contenders

Seattle/ rebuilt into a contender through free agency

New Orleans/ drafted another receiver to outscore opponents

drafting for success the best all-time:

1. Dallas/ most of their super bowl stars were drafted by team.
2. Pittsburg/ 70s' drafts produced lots of future hall of famers.
3. St. Louis/ Rams can draft but didn't reach super bowl a lot.
4. San Francisco/ 1981 draft one of best in NFL history.
5. Washington/ no team has traded away no. 1s' so many times and suceeded like them.

for the scouts: 2008s future Stars

capdraft — Wed, 30 May 2007 13:05:35 CDT

If you know about any stars from divions 3, 4, acadamy and military colleges feel free to mention them. I know they might be relatives or somebody you watched at a small college so if you think they have what it takes for an NFL tryout hurry up and send me the info and I will give their names to NFL scouts if I can.

1. Jessie Alexander, 6’1, 230lb, lb, Wilfraud Laurier University.
Most of the time the very best Canadian college stars can’t make it in the NFL, not even as backups but Jessie might be different. Jessie has great speed and is very good at covering tight ends and running backs on passing downs. had 56.5 tackles in '06 with 43 of them solo, 1.5 quarterback sacks and three interceptions in 2006. He also was the country’s fourth in tackles. Alexander was named the President’s Trophy winner for being the 2006 OUA defensive MVP. The Presidents' Trophy is awarded to the most outstanding stand-up (non-lineman) defensive player. Alexander was a first team all-star and second team all-Canadian in 2004 and a first team all-star in 2005. Jessie is smallish at 230lbs and might need time to add strength for bigger faster NFL players.

League Awards
OUA First Team All-Star 2006 2004
CIS Second Team All-Canadian 2004
CIS First Team All-Canadian 2006
2006 OUA President's Trophy (Defensive MVP)

Kevin Winston,6'3 240 lbs.,de, James Madison

Outstanding player. A team needing a defensive end that plays the run well should take a look at Winston as a part time starter in '08. Kevin led his team in sacks with 11 and all linemen in tackles. He is a very good athlete and could help a team needing run support and a good rusher. Kevin may go back to JMU in '07.

Parity

capdraft — Tue, 01 May 2007 18:56:24 CDT

In 1995 the NFL got together with team owners to start a new system that is as old as the 1970 merger and started by Pete Rozelle. The system was supposed to be designed to bring more fans into the ball parks. It was given the same name Rozelle called it. "Parity"

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capdraft — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:59:17 CDT

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