You may be wondering what Universaldraft.com is, as chances are you've never heard of it before. It is the union of ideas from CK, Boomer and myself into one site that is focused on the NFL Draft and the eligible prospects for this year and beyond. This site will have detailed scouting reports on every prospect listed (although they are not all uploaded yet ) when all is said and done. Over the course of the next week, you will see more and more player analysis pages added, until every player has a detailed scouting report. I personally have devoted a great deal of my time as have others, to this over the last few months, and it has seen several variations as the site has become ever more fine tuned. Hopefully this site becomes a welcome addition to your must see list of draft websites. Please note that this site is being debuted here at ThePhins.com first, and then will disseminated to other sites as time progresses. Please understand that there is still some fine tuning of the site that is presently going on. Managing it between just us three can be hard at times, as we all have alternate lives,..........or at least CK and Boomer claim to. Anyways, the basic point is please let us know if you see anything that needs fixing, and expect some aspects of the site to possibly change a little. Thanks for your understanding and I hope you like what we've done so far. Currently there are player analysis pages for Offensive Tackles, Inside Linebackers, some of the Center and corner prospects. Please be patient as each day you'll see more and more content added. So, without further long winded musings I present: http://universaldraft.com/Home_Page.html Enjoy. Oh, by the way, the mailbag hasn't been linked to email addresses yet, but that will added within the next day or two.
I like the design. Nice and simplistic. The content is and should be the first thing that pops out. Never been high on the marquee effect, though. Other than that I haven't really dove into it. Those are just my first impressions. Nice work so far What is the content management system you are using? Joomla! is a nice, free one. You can find out about it here. http://www.joomla.org . I don't know if you guys are looking to keep it looking and acting the way it is (looks and acts nice, btw) but the front page of this site (http://www.thephins.com/) is made with Joomla! and it's not very difficult to use.
This is a spectacular idea! Hope it works out for you guys. You should add a forum if at all possible. Just judging from draftcountdown.com it would be a hit. I fully expect this site to be even better than that one eventually!
Joomla is a good program, as we get more comfortable with the daily upkeep and such of the site we will explore all options. So once we get past the Draft and have a little respit - in relative terms, the site will expand and evolve.
Okay cool. Just figured I'd give you a heads up if you didn't know about it. List of CMSs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_content_management_systems
Pushing out into the world Conu? Good, glad to hear it, except for the Redskins have said they will take a Tackle and of course the Jags lost Barnes to the Raiders today...leaving Jordan Black as their LT... Can we mock your mocks? If I can be serious for a moment, what is the purpose of Universaldraft?
The purpose I guess , would be to provide a better level of breakdown than what can be found already out there for free. I have looked at a few other websites over the course of my time on the web, and have been left asking why do they sound contradictory. The other guys feel the same, and differently about it. We hope to use the team drafting tables, as they become more in depth and expansive to produce more accurate Mock Drafts. In short. Also to provide a database of player profiles that can be available to the users here first and then hopefully expand as time goes along.
Well, I for one would like thanks the guys who run ThePhins.com - and that is everyone associated with the daily operation. The Mods and especially the ownership. It is not often that an individual's site is allowed to be shown on another site with nor reprocussions. I cannot say THANK YOU enough to the Mods and Management of the ThePhins.com for their blessing on this venture.
And added to favorites in 3,2,1 ...done. Thanks guys, that really helps us guys who love the draft but don't know much about a lot of prospects, love how its all organized in the new site. Look forward to spending an inordinate amount of time on there.
Coming, coming. Just need a little time. The current Mock is mine by the way, so if anyone wants to say who went where........blame me.
Noticed a few content errors that you might want to correct: -In the mock draft, for the Everette Brown/Browns pick, you say that Orakpo went off the board at #2 to St. L when you have him going #4 to Seattle -In the mock draft, under the Brian Cushing/Bills pick, you mispelled Kawika Mitchell's name -In the mock draft, under Maclin/Texans pick, the wide receiver is Kevin Walter, not Kevin Curtis, who is the WR at Philly -In the Bears/Peria Jerry pick, you mis-spelled Dvoracek -In the OLB rankings, for everyone you have ht, wt, and 40 time except Connor Barwin... he has no height and has his 10 yard split in there instead, you probably want continuity with your rankings -In the OLB rankings, Johnny Williams' ht, wt, 40 time, etc aren't bolded like the rest -In the TE rankings, Jared Bronson, has '10 yard split' written where it should be 'stock' -In the OT rankings, Dan Gay's projection says 'Roun' not 'Round' -In CB rankings, Vontae Davis has no height, he has 10 yard split instead That was just a quick run through, I will let you know if I find anything else. Glad to see you guys putting together something like this, it will definitely be worth checking back to. Best of luck.
Many thanks. We'll make the adjustments. Thanks man. I'm sure there will be others, it has 132 pages right now, so I'm sure we have a couple of things to fix. But thanks for the heads up. I will get on those.
Conu, CK and Boomer what a great idea and what a helper to someone like myself. I don't have a great deal of knowledge in the draft area and this will be a great tool for me as I watch and learn about the upcoming draft. You guys rock
Congratulations fellas. Hopefully you'll be able to make some money soon using AdWords or other advertising. Best of luck.
That would be nice. It will take some time, but if we can keep the content up to date we should be fine. Hopefully.
cool, added to favorites. need to learn some stuff from you guru's. ever asked dm to spiffy it up a little bit or add stuff? she's pretty artistic.
Great idea and another source of information. Well done the design is very good. Look forward to checking it out regularly. Thanks
Very nice, stuck it in the favs folder *edit* A quick suggestion actually. Unless Im missing it, you dont have an update date on your drafts. Might be nice to know what the date was that you released your latest version was.
This sounds like a great initiative - has been discussed for several years and I'm glad to see its now off the ground. I will be a frequent visitor and wish you guys all the best.
Tankas to all of you. I too have a new favorite added now. I noticed the PLAYER ANALYSIS didn't have any. Is there a reason for this? Thanks again. This is much needed for alot of people.
Centers, Offensive Tackles, and Corners have the links added, although the whole class hasn't been linked in each position. As this week progresses outisde linebackers and guards at the very least will be added.
You are one of the most knowledgeable draft posters I have ever read. I look forward to watching this website grow. Also i still remember your anaylasis of Jake Longs kick-slide... amazing.
Great site, boys. Bookmarked it and will check it to see your updates! You three deserved a whole sandbox to yourselves. Good on ya.
