2008 - Brickinthebox Mock-Draft - Intro

I know, I know, It’s been a bit slow here at brickinthebox over the last few weeks, but there is a good excuse. We have been gearing up for the NFL draft. Over the last few days we entrenched ourselves at a bar in Indianapolis across the street from the RCA dome. While there we cornered representatives from all 32 teams in an effort to gain some insight as to whom they would be selecting in the draft in order to make ours the most insightful mock draft in NFL history.

Over the next couple weeks we will be transcribing our secret tapes of these conversations. You may not want to read these if you are worried about having the draft spoiled for you. We found that most of these NFL types were all to willing to reveal their secrets to what appeared to be a drunk fan sitting next to them at the bar or inviting them over to their table for a free lunch.

Before we start transcribing the tapes, we would like to thank a couple people for making this possible.

1st, our boss. We had to skip work for a couple days in order to get to Indy and make this historic mock draft. We would like to thank him for not even noticing that we weren’t in the office. Remarkably when we returned on Wednesday we were complimented for how much more productive we had been the last couple of days. Yep, we are more productive when we aren’t at work, that’s the sign of a great job.

2nd, the Cleveland browns. We weren’t even looking to talk to the Browns, as they don’t have a 1st round pick in this draft. However, as you will find out in the next couple days, they were instrumental in our effort to get access to the upper echelon of the NFL. This will most likely the 1st and last time that the Browns are instrumental in anything.

And finally, we would like to send out a special thank you to Matt Walsh, former Patriots employee. Without his help we would not have had the 1st clue about how to set up the secret taping equipment needed to discretely monitor the conversations going on in the bar. Both those that we were directly a part of, and those going on around us. As we have been listening to the tapes the last couple days, we have found some great information that we didn’t even notice while we were there in person.

So sit back, relax and enjoy the ride. Starting tomorrow I will be posting my findings for 1 team per day (sorry I won't be posting these on weekends, unless I change my mind) at least until my employer shuts down my internet privilages.

Ouick Hits - 2/25/08

I know, I know, both of my readers have been sorely disappointed in my blog output of late. Things are about to turn around here. I’ve got something I think you are really going to like starting later this week. For now though, just some quick hits on things that I’ve noticed of late.

California 500 – sure the race didn’t get going due to rain, and will be finished later today. But a couple things I saw that need comment.

Is there a more fitting sponsor than Juicy Fruit for Juan Pablo Montoya? That cracked me up. Honestly, I think that he just decided to come out while in California, he probably has never even heard of the gum.

Let me get this straight (not talking about Montoya) if you are an overrated LB who does steroids you get to be the official starter for the race? I couldn’t believe Shawnriod Merriman was the official starter. I also cracked up looking at his hat, “Faith” must be the street name for HGH.

I hate when Clint Bowyer drives the DirecTV car. There is just something missing when the black Jack car isn’t in the race.

The lovely Mrs. Brick kept changing the channel to Oscar coverage since the race was on constant delay. Can the TV guide channel get more annoying people to host? The fat Nysnc guy just laughs at his own jokes the whole time. And the washed up actress on the red carpet doesn’t know how to hold a mike. I am now dumber for seeing that.

“No Country for Old men” won the best picture. Haven’t seen it since it was in theaters here for all of 10 minutes. The best film I saw was “There will be Blood”. And I was glad Daniel Day Lewis won best actor. Looking back, maybe it wasn’t the best picture, but it was by far the best performance. I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE.

Darren McFadden is fast, so fuckin what. James Jett was fast. The guy is still far from a complete NFL running back. I really hope the Raiders don’t fall in love with his 40 time.

Buffalo Wings are maddening to me. I love Buffalo Wings, but can’t understand how so many places can fuck them up. I went to a bar in Bridgeville, PA recently and tried their wings and they came so close to being excellent that I was disappointed that they just came up short. The sauce was right, the wings were cooked right, but they had the wings sitting in a puddle of sauce rather than correctly coating the wings in the kitchen. The wings on top were dry and the ones on the bottom were soggy. If you are planning to make wings, please make the pilgrimage to Bernie Murrie’s in Elmira, NY. Learn from the best.

That’s it for now. Check in Wednesday for the start of something big.

I’m Finished.