Updated: September 24, 2009, 11:15 AM ET
Behind the Big Board: M.A.S.H. Unit
Making Mel Kiper defend his Big Board. This week: the injury question
Take a look at Mel Kiper's current Big Board, and one thing sticks out: It seems as if half these guys are hurt. Now, historically, being on the Big Board has never been seen as some kind of curse -- Kiper did say Matthew Stafford would be a No. 1 draft pick ... when he was still 18 -- but if this is supposed to represent a confluence of ability and how it translates into the assessments of scouts and then onto the real draft board, then, well, aren't a lot of red flags being ignored?
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Mel Kiper
- The Big Board (11/18)
- Top five by position: Seniors | Juniors (11/18)
- 11/23: PP: UCLA's Brian Price
- 11/19: Mel's Matchups: Week 12
- 11/18: BtBB: The junior jump (or not)
- 11/16: PP: Rise of McCluster
- 11/12: Mel's Matchups: Week 11
- 11/11: BtBB: Colt McCoy's stock
- 11/9: PP: A Buckeye revival
- 11/5: Mel's Matchups: Secondary wars
- 11/4: BtBB: The fall of Taylor Mays
- 11/2: PP: Iowa's Zach Thomas clone
- 10/29: Matchups: A.J. Green's tough battle
- 10/28: BtBB: Dez Bryant's stock
- 10/26: PP: PSU's latest LB
- 10/21: BtBB: Falling Bradford
- 10/19: PP: The "real" McCoy
- 10/14: BtBB: Suh and McCoy
- 10/12: PP: Suh-preme
- The Big Board (10/7)
- 10/7: BtBB: Locker & Clausen
- 10/5: PP: Why scouts like Spiller
- The Big Board (9/30)
- 9/30: BtBB: Cincy rising
- 9/28: PP: Tigers' safety on the prowl
- 9/23: BtBB: The injury question
- 9/21: PP: Locker shows refinement
- 9/14: PP: Berry upstaged vs. UCLA
- 9/11: BtBB: McCoy rises, Bradford sticks
- 9/9: The Big Board
- 9/7: Personnel points, Week 1
- 8/20: BtBB: Snead over McCoy?
Todd McShay and Scouts Inc.
- Player Rankings: Top 100
- NFL Draft Blog (updated daily)
- Cheat Sheets: QB | RB | WR | TE | OL
- Cheat Sheets: DL | LB | DB
- 11/23: Les Miles' stock dropping
- 11/20: McShay: Draft buzz Week 12
- 11/18: McShay: DE Morgan heads class
- 11/13: McShay: Draft buzz Week 11
- 11/12: McShay: Top 5 tight ends in college
- 11/9: McShay: Five on the rise
- 11/2: McShay: Masoli's great night
- 10/30: McShay: Spiller's stock rising
- 10/26: McShay: Bradford may not be top 10
- 10/25: McShay: High on Spiller
- 10/19: McShay: The rise of Ingram
- 10/19: McShay/Weidl: Bradford is falling
- 10/15: Muench: Top USC and ND prospects
- 10/14: McShay: Top OU/Texas prospects
- 10/5: McShay: Clausen's stock rising
- 9/25: McShay: Locker flies up the chart
- 9/23: McShay: Tebow misses big chance
- 9/10: McShay: Film room: Terrelle Pryor
- 9/3: McShay: Film room: Tight Ends
More Features
- 11/17: The Draft Lab: Trent Williams
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- 11/3: The Draft Lab: Terrence Cody
- 10/27: The Draft Lab: Marvin Austin
- 10/20: The Draft Lab: Navorro Bowman
- 10/6: The Draft Lab: Brandon Lang
- 9/29: The Draft Lab: George Selvie
- 9/22: The Draft Lab: Cornerbacks and size
- 9/15: The Draft Lab: Patrick Robinson
- Schefter: On Gary Kubiak's future
- Rumors: Crabtree's plan for SF offense
- Tools: PickCenter | Game Predictor
- Draft: Mel's Big Board (11/18) | NFL draft blog
