1st Round 1. Houston Texans- RB Reggie Bush, USC 2. New Orleans Saints- OT D'Brickashaw Ferguson, Virginia 3. Tennessee Titans- QB Matt Leinart, USC 4. New York Jets- DE Mario Williams, NC State 5. Green Bay Packers- LB AJ Hawk, Ohio State 6. San Francisco 49ers- TE Vernon Davis, Maryland 7. Oakland Raiders- DT Haloti Ngata, Oregon 8. Buffalo Bills- OT Winston Justice, USC 9. Detroit Lions- DB Michael Huff, Texas 10. Arizona Cardinals- QB Vince Young, Texas 11. St. Louis Rams- CB Jimmy Williams, Virginia Tech 12. Cleveland Browns- DE/LB Manny Lawson, NC State 13. Baltimore Ravens- LB Chad Greenway, Iowa 14. Philadelphia Eagles- DT Brodrick Bunkley, Florida State 15. Denver Broncos (f/ATL)- RB Deangelo Williams, Memphis 16. Miami Dolphins- CB Tye Hill, Clemson 17. Minnesota Vikings- DE Tamba Hali, Penn State 18. Dallas Cowboys- QB Jay Cutler, Vandy 19. San Diego Chargers- OT Jonathan Scott, Texas 20. Kansas City Chiefs- WR Chad Jackson, Florida 21. New England Patriots- DE/LB Kamerion Wimbley, Florida State 22. Denver Broncos (f/WAS)- WR Santonio Holmes, Ohio State 23. Tampa Bay Buccaneers- OT Marcus McNeill, Auburn 24. Cincinnati Bengals- TE Leonard Pope, Georgia 25. New York Giants- LB Ernie Sims, Florida State 26. Chicago Bears- CB Antonio Cromartie, Florida State 27. Carolina Panthers- RB Lendale White, USC 28. Jacksonville Jaguars- LB Demeco Ryans, Alabama 29. New York Jets (f/ DEN through ATL)- C Nick Mangold, Ohio State 30. Indianapolis Colts- RB Laurence Maroney, Minnesota 31. Seattle Seahawks- LB Bobby Carpenter, Ohio State 32. Pittsburgh Steelers- WR Sinorice Moss, Miami 2nd Round 33. Houston Texans- OT Eric Winston, Miami 34. New Orleans Saints- OG Max Jean-Gilles, Georgia 35. New York Jets- OT Ryan O'Callaghan, California 36. Green Bay Packers- OG Davin Joseph, Oklahoma 37. Oakland Raiders- CB Ashton Youboty, Ohio State 38. San Francisco 49ers- S Donte Whitner, Ohio State 39. Tennessee Titans- LB D'Qwell Jackson, Maryland 40. Detroit Lions- OT Daryn Colledge, Boise State 41. Arizona Cardinals- S Jason Allen, Tennessee 42. Buffalo Bills- DT Gabe Watson, Michigan 43. Cleveland Browns- DT Claude Wroten, LSU (drafted as either NT or DE in the 3-4) 44. Baltimore Ravens- DE Mathias Kiwanuka, Boston College 45. Philadelphia Eagles- LB Roger McIntosh, Miami 46. St. Louis Rams- TE Marcedes Lewis, UCLA 47. Atlanta Falcons- CB Jonathan Joseph, South Carolina 48. Minnesota Vikings- CB Kelly Jennings, Miami 49. Dallas Cowboys- LB Abdul Hodge, Iowa 50. San Diego Chargers- S Darnell Bing, USC 51. Minnesota Vikings (f/MIA)- TE Dominique Byrd, USC 52. New England Patriots- RB Joseph Addai, LSU 53. Washington Redskins- OG Chris Spencer, Pittsburgh 54. Kansas City Chiefs- DT Rodrique Wright, Texas 55. Cincinnati Bengals- DT Jonathan Lewis, Virginia Tech 56. New York Giants- WR Martin Nance, Miami (OH) 57. Chicago Bears- TE Anthony Fasano, Notre Dame 58. Carolina Panthers- OLB Spencer Havner, UCLA 59. Tampa Bay Buccaneers- WR Maurice Stovall, Notre Dame 60. Jacksonville Jaguars- CB Danieal Manning, Abilene Christian 61. Denver Broncos- DE Ray Edwards, Purdue 62. Indianapolis Colts- DT Orien Harris, Miami 63. Seattle Seahawks- WR Demetrius Williams, Oregon 64. Pittsburgh Steelers- C Greg Eslinger, Minnesota I know some of you guys aren't going to like the pick of Mangold over Maroney at 29... but you have to realize that he is a product of the Minnesota system and if he did not have that great OL and system he would be garbage. Take it from a Penn State fan who saw him run for a mighty 40 yards on 25 carries last year because his line had a pretty bad game... he needs the blocking to create and he's NOT a franchise running back. Also at 35 I have attitude concerns with Watson and I believe we have spent too many picks on DBs in the past 2 or 3 years to burn any more on the secondary. O'Callaghan isn't as much as a reach as some may think because he is flying up every mock draft I see... he is a perfect RT that is an animal in the run blocking game just needs to work on the pass a little bit (Kareem McKenzie anyone?) Edit: Just searched the #'s on DBs in our drafts and we have taken 5 in the past 2 drafts (Coleman, Rhodes, Miller, Strait, Maddux) and 7 in the past 4 drafts (the 5 mentioned already and McGraw, Pagal).
No way... they already have 2 young, talented DE's in Charles Grant and Will Smith who are good enough where they just let a 3rd talented kid, Darren Howard, go. LT is a much bigger need and Drew Brees's shoulder will be very thankful. You see from Chad what happens to guys who have no protection coming off of a shoulder injury...
I know who there DEs are and still disagree. They aren't good enough to pass on a 6'7 295 DE with the kind of talent of Super MArio. I think they'll end up trading the pick but if they stay put I'd be surprised if they pass on Mario..
I like this draft alot... Here are some comments.. -New Orleans won't take Mario Williams. Good choice by giving them D'Brickshaw. I believe their current LT is about 35. -I'd personally rather the Jets get AJ Hawk. Shaun Ellis and Von Olhoffen are good enough for now. -San Fransisco has Eric Johnson, but he can't stay healthy and a guy like Alex Smith needs all the help he can get. So I like them picking Vernon Davis. - I like how Manny Lawson is rising up draft boards. He may end up Top 15. - I do believe a team will trade up for a Top 10 QB, but if not, then the way Cutler falls is realistic. - I'm glad we pass on Maroney. I think he definatley has the potential to flop in the NFL. Houston/Blaylock/Martin is good for now. I'm on the Cedric Houston bandwagon. - It is unlikely New Orleans will add 2 Offensive Lineman. Give them a OLB or DT in Round 2. -Kansas City can use some secondary speed before they go for WR. Overall it's a pretty good draft though. :up:
The same can be said about D'Brickashaw who is the best LT prospect since the year that Pace and Jones both went in the top 10. Why would you make a small upgrade at DE when you can make a huge upgrade by drafting D'Brick and having him help our your line for 10 years? I actually do like Hawk better as well but the majority of people including our organization consider Super Mario a much better prospect. This means it's the much more realistic pick over Hawk. Plus I have already said I'm going to change my name around our 1st rounders name so I could have a ton of fun with Super Mario...
I just think that Mario is far and away the better prospect. I have never been that high on DBrick. We'll see, I just have a hard time believing they will pass on a great DE prospect for a good LT prospect. Especially since they can get a pretty good T prospect in the top of the 2nd. And by the way I think adding Mario would be more than a small upgrade..
Well it seems to me that atleast Saints fans don't want Mario Williams... they don't want him so much that he's not even mentioned in this poll (I didn't use this to make my pick but I figured it wouldn't hurt to find out who the people wanted): http://www.saintsreport.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=197804&perpage=15&pagenumber=2
