Draft Speculatin’

After hiring away Bobby Petrino before the NFL season was over, the Razorbacks aren’t among Atlanta Falcons fans’ favorite teams. However, according to a mock first-round NFL draft recently compiled by Rivals.com, Atlanta fans may soon have less reason to hate the Hogs. That’s because Rivals has the Falcons taking Darren McFadden with the No. 3 pick in the first round. (Note: the exact order of the No. 3-5 picks has yet to be determined.) Alas, Felix is nowhere to be found.

However, Felix does chart - at No. 29 - on the site’s ranking of the top 100 draft prospects. McFadden is No. 3, behind Matt Ryan and Glenn Dorsey.

Filed under: NFL Draft, Felix Jones, Darren McFadden — Stephen at 12:17 pm on Tuesday, January 22, 2008

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Comment by KevinHog

January 22, 2008 @ 5:13 pm

I would hate to see Mcfadden go to the Falcons for a number of reasons. One of them is that the Falcons play my Saints twice a year. Speaking of which, I’ve enjoyed reading reports that say the Saints beating the Falcons on MNF contributed to Petrino coming to Arkansas. Rarely does the pro team that you root for end up helping out your college team!

As for Felix, I think certainly some team is going to wise up and look into Mcfadden’s shadow and find that Felix is a wonderful player that is more than capable of contributing on Sundays.

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Comment by BlindHog

January 23, 2008 @ 7:10 am

I don’t want to see Darren go to Atlanta because the owner is obviously a jerk whose negative attitude has affected his whole team. Darren would not fit in. If he has a good agent they will pull an Archie Manning and let Atlanta know before the draft that they are not available.

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Comment by CharlieHog

January 23, 2008 @ 10:09 am

I’m sure Darren would mind living in the ATL. All the other players seem to do just fine with the owner, except for all the sucking and losing.

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