Talk:2006 NFL draft

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The AP story that said S.F. and Oakland had already had the coin flip was incorrect.

The flip will happen after the Super Bowl. Flip already happened. Frisco won. 66.80.212.78 03:08, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

However, some experts suggest that with solid running back Domanick Davis, the Texans may pass on Reggie Bush and go for a quarterback. Oh, come on! The Texans want Bush, and everyone knows it. Those experts just want to say something and get more air-time. (It's staying anyways.) --Jjjsixsix 05:41, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed that statement, and all other speculation. Please cite sources. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 07:37, 12 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Eligible players

The current list only lists early entires... I think if we want to have this section we need it to include all eligible draftees... which is a lot (over 300). I think we can still have a list, but I think it might need to be a separate article if we include. KramarDanIkabu 21:18, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New Orleans Saints/Leinart

If they just signed Drew Brees for $60M today, then they're probably not using the #2 pick to draft a quarterback. Either that or they may be shopping it around, so all mock projections are likely subject to change very quickly.

Yes, but apparently websites like about.com haven't updated their mock drafts because they still think Leinart is going #2, which now seems very, very doubtful. Cheesehead Fan 22:49, 16 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Leinart has gotten a ton of bad reviews from scouts ranging from his dedication, personality and of course his weak arm and poor ball placement accuracy. Don't be surprised if he drops out of the top 10. AntiG

Some people are calling Leinart the next Broadway Joe for the Jets while others (like AntiG said) have given Leinart bad reviews. I still believe that Leinart will go in the top 7 because no matter what critics say, it's hard to see him drop down that much. Also, while talking about QB's, look for Vanderbilt QB Jay Cutler to head to Arizona or St. Louis around picks 10-13. Cheesehead Fan

Draft day

Until the first pick is made, the projections should stay up, though as soon as that pick is made the Projections section, along with all of the links to mock drafts in the References section should be deleted. As the links in the References section become unnecessary, they too will be deleted. Tonight I will update the selection order based on NFL.com's order to make it easy for updating throughout the draft. I have no regards as to whether this page should be updated with each pick or should be given a daily update. KramarDanIkabu 03:55, 27 April 2006 (UTC) ADDENDUM: As on the 2005 NFL Draft page, the tables should look something like this:[reply]

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	School
1	Houston Texans	Mario Williams	Defensive end	N. Carolina St.

If the updating is throughout the draft, it will probably be best to separate (in the first round) the table of already-selecteds from left to selects. 04:02, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Would it be appropriate to add this table now, seeing as how Williams is guaranteed to be the first pick? --Maxamegalon2000 02:30, 29 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism

Could someone please block the user vandalising this page and help restore it. I can't remember all the players' names so can someone please help. Fableheroesguild 21:21, 29 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Page Status

Someone please make it so that only an administrator can edit the page. It has been sunject to vandalism today.CubsFan2006 21:33, 29 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you feel that only an admisitrator should to stop vandalism, go for it. I'm sick of editing it and missing the joke edits, so I look like the perpetrator. How about making it to where only user and not anonymous users can edit it since the two I caught and tried to block were both anonymous. Fableheroesguild 21:36, 29 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It should definitely be restriced, as it had just become. These unregistered users are messing everything up. --Wizardman 22:25, 29 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Can registered users that aren't admin. still edit it? Fableheroesguild 22:59, 29 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but it appears as if the semi-protection has dissapeared. --D-Day^{(Wouldn't you like to be a pepper too?}) 23:02, 29 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It seems as if I just found this thread. Nonetheless, as I am the admin who removed the semi-protection, let me go ahead and explain. Semi-protection prohibits anonymous users and users who recently created user names from editing. Looking at the history of this page, there were many users who fit in one of those two categories that were editing this page. As this is a wiki, the concept is for everyone to be able to edit. Now, I can understand your frustration. It is rather annoying when there are people constantly blanking the page or adding nonsense to the article. But well, for every person who vandalized this article, there seemed to be a good edit. Nonetheless, blocking out every good edit made by those anonymous editors would likely be a bad message to send, and the likelihood of those editors sticking around on Wikipedia would be quite low. A first impression is key, and thus, it is important that Wikipedia continues to gain new users. Pepsidrinka 04:34, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Linking school names

Can we make it a convention for this page that a school name is linked only for the first player to get drafted from it? Especially since the pages don't link to the respective programs' athletic pages or anything at all relevant like that, it seems like a lot of unnecessary links.70.81.4.74 16:54, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Articles

We should limit the articles created for people in the middle forth round and later as they have less of a chance of making it into the pros. Create when they make the roster. Thanks Jaranda ^{wat's sup} 17:05, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Should we move the U. of Miami trivia below the actual rounds?

While it's notable sports trivia, it doesn't really seem to have the gravity or importance to be listed above the actual draft rounds (which are the meat of this encyclopedic article). Actually, I think the Miami comment should be reduced to a bullet in a new "trivia" section. -- Bobak 18:19, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome

I just wanna say how awesome it is that once in a while, we beat NFL.com and ESPN.com! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Brun8 (talk • contribs) .

Actually, Mr. "I'm too cool to sign my comments", this page was almost always updated before either of those or Yahoo! Sports was. Very well done to the men and women who took on this task. Danthemankhan 04:10, 1 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers, it's over. I second Danthemankhan's compliments. — Ian Manka Talk to me‼ 04:14, 1 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Seperated Days

I seperated the two days (Rounds 1 through 3 on Saturday and Rounds 4 through 7 on Sunday) and added a note on Herman Edwards' compansation of the 4th round pick from the Chiefs to the Jets to allow him to join the Chiefs as head coach. NoseNuggets 5:18 PM US EDT Apr 30 2006.

I eliminated the notation for the two days -- I found it not necessary, and proved for another uneccessary heading. If readers really want to find out how the draft operates (how many days, where it's held, etc.) in general, they should see NFL Draft. — Ian Manka Talk to me‼ 04:16, 1 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]