1.07 Pittsburgh BIG PAPAS — WR Michael Floyd

	In the real world: Floyd, who set Notre Dame career receiving records for catches (271), yards (3,686), 100-yard games (17) and touchdowns (37), will play the role that Anquan Boldin used to play in the Arizona Cardinals' offense. Similar in size to 2007 1st-rounder Dwayne Bowe, and some scouts have compared the two. Kevin Weidl (Scouts, Inc.) wrote on February 17: "Floyd is a bit tight in his routes and lacks ideal suddenness, but his downfield ball skills are second to none. He's a physical receiver who tracks the ball well and uses his 6'3", 229-pound frame to his advantage in jump-ball situations." Todd McShay: "He is really good and has a little more explosiveness." A 4.47 40—faster than smaller, lighter receivers like Kendall Wright—could have people thinking twice about putting Floyd in same "possession receiver" mold as Keyshawn Johnson. Gil Brandt even suggested that Floyd could be drafted before Justin Blackmon after his Pro Day performance. KC Joyner notes that Floyd's yards-per-attempt averages in 2011 were inferior to those of his peers. Thing is, the yards-per-attempt averages of the QBs at Notre Dame the past two years (Dayne Crist, Tommy Rees) have been more than two yards less than their predecessor (Jimmy Clausen). (Joyner retorts that "Reuben Randle also had mediocre QBs throwing to him. A.J. Jenkins had better stats in an inconsistent offense. Even Alshon Jeffery posted better numbers and South Carolina had a really bad offense for most of the 2011 season.") Three alcohol-related offenses in less than two years nearly ruined his 2011 season before it even started (and had he been suspended, that would have brought down his draft stock); however, it sounds like he has overcome that particular issue.
	In the TUFF world: Pittsburgh has a young and developing wideout corps, headed up by Victor Cruz and Antonio Brown. Floyd could also start right away, although he'll have to compete against Golden Tate and Damian Williams. Andy Lothschutz is happy to have Floyd; he admitted that he had reservations about having both Blaine Gabbert and Justin Blackmon on the same team.
	Cheer, cheer for Old Notre Dame: Pittsburgh now has three Golden Domers on their roster: Floyd and Tate (who were teammates in 2008-09) and RB Ryan Grant. Tate was a first-round pick by the BIG PAPAS in 2010.

3.13 Baltimore Brown Clowns — QB Ryan Lindley

In the real world: Lindley came into 2011 as one of college football's top QB prospects, but his draft stock took a big hit due to durability and accuracy issues. He went to the Arizona Cardinals, who I figure will make him the third-string "developmental" QB. Lindley has blamed his accuracy problems on poor footwork. ESPN analyst Ron Jaworski says, "I looked at a bunch of his tapes. Now, I can put a highlight reel together and show you 25 throws that you would say this guy should be a first-round pick. Unfortunately, I could show you 25 throws where you say he shouldn't be drafted at all."

In the TUFF world: Usually, when a guy has first-round arm strength but has inconsistent accuracy (in a less competitive conference, the Mountain West) and falls to Round 6, that speaks of poor touch, not footwork. Hey, it's late Round 3, and this is a good spot to take a "iffy" prospect like this.