2004 NFL Draft Mailbag

Some of you readers have been kind enough to take the time to write, so I thought I'd share some of that correspondence here on the site. Feel free to give your feedback at LouPickney@hotmail.com.

Hello Lou thank you for responding to me because I love talking NFL draft no matter how early it is. I have seen your new (updated) mock draft and I see that you moved Steven Jackson up to #6 with the Lions. I like that pick for them becuase I do feel that he will be a better more consistent NFL RB than Kevin Jones. I also agree to your assesment that where the two TE's (Winslow and Troupe) go will be a huge story in the draft.

Lou: I'd give Jackson the edge at this point over Jones, though both have big potential for great things in the NFL. Size is a concern for Jones, though I have heard comparisons made with how Clinton Portis has succeeded in Denver despite not having an Eddie George-sized frame. But if Jones can have a dynamite combo, he might be able to move past Jackson -- I don't see the gap there as being particularly huge between the two talented RBs.

Plus number 32..Rodney leslie? Are you a Dolphins fan???

Lou: I'm no Dolphins fan, for sure. I've since revised the board and moved Jones ahead of Perry, though that's more because of Jones' rise in the rankings in many scouts' lists. I still think that Perry would be a wonderful fit for the Patriots, working as a great feature back in conjunction with the speedy Kevin Faulk.

As for Rodney Leslie, that seems unlikely the more I look at it gives that the Pats used a Top 15 pick on a defensive tackle last year. But a speedy WR at the end of the first round for New England would not be an unbelievable turn of events, helping to inject some youth into the Patriots' WR corps.