Draft Previews

Denver Broncos


Last season - 8 - 8 2nd in AFC West


Team needs - Both lines, WR, TE, ILB and S.


Players in - Jarvis Green DE, Justin Bannan DE, Nate Jones S, Jamal Williams NT.


Players out - Chad Jackson WR, Andra Davis LB.


Draft positions :


1st Round : 11th pick
2nd Round : 13th pick
3rd Round : 16th pick
4th Round : 16th pick
6th Round : 14th pick
7th Round : 13th pick

Total - 6 picks

There are options available to the Broncos with this pick.  They seem to have addressed the need on the DL in free agency with the additions of Green, Bannon and Williams.  The addition of Nate Jones seems to take out any possibility of them taking a S.  Therefore they can either go OL, which would probably be Rutgers Anthony Davis, WR Oklahoma State's Dez Bryant or LB Alabama's Rolando McClain.  This will be a tough decision for the Broncos and they will end up with a good player whatever happens, but if I was them I hink I would take Rolando McClain.  This is a very special player on the defensive side of the ball who can call plays at the line and read the game very well.  He can be a very dominant player for years to come in the NFL, a real leader.   

Miami Dolphins


Last season - 7 - 9 3rd in AFC East


 Team needs - WR, TE, LB, S and maybe CB


Players in - Karlos Dansby LB, Richie Incognito G.


Players out - Joey Porter LB, Nate Jones S.


Draft Positions :


1st Round : 12th pick
2nd Round : 11th pick
3rd Round : 9th pick
4th Round : 12th pick
6th Round : 4th pick, 5th pick, 10th pick.
7th Round : 5th pick, 12th pick, 45th pick.

Total : 10 picks.


I believe that the Dolphins would have been seriously considering LB Rolando McClain, along with WR Dez Bryant.  Other positions of need include DT, which would probably be Tennessee's Dan Williams, S, Texas's Earl Thomas and if the Jason Taylor move to the Jets goes though, an OLB, maybe Texas's Sergio Kindle.  With the track record of Bill Parcells taken into account, I cannot see the Phins taking WR Dez Bryant when they have so may defensive needs.  Also Parcells believes physically big players win games, which should rule out the S position.  This leaves DT and OLB.  I think the Dolphins will feel that their roster can cope without Joey Porter and Jason Taylor (who may end up staying) better than without a NT.  Again as I always say NT is the most important position in the 3 - 4 system which they play, and their only option is Jason Ferguson who is getting old, and is also suspended for the start of the year.  With all this taken into account, I think the Phins will take Tennessee's DT Dan Williams, who has all the ability to be a very good NT in the NFL.


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Draft Previews

Buffalo Bills


Last year - 6 - 10 in the AFC East


Team needs - Pretty much everything!


Players in - Chad Jackson WR, Andra Davis ILB, Dwan Edwards DE, Cornell Green T.


Players out - Richie Incognito G, Jonathan Scott T.


Draft Positions :


1st Round : 9th pick
2nd Round : 9th pick
3rd Round : 8th pick
4th Round : 9th pick
5th Round : 9th pick
6th Round : 9th pick, 23rd pick
7th Round : 2nd pick, 9th pick


Total : 9 picks


There is basically only one direction that I can see the Bills going with this 9th pick in the draft, and that is Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen.  I believe Jimmy is going to have a very good NFL career, and this franchise is in desperate need of a decent QB.  The other options available to the Bills at this spot would be to improve that OL.  Rutgers T Anthony Davis and Idaho G Mike Iupati are the best available.  This would usually be the direction I would think would be best for a franchise to build, but for this QB staved City, Clausen HAS to be the choice.  

Jacksonville Jaguars


Last season - 7 - 9 4th in AFC South


Team needs - Everything except RB and TE!


Players in - Aaron Kampman DE, Kassim Osgood WR.


Players out - Nobody.


Draft positions :


1st Round : 10th pick
3rd Round : 10th pick
4th Round : 10th pick
5th Round : 12th pick
6th Round : 11th pick, 34th pick

Total - 6 picks.


This will be a very interesting pick for the Jags.  This is a team that is in desperate need of excitement.  They struggle to sell tickets for the games, and there are constant rumours that the team will up and leave Jacksonville (look out LA).  There has being rumours since all the draft talk began that the Jags would love to get local boy Florida's QB Tim Tebow.  I've got to be honest, I think this is such a reach at this point in the draft.  Tebow has hardly blown people away at the workouts and combines and although there seems to be constant attention payed to him, I don't believe he could be taken here.  To me he is more of a 2nd round player, the only problem with that - the Jags don't have a 2nd round pick!  Another exciting play-maker they could look at is Clemson RB C.J Spiller.  He is the best RB in the draft this year and is very explosive.  The problem with this pick up though on a team with so many needs, do you really want to take a complimentary player??  Because Spiller is not going to start over 'pocket rocket' MJD.  So after making excuses why they shouldn't take the 2 exciting players, who does the team need.  DE seems to be a position of need for the Jags, even though they added Aaron Kampman.  Last year the Jags really struggled getting pressure onto the QB.  This brings into play South Florida's Jason Pierre-Paul, and Georgia Tech's Derrick Morgan.  Either of these players would complement Kampman very well, and would certainly give the Jags a great 1 - 2 punch in an area of real need.  But will this excite the fans enough??  So as you can see this is a very difficult pick to make.  If I was pushed to make a decision on what the Jags will do, I suspect C.J Spiller may be returning the 1st kick off of the new season in Jacksonville.

Cleveland Browns


Last year - 5 - 11 (4th in AFC North)


Team needs - Everything apart from T and DT.


Players in - Ben Watson TE, Jake Delhomme QB, Scott Fujita OLB, Tony Pashos T, Seneca Wallace QB, Peyton Hills RB.


Players out - Rex Hadnot G, Derek Anderson QB, Brodney Pool FS, Hank Fraley G, Brady Quinn QB.


Draft Positions :


1st Round : 7th pick.
2nd Round : 6th pick.
3rd Round : 21st pick, 28th pick.
4th Round : 7th pick.
5th Round : 6th pick, 15th pick, 29th pick.
6th Round : 8th pick, 17th pick.

Total : 10 picks.


There are a couple of different directions that the Browns could go in here.  The major players that are left on the board are QB Jimmy Clausen and S Eric Berry.  With the Browns bringing in 2 QB's this off-season - Jake Delhomme and Seneca Wallace, I can't see them selecting another QB this high in the draft.  I think that they will select a 'project' QB at some point in this years draft, but not at this position.  So that leaves the player that I actually believe is a top 4 player, still sitting there at number 7.  I believe the Browns will select Tennessee's Eric Berry.  He will make an instant impact on a defence that really needs a play maker.

Oakland Raiders


Last Season - 5 - 11 (3rd in AFC West)


Team needs - Everything apart from DE and TE


Players in - Nobody!


Players out - Cornell Green T.


Draft Positions :


1st Round : 8th pick.
2nd Round : 7th pick.
3rd Round : 5th pick.
4th Round : 8th pick.
5th Round : 7th pick, 27th pick.
7th Round : 8th pick, 44th pick.

Total : 8 picks.


This will be a very interesting decision for the Raiders and owner Al Davis.  We all know how Al likes to have a big say in the selections the Raiders make, and we all know how much Al likes current QB JaMarcus Russell.  In my opinion, the Raiders should take Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen.  Clausen is a very capable QB, who I believe would beat Russell to the job this year, and I think that Clausen may have a better pro career than the perceived best QB in this draft Sam Bradford.  I think that they will then decide to try and upgrade the OL, to try and get the old fashioned 'Raiders football' going.  Smash mouth, run first offence.  I think the next best OL available would be Anthony Davis from Rutgers.  Knowing the history of the Raiders draft though I think they may select workout warrior Bruce Campbell from Maryland.  Campbell blew everyone away with his workout at the combine, and this performance will definatly have caught Al Davis's eye.


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