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NFL Draft - The Verdict
Skysports.com's Stateside guru Alex Ferguson gives his verdict on the NFL Draft...
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Skysports.com's Stateside guru Alex Ferguson gives his verdict on the NFL Draft...
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Comments
Joe Harmon says...
How much time did the author actually put into this sorry exuse of a review? There are no insightful comments to be found. Instead I see 'One word for the Broncos and Titans decisionmakers: Yawn' and 'In a word: unexciting' to describe the 49ers draft. This whole thing is a waste of time
Posted 21:07 19th July 2008
Fred Perry says...
I think that what Jeff B has just said, just about sums it all up perfectly,and with the current quality of the NFC I see no reason as to why the Bears shouldn't be able compete at the top end once again this season.
Posted 18:25 19th May 2008
Liam H says...
i think been a dolfan i agree with you but if you look at how miami beefed up there O line the problem last year was injurys not the passin or the runnin game. Altho i think taking Jake Long and Chad Henne 2 players that have played together and know each other is a good idea by the big tuna. Fair rating on miami
Posted 18:13 17th May 2008
Alexander Biberovic says...
Well as far as i know Otah was not high on our board. Gosder is athletic, very agressive and is a pure RT. He played the schemes we use in college and will slot straight in. We didnt need a 2yrs project in Otah and have no need for a guard in albert (we moved up in the 3rd round for the kansas trade). This enabled us to get smith in the 3rd. Who also played the zone blocking scheme at college and killed it. Ill admit he did not play in the best division, but he killed who was put in front of him. 2,500yrds and 30td, i dont care who he played he still killed it. And dizon is clearly a ball hawk. He played in a tough division and raked up the numbers year by year. His best 40 is 4.4 and will fit straight in with pro bowl caliber weak side Sims. He is quick, has sik instincts, and will play well in our tampa scheme. His size is irrelivant. We could list all day amazing undersized players. We have no return game wotsoever!!! and we probibly will trade roy next season so moore was weird but understandable, he had a great snr season. Good division and he turned up with good numbers. Felton is a single bak, short yrdage back. Now KJ is gone who will convert 3rd down short yard plays? Not bradly. All our picks were filling needs and they are all aggressive, athletic and have tremendose instincts. All their scout reports said that.There is no way their draft was less than a C. Some of these grades were rediculous!!!!
Posted 15:00 14th May 2008
Jeff B says...
Mr. Biberovic, Dizon was a 4th/5th round prospect, he may have put up good numbers in college but his upside is very limited, there were many FAR superior players still on the board. I think Cherilus was a reach when you consider Otah was still available (the best RT in this draft by the way) and the Lions really should have just taken Albert, they didn't get much for trading down. I don't like Kevin Smith at all, Jamaal Charles and Tashard Choice would have been much better option. Having said that I did like the Avril/Campbell picks but there were just too many reaches (Chrilus, Dizon, Fluellen, Moore, Felton, Cohen even Smith) for this draft to be considered anything other than bad. Also I'm not sure which American sites your referring to but the ones I'm looking at all grade the Lions very low and rigtly so.
Posted 22:36 13th May 2008
Mike Chambers says...
Sorry, but by giving the Bears a D- you have lost all credabilitiy. They filled there needs superbly, as has already been mentioned, by improving the O Line by picking Willaims, Rex or Kyle Orton will now get plenty of time to choose the right play, therefore not having to make quick rash decissions. They choose two WR who could quite feasibily start in Sept and Monk looks like an absoloute steal. And finally by drafting Forte theBears should be able to re-establish the running game at the heart of thier offence, something that was badly missing last season, and yet again taking pressure off the QB. Oh and the two undrafted QBs that have now been signed more than adequalty fill the roster. Rating sholud have read more like: Bears B+
Posted 17:24 13th May 2008
Alex Biberovic says...
Gosder a reach? do your homework son. Dizon plays the way we need, and we got great potential in avril, kevin smith!!! and caleb. We killed the bears last season with a rubish injury plagued team, we have improved all areas and have calvin J back fit a healthy. We needed a R and get the best one! A tampa mlb we got oe, i dont need to go on. All the american sites say we did well and got b at least. Thanks bears ur offence is still WAK. And a B for the raiders? they piked one good player, and three all coming off major ACL injuries. So a B. God who wrote this analysis? Jags got two best pass rushers so a D? Also bengals got best LB and were is the mention? And no one is complainig about the Mayo reach? just coz its the pats... Also is dan connor was that great he would have gone first day. He didnt so there must be a problem, height, arm length ect. Also dizon has most tkles in college so a reach? maybe you should actually read some articles and do you homework before typing crap!
Posted 11:27 10th May 2008
Mark Woodward says...
Obviously we won't be able to tell for another couple of years but I think its maybe a bit of a stretch to give Pittsburgh an A. I would have much preferred to have seen them take Albert to replace Faneca and maybe taken a Kevin White/ Matt Forte later in the Draft. Also I think Carolina had a great draft (Dan Connor in Round 3?) filling their need at running back and picking up great football players (not guys with great measurables who can't play). Also a little harsh on Chicago, whose bread and butter is running the football so upgrading the O-line and signing a strong back to assist/ replace Benson was a neccessity. They have other back-up QB's so why waste a pick on one? Remember Rex did get them to the Superbowl so if he has time behind Willimas (who allows the line to move players to their better positions) and has some receiver help, he'll be fine. Potentially great work from the Jags and Vikings because as the Giants proved last year, you aren't going to win anything if you can't get to the Quarterback (especially if you have a certain number 18 in your division). As a Seahawks fan I would have liked to have seen a Receiver taken as Engram seems to be holding out, we lost Hackett and Branch may not be ready for September. Would have also liked to have seen them trade for Shockey instead of drafting a TE (who apparently is a blocker rather than a receiver) to see if he could behave himself outside New York. Other than that we didnt need an awful lot (apart from a kicker maybe) and I did like the free agency line ugrade and drafting a DE to back up Kerney and Tapp, as you can never have too many, as shown by the Giants again.
Posted 14:51 7th May 2008
Paul Brymer says...
The Jags draft has the biggest boom or bust potential because they gave up so much to get Harvey. If he turns out to be the next Julius Peppers then it will look like a genius move but otherwise, it could be the latest example of a team believing it is only one player away and reaching for it in a forlorn hope. The reality in the AFC is that there are three teams fighting it out to go to the superbowl, the patriots, colts & chargers and those three organisations are so well run and so strong that they didn't need to do anything spectacular in the draft to retain their positions. Regarding the NFC, everybody seems to be in love with the Vikings at the moment but until they improve their pass defence, which adding one pass rusher doesn't do, and insert a passing offence, for which they need a quarterback, i don't get why they have such a buzz at the moment. The class in the NFC remains the Cowboys & the Packers despite both having their flaws and the one to quietly watch out for is the Panthers as they got arguably the best NFL style running back and tackle
Posted 13:45 5th May 2008
Jeff B says...
D- for the Bears? It's understandable given the fact that they didn't draft a QB and Rex was so unbelievably bad last year, but Rex can be good when he actually has time and space to pick a pass and the O-line last year didn't give him that. The pick of Williams was great as it will allow Tait to move to RT where he can still be a pro-bowl caliber player and Williams can slot straight in at left tackle. Forte will hopefully push Benson on and together they should be a good tandem. Marcus Monk was a steal in the 7th round and could have a Marques Colston type impact, him and Earl Bennet greatly improve the receiving corps. Marcus Harrison, another steal, will be great alongside Tommy Harris if he can sort out his off the field problems. They also signed two undrafted free agent QB's, one of whom, Caleb Hanie, has an NFL arm and played very well at a terrible school, watch out for him in a year or two he really should have been drafted. Overall I'd give the Bears' draft a B, they made some great value picks, filled a lot of holes and they may have 4 or 5 starters from this class for opening day, I'm not sure many other teams can say that. Also I'd like to say cangratulations to Matt Millen for ensuring the Lions don't compete again this year by having another brutal draft. Passing on Albert and Mendenhall then reaching for Cherilus. Jordan Dizon in the 2nd? Brilliance.
Posted 17:54 4th May 2008
Austin R says...
I think that the Jauguars did better then a D- because they filled their biggist need at DE.
Posted 22:44 3rd May 2008
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