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Comment on Draft Grades: Arizona Cardinals by Larry Leverett

Larry Leverett — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:07:32 +0000

If you realize that the draft is part two of the offseason (with free agency beoing part one), then the draft is more likely a D -. The Cardinals got nothing in the draft (with the possible exception of the 3rd round CB that they could not have gotten BEFORE the draft.There we several WRs (Manningham, Flyod, etc), and pass rushers,that we know can play in the NFL and were not costly. If they had picked up 2-3 players, they could have been MUCH stronger entering and consequently, exiting the draft. No QB can survive with this offensive line that wasn’t addressed. No DBs thrive without a bonafide pass rush. This may be Rod Graves last post season. By the way, how much did St. Louis have to pay to get the Cardinals to leave town? Maybe Arizona should take up a collection or a bond referendum. And, as you remember, the mayor of St. Louis (who had just lost their football team) garanteed the city of Phonix that St Louis, which had no team, would win a championship before Arizona (which can true).

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Comment on Draft Grades: Washington Redskins by Skinsaphrenia! | Redskins 2012 Draft Report Cards

Skinsaphrenia! | Redskins 2012 Draft Report Cards — Sun, 13 May 2012 02:01:21 +0000

[...] DraftAce — B The “controversy” surrounding the selection of Kirk Cousins was purely a media creation. Cousins is a backup quarterback, and he was always going to be a backup. So does it really matter if he’s backing up a 10-year veteran or a rookie? That said, the Redskins could have addressed another need with the 102nd pick. There were still impact players on the board, and Cousins may never see the field in Washington. [...]

Comment on Draft Grades: Pittsburgh Steelers by martin

martin — Sat, 12 May 2012 21:56:29 +0000

“the Steelers sit back and wait for someone to fall into their lap.” Many would argue that O-line was a glaring need for Pit this offseason and they used their first two picks to fills those, thats drafting for need not BPA, then they drafted a, in your own words, special-teamer in the 3rd and you give them A!? You’d given them an A whatever they’d done cus “Pittsburgh is good in the draft”, admit it.

They got 1 starter (at OG) 2 fatty fatty headcases, a special-teamer and fodder, how the hell is that a good draft?

Comment on Draft Grades: Green Bay Packers by Grading the Draft – Green Bay Packers « Guy Librarian

Grading the Draft – Green Bay Packers « Guy Librarian — Wed, 09 May 2012 04:54:36 +0000

[...] expertise) Bleacher Report grades each pick. NFL.com : B+ SB*Nation : A- Yahoo! Sports : B Draftace : A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Green Bay Press Gazette CBS Sports : A Sports Illustrated : B+ [...]

Comment on Tennessee Titans select Zach Brown, Grade B by Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 08 May 2012 23:14:13 +0000

Cant believe a guy from my high school is in the NFL now

Comment on Mitchell Schwartz scouting report by Draft Grades: Cleveland Browns | | NFL Draft Blog - DraftAce.com NFL Draft Blog – DraftAce.com

Tue, 08 May 2012 17:52:42 +0000

[...] Mitchell Schwartz was a reach in the early 2nd round. At best, he’ll be an average starting right tackle, and that’s not worth the 37th overall selection. He’s essentially a younger Tony Pashos, who the Browns recently released. [...]

Comment on George Iloka scouting report by Draft Grades: Cincinnati Bengals | | NFL Draft Blog - DraftAce.com NFL Draft Blog – DraftAce.com

Tue, 08 May 2012 16:58:15 +0000

[...] George Iloka is built like a strong safety but tackles like a kicker, which lead to his fall. He’s a developmental prospect who probably shouldn’t see the field until he improves his tackling technique, but he definitely had value in the 5th round based on his raw talent. [...]

Comment on Draft Grades: Minnesota Vikings by Mark

Mark — Tue, 08 May 2012 13:44:00 +0000

This was one of the best Vikings drafts (at least on paper so far) in recent history. The Kalil pick was absolutely the right choice and netting a bunch of extra picks was a great bonus.

I wasn’t overly excited by the Smith pick but disagree about your assessment that trading up was a terrible move. Safety has been a massive hole for several years and he was one of two options that had legitimate immediate starter potential in this class. Just about every team in that range needed a safety too and could have easily scooped him up out from under us. The trade with Cleveland gave us back a 4th moving up to the first really only meant we moved down a few spots in the fourth. Smith will help this team more than whoever we could have gotten with our original fourth.

I didn’t care for the Ellison pick but I get it. He fits the role of the H-Back/FB/blocking TE that was filled by Jim Kleinsasser so well for the last decade plus.

I’m uncertain about the Walsh pick too but his upside is about as high a any recent kicker.

Love the Cole pick too. Hoped we would address this sooner but all the good linebackers were reached for in the 2nd round. He will almost certainly make the team because LB depth is very poor.

The Vikings also managed to trade a 5th and 7th round pick for a 2013 4th and 6th respectively. I know you don’t count that sort of thing but it is just another bonus of this great draft.

There were many other players I would have preferred in certain situations but nearly every pick was a decent value and filled an immediate need.

Comment on Draft Grades: Minnesota Vikings by trever

trever — Mon, 07 May 2012 01:26:56 +0000

they picked rhett ellison cuz he he played next to mat kalil, its the fact they know how each other react right away, and wont have to work hard at working well next to each other, its a good pick for a offensive that needs everything they can get on the o-line