MtD - Turf Show Times "LIVE" Mock Draft: Round 1 - 2.0

Round 1 is underway. This is an expansion article due to high comment volumes. But we added a little bonus too. You have a chance to get to know one of out draft analysts, Joe Mays...

By Douglas M Apr 20, 2013, 1:53pm CDT

Joe Mays

The ground has been rumbling for days. The stampede has begun toward the biggest LIVE Mock Draft of the year. I'm the operations commissioner this year, taking some of the burden off of Dan Kadar. Both he, and TST's Joe McAtee are the official "Big Kahuna" Commissioners-at-Large this time around. I'm sure they'll be popping in from time to time too, and 3k will be helping to evaluate trades.

We'll be joined by a host of draft analyst pros. The Drafttek.com crew are here in a huge way. We'll be highlighting a few of them in other articles as rounds change, and threads grow to gargantuan lengths. Russell Lande from thee national Football Post will be here, along with a bevvy of his sports media cohorts. They'll be popping into the draft pick thread and hanging out on Twitter for you mobile device crowd.

Here's a little bit about Drafttek.com Joe Mays:

"Joe is a 2007 graduate of Penn State, where he earned a B.S. degree in Climatology. He's been following the draft since 1995, when former Nittany Lion standouts Ki-Jana Carter, Kerry Collins, and Kyle Brady were all picked in the Top 10. Joe began working for DraftTek.com in February 2008, as the Dolphins Team Analyst. Besides covering Miami during his 5 years with DraftTek, he has also analyzed the Steelers, Bengals, Patriots, and Eagles, the last of which he still covers today. In addition to his work for DraftTek he also co-hosts a sports talk Internet radio show - The Joe Mays & J-Raff Show - on Ustream, Sunday's at 6:30pm."

I'd like to introduce the staff who'll be running things during the draft. First up will be the thread commissioners: You'll see the names DouglasM and NolesTitan in the threads. I'll be taking Day 1, and Noles will be handling Day 2.

Next up is our social media expert: Daniel Doelling. ( @Daniel_Doelling ) He'll be the one you want to follow for everything Twitter.

Our time keeper has strict orders to post your pick at 1 second past your 5 minute time limit to make a pick in the first three rounds. You MUST have a player to be picked submitted with every trade proposal. Failure to do so will make any trade proposal void, and we won't even consider it. This is so the draft keeps moving along, and you MtD veterans know what I'm talking about here.

Time saving hint: Have the comment subject line pre-prepared with "The (team name) select:" then make sure your Draft Prospect list has each player's name, position, and school filled out. You'll be able to copy and paste straight to the comment line. Use the "Reply" line to chat in the thread so you can have your pick line ready to go. If everyone does this, I guarantee we'll chop huge chunks of time off the draft.

There have been quite a few trades leading up to this draft. Tim Tebow has been traded around the the league, going from the jets, to the Texans, then onto the Patriots before landing in Minnesota... here's a run down of the last couple days:

Texans send: #124 (4th) #160 (5th) #233(7th) to the Raiders for their #100 (4th) #209 (7th)

Texans trade with Jets 2014 7th Round pick for Tebow. - Yes, the Texans' war room stuns the NFL - and their fans - worlds.

The Browns have reached a deal with the Eagles for Safety Kurt Coleman, and the 218th pick for the Browns' 175th pick.

Rams send #16, #113 and OT Rodger Saffold to Cardinals for #7 and #140

Redskins trade #51 and #229 for Ravens #62, #130, and #165

Atlanta trades Stephen Nicholas and 5th rd (#163) to Titans for Colin McCarthy and Titans 7th round pick (#216).

Seahawks send: #56 and #231 to Texans for their 2014 1st round pick

Cards get: #10 (1300) + #70 (240) + 163 (26.2) Titans get: #16 (1,000) + #38 (520) + 2014 6th

Revis traded by Jets to Vikings for their 25th, 83rd and 155th picks

Broncos trade WR Andre Caldwell and 2014 7th rounder for Vikings 6th rounder (#189)

Cardinals Sent: QB Hoyer and #176 overall (6th Round)to Houston for QB Tebow, RB Ben Tate and #231 overall (7th round)

Redskins get 178, 215, and the Texans '14 7th, and the Jets get 162

New England has agreed to a trade with the Arizona Cardinals. New England will send their 29th, 91st, 235th, Brandon Spikes, and Ryan Mallett to the Arizona Cardinals. The Arizona Cardinals will send New England their 10th overall pick, their 113th, their 231st, and FB Tim Tebow.

The Titans trade 2.38 and a 2014 6th to Seattle for CB Brandon Browner

The Browns trade the 6th overall pick, Jabaal Sheard, the 139th overall pick and the 237th overall pick to the Raiders for the 3rd overall pick

Seahawks trade 2/38 to Cleveland for 5/164, 2014 1st round and 4th round pick

The New England Patriots trade QB/FB/TE Tim Tebow and the 231st pick in the 2013 draft to the Minnesota Vikings for their 6th round pick in the 2014 draft.

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