NFL Draft

Probably the second biggest weekend in football to the Super Bowl, the NFL Draft gives a reason for fans of bad teams to get excited about football again. I would have liked to have watched more of it, but I had other things on my agenda.

Bears Draft
It wasn't sexy but the Bears took who they needed to I think. Matt Forte will hopefully light a fire under Benson or take the job himself. It's not very fun to see your favorite team draft three offensive lineman in the draft but it is something they needed to address. Jerry Angelo always does a nice job, outside of the first round. Hopefully Chris Williams won't be a bust such as Curtis Enis, David Terrell, Rex Grossman and probably Cedric Benson. Jeremy always talks about how everyone thinks it is important to find steals in the late rounds when making good picks in the first round really is key. All of the Colts starting skills players were first round picks made by them (Manning, Addai, James (now at Arizona but definetely not a bust), Reggie Wayne, Gonzalez and I think Marvin Harrison, not to mention Dallas Clark. That is how they won the Super Bowl. The Bears got to the Super Bowl with their defense, mainly drafted in the late rounds but they lost becuase of their offense that included players that haven't lived up to hype.
We won't know how this draft class will turn out for a couple years but for the moment I am pleased. There was talk about getting a quarterback in the second round but in my opinion none of the quarterbacks in this class were really that great. I think they will try to sign a free agent or trade fro one if Grossman and Orton prove they are worthless this year.

Picks I liked
Dorsey to KC for the fifth pick was a gift to KC. He's a stud and it was a no brainer for KC to snatch him up although Herm Edwards wanted to trade the pick for my draft picks.

Kevin Smith to DET in the third round. Watching a couple of his games at UCF during the late part of the season last year, this guy is a stud. He could be the pick of the draft.

Rashard Mendenhall to PIT. Luckily for PIT, Jerry Jones couldn't put aside his Arkansas bias and drafted Felix Jones one spot ahead. Both will be good players but with Mendenhall and Parker, Big Ben will have even more help.

Picks I didn't like
McFadden to OAK- I hate to see McFadden go to Oakland and I think Oakland could have filled other needs. They already have Fargas, LaMont Jordon and Micheal Bush and who knows if JaMarcus Russell will pan out. I would have rather seen him go to New York with the Jets to help them compete with the Patriots.

Brian Brohm and Matt Flynn to GB- I know Brett Favre is better than Rodgers Brohm and Flynn combined but you can only play one QB at a time. I felt Rodgers looked like he was ready but now, if Brohm shows up to play the Packers have a QB controversy which can't be good for the psyche of Rodgers.

Chris Johnson in the first round to TEN- Vince Young needs a number one receiver and with no receivers taken at this point in the draft they could have taken whoever they wanted. Tennessee keeps drafting running backs when they have other needs.