Although she once referred to a hockey face off as a "jump puck" my mom is a pretty knowledgeable sports fan. Well, for a mom at least. She knows college football and Detroit Tigers baseball, and she's been known to dabble when it comes to NBA basketball.      

    Two weeks ago, I asked my for her basketball picks for part of the first ever "Gunn" Show All in the Family Prognostication Challenge, where mother and son will square off in a battle of NBA playoff wits.After reading the selections, you may be surprised to see how a 20 year-old sports fanatic fares against his not so informed casual sports fan of a mother.

       The "Gunn" Show's basketball resume:

-Casual NBA fan, fairly large Detroit Pistons fan.

-Attended Vinnie "The Microwave" Johnson's farewell game.

-Knows somebody who knows somebody who works for Joe Dumars.

-Owned a Bad Boys shirt in 1990.

 The "Gunn" Show's Picks:

Eastern Conference:

Pistons over Bucks, Cavaliers over Wizards, Heat over Bulls and Pacers over Nets.

 Western Conference:

Clippers over Nuggets, Spurs over Kings, Suns over Lakers and  Mavericks over Grizzlies.

Conference Finals:

Pistons over Heat and Spurs over Suns.

NBA Finals:

Pistons over Spurs

 Pre-playoff MVP selection:

Kobe Bryant: Led the league in scoring for the second straight year, and helped the     hapless Lakers to a 45 win season.

 The "Gunn" Show's Mom's basketball resume:

-Has an Isiah Thomas autograph.

-Has seen White Men Can't Jump numerous times

-Parks mini van in a garage sporting a basketball hoop

-Bought son a Bad Boys shirt in 1990

The "Gunn" Show's Mom's picks:

Eastern Conference:

Pistons over Bucks, Wizards over Cavaliers, Pacers over Nets and Heat over Bulls.

Western Conference:

Spurs over Kings, Nuggets over Clippers, Lakers over Suns and Mavericks over Grizzlies.

Pre playoff NBA MVP selection:

Chauncey Billups: "He has better hair than Steve Nash."

Conference Finals:

Pistons over Heat and Spurs over Lakers.

NBA finals:

Pistons over Spurs (Larry Who?).

     With most of the playoff series winding down it looks like I currently hold a slight lead over my mom after the Clippers won their series last night. We also each picked up a win after the Mavericks swept the Grizzlies. So with two of eight first round playoff series completed the score is:

The "Gunn" Show 2, The "Gunn" Show's mom 1

     While we still share many common picks including the Pacers over the Nets (I don't know how that came about) and a Pistons Spurs final, there are some match-ups that are bound to shake things up. It looks as if the Suns don't come back against the Lakers I could be in some serious trouble; especially if Kobe can help the Lakers win another series. If the Lakers do somehow, make it to the third round, I am more or less toast, and only able to pull out a tie, if the Cavaliers defeat the Wizards.

     I'm going to take a good guess that my mom is so removed from the Lakers recent controversies that she completely missed them being terrible, and made it back just in time for the wins again. But that doesn't mean I can't give her props for a great pick. At this point I'm going to go out on a limb here and say her Lakers upset may have been the best pick of the whole bunch excluding where she wrote "Larry Who?" next to her Pistons championship selection. With a quarter of the first round matches completed things are getting exciting in the first ever "Gunn" Show All in the Family Prognostication Challenge.

Jon Gunnells is a journalism junior at Michigan State University who could not fathom losing to his mom in a battle of sports wits. He can be reached at gunnell2@msu.edu. The Lakers though? Really?

            For most sports enthusiasts, this past Saturday was a time to reflect on the NFL Draft, and maybe catch a glimpse of the NHL or NBA playoffs, but for Detroit sports fans it was sports lineup that may never be topped.

12:00 p.m. NFL Draft -- ESPN

1:05 p.m. Detroit Tigers vs. Minnesota Twins -- Fox Sports Net

1:05 p.m. NCAA Baseball double header: Michigan State vs. Michigan  - Comcast Local

3:00 p.m.  NHL  Playoffs: Detroit Red Wings vs. Edmonton Oilers-- NBC

                        8:00 p.m.  NBA Playoffs: Detroit Pistons vs. Milwaukee Bucks - ESPN

11:55 a.m. - Here we go, thirteen hours of pure sports brilliance broadcast on four different networks on two different televisions, if only every American were lucky enough to have as much free time as me.

12:00 p.m. - Nothing like getting the sports television marathon started with Chris Berman and Mel Kiper who will spend the next seven hours acting like football robots.

12:11 p.m. - I hate to be the fashion police but it looks like Vince Young and Reggie Bush are dressed for the pimp daddy convention not the NFL Draft.

12:39 p.m. - And the Aaron Rogers award for biggest draft day flop goes to Matt Leinart of the USC Trojans.

1:07 p.m. - Vernon Davis is crying. I would be too if I was just drafted by the San Francisco 49ers and Alex Smith was going to be my quarterback.

1:14 p.m.- The Raiders just drafted Michael Huff. I'm going to cut myself.

1:17 p.m.- I've just gotten three phone calls since the Raiders stole the Lions only good defensive option. All my friends are calling for Leinart = Lion Hart draft pick. This could be a blessing in disguise.

1:22 p.m.- Carlos Guillen hits harder than the bass at Snoop Dogg concert. For those of you keeping score at home, that's a 2-run home run giving the Tigers a 2-0 lead, and giving Guillen 7 RBI in the last four at bats.

1:26 p.m. - Donte Whitner to the Bills at No.8 are you kidding me? It's decisions like this that lost Marv Levy four straight Super Bowls.

1:34 p.m.- Nothing like passing up a two time national championship quarterback for a injury prone linebacker from Florida State. Congratulations Ernie Sims your football career is officially over.

1:37 p.m. - Phone call from my buddy Erik: "We suck again; Ernie Sims is a walking concussion." Could be a good ploy by the Lions though, getting a guy who is so roughed up in the noggin, he won't realize he's player for the dumbest general manager in all of sports.

1:42 p.m.- The Arizona Cardinals are officially for real. Leinart, Boldin, Fitzgerald, Edgerin James. Look out NFC East.

1:43 p.m. - Tigers rookie centerfielder Curtis Granderson just smashed a 2-run shot to left field. Tigers 5, Twinkies 0.

1:47 p.m. - Guillen now has a pair of twin killings that's another Tigers 2-run home run, and 9 RBI in 5 at bats.

1:49 p.m. - This is me pre-ordering my Detroit Tigers World Series tickets. You know if the playoffs started today they would have the Wild Card.

1:54 p.m. - Next Monday is Pudge Rodriguez growth poster giveaway night at Comerica Park. I wonder if the SBC Park has a Barry Bonds Human Growth Hormone poster giveaway night.

2:28 p.m. - Looks like I dozed off there for a short while. No matter. I could take a seven hour nap and the Tigers would still be cranking home runs, the score is 11-0 now.

2:32 p.m. - With the 15^th pick in the 2006 NFL Draft the St. Louis Rams select Ty Hildenbrandt, Cornerback from Clemson. Great first the competition, and now he gets drafted before me.

2:34 p.m. - Whoops my bad. That was Tye Hill, not Hildenbrandt. See I knew I'd be drafted first.

2:45 p.m. - Phone is ringing. Must be the Kansas City Cheifs calling to say they're drafting me.

2:48 p.m. - Nope, just my mom.

2:58 p.m.- Guillen and the Tigers are up 13-1 now and I think I figured out why. Their batting coach is named Don Slaught. What better way to lead an offensive onslaught than with a coach named Don Slaught. This would be like having a race car driver named Acceleration McGhee.

3:01 p.m. - The game five match up between the Red Wings and the Oilers is about to get underway and the Tigers are only in the sixth inning. We need a third television.

3:10 p.m.- Ohio State players are flying off the board quicker than a hoagie fly's out of John Kruk's fridge. All the Buckeye player highlights are against Michigan State. I'm waiting for the John L. Smith sound byte to come on.

"THE KIDS ARE PLAYING THEIR TAILS OFF AND THE COACHES ARE SCREWIN' IT UP."

3:17 p.m. - The last sound you hear before muting the television showing the NFL draft is "click- clack." These Under Armour commercials are more annoying than those tools from the Applebee's spots.

3:25 p.m. - Bases loaded for the Tigers. Craig Monroe is going to lead us to the promised land, and Justin Verlander is the greatest pitcher ever.

3:29 p.m. - Does Merril Hodge realize how bad his pink shirt looks with a tan suit and tie. Someone get Jeff Garcia over there to give some fashion tips.

3:35 p.m.- Tamba Hali's highlight reel is also full of clips versus MSU, great representation team. Go Green.

3:37 p.m.- Bases loaded again. I'm like a kid in a candy store.

4:18 p.m. - The Oilers just scored a goal at the same time the Giants traded the 25^th overall pick. I think this is a big government conspiracy. Grassy knoll.

4:20 p.m. - Through about four and a half hours of non-stop sports indulgence the highlight is not the 18 runs put up by the Tigers but the Visa commercial with the break dancing worm.

4:25 p.m.-There's another goal. Oil Embargo 2, Red Wings 0

4:30 p.m. - Oil spot in my driveway 3, Wings 0. I need a drink.

4:49 p.m.- Brendan Shannahan just scored what is probably his first playoff goal in about 13 years, I hope he feels less dead inside now.

5:25 p.m.- The kooky Applebee's singers just got the Gilligan's Island theme song stuck in my head.

5:33 p.m. - "The professor and Mary Anne, here on Gilligan's Island!"

5:35 p.m. - New England just drafted Chad Jackson. These guys never seem to make a bad pick.

5:40 p.m. - You know what I haven't had in a while? Big League Chew.

5:55 p.m. - The 7-11 down the street does not sell big league chew, but they do have beef jerky that sits in a tin like the adult form of big league chew. Classy.

5:58 p.m. - After pulling their goalie and getting another skater on the ice Henrik Zetterberg drilled a shot from the point to make the score 3-2 in Edmonton's favor. Too little too late.

6:00 p.m.- The only thing worse than the Wings game five loss is Jimmy Williams's mutton chops. What did shaving go out of style?

6:05 p.m.- White Men Can't Jump is on TNT, today's television lineup just gained a bunch of cool points.

6:19 p.m.- There's an MLS game on EPSN 2, today's television lineup just lost all of it's cool points.

6:24 p.m -The Lions just drafted Daniel Bullocks from Nebraska. But before he could step up to the podium the Michigan Football team rushed the field. Just kidding, Michigan doesn't cheat like that.

6:27 p.m.- Speaking of Michigan, that baseball doubleheader is going strong. Michigan leads MSU 4-2 in the 5^th inning right now which is too bad because one of my former roommates is pitching now for the Spartans.

6:37 p.m.- I really thought he could have gotten the Spartans the win, I mean he is on the juice. No really, he's on Vitamin C pills called the juice.

6:41 p.m.- LenDale White just got drafted to the tune of a shirt that says Chauncey Billups got robbed. That's right. Hatin' MVP voters be actin' a fool.

8:28 p.m.- That's definitely a post dinner induced coma. I just missed the Lions third round pick and the beginning of the Pistons game.

8:39 p.m. - How come whenever I wake up from a day time nap I feel messed up like I just ate too much sugar, or ate a whole block of cheese for dinner again? Now I know how Ernie Sims feels after a concussion.

8:36 p.m.- An ultra delayed text message informs me that Brian Calhoun is the newest Lion. Yay! Now we have three backup running backs not capable of taking the burden off of injury prone Kevin Jones or mediocre quarterback Jon Kitna.

9:00 p.m.- Sorry, no real updates to be had here. The Pistons are not making a good sports day of this at all.

10:56 p.m. - Chalk one up in the loss column for the Pistons who just got dropped by the Bucks by 20 points. It's a different era in Detroit when the Lions and the Tigers had a better day than the Pistons.

     If you count the few hours I slept for, it's a total of 11 hours of pure Detroit sports coverage. Sure Matt Millen screwed up the draft as always and the Pistons and Red Wings got beat by teams they were better than, the point is the Tigers won, and my phone is once again ringing, meaning the Patriots are probably trying to call about my impending multi-million dollar contract.

Jon Gunnells is a journalism junior at Michigan State University who seriously declared for the NFL draft like two years ago. If you're an NFL team, you can reach him at gunnell2@msu.edu

Just when you thought it was safe to read my blog, I'm back with another not-so-celebrity interview with Ramsey our Detroit Lions insider.

Q: First of all I would like to welcome you, Ramsey, as the second guest on The "Gunn" Show. Many people out there may not know that you are in fact my phone book's version of Len Pasquerelli.  Could you enlighten our readers with your Lions expertise is?

A:  Well I should first mention that the name Cryin' Lion was given to me by local radio personalities on sports talk stations in the Detroit-area after my constant complaining about the Lions, most notably during the Marty Mornhinweg era.  I made my online blogging debut in 2001 on The Best Damn Sports Site, covering the Lions, Tigers, Pistons, and Redwings.  In 2003, I served as a Lions insider for TheOnlineSportsCenter.  Unfortunately, being a full-time employee and student has kept me from devoting more time in the form of a blog.  I am a currently a contributor to MLive.com's Highlight Reel, which features Lions coverage.  Although I have never done any work with Fox Sports or ESPN, I have talked Lions with John Clayton, Stuart Scott, Chris Berman, and Shaun Salisbury (Most of which was during their Super Bowl coverage in Detroit.)  I am also currently working on a Lions documentary, Welcome to the Jungle, that will highlight the 2005 season and the off-season moves.  It is due for completion before the start of training camp.

Q: Many "Gunn" Show readers are also unaware that both you and I got our online blogging start at TheOnlineSportsCenter. Anyway,I heard you have a knack for meeting Detroit Lions players and coaches in odd places. Can you tell me about some of your of your more exciting encounters?

A:  Well, considering I live about five minutes away from the Lions team hotel and practice facility, running into a Lion isn't hard.  Anyway, here are some of the more exciting ones.  I have rented a car to Eddie Drummond (in a past job), parked Steve Mariucci's car (in a past job), met Roy Williams and Kevin Jones at game four of the 2005 NBA finals, met Mike Martz at the Hyatt Regency in Dearborn (during the infamous "QB School" week), and bumped into Cory Schlesinger and Wali Rainer during doctor visits (we share the same family doctor).

Q: Many "Gunn" Show regulars are obviously unaware that your next door neighbor is the person who enlightened me regarding the NGS I. I've also heard your neighbor is a fairly big Lions fan, but which one of you is a bigger Lions fan?

A:  You should be thankful you have such a nice friend.  It's nice having a Lions fan in the neighborhood that isn't in his 70s.  Eric does give me some pretty tough competition.  I can't actually admit to owning a Lions bumper sticker, but until Eric runs into Rod Marinelli at the dentist's office, I think I still have the edge.

Q: Has your neighbor's dog's incessant barking ever bothered you during a Lions game?

A:  Actually, Eric's dog is pretty quiet; however, I did hear it yell out some dog obscenities after the officials blew that call in the Tampa Bay game. 

Q: It seems that Joey Harrington is a mortal lock to become a Dolphin for somewhere around the bargain basement price of a seventh round draft pick. Give me an analogy that describes the steal that the Dolphins are pulling on Matt Millen.

A:  It's like having a girlfriend that you think is ugly, but all of your friends think she's hot.  Her birthday is coming up on June 15^th, so you will dump her by then, or you're going to be hit hard in the wallet.  So rather than wait until June and dump her, you reach an agreement with one of your friends to trade her for a tuna sandwich, with extra mayo.

Then, to make matters worse, your friend and his new girlfriend are scheduled to visit you this Thanksgiving and your ex is suddenly beautiful.

Q: I'm glad I'm not your girlfriend. Anyway, I'd like to know what you think the Lions direction should be in this weekend's NFL Draft?  I've heard that Michael Huff is a viable option at number nine, but if he wasn't available, who would you select?

A:  The Lions should focus on defensive backs and offensive linemen.  In the rare case that a defense star, such as AJ Hawk drops to the Lions, I would make an exception.  Michael Huff would be an excellent addition to this team.  Then again, the Lions were supposed to draft Texas linebacker Derrick Johnson last year, who was also the "perfect fit".

Ferguson and Hawk are the obvious choices if they are there, but since that probably won't happen I hope for Huff.  If all three are not available, that should mean that Cutler or Young may still be sitting there at No. 9.  The Cardinals would jump at either QB, so the Lions may have leverage to trade that pick to teams that are after Arizona that may want either QB (sorry Gunn, but John Navarre is not the future of Arizona.)  If they trade their pick to down a few slots, they may still be able to draft Winston Justice.  The scary thing is that Matt Millen is the man in charge.  He has a history of drafting on talent, rather on team needs, so something tells me we are going to end up with Santonio Holmes.

Q:  If you were Matt Millen who would you be eyeing in the second round?

A: Matt Millen also has a history of taking risks on injury prone linebackers in the second round (Bailey, Lehman).  It may not have worked out in the past, but one risk worth taking is Florida State corner Antonio Cromartie.  He missed the entire 2005 season, recovering from an Achilles injury, which has knocked him out of being a first-rounder.  He looked really good at the combine and has since healed 100%.  He's an instant play maker and has that risk-taking mentality like Dre' Bly.  He can also return kicks when Eddie Drummond suffers his annual injury during week 2.

The "Gunn" Show: I guess that is where we disagree friend. Cromartie only started one game in college and I put more stock into that than being able to jump over some boxes and run in between cones on a random weekend. I think the players should be judged more on their on the field accomplishments than say, how quickly they run a non-wind aided 40 yard dash. Then again, this is the Lions and at Matt Millen will be running the draft. So taking a good looking player over a good playing player looks like a great possibility. Well, it looks like we're out of time. Thanks again for stopping by, and we hope to have you back soon on The "Gunn"  Show.

Ramsey (a.k.a.) Ramzstyle:Thank you for having me, it is an honor to be a guest on such an insightful blog.

Jon Gunnells is a journalism junior from Michigan State University who doesn't like the idea of the Lions letting Matt Millen run another draft. He can be reached at gunnell2@msu.edu.

    

Welcome to The "Gunn" Show where NFL draft predictions are sloppier than the Vikings defense

     Just by reading the blogs on Foxsports.com you would never know the NFL Draft existed. Luckily, I am here to reassure you it does. As a matter of fact, the NFL Draft is scheduled to culminate this weekend, and once again, without my superior football insight you probably wouldn't have known that either.

     In light of the NFL Draft which is (gasp!) less than two days away, I will offer up to you something that has never been seen before. Not online, not on television, not on the radio and especially not on Foxsports.com blog threads. Ladies and gentleman give it up for "The Gunn Show's" first ever mock draft - a complete first round shakedown of picks with a quirky anecdote that you may not have known.

1. Houston Texans -- Reggie Bush RB USC -- Just like you've never heard of or seen a mock draft, you've probably never heard of Reggie Bush. Take my word on this one, I think he Bush be good enough to lead the Texans to an unprecedented 6-10 season next year.

2. New Orleans Saints -- Jay Cutler QB Vanderbilt -- First round draft picks from Vanderbilt occur about as often as the Saints make an intelligent draft day decision. Cutler and the Saints are like two peas in a pod. And by peas in a pod I mean Ditka should have really traded this pick away in the late 90s with all the others.

3. Tennessee Titans -- Matt Lienart QB USC-- If Lienart can only live up to expectations set forth by former Titans quarterback Steve Mcnair, the Titans should be a broken rib, a fractured thumb, a hamstring pull and a concussion away from Lienart sitting on the bench watching Billy Volek.

4. New York Jets -- Mario Williams DE N.C. State -- Analysts say defense wins championships. They also say Mario Williams is the next Julius Peppers- which is just fantastic because now Williams can also not win a Super Bowl because his team  focused on defense and didn't draft a running back.

5. Green Bay Packers -- A.J. Hawk LB Ohio State --  Nothing like killing two birds with one stone. The Packers get the linebacker they need, and the leader they need to choke Brett Favre when he opts out of retirement next season.

6. San Francisco 49'ers -- Vernon Davis TE Maryland -- I have zero justification for this pick beyond what NFL.COM draft expert Pat Kirwin has previously written.

"If Alex Smith doesn't get a go-to player like Vernon Davis, the pressure will mount quickly in the Bay Area."

Or they could draft Vince Young and release the mounting pressure in the Niners front office because they thought Alex Smith could be good even if he was surrounded by go-to players.

7. Oakland Raiders -- Vince Young QB Texas -- Young is an inspiration to any quarterback who ever had a good combine without accidentally going too far and becoming Jay Cutler.

8. Buffalo Bills -- D'Brickashaw Ferguson OT Virginia -- I have no reason to believe D'Brickashaw Ferguson will end up in a Bills uniform. I also have no reason to believe that "big bricky" won't have a heart attack before training camp. At least this way the Bills will get some exposure beyond the normal exposure they get for having a worse 2005 season than the Detroit Lions.

9. Detroit Lions -- Antonio Cromartie CB Florida State -- The Lions are notorious for picking cornerbacks and strong safeties that could not cover a kiddy pool with an oversized tarp. This is why the Lions pass on Michael Huff and draft a player whose college career spanned one game. Plus if Cromartie cannot provide big play potential like former draft picks Chris Cash and Andre Goodman they can always convert him to a wide receiver.

10. Arizona Cardinals -- Broderick Bunkley DT Florida State -- It's tough to know what happens more often: Arizona Cardinals draft picks imploding or former Florida State players getting arrested. In either case this selection has ineptitude written all over it.

11. St. Louis Rams -- Michael Huff SS Texas -- The good news is Huff won't ruin his career in Detroit. The bad news is he can ruin it in St. Louis who without Mike Martz has about as much as a chance of winning a Super Bowl as I do winning the NGS II.

12. Cleveland Browns -- Haloti Ngata DT Oregon -- Ngata fits Cleveland's 3-4 defensive scheme like an old shoe. Ironically, 3-4 is also the number of people if will take to carry Ngata away from every post game meal.

13. Baltimore Ravens -- Winston Justice DT USC -- This selection could work out very well for the defensive minded Ravens. Or it could end with multiple stab wounds in Justice's back when he inadvertently steals Ray Lewis's thunder.

14. Philadelphia Eagles -- Bobby Carpenter LB Ohio State -- Some say fellow Ohio State player Nick Mangold could end up here, but personally I say he isn't injury prone enough to join the Eagles sickly squad.

15. Denver Broncos -- LenDale White RB USC -- In a bazaar front office move, Mike Shannahan passes up team needs to be the first coach to draft two overrated out of shape running backs in consecutive years.

16. Miami Dolphins --Ernie Simms LB Florida State-- Nick Saban chooses talent over team needs in a similar fashion to how he usually chooses money over team loyalty. With Simms the Dolphins not only get a strong defensive hitter, they also get a player with a criminal background to make Ricky Williams look less despicable.

17. Minnesota Vikings -- Manny Lawson OLB N.C. State -- Going from an east coast home to a northern city like Minnesota should be about as welcoming to Lawson as a gun shot wound.

18. Dallas Cowboys -- Kamerion Wimbley OLB Florida State -- If it were any other team that had these many first round picks I'd be running out of jokes. Fortunately for me, the school is Florida State so the mere mention of any of the following key words: Assault and battery, armed robbery, DUI,  and criminal misconduct, work just find as a clever punch line.

19. San Diego Chargers -- Nick Mangold C Ohio State -- Does anyone else find it humorous that a player with the name Mangold will be playing a position where a quarterback will start each play by touching his Mangold? Now also seems like an appropriate time to mention this pick works because San Diego is near San Francisco.

20. Kansas City -- Tamba Hali DE Penn State -- Our old chum Pat Kirwin says Tamba Hali has a motor that does not quit. It should fit in pretty nicely with the Chiefs collective defensive motor which has never started.

21. New England -- Chad Greenway OLB Iowa -- After failing to draft a linebacker uglier than his cut off sweatshirts, New England mastermind coach Bill Bellichick must settle for what's available.

22. San Francisco --????-- In a strange cost cutting move by the stingy San Francisco front office, the 49ers fail to draft a player with their second first round selection. Instead they opt to trade the rights to Alex Smith jokes for a sack of cash.

23. Tampa Bay Buccaneers -- Santonio Holmes WR Ohio State -- The transition to the NFL will be tough for Holmes especially since as the 23rd overall draft pick, he will be making far less money for the Buc's than he did with the Bucks.

24. Cincinnati -- Jimmy Williams CB Virginia Tech --Failing to draft another offensive counterpart with the surname Johnson, the Bengals opt for a cornerback to counter the great AFC Central arms of Kyle Boller, and Trent Dilfer.

25. N.Y. Giants -- Tye Hill CB Clemson -- The Giants need hill to replace R.W. McQuarters on the depth chart. I'll explain using my favorite R-DUB moment. It's late in the 2005 season and the city of Detroit is bent on Fire Millen! chants and booing the Lions through and through. In a nut shell, the Bengals come to town and right when you think things can't get much worse, McQuarters shows a glimmer of hope and breaks free on a kick return. A split second later he trips over his own feet and fumbles the ball right into the Bengals special teams' player. Long live the Lions, long live the Giants.

26. Chicago Bears -- Eric Winston T Miami -- Chicago definitely needs some of the ninth floor bad boys from The "U" to cancel out the fact that the Bears head coach is named Lovie.

27. Carolina Panthers -- Laurence Maroney RB Minnesota -- For those of you who still  think defense wins championships look no further than this selection, which could actually happen, to prove your point wrong. The Panthers got the "you need a real running back" memo about three years late- must have been missing that TPS report cover.

28. Jacksonville Jaguars -- D'Angelo Williams RB Memphis-- After the Jaguars found out Fred Taylor's groin was made of papier-m