Knowing what we know now: Favre,our free agents and our rookie class. Also watching or hearing about the class of 2008. If we had the abilty to take anyone,Who would u have taken?
Matt Flynn in the 1st and Brian Brahm in the 2nd so i have my two backups for the next 10 years. or not...
FIRST ROUND 1 Miami Dolphins Jake Long T Michigan 2 St. Louis Rams Chris Long DE Virginia 3 Atlanta Falcons Matt Ryan QB Boston College 4 Oakland Raiders Darren McFadden RB Arkansas 5 Kansas City Chiefs Glenn Dorsey DT LSU 6 New York Jets Vernon Gholston OLB Ohio State 7 New Orleans Saints Sedrick Ellis DT USC 8 Jacksonville Jaguars Derrick Harvey DE Florida 9 Cincinnati Bengals Keith Rivers OLB USC 10 New England Patriots Jerod Mayo ILB Tennessee 11 Buffalo Bills Leodis McKelvin CB Troy University 12 Denver Broncos Ryan Clady T Boise State 13 Carolina Panthers Jonathan Stewart RB Oregon 14 Chicago Bears Chris Williams T Vanderbilt 15 Kansas City Chiefs Branden Albert G Virginia 16 Arizona Cardinals Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie CB Tennessee St 17 Detroit Lions Gosder Cherilus T Boston College 18 Baltimore Ravens Joe Flacco QB Delaware 19 Carolina Panthers Jeff Otah T Pittsburgh 20 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Aqib Talib CB Kansas 21 Atlanta Falcons Sam Baker T USC 22 Dallas Cowboys Felix Jones RB Arkansas 23 Pittsburgh Steelers Rashard Mendenhall RB Illinois 24 Tennessee Titans Chris Johnson RB East Carolina 25 Dallas Cowboys Mike Jenkins CB South Florida 26 Houston Texans Duane Brown T Virginia Tech 27 San Diego Chargers Antoine Cason CB Arizona 28 Seattle Seahawks Lawrence Jackson DE USC 29 San Francisco 49ers Kentwan Balmer DT North Carolina 30 New York Jets Dustin Keller TE Purdue 31 New York Giants Kenny Phillips S Miami (FL)
i still like gholston, if he is still struggling into next year then maybe it was a mistake. as far as the other picks, i really have no idea i would need to look at the entire draft and see who we passed on, and who is looking like a player right now, also love the lowery pick, we should have a great cb tandem if we can pay them both.
Trade back for Kenny Phillips. Imagine that tandem with Rhodes? Damn. Use the 2nd rounder from that to get either Merling or Langford, and steal them from Miami. Those 2 are really good players.
Surprising "bust" so far - Chris Long. He isn't doing anything in St. Louis. Then again, neither is anyone else.
Ignoring the round I really like what I've seen from Matt Forte so far. He has great size, speed and very quick moves. I think the Bears are set at HB for a very long time. If we want to stay in the 1st round then maybe S. Ellis for 3-4 DE?
Nah, this guy is going to be a monster. He got his first sack last week, and will only go up from there. Remember though he is playing for St Louis... no one on that roster will put up good #s this year, that team is HORRIBLE.
I saw him in the combine and just loved how fluid he was for a 6'6 guy. I just knew he was a 3-4 DE... We had a damn good draft, but if there was a way to steal Langford, i wish they did it... i was really pissed to see him go to Miami - just like Crable going to the Pats.
Long is a football player he'll get better... he's a 3-4 OLB going to 4-3 DE - thats why I wouldn't mind a Gholston-Long trade straight up... they'd both play great right off the bat.
Everyone ragged Jerry Jones for taking Felix Jones over Mendenhall (myself included). And Jones has been nothing but electric. In fact I wonder why they don't get him the ball more often. Mendenhall hasn't gotten off of the bench.
^ Good point, but Parker never let the window open, even a little bit thus far. And based on his performance I doubt even if he has a bad week Rashard will see time.
