In order to get inside of each GM's mind relative to their collective selections, I thought up these questions for each GM to answer. It also gets a few more days out of the draft too. You can answer for both teams if you had 2, or you can condense it into 1. Favorite Pick: Best Value: Sleeper: Redo(selection you regret): Biggest Reach: The Player that got away(Player you thought would fall to you): Still in the Green Room(Player that wasn't drafted): I've have mine up later...
Favorite Pick: Saints: Ryan Kerrigan, DE Purdue Seahawks: Titus Young WR, Boise Best Value: Saints: Ryan Kerrigan, DE Purdue Seahawks: Roberts Sands, S WVU Sleeper: Saints: Shane Vereen, RB Cal Seahawks: Richard Sherman, Stanford Redo(selection you regret): Saints: Drake Nevis, DT LSU Seahawks: None Biggest Reach: Saints: Drake Nevis, DT LSU Seahawks: None The Player that got away(Player you thought would fall to you): Saints: Ryan Williams RB, VTech Seahawks: Brandon Harrs, CB The U Still in the Green Room(Player that wasn't drafted): Stevan Ridley RB LSU, Wesley Saunders TE South Carolina, a little bit Will Hill S, UF
Favorite Pick: Bills: DE Cameron Heyward, Ohio St(Round 2) Lions: DE/DT Cameron Jordan, Cal(Round 1) Best Value: Bills: CB Rashad Carmichael, Va Tech(Round 5) Lions: RB Delone Carter, Syracuse(Round 5) Sleeper: Bills: FB Charles Clay, Tulsa(Round 7) Lions: OLB K.J. Wright, Miss St(Round 4) Redo(selection you regret): Bills: None Lions: None Biggest Reach: Bills: ILB Kelvin Sheppard, LSU(Round 3. He realistically has a chance to go late round 3/early round 4 but I felt Bills really needed a LB before anyone else can go) Lions: None The Player that got away(Player you thought would fall to you): [/B] Bills: OT James Brewer(Was picking between Sheppard and Brewer but I felt that this draft had more OT's than LB's so I went with Sheppard though Brewer might have a higher grade rating) Lions: CB Prince Amukamara(Would have liked him to fall a bit more down to me but I wasn't expecting that.....still like Cam Jordan pretty much though) Still in the Green Room(Player that wasn't drafted) Florida Punter Chas Henry, Rice DE/OLB Cheta Ozougwu
Favorite Pick: Bears: Cecil Shorts, WR - I think he'll produce in the Martz offense or in a slot role for another team. Bucs: Jah Reid, OT - Made huge strides 4 years at UCF, has room to do so at the NFL lvl. Best Value: Bears: Marsh, Jones, and Shorts all fell lower than expected by a round. Bucs: Hairston, should play in the league with improved strength and conditioning Sleeper: Bears: Taiwan Jones - Blazing speed, can catch out o the backfeild. Very good change of pace option. Bucs: Locke - for similar reasons as Jones. I feel he's a good #2 back to team with Blount. Redo(selection you regret): Bears: Baldwin - Probly should have gone Oline. He's a big boom or bust reach in round 1. Reports on his attitude scare me a bit. Bucs: None. Biggest Reach: Bears: Baldwin - See above Bucs: Locke - Not elite at anything, probly coupld have landed him in the 5th, or gone with Jones. The Player that got away(Player you thought would fall to you): Bears: Pouncey - For some reason I saw him lasting till the end of round one. no luck there. Rodney Hudson - WW scouped him up right before me in round 2. Bucs: Shane Vereen - Though he would last till thier pick in the 4th, no luck.
Favorite Pick: Cardinals- Patrick Peterson, CB, LSU (1st) Browns- Stephen Paea, DT, Oregon St (2nd) Best Value: Cardinals- Patrick Peterson, CB, LSU (1st) Browns- Bruce Carter, OLB, North Carolina (3rd) Sleeper: Cardinals- Julius Thomas, TE, Portland St (6th) Browns- Edmund Gates, WR, Abilene Christian (4th) Redo(selection you regret): Cardinals- Maybe Martez Wilson... They need a pure pass rusher and I gave serious thought to Acho. Friday and Miller, who I drafted later, need time to develop. But even if Wilson fails to transition to 34 OLB, He still gives them a replacement for Dansby, whose play making skills they missed last year. Browns- None Biggest Reach: Cardinals- None Browns- None The Player that got away(Player you thought would fall to you): Cardinals- Chris Carter, DE/OLB, Fresno St. He went in the 3rd to the Eagles. Thought He would be there for my fourth round pick. Browns- AJ Green, WR, Georgia... Hoped the Bengals would pass. Still in the Green Room(Player that wasn't drafted): Anthony Gray, NT, Southern Miss, Thomas Keiser, DE/OLB, Stanford , Chris L. Rucker, FS/CB, Michigan State
Favorite Pick: Packers: JacQuizz Rodgers Panthers: Marcell Dareus Best Value: Packers: None Panthers: Jake Locker(3rd) Sleeper: Packers: Gabe Miller(7th) - great OLB project Panthers: Jordan Cameron(4th) Redo(selection you regret): Packers: none Panthers: Shareece Wright(Chose him over another CB) Biggest Reach: Packers: Jabaal Sheard(With no trades, had to do it though) Panthers: None The Player that got away(Player you thought would fall to you): Packers: Brooks Reed Panthers: Greg Little Still in the Green Room(Player that wasn't drafted): Alex Green, RB, Hawaii Rounded back who raised his stock after proving many wrong about his speed. Reminds me of Steven Jackson.
Favorite Pick: Broncos: Ryan Williams Eagles: Danny Watkins Best Value: Broncos: Ricky Elmore Eagles: Zack Pianalto Sleeper: Broncos: Armon Binns Eagles: Chris Carter Redo(selection you regret): Broncos: Haha, nope. Eagles: Never. Biggest Reach: Broncos: Nah. Eagles: None. The Player that got away(Player you thought would fall to you): Broncos: Not really. Eagles: Ricky Stanzi one pick before Devlin. Still in the Green Room(Player that wasn't drafted): Broncos: Alex Wujciak Eagles: Colin Baxter
Favorite Pick: New England: JJ Watt Dallas: Rahim Moore Best Value: New England: JJ Watt Dallas: Kendric Burney Sleeper: New England: None Dallas: Aldrick Robinson Redo(selection you regret): Biggest Reach: New England: None Dallas: None The Player that got away(Player you thought would fall to you): New England: Mike Pouncey Dallas: Prince Amukamara Still in the Green Room(Player that wasn't drafted): New England: Lawrence Marsh Dallas: Vai Taua
Favorite Pick: Julio Jones Best Value: Julio Jones - I think he has top 8 value at this point. And no other draft pick I have is good enough to warrant best value. Sleeper: Chris Neild - WVU's defense relied on him. I think he can be a player in this league. Redo(selection you regret): Brandon Fusco - I took him because they needed OL depth, but there were better prospects. Biggest Reach: Tough to reach with the Skins and where they picked. The Player that got away(Player you thought would fall to you): Steven Friday - We was taken a handful of picks before my selection. Still in the Green Room(Player that wasn't drafted): John Clay, Wisconsin.
Favorite Pick: Bengals: DeAndre McDaniel Falcons: Randall Cobb Best Value: Bengals: Nate Irving Falcons: Casey Matthews Sleeper: Bengals: Greg McElroy Falcons: DaRel Scott Redo(selection you regret): Bengals: Marcus Cannon Atlanta: none Biggest Reach: Bengals: Dion Lewis Falcons: Virgil Green The Player that got away(Player you thought would fall to you): Bengals: Derrek Sherrod Falcons: Cortez Allen (although happy with Gaitor) Still in the Green Room(Player that wasn't drafted): Bengals: Kai Forbath, Kicker Falcons: Nate Williams, Safety Awesome concept btw MG. I like it.
I love Cannon dont get me wrong and I feel he can be an excellent Tackle or Guard but as I keep looking back and keep thinking if Ben Ijalana could of been a better pick. I have mixed emotions about it.
