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Final
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Tony
Holm
RB Darren McFadden (R) QB: RB: Grant Parker McFadden WR: RMoss TE: PK: |
Swinging
for the fences again. McFadden is one of the finest RBs to
come out of college period and should be a long time participant
in Hawaii for years to come. Yes there's some competition
but the Raiders didn't pick McFadden to sit on the bench.
McFadden has everything, Hershel Walker like vision,
Marshall Faulk like hands and can throw the ball exceedingly
well. Look for a number of option plays to McFadden this
year as he totals up stats for you in a variety of scoring
categories. The knock against McFadden is his fumbling, 15
last year, but if you look closely, you'll notice they were
primarily on special teams, the Raiders are working with him on
holding the football and I think they'll have a heck of a RB to
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4.02
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Matt
Pitzer WR Torry Holt QB: RB: Barber Bush WR CJohnson Holt TE: PK: |
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I thought about taking a
quarterback with either my third or fourth round pick, but
with Holt being the last available of what I consider the
premier receivers, he had too much value to pass up here. With
a healthy year out of Marc Bulger and the Rams offensive line,
Holt will be back to getting a ton of receptions and give me a
good 1-2 punch at receiver with Chad Johnson.
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4.03 |
Greg
Kellogg WR Brandon Marshall QB: Romo RB: Portis RBrown WR: Marshall TE: PK: |
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Brandon Marshall is
the last of the top receivers and I felt I could not risk losing
him before my next pick. Marshall proved he is an elite receiver
by stepping up when Javon Walker went down last season. By the
end of the season, after Walker returned it was Marshall that
led the Broncos in receiving. I look for similar results this
year. |
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4.04 |
Duane
Cahill RB Earnest Graham QB: Brady RB: LJohnson Graham WR: Boldin TE: PK: |
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By grabbing Anquan Boldin with my
third pick, I was still able to secure one of the final four
running backs that I'd targeted as my RB2. To no
surprise, two of the other three were snapped up by Mr. Holm,
who adds Willie Parker and Darren McFadden to Ryan Grant for a
pretty good trio of backs.
The choice here was really Earnest
Graham or Brandon Jacobs, and while I don't see Jacobs lasting
another five picks, I chose Graham for two reasons.
First, he looks to be the
clear-cut starter in Tampa Bay, with Cadillac Williams
probably another year from returning from the torn patellar
tendon (as evidenced by the signing of Warrick Dunn as depth
on the roster). Second, Ahmad Bradshaw certainly came on
in the final four games of the Giants' season, and likely
convinced Tom Coughlin and crew that he merits consideration
for 10-15 touches per game - touches that will come at Jacobs'
expense.
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4.05
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Ian
Allan WR Wes Welker QB: RB: SJackson WR: AJohnson SSmith Welker TE: PK: |
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There are nine receivers in this
draft that I like. We’re excited to have three of them —
three guys who might catch 100 passes each. I see Welker as a
safe bet to finish with 100 grabs, 1000 yards and 6 TDs. That
would make him worth 236 points in this format. So we can't let
him past this point in the draft. There are 12 teams in this
draft. Each is going to need at least four good receivers.
That's 48 receivers. But there aren't that many good ones
available. I'd rather solidify this position now, rather than
wind up battling later for guys like Mark Clayton, D.J. Hackett
and Justin Gage.
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4.06 |
Chris
Dolfi | Tom Walls RB Brandon Jacobs QB: RB: Lynch Jones-Drew Jacobs WR: Housh TE: PK: |
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This
is a case of letting the draft come to you. We looked at Jacobs
last round, but getting a guy with 112 receptions last year won
out. Jacobs
had a shockingly low TD total last year (only 6), we expect more
from him this year as the ‘goal line back’. He is expected
to split time with second year phenom Bradshaw and Derrick
Ward, but Jacobs is in a contract
year. We love starting RBs in contract years. A
second WR would have been nice here, but we simply could not
pass up this great value. |
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4.07 |
Shannon
O'Leary RB Rudi Johnson QB: RB: Gore Lewis RJohnson WR: Fitzgerald TE: PK: |
| Rudy
may be exiting his prime, but if he is the main ball carrier for
the Bengal’s and the =================================================================================== |
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4.08 |
John
Georgopoulos RB Thomas Jones QB: RB: Westbrook TJones WR: Wayne Colston TE: PK: |
| I
was pleasantly surprised to find T. Jones available in the
fourth round. He is no great shakes, but I do project him to get
60-62% of the carries and yards for the Jets -- and he's running
behind an improved line. Might be just enough to give me a
functional running game in '08. =================================================================================== |
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4.09 |
Jerome
Hickerson QB Carson Palmer QB: Palmer RB: Addai Maroney WR: Edwards TE: PK: |
| I
wanted Brandon Jacobs here but he was taken a few picks ahead of
me. I decided to take my QB here because I saw several of the
rest of the running backs as pretty equal and I also felt that
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4.10 |
TC
Cannon WR Plaxico Burress QB: Manning RB: Peterson WR: Owens Burress TE: PK: |
| I'll
be brief... Anytime you have a chance
at a100/1000/10 WR season, do it. There are several fine,
fine WRs undrafted. Each of them seem a bit more risky than
Burress. Without solid rushing options available, it was fairly simple to select a very solid WR Burress. After two very positive seasons (and 22 scores), I am convinced that Burress is certainly a productive main target for the Giants and a happy addition to this roster. =================================================================================== |
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4.11 |
Jim
Butler (4.08
selection delayed) QB Drew Bees QB: Brees RB: McGahee White WR: TE: Gates PK |
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Given
the choices at QB, I felt that Drew would be my best bet to get consistent
scoring. He's proven that he can perform at the elite level, but
consistency is what I was looking for. He'll have so stellar
games, but he doesn't tend to have very many poor games during
the season. I feel very good at having him as an anchor for my
team at QB. =================================================================================== |
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4.12 |
Chris
Rito | Mike Nazarek WR Roy Williams QB: RB: Tomlinson James Turner WR: RWilliams TE: PK: |
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We tried to trade up several times
within the latter half of this round to get one of two
players, both of whom went just a few picks in front of us
(Brees, Burress). We also had hopes that one of a few
top-end WRs would slip through for various reasons (Chad,
Housh, Welker, S.Smith, Marshall), but none of them did.
For the remaining WRs, the
best guys each have questions (and we were
split on our opinions). Harrison is coming off an injury
that cost him most of 2007 and has well-publicized legal
issues, while Williams lost the OC that made him a star and
could lose targets (especially in the red zone) to Calvin
Johnson. Nonetheless, Roy Williams is the safer choice as the
questions are not about him, but on the surrounding cast.
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