The best player in the draft according to Chris Mortenson

4/18/2006 6:20:41 PM

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"DOWN GOES FRAZIER!"

4/18/2006 6:22:52 PM

it's Mortensen

4/18/2006 6:23:19 PM

leave it to hotwolf3 to make yet another unnecessary thread

4/18/2006 6:25:07 PM

THE TEXANS SHOULD PICK HIM OR TRADE TO GET HIM. THEY PASSED UP ON J-PEP A FEW YEARS AGO AND NOW THEY SUCK. DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE AGAIN IF U KNOW WHATS GOOD FOR YOU.

MAYBE I'LL CATCH THEIR ATTENTION WITH LARGE CAPITAL LETTERS.

4/18/2006 6:29:18 PM

Actually, Mario Williams was rated the #1 overall player by all 6 of the Packers' scouts, as reported by Chris Mortensen.


According to that segment, he's also going to the hall of hame barring injury.

4/18/2006 6:30:30 PM

http://www.thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=400348&page=1

broke this news longgggg before anyone else really considered it.

4/18/2006 6:31:17 PM

He's not actually going to get drafted #1 though, it's all politics at this point.


This hype does help Mario though, because it is now VERY possible that he could go #2. Ironic how Brees cost Rivers two years of PT at SD, but now his trade to NO is what is paving the way for Mario to potentially go #2(either to NO or someone else who trades up for the pick). I'd still say it's a longshot, but it's looking a lot more possible than it was a month ago when the consensus draft order was Bush, Leinart, Young, Ferguson, Mario/Hawk.

4/18/2006 6:42:47 PM

im a packers fan


I dont mean to rain on your parade

But our talent scouting is similair to Isiah Thomas'

4/18/2006 7:50:05 PM

^^It's not ironic. It's coincidental.

4/18/2006 7:51:24 PM

4/18/2006 7:53:40 PM

[Edited on April 18, 2006 at 7:57 PM. Reason : ]

4/18/2006 7:56:37 PM

4/18/2006 8:44:59 PM

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" Mario didn’t lateral away the goddamn Rose Bowl, for what that’s worth."

4/18/2006 8:52:05 PM

he sure as shit didnt tackle vince young either

4/18/2006 9:44:25 PM

oh but he would have. multiple times.

4/18/2006 10:06:41 PM

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"Mario Williams was rated the #1 overall player by all 6 of the Packers' scouts,"

One of those 6 is one of my good friends (I know...cookie please). After the combine I asked if he thought Mario would fall to them at the 5th pick. He was like..."he's not getting past the 2nd pick."

GG Mario.

4/18/2006 10:12:26 PM

4/19/2006 12:16:06 AM

I've been on the receiving end of one of these, courtesy of Mario. But I suppose that's what I get for trying to pass block him.

4/19/2006 12:42:29 AM

^thats one of my favorite football memories from last year

4/19/2006 8:12:29 AM

^^that number 58 laying on the ground is like crap, the fridge is gonna kill me

4/19/2006 8:51:20 AM

Mario is going to be a beast...I really think people will be suprised at him going #1 or #2. It's on the hush, but I can see it happening


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4/19/2006 10:05:55 AM

from mortensen's chat today:

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"Mario Williams is ranked as the No. 1 player on many boards. Actually, it's a pretty fair split between the two guys. Both have Hall of Fame potential. I stay at No. 1 and take Bush but that may be like asking so you want Reggie White or Marshall Faulk?"

http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/chatESPN?event_id=11443

never gets old reading good stuff about mario...

4/19/2006 3:47:08 PM

MARIO.....


III

4/19/2006 11:39:57 PM

MARIO.....


III

4/19/2006 11:45:43 PM

i would love to see mario and julius peppers side by side

4/20/2006 12:12:23 AM

I like how Tank is getting held in that picture.


58 got pwned all day, and they put another guy on Mario and he got pwned too.

4/20/2006 12:16:00 AM

I played football against Mario in high school...still got a damn cleat print in my ass...i think its size 14...lol

4/20/2006 12:29:45 AM

Damn...sorry to hear that beaver...At least u can say you whipped by a Top 10 player...

sucks u gotta rem that tho...always...

Lets Go Mario


III

4/20/2006 12:38:13 AM

Woody and Skip just bashed him on 1st and 10.

Said he would never be a Julius Peppers

Wasn't all that impressive

Slower than Peppers

Undersized for a DE

Took plays off

4/20/2006 3:32:40 PM

rofl bah too many Mario Williams threads .... I said that in the other one !

4/20/2006 3:34:53 PM

I think Mario did take quite a few plays off...but I think it was due to the lack of offense and team drive to win. He may be slower than peppers and smaller, but still is a manchild that will embarass most NFL tackles day in and day out.


III

4/20/2006 3:39:24 PM

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"but I think it was due to the lack of offense and team drive to win"

that's a pretty half-assed reason to dog it :x

4/20/2006 3:41:29 PM

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"that's a pretty half-assed reason to dog it :x"

Never said it was a good reason, but I am willing to bet it was a reason...He knew he was pro caliber and big chance to make serious money in the league, but yet his team had very lilttle chance or success his last year...

I can't say I never took a play off...so I am not going to be the one to start bashin him...


III

4/20/2006 3:51:12 PM

that I can agree with .

4/20/2006 4:12:41 PM

Skip also said he didnt jump off the screen in the bowl game.


What the hell else was he supposed to do, rush for 100 yards?

He was in the backfield the entire game.


He absolutely carried us the 2nd half of the season....

If he played for a real football school, there wouldnt be any surprise about this guy being a top pick.

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4/20/2006 4:47:21 PM

Yet another example of why one should never listen to Skip Bayless

4/20/2006 4:53:11 PM

they said hes not gonna be as good as julius peppers

4/20/2006 5:00:38 PM

Gee, I wonder why Mario seemed to take plays off?

Could it be that he was often double and triple teamed? How about the endless chop-blocks?

4/20/2006 5:15:02 PM

How about the fact that he got chop blocked like a motherfucker on every other play so he spent most of the time jumping over running backs instead of pounding tackles into the ground.



I'd fucking take plays off too if I got double teamed at the knees on every passing down.

[Edited on April 20, 2006 at 5:15 PM. Reason : ^haha nice]

4/20/2006 5:15:26 PM

Skip Bayless is worthless.

I mean I cannot believe he gets paid to talk sports.

GO MARIO! JUST KICK ASS WHEREVER YOU GO! But be easy on Phil!

4/20/2006 5:16:29 PM

meh i think he was a lot more objective about the duke lacross spot than woody was.... but that's not saying much :x

4/20/2006 5:35:45 PM

YA CUZ SKIP WATCHED HIM PLAY SO MUCH THIS YEAR THAT HE IS PRETTY MUCH A MARWIL EXPERT.

4/20/2006 6:32:19 PM

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"Wasn't all that impressive Slower than Peppers Undersized for a DE Took plays off"

http://www.nfl.com/draft/2002/profiles/peppers_julius.htm

from Peppers' draft profile, his 40 time is listed as 4.74. Mario's was right around that

How the hell can he talk about Mario being undersized? i could see if he was talking Manny, but not Mario.

And I think he prolly took plays off too. Hell, I think he took half of the season off. But that just makes his stats that much more impressive to me, since he did all that in just half the season.

Skip is just a moron and is sucking Bush off. So he doesn't want to give props to anyone else.

4/21/2006 7:39:54 AM

i dont think he took plays off while he was on the field. he was getting chop blocked half the time. 6 games into the season he said he figured out a new way to beat the double teams...

4/21/2006 8:06:10 AM

Woody claimed that Julius Peppers ran a 4.4 40 yard dash.


And that Mario was an inch too short haha


Woody is an idiot. He's funny, but he knows dick about sports...


I've come to realize the national media really doesnt know anything about sports... its just not possible to know the details behind every situation I guess... They just know bits and pieces about things and when its a topic you are already familiar with (head coach search, mario williams, etc) you realize just how inaccurate a lot of their statements are

4/21/2006 8:15:00 AM

yeah

i mean, we'll all see who the better DE is in the next year or two. my vote is mario, and i know how good peppers is.

4/21/2006 8:16:42 AM

Well shit Mario may not be better than Julius Peppers.

But Peppers is one of the best players in the league...


I mean jesus christ think about the fact that the National Media called us stupid for taking Peppers over Harrington...


They always want you to take the QB because he's sexy. But if the QB is a bust you just wrecked your franchise for the next five years...

4/21/2006 11:34:35 AM

Whether Mario is better than Peppers or not, im just glad I saw them both play in college... and they are from NC

Peppers is from Bailey which is close to where im from

4/21/2006 11:38:16 AM

wasnt the knock against peppers when he came out that he took entire games off? i remember thats why i didnt want him.

4/21/2006 11:38:40 AM