WGRD 97.9 » NFL draft http://wgrd.com Sun, 26 May 2013 01:37:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 The WGRD 2012 NFL Mock Draft! http://wgrd.com/the-football-critics-2012-nfl-mock-draft/ http://wgrd.com/the-football-critics-2012-nfl-mock-draft/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:53:01 +0000 Joe Knight http://wgrd.com/?p=72498 So it is a week before the first big event of the 2012 NFL season, the NFL Draft, and it is time to discuss the angles many teams may take. So that means every so called expert, myself included, has an opinion of who is going to take who and where the big names are going to land.  I'm not a guru, just a critic, so allow me to share my 2012 Mock Draft with you.

]]> http://wgrd.com/the-football-critics-2012-nfl-mock-draft/feed/ 0 NFL Lockout Is Back in Effect http://wgrd.com/nfl-lockout-is-back-in-effect/ http://wgrd.com/nfl-lockout-is-back-in-effect/#comments Sat, 30 Apr 2011 14:34:59 +0000 Dave Kim http://wgrd.com/?p=10119 After building momentum this week with the NFL draft, the league has decided to kill the excitement by locking out the players again Friday night. Personnel had returned earlier in the day when the ban was lifted to go over playbooks and workout regimens. However, the reunion was short-lived when a judge's order lifting the lockout was temporarily stayed.

]]> http://wgrd.com/nfl-lockout-is-back-in-effect/feed/ 0 Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images Second Round NFL Draft Action – Lions Grab Receiver Young & RB Leshoure http://wgrd.com/second-round-nfl-draft-action-lions-grab-receiver-young-rb-leshoure/ http://wgrd.com/second-round-nfl-draft-action-lions-grab-receiver-young-rb-leshoure/#comments Sat, 30 Apr 2011 09:07:41 +0000 JT http://wgrd.com/?p=10095 Second round draft action last night nets the Lions Boise State receiver Titus Young.  I like this pick as Young ends up being a great needs pick for a team that can especially use the play making capabilities: the Lions ranked 26th last year in average per pass attempt.

]]> http://wgrd.com/second-round-nfl-draft-action-lions-grab-receiver-young-rb-leshoure/feed/ 0 Ethan Miller/Getty Images Lions Are Building Monstrous Defense, Pick Auburn DL Nick Fairley in NFL draft http://wgrd.com/lions-are-building-one-monsterous-defense-pick-auburn-dl-nick-fairley-in-nfl-draft/ http://wgrd.com/lions-are-building-one-monsterous-defense-pick-auburn-dl-nick-fairley-in-nfl-draft/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 02:48:17 +0000 JT http://wgrd.com/?p=9986 After ferocious trading and 4 QB going inside the first 12 picks, the Lions were left with no other decision but to bolster their defense when their 13th pick came around in the NFL draft.  We now get to see Nick Fairly playing next to Suh

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