Gurus Quite Amusing

Colt McCoy's arm strength and size were question marks for Mel Kiper Jr., draft guru for ESPN, throughout his senior season, but now the aforementioned guru has had a chance to reassess both and now McCoy is at a higher on his draft prediction board.
Did McCoy grow from the first week of January until the last week of March? Or did good reviews from his individual workout last week change the rating?
The fact is, McCoy was good enough and big enough before last week and it goes to show how ridiculous most of these evaluators are with personal workouts on air. Colt McCoy has four years of game film to evaluate, but his size was an issue and now it is not, because he has had more time to evaluate his size? Come on Mel, you aren't kidding us.

Draft Gurus Battle Over Clausen

Mel Kiper Jr. and Todd McShay of ESPN make their livings by talking with NFL personnel about draft prospects and form their opinions off of those conversations. Maybe they have their own opinions as well. While I don't put much stock in either of them, they go "hot and heavy" in disagreement over Notre Dame's Jimmy Clausen.
Kiper loves him and McShay isn't so sure. I am on record that Clausen will not be great at the next level, which is what a top 10 pick is expected to be. Again, his mechanics are likened to Colt Brennan, out of Hawaii a few years ago and hasn't been heard of since. Not only that, but the Redskins are thought to be looking at Clausen as their potential franchise QB, where Brennan has been after setting so many passing records in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Clausen's rating is obviously higher than Brennan's and will get a much greater opportunity to play, but will ultimately see his career go down a similar path to Joey Harrington's.
Chalk this round of draft banter up to McShay.