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    Default NFL Draft 2009 Contest, Register Now!

    NFL Draft 2009 Contest

    • Display your NFL knowledge with our unique late round points system! Designed for the hardcore football fan.
    • Participants must pick players 1-10 for rounds 1-5. Picks must be exactly correct to be awarded any point(s).
    Points per round system

    • 1 Point per each exactly correct pick (1-10) through Round 1.
    • 2 Points per each exactly correct pick (1-10) through Round 2.
    • 3 Points per each exactly correct pick (1-10) through Round 3.
    • 3 Points per each exactly correct pick (1-10) through Round 4.
    • 3 Points per each exactly correct pick (1-10) through Round 5.
    4/23 MADE RULE CHANGE: 3 points per each of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th round instead of 4 for the 4th and 5 for the 5th.

    In the event of a tie, prize amount in question will be combined and divided equally among tied contestants.

    Prizes
    1.) $100
    2.) $50
    3.) $25

    All players must have a Sports-1 account. Open one here if you do not have one already.

    Players must PM account # to VegasDave. Prizes carry 2X rollover. Deadline to enter is 3:00PM ET, Saturday April 25th. ANY ENTRY POSTED LATER THAN 3:00 PM ET WILL NOT COUNT.

    Use the format below to submit picks. All fields must be completed.
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    Round 1:
    1) Name here
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    Round 2:
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    Round 3:
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    Round 4:
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    Round 5:
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    Good Luck!
    Last edited by VegasDave; 04-23-09 at 03:22 PM.

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    Dave are you coming up with these ideas? Passing grade on originality.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bread View Post
    Dave are you coming up with these ideas? Passing grade on originality.
    While it was not my idea to have an NFL Draft contest, it was mine to make it five rounds deep. While this does make it more of a crap shoot, I think it will be more fun to try and cap, and will give the real football buffs a chance to show off their knowledge. Last year's only covered the 1st round (like most do), which essentially just becomes a who-can-copy-paste-the-best-mock-draft contest. This one is a little tougher .

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    How many people are going to get an exact match in rounds 3-5? Maybe two or three people and those will end up being the winners. Great contest. ;P

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    Quote Originally Posted by slacker00 View Post
    How many people are going to get an exact match in rounds 3-5? Maybe two or three people and those will end up being the winners. Great contest. ;P
    It is not for everyone, I can respect that. But there are plenty of mock drafts and prospect ratings out there that go 7 rounds deep, and plenty of educated guesses to be made for those that want to put in the work.

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    Most people can't even name 10 players in the draft.
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    Quote Originally Posted by treece View Post
    Most people can't even name 10 players in the draft.

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    Sports-1? WTF is that, never heard of em

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    Quote Originally Posted by Iwinyourmoney View Post
    Sports-1? WTF is that, never heard of em
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    Quote Originally Posted by treece View Post
    Most people can't even name 10 players in the draft.
    i cant even name 2.

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    This is purely a luck contest, no knowledge needed!
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    Quote Originally Posted by big joe 1212 View Post
    This is purely a luck contest, no knowledge needed!
    yeah i would agree. maybe a little skill in the beginning, but 95%+ luck...why not throw an entry in?

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    Winner will be the guy that gets like 4 correct out of 50

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    might as well guess the next mega millions numbers for thursday. that would be more fun.

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    many many comments, still missing Pico though. I expect him any minute with the "Rigged Contest" posting...

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    Interesting idea but, on a sports betting message board, I honestly doubt more then a couple posters could even start to fill out a entry without alot help from secondary sources... I think I will probably end up passing on this one but best to all that attempt it...
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    i would love to do this but seems like a shitload of work....

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    Search "2009 mock draft seven rounds" in your favorite search engines, and you will find a few.

    For those that want to put in extra work to try to gain an edge, they can. For those that don't really want to, it couldn't hurt to copy paste a mock draft and switch a few spots around.

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    Was just trying to mix it up with something unique and fun. Last year we had a ton of complaints about the draft contest and how it was too easy.

    This gives us some reason to pay attention past the first round.
    Last edited by VegasDave; 04-22-09 at 04:39 PM.

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    I'd be willing to do 5, but 2 or 3 might be better.
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    I like it. I do have one suggestion: Maybe still have the full round 1 picks as 1 points (32).

    Also maybe in round 4+, if someone gets the position right, you still get 1 point.

    Or maybe even:
    Round 1 (1-32): 1point each correct player picked.
    Round 2 (1-16): 2 points each
    Round 2 (17-32): 3 points
    Round 3 (1-32): 4points

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    By awarding more points in the later rounds, it becomes a crap shoot contest.

    But don't mind me or the others who dont like the contest, we can just simply not play.

    Having any kind of free contest is a good thing!
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    I need to know how many rounds we are doing so I know whether to bring out the film on the 4th and 5th round hopefuls
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    Sticking with 5 rounds.

    I did change the rule though. The 3rd, 4th, and 5th round will all be graded equally, as opposed to the 4th and 5th being weighed out to be the best.

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    I will go first

    Round 1:
    1) Matt Safford
    2) Eugene Monroe
    3) Aaron Curry
    4) Mark Sanchez
    5) Michael Crabtree
    6) Jason Smith
    7) Jeremy Maclin
    8) B.J Raji
    9) Andre Smith
    10) Michael Oher

    Round 2:
    1) James Lauriniatis
    2) Connor Barwin
    3) Kenny Britt
    4) Hakeem Nicks
    5) Sean Smith
    6) Eric Wood
    7) Brian Robiskie
    8) Louis Delmas
    9) Larry English
    10) Max Unger

    Round 3:
    1) Sen'Derrick Marks
    2) Gerald McRath
    3) Cody Brown
    4) Shonne Greene
    5) Patrick Chung
    6) Paul Kruger
    7) Rashad Johnson
    8) Troy Kropog
    9) Phil Loadholt
    10) Rashad Jennings

    Round 4:
    1) Andy Levitre
    2) Austin Collie
    3) Chip Vaughn
    4) Jarius Byrd
    5) Sebastian Vollmer
    6) Jason Williams
    7) Cedric Peerman
    8) TJ Lang
    9) Mitch King
    10) Jonathan Casillas

    Round 5:
    1) Kory Sheets
    2) Matt Shaughnessy
    3) Joel Bell
    4) James Davis
    5) Kaluka Maiavua
    6) Coye Francis
    7) Zack Follet
    8) Xavier Fulton
    9) Antonio Appleby
    10) David Veikune

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    Copy/Paste

    1st round
    1. Matthew Stafford
    2. Jason Smith
    3. Eugene Monroe
    4. Aaron Curry
    5. Michael Crabtree
    6. Andre Smith
    7. Jeremy Maclin
    8. Mark Sanchez
    9. B.J. Raji
    10. Brian Orakpo

    2nd round
    1. James Laurinaitis
    2. Louis Delmas
    3. Kenny Britt
    4. Connor Barwin
    5. Sean Smith
    6. Eric Wood
    7. Brian Robiskie
    8. Evander Hood
    9. Larry English
    10. Max Unger

    3rd round
    1. Sen'Derrick Marks
    2. Gerald McRath
    3. Cody Brown
    4. Shonn Greene
    5. Mohamed Massaquoi
    6. Paul Kruger
    7. Rashad Johnson
    8. Troy Kropog
    9. Gerald Cadogan
    10. Rashad Jennings

    4th round
    1. Andy Levitre
    2. Austin Collie
    3. Chip Vaughn
    4. Jairus Byrd
    5. Sebastian Vollmer
    6. Jason Williams
    7. Vance Walker
    8. T.J. Lang
    9. Mitch King
    10. Jonathan Casillas

    5th round
    1. Antoine Caldwell
    2. Mike Goodson
    3. Terrance Knighton
    4. Derek Pegues
    5. Chris Clemons
    6. Tony Fiammetta
    7. Matt Shaughnessy
    8. Kaluka Maiava
    9. James Davis
    10. Brandon Underwood

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    Quote Originally Posted by VegasDave View Post
    Was just trying to mix it up with something unique and fun. Last year we had a ton of complaints about the draft contest and how it was too easy.

    This gives us some reason to pay attention past the first round.
    VD, I like this contest a lot. At first I wasn't to sure about it, but now I really like the idea a lot. Going to wait until last minute to post my entry though in case anything happens over the next day or two...

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    I've decided to get in this!
    I'm gonna work a few angles to take advantage of the flaws in the rules.
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    1st round
    1. Matthew Stafford
    2. Jason Smith
    3. Aaron Curry
    4. Eugene Monroe
    5. Brian Orakpo
    6. Michael Oher
    7. Michael Crabtree
    8. Andre Smith
    9. B.J. Raji
    10.Mark Sanchez

    Round 2
    1.Brian Cushing
    2.Hakeem Nicks
    3.Mike Mickens
    4.James Laurinaitis
    5.Clay Matthews
    6.Evander Hood
    7.Connor Barwin
    8.Darius Butler
    9.Lesean Mccoy
    10.Duke Robinson

    Round 3
    1.Derrick Williams
    2.Max Unger
    3.Patrick Chung
    4.Rashad Johnson
    5.Nic Harris
    6.Javon Ringer
    7.Victor Harris
    8.Michael Hamlin
    9.Alex Boone
    10.Juaquin Iglesias

    Round 4
    1.Kraig Urbik
    2.Lawrence Sidbury jr.
    3.Cody Brown
    4.Stryker Sulak
    5.Will Davis
    6.Kevin Barnes
    7.Tyrone McKenzie
    8.Troy Kropog
    9.Shawn Nelson
    10.Rhett Bomar

    Round 5
    1.Deon Butler
    2.Morgan Trent
    3.Myron Pryor
    4.Otis Wiley
    5.Rashad Jennings
    6.Louis Murphy
    7.Cedric Dockery
    8.Travis Bright
    9.Mike Wallace
    10.Graham Harrell
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    Quote Originally Posted by alukk View Post
    those 4-5 round picks gonna be hard
    I'm considering submitting card which simply omits the 4th & 5th round. Once we get out of the top 100, why bother? We're talking about guys that weren't even at the combine or senior bowl at those numbers. Chances are they've had minimal contact with their respective teams, not to mention zero coverage in the media or whatever other source.

    Who even follows day 2 anyway? The last few years, I hang it up after round 2 and I'm about as hardcore NFL fan as they come. I'll just check the paper the next day after around pick #60 or #70. It gets pretty random after that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by theboozer View Post
    VD, I like this contest a lot. At first I wasn't to sure about it, but now I really like the idea a lot. Going to wait until last minute to post my entry though in case anything happens over the next day or two...
    Please note the entry time is 3:00PM ET Saturday, NOT 4:00PM when the draft starts. All picks must be in an hour before then

    Quote Originally Posted by big joe 1212 View Post
    I've decided to get in this!
    I'm gonna work a few angles to take advantage of the flaws in the rules.
    Note I changed the rules so now Rounds 3, 4, and 5 are all = in points... not sure if this changes your strategies but just wanted to make you aware

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