Hero Logo

May 11

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A logo can mean so much. It can be a first impression. A statement. A History. A Gut Feeling. Quick Wit, Immediate Response. A Focal Point. A League. A Team. A Bond. Principles & Demand. An Interest. A favorite. A PASSION. A Loyalty.

 

…or just oppostite…

 

A logo can mean SO much in the human brain, and so fast and immediate too. In an instant, at an inital GLANCE of a logo, it can say 1 billion feelings in a second…

Logos are light-speed…

So lets get this right. Lets PICK a good one, a great logo that’s forever. The Logo that represnts YOU.  Lets choose something that represents: your family, your team, your children, their Dad, your Dan and their common bond, plus backbone and commitment… YOU!

A logo can create hate, and can create passion, if only at a glance…

 

If if I’m a logo, in the NFL, a team: I’m a San Diego CHARGERS. A lighting bolt and a charging stallion. A War Cry, . I’m Electricity, Power and Sharp Strength. I’m quick, fast, and a weapon. I”m a tool of the gods, a scientific anomaly,  and I’m a warning sign. You see me, and you think twice…   

 

So,,,

If you had to pick an existing NFL teams logo, that represented YOU and what YOU LIKE and what YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT, which logo, which team would that be? Which would make your statement OF YOU?

And I know you can have immediate feelings for our hated opponents logos. Trigger reactions of hated rivals and arch enemy’s are just as quick. The good guys vs. the bad guys. What are some of those instant hates?

What does a horned-hat, or the Raider Black with eye-patch mean to you? What does a spread wing mean, or a cuddley Miami Fin, or a trow-back Patriot Center (ball in hand), or single colored letter mean to you? How does swine or dog and a numbered person stand for something not even noted on a team name exactly correlate? …A metropolitan wild animal, or something BIGGER than big or an ethnic slur – that is really just opposite in nature, or only to you… What do these mean to you?

What are your feelings of these logos that have been around for fifty to a hundred years, and all our lives.

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Junior Seau Died yesterday, by his own hands…

May 3

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Junior Seau was a great “MR. SAN DIEGO” amazing football player & one of San Diego’s Biggest Superstars Ever!

I’ve seen him play several live games and nearly all of his San Diego Chargers games. I’ve seen him at his restaurant in San Diego a couple of times too. He was always very friendly, smiling or rolling sushi, and he sure LOVED his fans.  Watching him play linebacker in his prime was amazing… He’s a hall of famer, and one of my favorite football players of all time.

Some people say: “Don’t rule out MURDER”   Would it be weird if I said “I hope so?” …just because suicide is such a let down. And I remember when he drove off a 100′ cliff a couple of years ago, after a fight with his girlfriend.  He said he feel asleep at the wheel, which I didn’t buy.    Either way, it sucks… but I wasn’t as shocked as I should’ve been.

I felt the same way when Kurt Cobain (Nirvana), Layne Staley (Alice in Chains & Bradley Nowell (Sublime) died.  So much to live for, died too young and died way to early…   I don’t want to be like them and I could never do that to my children and family. You are missed Junior Seau!!

I feel remorse for your family and your mother / your father and kids. We all wish we all could only help you (as I’m angry and sad at the same time). My feelings are jumbled…

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2012 NFL Mock Draft “POINT” game

May 1

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By James Fedewa 5/1/12

This is a  mock-draft GAME played by “PROFESSIONAL DRAFNIK” sports writers with their respected 2012 mock drafts, giving POINTS to where you projected players/team to  PICK NUMBER and what number that player actually was drafted (with NO baring of trades).  So we can TOTAL up any mock draft, based on these given points to grade your predictions.

Using their “rules” my score was 81!  Not too bad!  (which could have been 10 points HIGHER if I didn’t change my mind at the last second and move Tannehill later in the mock)…

Here is the LINK and the rules:

http://backupquarterbackblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/grading-mock-drafters-peter-king-is.html

Last Monday’s post looked at 7 mock drafts published at the time.  Most mock drafters change their picks as often as The Bachelorette, so the picks we saw three days before the draft only slightly resemble most of these drafters’ “final” mock drafts.  But we happened to capture them at a point in time, and it’s that point in time that we’ll use in grading them.

As a reminder, we used 7 mock drafters: ESPN’s Mel Kiper, Jr. and Todd McShay, Peter King of Sports Illustrated and NBC Sports, Rob Rang of CBSSports.com, Evan Silva of ProFootballTalk.com, Charley Casserly of NFL Network, and some dude named Kash Money from MockingTheDraft.com.  And we considered only the first 11 draft picks.

After the jump, our final rankings and where the mock drafters hit and missed.  Also, you can see our ranking of how the teams drafted, 1 through 32, here.

First of all, there were so many trades this draft that we don’t even consider teams swapping spots.  For these purposes, we only care about whether the drafter got the correct player in a given spot or, if he didn’t, whether his selection for that spot was close to where that player actually went.

A drafter got 10 points if his pick for a given slot was correct.  If it wasn’t, he got 9 points if that player went 1 spot before or after, 8 points if he went 2 spots before or after, etc., etc., with a floor of 0 points if the player went 10 or more spots before or after the given pick.  For example, Rob Rang had Fletcher Cox going sixth overall.  Cox went 12th, so since Rang was 6 picks off, his score for that pick is 10-6 = 4.

Backup Quarterback Blog Mock Draft Rankings (based on mock drafts on 4/23/2012)
1. Peter King, 95 points
2. Evan Silva, 89 points
3. Rob Rang, 83 points
4. Mel Kiper, Jr., 82 points
T-5. Todd McShay, 81 points
T-5. Charley Casserly, 81 points
7. KashMoney, 80 points

As we discussed last week, there was a lot of commonality in the picks.  Everyone nailed Luck (1), RG3 (2), and Tannehill (8), and everyone was one spot off on each of Trent Richardson, Matt Kalil, and Morris Claiborne.

Each of King’s remaining picks were within 3 spots of where the player actually went:
– Justin Blackmon (King picked him 6th, he went 5th)
– Stephon Gilmore (King picked him 7th, he went 10th)
– Fletcher Cox (King picked him 9th, he went 12th)
– Michael Floyd (King picked him 10th, he went 13th)
– Luke Kuechly, (King picked him 11th, he went 9th)

Only Silva was remotely close to King, with each of his picks within 7 spots of the actual pick.

Kiper, McShay, Casserly, KashMoney, and Rang tied for worst pick of the mock drafts; the first 4 each had Riley Reiff going 10th to the Bills (Reiff went 23rd to the Lions), and Rang had David DeCastro going 11th to the Chiefs (DeCastro went 24th to the Steelers).

 

# MOCK PLAYER MY POINTS ACTUAL PICK
1 Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford 10 Colts Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford QB
2 Robert Griffin III, QB, Baylor 10 Redskins Robert Griffin III QB
3 Trent Richardson, RB, Alabama 10 Browns Trent Richardson RB
4 Matt Kalil, OT, USC 10 Vikings Matt Kalil OT
5 Morris Claiborne, CB, LSU 9 Jaguars Justin Blackmon WR
6 Justin Blackmon, WR, Oklahoma St. 9 Cowboys Morris Claiborne CB
7 Stephon Gilmore, CB, South Carolina 7 Buccaneers Mark Barron SS
8 Fletcher Cox, DT, Mississippi St. 6 Dolphins Ryan Tannehill QB
9 Melvin Ingram, DE, South Carolina 1 Panthers Luke Kuechly ILB
10 Luke Kuechly, LB, Boston College 9 Bills Stephon Gilmore CB
11 Riley Reiff, OT, Iowa 0 Chiefs Dontari Poe D
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SD Chargers 2nd Round PIck: Kendall Reyes, DT, UCONN (#49 overall)

Apr 28

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By James Fedewa

Kendall Reyes: Nice  explosion & burst. Quick for big man with great strength. Distruptive penetrating DT with  interior pass rushing ability. He will demand a lot of double team.  Reyes will play DE in San Diego’s 3-4 base defense (but can possibly add more weight/bulk to play NT if necessary). He’s currently listed at 300 lbs., but usually plays HIGHER than that. Plus, he could play pass rushing DE or DT in the Nickel & Dime Sub Packages, so he can play 3 different positions immediately (and is very versatile).

He will join a very deep San Diego Chargers defensive line rotation with Luigit (last years first round pick), Castillo (2005 first round pick), Garay, V.Martin and C.Thomas. He has a very bright future in the NFL and is a great defensive prospect in San Diego.

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BLACKMON goes to the Jags.

Apr 27

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I like Justin Blackmon, but I like Michael Floyd a little better, but Floyd has off-field issues (LOTSO BOOZE!). But, I can’t compare Blackmon to ANYONE in the NFL. He’s 6′ nada,  not amazingly fast,  he has good ball stills, OK hands, runs HARD (like A.Peterson) – but WHO IS HE? Someone compared Blackmon to a short T.Owens (that just seems funny to me – like midget pole vaulting – not that he’s SMALL). He is really good though… 

 

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FINAL 2012 NFL MOCK DRAFT (FIRST 50) – 4/26/12

Apr 26

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2012 NFL MOCK Draft
4/26/2012
Round 1
1     Indianapolis Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford
2     Washington (from STL) Robert Griffin III, QB, Baylor
3     Cleveland (from MIN) Trent Richardson, RB, Alabama
4     Minnesota (from CLE) Matt Kalil, OT, USC
5     Tampa Bay Morris Claiborne, CB, LSU
6     St. Louis (from WAS) Justin Blackmon, WR, Oklahoma St.
7     Jacksonville Stephon Gilmore, CB, South Carolina
8     Miami Fletcher Cox, DT, Mississippi St.
9     Carolina Melvin Ingram, DE, South Carolina
10     Buffalo Luke Kuechly, LB, Boston College
11     Kansas City Riley Reiff, OT, Iowa
12     Seattle Quentin Coples, DE, North Carolina
13     Arizona Cordy Glenn, OL, Georgia
14     Dallas Michael Brockers, DT, LSU
15     Philadelphia Jerel Worthy, DT, Michigan St.
16     New York Jets Courtney Upshaw, DE/LB, Alabama
17     Cincinnati (from OAK) David DeCastro, OG, Stanford
18     San Diego Mark Barron, S, Alabama
19     Chicago Chandler Jones, DE, Syracuse
20     Tennessee Dre Kirkpatrick, CB, Alabama
21     Cincinnati Michael Floyd, WR, Notre Dame
22     Cleveland (from ATL) Ryan Tannehill, QB, Texas AM
23     Detroit Whitney Mercilus, DE, Illinois
24     Pittsburgh Dontari Poe, NT, Memphis
25     Denver Devon Still, DT, Penn St.
26     Houston Kendall Wright, WR, Baylor
27     New England (from NO) Shea Mcclellin, OLB, Boise State
28     Green Bay Jonathan Martin, OT, Stanford
29     Baltimore Peter Konz, C, Wisconsin
30     San Francisco Stephen Hill, WR, Georgia Tech
31     New England Harrison Smith, SS, Notre Dame
32     New York Giants Coby Fleener, TE, Stanford
Round 2
33     St. Louis Dont’a Hightower, ILB, Alabama
34     Indianapolis Zach Brown, LB, North Carolina
35     Minnesota Rueben Randle, WR, LSU
36     Tampa Bay Doug Martin, RB, Boise State
37     Cleveland Alshon Jeffery, WR, South Carolina
38     Jacksonville Nick Perry, DE, USC
39     St. Louis (from WAS) Kendall Reyes, DT, Connecticut
40     Carolina Ronnell Lewis, LB, Oklahoma
41     Buffalo Mike Adams, OT, Ohio St.
42     Miami Brandon Weeden, QB, Oklahoma State
43     Seattle David Wilson, RB, Virginia Tech
44     Kansas City Janoris Jenkins, CB, N. Alabama
45     Dallas Amini Silatolu, OG, Midwestern State
46     Philadelphia Andre Branch, DE, Clemson
47     New York Jets Mohamed Sanu, WR, Rutgers
48     New England (from OAK) Bobby Massie*, OT, Ole Miss
49     San Diego Kevin Zeitler, OG, Wisconsin
50     Chicago Mitchell Schwartz, OT, CAL

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Draft 1st Round OLB vs. 2012 scheduled Left Tackles

Apr 24

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If San Diego does go OLB in the first round, that rookie OLB MUST match up well against the Chargers 2012 opponents Left Tackle (Weak Side OLB).

SD is loaded with strong side OLB’s (Phillips, J.Johnson, even D.Gamble). These SSOLB’s match up well against most RIGHT TACKLES.
Weak side OLB L.English (when healthy) and A.Barns can do very well against typical left tackles too, so I don’t see any OLB as a 1st round top priority.

Pass Rush IS a draft priority, which can be found at other potions, but looking at the left tackles San Diego faces this year, I’m thinking SD is 100% fine:

Division Opponent Left Tackles:
Denver: R. Clady
Oakland: J. Veldheer
KC: B. Albert

Other Left Tackle’s on the 2012 Chargers Schedule
Tenn: Michael Roos
ATL: Sam Baker
NO: Jermon Bushrod
CLE: Joe Thomas
TAM: Donald Penn
BAL: Bryant McKinnie
CIN: Andrew Whitworth
PIT: Marcus Gilbert
CAR: Jordan Gross
NYJ: D’Brickashaw Ferguson

So if pass rushing OLB prospects Mercilus, C.Jones, Branch, Perry, Upshaw, Ingram or Mcclellin get drafted by San Diego in the first round, who do you think is the best Weak Side OLB (vs. left tackle)? Because I don’t think they beat out English or Barns.

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2012 NFL MUCK DRAFT (by JAMFED)

Apr 23

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Mock Drafts are nothing more than a roll of the dice or a “weather predicting device”. NO ONE IS GOOD AT IT, but eveyone’s a so-called “expert.”  It’s more of a muck than a mock, and it’s not an art or science…

I’ve been making my MOCK (muck) drafts for 15+ years and I’m usually VERY wrong ( and with a lot of preparation, film study and analysis too).  I’m no better or worse than any PRO (like Todd McShay, Mike Mayock or my favorite Mel Kiper Jr.), but it’s a lot of fun guessing/predicting and seeing who’s going to be the new rookie on your favorite team…

Trades can usually screw up a mock draft board, same with odd mis-picks (like 2nd or 3rd round talent being picked way too early).

…anyways, here’s my version of this years 2012 “muck” MOCK DRAFT (first FIFTY)  …and “face down in the muck!” (to quote a famous movie) – TBL

2012 NFL MOCK Draft
4/23/2012
Round 1
1     Indianapolis Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford
2     Washington (from STL) Robert Griffin III, QB, Baylor
3     Minnesota Matt Kalil, OT, USC
4     Cleveland Trent Richardson, RB, Alabama
5     Tampa Bay Morris Claiborne, CB, LSU
6     St. Louis (from WAS) Justin Blackmon, WR, Oklahoma St.
7     Jacksonville Michael Floyd, WR, Notre Dame
8     Miami Ryan Tannehill, QB, Texas AM
9     Carolina Fletcher Cox, DT, Mississippi St.
10     Buffalo Luke Kuechly, LB, Boston College
11     Kansas City Stephon Gilmore, CB, South Carolina
12     Seattle Quentin Coples, DE, North Carolina
13     Arizona Melvin Ingram, DE, South Carolina
14     Dallas Mark Barron, S, Alabama
15     Philadelphia Michael Brockers, DT, LSU
16     New York Jets Courtney Upshaw, DE/LB, Alabama
17     Cincinnati (from OAK) David DeCastro, OG, Stanford
18     San Diego Riley Reiff, OT, Iowa
19     Chicago Chandler Jones, DE, Syracuse
20     Tennessee Dre Kirkpatrick, CB, Alabama
21     Cincinnati Dontari Poe, NT, Memphis
22     Cleveland (from ATL) Cordy Glenn, OL, Georgia
23     Detroit Janoris Jenkins, CB, N. Alabama
24     Pittsburgh Jonathan Martin, OT, Stanford
25     Denver Jerel Worthy, DT, Michigan St.
26     Houston Stephen Hill, WR, Georgia Tech
27     New England (from NO) Whitney Mercilus, DE, Illinois
28     Green Bay Shea Mcclellin, OLB, Boise State
29     Baltimore Peter Konz, C, Wisconsin
30     San Francisco Kendall Wright, WR, Baylor
31     New England Devon Still, DT, Penn St.
32     New York Giants Doug Martin, RB, Boise State
Round 2
33     St. Louis Dont’a Hightower, ILB, Alabama
34     Indianapolis Coby Fleener, TE, Stanford
35     Minnesota Andre Branch, DE, Clemson
36     Tampa Bay David Wilson, RB, Virginia Tech
37     Cleveland Kirk Cousins, QB Michigan State
38     Jacksonville Nick Perry, DE, USC
39     St. Louis (from WAS) Kendall Reyes, DT, Connecticut
40     Carolina Rueben Randle, WR, LSU
41     Buffalo Mike Adams, OT, Ohio St.
42     Miami Alshon Jeffery, WR, South Carolina
43     Seattle Lamar Miller, RB, Miami
44     Kansas City Kevin Zeitler, OG, Wisconsin
45     Dallas Brandon Thompson, DT, Clemson
46     Philadelphia Zach Brown, LB, North Carolina
47     New York Jets Mohamed Sanu, WR, Rutgers
48     New England (from OAK) Lavonte David, LB, Nebraska
49     San Diego Harrison Smith, SS, Notre Dame
50     Chicago Amini Silatolu, OG, Midwestern State

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San Diego Chargers 2012 MOCK-DRAFT CLUSTERS

It’s April 23, 2012 and the 2012 NFL Draft is this week.  Everyone and their neighbor’s uncle’s cousin has their own “mock draft” but I thought I’d change mine into a different version and in DRAFT CLUSTERS.

In the same essence of MOCK DRAFT, how MIGHT the San Diego Chargers draft: per round / per positions IN CLUSTERS? (and say just the first 4 rounds of the draft – so far…)

I have FOUR draft clusters of which I’d like the Chargers (AJ Smith) to do, and the OPTIONS can be on going with different position aimed at team NEEDS or BPA (best player available).

Which GROUP of CLUSTER Picks would you like to see in San Diego Powder Blue?
–I’ll leave off 3-4 OLB, as I think the Chargers have too many players at that position already… (unless you think there are some OLB’s you just can’t pass on if available, like a Melvin Ingram – South Carolina), what would you do if you were GM of the Bolts? You can add your CLUSTER too (and please do in a reply.

DRAFT CLUSTERS: DL / DB / RB / OL OL / DL / DB /RB ILB / OL / DL / DB DB / RB / OT / DL
1st Round: DE Coples OL Reiff = OG DeCastro  ILB Kuechly SS Barron = CB Kirkpatrick
2nd Round: SS H.Smith NT B.Thompson OT B.Massie RB L.Miller
3rd Round: RB L. James FS B. Hardin NT Ta’amu OT M.Schwartz
4rd Round: OT N.Potter RB Chris Polk CB J.Fleming NT: Jean-Baptiste
5rd Round:
5th Round:
6th Round:
7th Round:

Of course, these DRAFT CLUSTERS don’t project TRADES, but I don’t expect AJ to do any trading this draft. Let the draft come to you Grasshopper…

NOTE: my clusters above can be interchangeable, as there are one of each position players in each cluster round. So if you need to change RB to the 4th round, then plug the 4th round RB in…(i.e. DB, DL, OL, RB )
SS Barron = CB Kirkpatrick
NT B.Thompson
OT M.Schwartz
RB Chris Polk

(assuming what AJ Smith, GM of the San Diego Chargers, will do vs. what the team “should” do vs. what “I” would do and what “you” would do… please leave me your feedback and reply)

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