The Draft Starts Tonight

Here are some of my thoughts about tonight's draft:

-- Dallas Cowboys
With the no. 9 spot I feel as if the Cowboys are locked into a boring 1st pick. The big wigs over at ESPN (Kiper and McShay) both have the Cowboys picking OT Tyron Smith out of USC, while local draft guru Bryan Broaddus has the Cowboys taking OT Anthony Castanzo out of BC. My gut tells me Jerry will do everything in his power to trade down or even trade up to avoid picking an offensive tackle in the first round. It just doesn't have enough pizzaz for a Jerry 1st rounder. I could see us dropping down to the back of the round and picking up Mark Ingram. It just seems like a Jerry thing to do.

-- Andy Dalton
I'm not sure that Andy's name will be called tonight, but he definitely has a strong possibility of being a first rounder. I'd like to root for the TCU redhead in the NFL, so I mainly care that he doesn't go to the: Redskins, Eagles, Giants, Texans, so pretty much not in the NFC East or that shit heel of a football team the Texans.
For some reason I get the feeling a team at the middle of the draft is going to slide back and wait for Dalton. He just seems like a player some QB coach likes and convinces the front office they can get who they want and value by moving to the back of the draft. I could see the Redskins, Vikings, Jaguars, or Dolphins doing this. ( I don't really have a logic behind this prediction, it just feels logical)

--Madden '12
There doesn't seem to be as many explosive players in this draft as in recent past drafts. There's no running back that you know will be ranked an 87 overall with a 97 speed come Madden day. That being said, I'm hoping to see Julio Jones going to a Madden squad I run with. I could see myself becoming fond of the Rams in Madden. With Donnie Avery and Julio Jones as the WR's, Stephen Jackson running the rock, and that injun Sam Bradford running the show, I could see myself becoming quite fond of St. Louis as my squad.