There was plenty of "I just want to play football somewhere" and "It doesn't matter where I go," cliches at this afternoon's NFL Draft Luncheon at the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers, but Darren McFadden strayed from that a bit. He's convinced, should he be around when the Jets pick sixth, they'll take him.
"I feel like if I’m still up there when they’re picking, they’re probably going to try to take me," McFadden said.
McFadden had nothing concrete go on, saying, "Talking to them, I get that vibe."
Reminded that all teams try to make players feel welcome during the pre-draft interview process, McFadden said, "I felt it more with the Jets."
I'll have more of that in tomorrow's paper, as well as comments from some of the other projected top picks, including Vernon Gholston, Chris Long and Matt Ryan. Ryan veered for a moment from his stock answers when I asked him if teams were as secretive with draft picks as they are with the media.
"Probably more so," Ryan said with a laugh. "You leave these meetings hoping for some feedback like, 'Hey that was a great workout, Matt,' or 'You did a great job with the interview process.' You get NOTHING."
See, everyone's in the same boat here.
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I was just coming on here to nail it to ya', Borland. Nice job. : )
Yo erik, the jets just traded robertson to the broncos, wake up!