An article not about Ben Roethlisberger….

…lets talk draft instead.

I refuse to talk about Ben Roethlisberger anymore. He’s made his statement, Steelers have made their stand, and now the Commissioner is contemplating his slap-on-the-wrists. End of story. And he has a mullet (very bad hairdo).

I missed counting down Day 10 til the draft…which was yesterday. I was slouching around wondering what life was about and why I often feel like a big fat failure…that kind of thing. Now that the grey clouds have cleared I realised…”Holy Cream Cow there are only 9 days left until the draft! Wow.I had better get my skates on”. Well not really…I can’t skate and hate slippery things on my feet.

DAY 9 until the Draft.

Lets talk draft. I thought to make it a bit different I would rename the teams as I went along with names that I felt could be more appropriate.

1 - St Louis Llamas – All money is on the St Louis taking Sam Bradford as the Number 1 pick. Okay we don’t need to get into that one anymore right?  Enough said.

Although I did hear rumours of  Roethlisberger being traded to St Louis. WHAT!!!! I know it would clean up the Steelers reputation and bring back some of the Steelers fans, a lot of them women, that don’t feel the same about the team anymore. The Llamas would have a tried and tested QB which would be good BUT Ben would still have his reputation. I mean it dosen’t matter where you go…there YOU are. So would St Louis want to be tied to that kind of publicity. I am thinking NO. And lets be honest I think the keyword here is “RUMOUR”

Number 2 Detroit Dragons. “Gonna melt your face off”

Its between Ndamukong Suh and Gerald McCoy. I reckon Ndamukong and have all  along.

Behind door Number 3 we have Tampa Bay Turnarounds (and lets face it they need to this season).

They need to strengthen their defense so Gerald McCoy seems the likely pick. If (in the event that the Dragons go with McCoy or even Russell Okung) they would take Suh. But I think he will be gone gone gone.

4 – Washington Rabbits (I was thinking Washington MacNabbits but it didn’t sound right)

Well in my mock draft I had the Nabbs take Jimmy Clausen but obviously that is not the case now.

They will probably take Russel Okung.

Number 5 is alive. Kansas City Killer Whales. “Don’t come too close”

Eric Berry, a safety in more ways than one and by all accounts he will be a dominate player in years to come.

6. Seattle Seahorses. (I often say this by mistake anyway…don’t tell anyone) I did think that it would be Okung but as I speculate that Washington will take Okung I am thinking it will be Bryan Buluga, even though he has short arms.

7. Cleveland Crumpets (One of my favorite UK foods. Can also mean a hot chick)

Some people feel Joe Haden or C.J. Spiller will be picked here. I do not know so I am going with Kiper on this one who feels that it will be Jason Pierre-Paul. And lets face it he is an AWESOME athelete. I can’t wait for the on-field celebratory flips he will do. Check this link out.

8. Oakland Oysters “Yeah you’ll find a pearl in us”  This is a picture of an oyster card the thing you need to travel around in London if you want the best travel prices, (and you’ll need it, its pretty expensive).

I thought Bruce Campbell and still think Bruce Campbell

Number 9 – Buffalo Burgers (well it is Americas favorite food).

A while back I had them down with Anthony Davis but now I am thinking (as a number of the pro-mock-drafter dudes are) that it will be QB Jimmy Clausen.

Last but not least are the Jacksonville Jammies (although it means pyjamas, in the UK Jammy dodgers are sweet biscuits/cookies and gave birth to the saying “you jammy dodger” meaning you lucky b*****d).

I predicted Derrick Morgan in the beginning and that is still the most popular choice for the old     jammy crew.

So there we go the first 10 picks for the 2010. Yeeehaaaa….9 days to go. Booooraccckka.