Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Draft Day Hits and Misses.....

Two straight days of Mel Kiper and Collin Cowherd was a little tough to take but nobody knows the most minute detail about every single kid who ever put on a college football uniform than Mel does. Here is the Oldenfat Nation's list of hits and misses from our perspective on the 2007 draft.

Hits-
  1. Cleveland Browns-They got a franchise left tackle in Joe Thomas with the third pick in the draft. They also had the luckiest draft day when Brady Quinn slipped by the Dolphins and they were able to trade picks with the Cowboys to take him. They solidified their offense for years to come in just over 4 hours of work on Saturday.
  2. Detroit Lions-They got the best player in the entire draft when Oakland passed up Calvin Johnson, whom the Lions took with the 2nd pick in the draft. Despite using their considerably high draft picks to select wideouts in 4 of the previous 5 NFL Drafts-this was absolutely the right pick. Johnson is fast, huge and a hard worker. He will not wash out like their previous Wideouts (Charles Rogers, Mike Williams). They also got highly regarded QB Drew Stanton out of Michigan State. They also traded QB Josh McCown and the previously mentioned Mike Williams to Oakland for a 4th round pick. There is a lot of talk about how the Lions got fleeced by only getting a 4th round pick for Mike Williams because he was originally a top 10 pick but who in their right mind would offer them anything for him based upon his production to this point?
  3. Dallas Cowboys-With the 26th pick in the draft that they got in a trade with Cleveland-they picked the best defensive end available in Anthony Spencer-who will team up with DeMarcus Ware to form a formidable set of bookends. They also got Cleveland's first round pick next year-which should be a top 10 pick.

Misses-

  1. Miami Dolphins-what in theeee hell were they thinking? This pick sure takes the Texans off the hook for the biggest bonehead pick on draft day. Brady Quinn fell into their lap at pick number 9 and they took Ohio State speedster Ted Ginn. To put it in perspective-they gave up a potential franchise quarterback that they have not had since Dan Marino retired for a kick returner and number three wideout.......They came back and took BYU quarterback John Beck. He won't make anybody forget Dan Marino.....
  2. Oakland Raiders-If you are going to trade away your top wide receiver-why would you not fill his slot with the best player in the draft who also happens to be a wideout? In all likelihood-Jamarcus Russell will see the season from his backside-sitting it on the bench for the first half of the season and then getting knocked on it when they finally put him in behind this jail break inspiring offensive line. Russell was just a two year starter at LSU but on the plus side showed very strong improvement from his Sophomore to his Junior season. He's as big as a house so maybe he could go in and block for himself while standing in the pocket with nobody to throw the ball to.......
  3. Houston Texans-I'll always bust on them for picking Mario Williams last year-but they seem to deserve it. Instead of picking a stud lineman to help keep Matt Schaub upright (something that David Carr knows a little bit about), they picked up another D Lineman to go with last years D lineman (WHO WAS PICKED AHEAD OF VINCE YOUNG AND REGGIE BUSH). I think the new commissioner needs to impose the best interest of the game clause and hand out some discipline to the brain trust of the Texans. I think a drug test is in order here. Who in their right mind makes these picks?

Stay in the game Oldenfat Nation-here's hoping you're not a Texans or Dolphins fan and your team made the right picks!

 

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