Miss Cleo's Cardinals draft predictions.

[Cardinals.Ken]

I called Miss Cleo this evening, and I asked her "who will the Cardinals draft this year". After spending a good 15 minutes trying to get her Jamacian accent down pat, she fired up with this..let me warn you, it's not pretty...

BTW, the call took over 4 and a half hours, but since I was using my mother-in-law's credit card I let Miss Cleo take her time, hehehehehe...

2003 Arizona Cardinals draft selections:

1st round (#6): Byron Leftwich, QB, Marshall
Graves & Coach Mac argue with Michael Bidwill for 13 and a half of their 15 minutes over this one with Graves & Coach Mac wanting to pick Terrell Suggs because of his hometown ties and ability to rush the passer, while Michael Bidwill wants Leftwich because "he'll look better in the new uniforms". Michael Bidwill leaves the room and calls the Cardinals War-Room on his cell phone, disguising his voice like Papa Billy's, and convinces Graves to take Leftwich. After the pick is announced, Michael lets the boys in on the prank. Just before Coach Mac punches him in the face (with Graves holding him) Michael Bidwill offers them both a Mentos, and all is forgiven.

2nd round (#37): Chris Kelsay, DE, Nebraska
Stumped as to who they can get to shore up their pourous defensive line, the Cardinals think-tank decided upon Kelsay based upon the reasoning that "each defensive end we've drafted in the second round from Nebraska has been better than the last one." Michael Bidwill wanted to draft Shaun McDonald to appease the hometown crowd, but is distracted by the Nintendo Game-Boy Coach Mac brought to pass the time with while on the crapper. "Ooh! Pong!"

3rd round (#70): Teyo Johnson, WR, Stanford
With Michael Bidwill safely packed away with the Game-Boy, Graves and Coach Mac get serious with their last pick of the first day. Both agree that Johnson has the size and strength to make it as their #3 receiver, and that at 6'7", 242 pounds, he will be very Boston-esque in the way he will out-jump and out-muscle any opposing defensive back for the ball.

4th round (#102): Tyrone Calico, WR, Middle-Tennessee
The Cardinals brain-trust begin the second day with the biggest steal, and their best pick of the draft. Coach Mac says of the pick "He has NFL size, NFL speed, NFL hands, and he ranks as an 87 overall in EA Sports NCAA Football 2003!"

5th round (#141): Rashad Moore, DT, Tennessee
Looking for a two-gap tackle to lineup next to Wendell Bryant, the Cardinals select this massive (322 pounds!) underachieving project. Their hope is that if Rashad can't out-muscle two blockers to free up their linebackers, he'll be able to baffle and confuse them with recipe quotes from Jim Ross' "WWE Cookbook", the only book he actually read in college...

6th round (#177): Austin King, Center, Northwestern
Coach Mac wants a legit starting center to step in and lead their offensive line, Michael Bidwill (now a part of the War-Room again because the Game-Boy's batteries ran out) reads out of "The Sporting News Pro Football Draft Guide" that Ausitin King's NFL comparison player is Mike Gruttadauria, and that it says he'll be drafted in the sixth round. Coach Mac looks at Graves, Graves looks back at Coach Mac, they both shrug and make the pick.

6th round (#210): Spencer Nead, TE, BYU
In the same vain that Emmitt Smith was signed to bring in Cowboys fans to watch the games, Nead is drafted in an attempt to get more Mormons to attend games, as a calming force between rabid Cardinals and Cowboys fans. "Praise be to Morandi! Go Cardinals!"

7th round (#219): Cliff Washburn, DE, The Citadel
Joe Greene lobbies for the drafting of this less than obvious project. But at 6'6" and 268 pounds with a 4.75 40-yard-dash time, no one can argue against the pick (would you agrue with "Mean" Joe Greene?!?) Coach Greene pledges that if Washburn doesn't make the final roster cuts, he'll buy Jim Omohundro's lunch for the rest of the year.

 

[Krangodnzr]

I don't like Teyo Johnson. He isn't 6'7 like reported all last year, he is 6'5.

He really isn't a very good receiver, which is the position he wants to play in the NFL. He could possibly (all imo) be a good TE but he is being a idiot an going against what NFL teams have told him.
He will be a Tywan Mitchell type, that will try to play receiver, but end having to move to TE which will hurt his career. To bad that he is trying to slim down.....he could be a good TE.....

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

Originally posted by Krangthebrain
I don't like Teyo Johnson. He isn't 6'7 like reported all last year, he is 6'5.

He really isn't a very good receiver, which is the position he wants to play in the NFL. He could possibly (all imo) be a good TE but he is being a idiot an going against what NFL teams have told him.
He will be a Tywan Mitchell type, that will try to play receiver, but end having to move to TE which will hurt his career. To bad that he is trying to slim down.....he could be a good TE.....

If he turned into Tywan Mitchell, I'd be more than happy. That guy caught every crummy pass Plummer lame-ducked his way. There's something about players wearing number 83 for the Cards that make them better receivers. Now is McAddley's turn to shine.

What happened to Tywan? I know he signed with Detroit, but haven't heard hide-nor-hair of him since. I thought he had skills, I wonder what the story is on his departure.

 

[phinius]

Originally posted by Cardinals.Ken
If he turned into Tywan Mitchell, I'd be more than happy. That guy caught every crummy pass Plummer lame-ducked his way. There's something about players wearing number 83 for the Cards that make them better receivers. Now is McAddley's turn to shine.

What happened to Tywan? I know he signed with Detroit, but haven't heard hide-nor-hair of him since. I thought he had skills, I wonder what the story is on his departure.

Cardinal Ken: Maybe you and I are the only two visitors to this board who share the same opinion of Tywan Mitchell I still vividly remember the pass he pulled out of J. Seahorn's grasp that resulted in a touchdown against the Giants. He had the ability to catch the ball in a crowd, but maybe he didn't run the routes the way that Sullivan wanted. I was really surprised that the Cards let Mitchell go. He seemed to be a better possession type receiver than Sanders. Another receiver that I like that doesn't seem to get much recognition is Nathan Poole.
Phinius, the old timer.

 

[Krangodnzr]

Originally posted by phinius
Cardinal Ken: Maybe you and I are the only two visitors to this board who share the same opinion of Tywan Mitchell I still vividly remember the pass he pulled out of J. Seahorn's grasp that resulted in a touchdown against the Giants. He had the ability to catch the ball in a crowd, but maybe he didn't run the routes the way that Sullivan wanted. I was really surprised that the Cards let Mitchell go. He seemed to be a better possession type receiver than Sanders. Another receiver that I like that doesn't seem to get much recognition is Nathan Poole.
Phinius, the old timer.

I wasn't surprised that they let him go.

You guys must have watched a different player, but I thought he was a terribly flawed player. He was fast for a tight end, but was a terrible blocker and didn't have amazing hands.

As a wide receiver, he was slow and wouldn't have been able to get open and since he had questionable hands, what exactly would he bring to the table?

Tywan is out of the NFL, and rightfully so.

 

[JeffGollin]

You guys must have watched a different player, but I thought he was a terribly flawed player.
I didn't think he was terribly flawed - just inconsistent enough so that he couldn't be depended on to make all grabs he had to make.

 

[Krangodnzr]

Originally posted by JeffGollin
You guys must have watched a different player, but I thought he was a terribly flawed player.
I didn't think he was terribly flawed - just inconsistent enough so that he couldn't be depended on to make all grabs he had to make.

Well, I thought he was flawed because he wasn't a good enough blocker to play tight end, and not a consistent enough "catcher" and quick enough to play receiver.

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

Originally posted by Krangthebrain
I wasn't surprised that they let him go.

You guys must have watched a different player, but I thought he was a terribly flawed player. He was fast for a tight end, but was a terrible blocker and didn't have amazing hands.

As a wide receiver, he was slow and wouldn't have been able to get open and since he had questionable hands, what exactly would he bring to the table?

Tywan is out of the NFL, and rightfully so.

I think you're just sour because Johnny McWilliams never panned out!

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

Originally posted by JeffGollin
You guys must have watched a different player, but I thought he was a terribly flawed player.
I didn't think he was terribly flawed - just inconsistent enough so that he couldn't be depended on to make all grabs he had to make.

To be honest, it's hard to gauge any receiver's route running ability when everything thrown their way in uncatchable to begin with!

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

bump!

Sorry, but I spent a good 10 minutes typing this in...