The 2004 NFL Draft (1st Round)



01. San Diego Chargers - Eli Manning, QB, Miss. (traded to NY Giants)
02. Oakland Raiders - Robert Gallery OL, Iowa
03. Arizona Cardinals - Larry Fitzegerald, WR, Pitt
04. NY Giants - Philip Rivers, QB, NC St (traded to San Diego Chargers)
05. Washington Redskins - Sean Taylor, S, Miami Fl.
06. Cleveland Browns (trade w/Detroit) - Kellen Winslow II, TE, Miami Fl.
07. Detroit Lions - Roy Williams, WR, Texas
08. Atlanta Falcons - Deangelo Hall, CB, Virg. Tech
09. Jacksonville Jaguars -  Reggie Williams, WR, Wash
10. Houston Texans - Dunta Robinson, CB, S. Carolina
11. Pittsburgh Steelers - Ben Roethlisberger, QB, Mia.-Oh.
12. NY Jets - Jonathan Vilma, LB, Miami Fl.
13. Buffalo Bills - Lee Evans, WR, Wisc.
14. Chicago Bears - Tommy Harris, DT, OU
15. Tampa Bay - Michael Clayton, WR, LSU
16. Philadelphia Eagles (trade w/49ers) - Shawn Andrews, OT, Ark
17. Denver Broncos -  DJ Williams, LB, Miami Fl.
18. New Orleans Saints - Will Smith, DE, Ohio St.
19. Miami Dolphins (trade w/Vikings) - Vernon Carey, G, Miami Fl.
20. Minnesota Vikings (trade w/Dolphins) -  Keneche Udeze, DE, USC
21. New England Patriots - Vince Wilfork, DL, Miami Fl.
22. Buffalo Bills (trade w/ Dallas) -  JP Losman, QB, Tulane
23. Seattle Seahawks - Marcus Tubbs, DT, Texas
24. St Louis Rams (trade w/Bengals) - Steven Jackson, RB, Oregon ST.
25. Green Bay Packers - Ahmad Carroll, DB, Ark.
26. Cincinatti Bengals (trade w/Rams) - Chris Perry, RB, Mich.
27. Houston Texans (trade w/Titans) - Jason Babin, LB, W. Mich.
28. Carolina Panthers (trade w/49ers) - Chris Gamble, DB, Ohio St.
29. Atlanta Falcons (trade w/Colts) - Michael Jenkins, WR, Ohio St.
30. Detroit Lions (trade w/Chiefs) - Kevin Jones, RB, V. Tech
31. San Francisco 49ers (trade w/Panthers) - Rashaun Woods, WR, Ok. St.
32. New England Patriots - Ben Watson, TE, Georgia

URL TextMavs forward Antawn Jamison wins the 6th man award.

Well, we see that "small ball" isn't playoff basketball. The Mavs could have won either of those games. But Finley has disappeared, Nash has sucked, and Dirk is having to haul the load by himself. That's not fair, and consequently, I'm thinking the Kings will take the Mavs in 6. I do believe we will win the next 2 at home--the Mavs have the league's best home record--but the Mavs also have a very bad away record, and I think the Kings will take one from us here.

Look for Don Nelson to be gone after this season. When you live by the jumpshot and the "3" with no "D," so shlal you die by it. No defense and cold shooters = 4-2 Kings advantage.

I DO hope that I am wrong. We went down 0-2 to Utah 3 years ago and wound up winning that series, but that's the only time we've done it.

Tom Hicks met with the Stars one last time and bitched them out. Heads will roll in Dallas. Expect the team and the front office to be gutted prior to next season. The Stars were sorry this year. As a fan, I'm ready to start from scratch, get some hungry players in here. The Stars haven't been worth a dAmn since they lost to the Devils in the finals a few seasons ago. It's been downhill ever since. No defense the past two seasons, and now no offense, either. Sorry, Mo, you'll have to go.

"Small Ball" is so far a success! Since switching to small ball, the Mavs are 6-0 and the margin of victory has been over 10 points in each game. Dallas is averaging 121.7 ppg and the average victory margin is 18.5 points. 4 of those teams are Western COnference playoff teams.

BUT Finley is hurt again. He may not play tonight. The upside is that our rookie Josh Howard has made the most of his playing time all season. 5 Maverick players are averaging 14 ppg or better.

I'm feeling pretty good about our chances in the playoffs.

As the most enebriated (*hickup*) man on this board for tonight, and since it's my birthday (or it was 1 hour and 30some minutes ago), I proclaim Heineken the king of beers! Thank you, and g'night!

Since they announced the line-up for this year's Lollapalooza, I've been listening to some old Sonic Youth, Morrissey, Polyphonic Spree...

Here's the line-up:

Morrisey,
Polyphonic Spree,
Sonic Youth,
String Cheese Incident
Flaming Lips,
Modest Mouse,
Interpol,
Libertines,
Atmosphere...more to come.

The Mavericks have gone 4-0 since switching their offensive philosophy to "small ball" which means Finley now plays small forward instead of 2 guard and Antoine Walker plays center. This will work for us until we have to play the Lakers. But we waxed Sacramento, Seattle, Phoenix and Cleveland since we've switched to this offense.

We are peaking right before the playoffs. We still probably won't get better than the #4 seed, but we're tied with the Grizzlies for 5th place and have the Jazz upcoming tomorrow night.

GO MAVS!