Top Undrafted Free Agents
Every year great players go undrafted. Just to throw out an example – last year one of my top undrafted players was Blair White, a wide receiver out of Michigan State. I gave White a 3rd-round grade, but he slipped past everyone in the draft. The Colts eventually signed him and he played a key [...]
Steal of the Draft: Marcus Cannon
With the 138th pick in the draft the New England Patriots selected Marcus Cannon, a guard/tackle ‘tweener out of TCU. A week ago the thought of Cannon slipping to the 5th rounded sounded absurd. He was the 31st-rated player on my board and a consensus 2nd round pick. However, in the week leading up to [...]
Will the Washington Redskins draft a quarterback?
The Washington Redskins were one of the teams most assumed were desperate for a quarterback in this year’s draft. But with Blaine Gabbert on the board in the 1st round, they decided to trade down. And then passed on Ryan Mallett, Andy Dalton and Colin Kaepernick at various other points in the draft as they [...]
Even Nick Saban knows James Carpenter was a 1st round reach
College coaches will lie all offseason about how great their players are going to be in the NFL. They hype up their players because it’s good for recruiting, and their future NFL draft prospects want to know they’ll be supported. But they also know the true value of a player’s draft stock and Nick Saban, [...]
Thoughts on Ryan Mallett to the New England Patriots
Ryan Mallet (scouting report) was a boom-or-bust prospect no matter where he landed, but that may be even more true now that he’s a New England Patriot. Barring an injury to Tom Brady, we won’t see Mallett on the field for an extended period of time for at least three years. Meaning he’ll be given [...]
Top 25 Prospects for Day 3
Here are the top 25 players on my board entering the third day of the draft. Conveniently they’re the final 25 players with 2nd or 3rd round grades – so plenty of quality players available entering the 4th round. The top player on the board, Marcus Cannon, will probably be there for awhile. He was [...]
Winners from Rounds 1-3: New York Giants
Jerry Reese continues to use patience to land great players for the New York Giants. They didn’t fill any glaring holes, but they got three great players who had fallen for various reasons. In the 1st round the Giants ended Prince Amukamara‘s free fall at No. 19. The certainly didn’t need a cornerback, but they [...]
Winners from Rounds 1-3: Cleveland Browns
If the season started on Thursday morning the Cleveland Browns wouldn’t have had a defensive line. Two days later the have added two quality starters and may have done more to upgrade their defense than any team in the league. Phil Taylor and Jabaal Sheard may not be sexy picks, but they’re exactly what the [...]
2nd round mock draft
33. New England Patriots Brooks Reed OLB Arizona 34. Buffalo Bills Aaron Williams CB Texas 35. Cincinnati Bengals Andy Dalton QB TCU 36. Denver Broncos Marvin Austin DT North Carolina 37. Cleveland Browns Titus Young WR Boise State
2011 1st-Round Draft Grades
1. Carolina Panthers – Cam Newton – QB – Auburn – 6th rated QB/99th overall This was huge risk for the Panthers, and both GM Marty Hurney and head coach Ron Rivera are putting their reputation on the line. There’s no denying Newton’s raw talent, but being an elite quarterback takes so much more than [...]