2009 All-Second Day Team

This team was put together by selecting players that were available on the new version of the second day (round two through seven).

 

Player Name, School (Draft Team, Overall Pick no.)

Offense

Quarterback – Rhett Bomar, Sam Houston State (NY Giants, 151)

Running Back – Andre Brown, NC State (NY Giants, 129)

Full Back – Quinn Johnson, LSU (Green Bay Packers, 145)

Tight End – Jared Cook, South Carolina (Tennessee Titans, 89)

Tackle – T.J. Lang, Eastern Michigan (Green Bay Packers, 109)

Tackle – Jamon Meredith, South Carolina (Green Bay Packers, 162)

Guard – Richard Ohrnberger, Penn State (New England Patriots, 123)

Guard – Duke Robinson, Oklahoma (Carolina Panters, 163)

Center – A.Q. Shipley, Penn State (Pittsburgh Steelers, 226)

 

Defense

End – Lawrence Sidbury, Richmond (Atlanta Falcons, 125)

End – Jarius Wynn, Georgia (Green Bay Packers, 182)

Tackle – Roy Miller, Texas (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 81)

Tackle – Myron Pryor, Kentucky (New England Patriots, 207)

Outside LB – Marcus Freeman, Ohio State (Chicago Bears, 154)

Outside LB – Kaluka Maiava, USC (Cleveland Browns, 104)

Middle LB – Jason Phillips, TCU (Baltimore Ravens, 137)

Corner – D.J. Moore, Vanderbilt (Chicago Bears, 119)

Corner – Coye Francies, San Jose State (Cleveland Browns, 191)

Safety – Chip Vaughn, Wake Forest (New Orleans Saints, 116)

Safety – Curtis Taylor, LSU (San Francisco 49ers, 219)

 

Special Teams

Kicker – Ryan Succop, South Carolina (Kansas City Chiefs, 256)

Punter – Kevin Huber, Cincinnati (Cincinnati Bengals, 142)

Returner – Aaron Brown, TCU (Detroit Lions, 192)

 

ALL SECOND DAY TEAM

Offense

Quarterback – Rhett Bomar, Sam Houston State (NYG, 151)

Running Back – Andre Brown, NC State (NYG, 129)

Full Back – Quinn Johnson, LSU (Green Bay, 145)

Tight End – Jared Cook, South Carolina (Tennessee, 89)

Tackle – T.J. Lang, Eastern Michigan (Green Bay, 109)

Tackle – Jamon Meredith, South Carolina (Green Bay, 162)

Guard – Richard Ohrnberger, Penn State (New England, 123)

Guard – Duke Robinson, Oklahoma (Carolina, 163)

Center – A.Q. Shipley, Penn State (Pittsburgh, 226)

Defense

End – Lawrence Sidbury, Richmond (Atlanta, 125)

End – Jarius Wynn, Georgia (Green Bay, 182)

Tackle – Roy Miller, Texas (Tampa Bay, 81)

Tackle – Myron Pryor, Kentucky (New England, 207)

Outside LB – Marcus Freeman, Ohio State (Chicago, 154)

Outside LB – Kaluka Maiava, USC (Cleveland, 104)

Middle LB – Jason Phillips, TCU (Baltimore, 137)

Corner – D.J. Moore, Vanderbilt (Chicago, 119)

Corner – Coye Francies, San Jose State (Cleveland, 191)

Safety – Chip Vaughn, Wake Forest (New Orleans, 116)

Safety – Curtis Taylor, LSU (San Francisco, 219)

Special Teams

Kicker – Ryan Succop, South Carolina (Kansas City, 256)

Punter – Kevin Huber, Cincinnati (Cincinnati, 142)

Returner – Aaron Brown, TCU (Detroit, 192)

2009 Draft Grades

NFC EAST

Dallas Cowboys – C+

New York Giants – B+

Philadelphia Eagles – B

Washington Redskins – B-

 

NFC WEST

Arizona Cardinals – B+

San Francisco 49ers – B

Seattle Seahawks – A

St. Louis Rams – B-

 

NFC NORTH

Chicago Bears – B-

Detroit Lions – B

Green Bay Packers – B+

Minnesota Vikings – B-

 

NFC SOUTH

Atlanta Falcons – B

Carolina Panthers – C+

New Orleans Saints – C

Tampa Bay Buccaneers – C

 

AFC WEST

Denver Broncos – C+

Kansas City Chiefs – C

Oakland Raiders – F

San Diego Chargers – B-

 

AFC NORTH

Baltimore Ravens – B-

Cincinnati Bengals – A-

Cleveland Browns – C+

Pittsburgh Steelers – B+

 

AFC SOUTH

Houston Texans – B-

Indianapolis Colts – B-

Jacksonville Jaguars – A-

Tennessee Titans – B

 

AFC EAST

Buffalo Bills – A-

Miami Dolphins – B

New England Patriots – A+

New York Jets – B-

 

Team by Team draft breakdowns will be coming very soon…

REPORT: Stafford is a Lion

According to Chris Mortensen of ESPN, Matthew Stafford has signed a contract with the Detroit Lions to make him the #1 pick in the 2009 NFL Draft. The contract details as reported are $41.7m in guarentees, $78m maximum value over six years. Potentially Stafford will go into camp competing for the starting QB job with Daunte Culpepper, Drew Stanton, and Drew Henson. 

Detroit still has the 20th overall pick in the first and the 33rd overall pick (second round). Look for Detroit to either add a backside protector for the Stafford investment and/or defensive help, after all the Lions did have statistically the second worse defense all-time. 

The Rams are now on the Clock…

’10 Player Ratings: Top 32 Early Preview

Yes. This is a very early look at the top 32 players that will be eligible for the 2010 NFL Draft. I included some juniors on this list that have a better than average chance at declaring for the draft (ie: Eric Berry). Don’t worry by the time the draft comes around in 2010 these will be switched around tremendously.

1. Sam Bradford (QB, Oklahoma)
2. Taylor Mays (S, USC)
3. Bryan Bulaga (OT, Iowa)
4. Eric Berry (S, Tennessee)
5. Brandon Spikes (LB, Florida)
6. Carlos Dunlap (DE, Florida)
7. Russell Okung (OT, Oklahoma State)
8. Gerald McCoy (DT, Oklahoma)
9. Sergio Kindle (OLB, Texas)
10. Arrelious Benn (WR, Illinois)
11. Ndamukong Suh (DT, Nebraska)
12. Jonathon Dwyer (RB, Georgia Tech)
13. Trent Williams (OT, Oklahoma)
14. Joe Haden (CB, Florida)
15. Travis Lewis (OLB, Oklahoma)
16. Ciron Black (OT, LSU)
17. Mark Herzlich (OLB, Boston College)
18. Trevard Lindley (CB, Kentucky)
19. Terrance Cody (DT, Alabama)
20. Jermaine Gresham (TE, Oklahoma)
21. Rolando McClain (LB, Alabama)
22. Dez Bryant (WR, Oklahoma State)
23. Everson Griffen (DE, USC)
24. Georgie Selvie (DE, South Florida)
25. Navorro Bowman (OLB, Penn State)
26. Lawrence Marsh (DT, Florida)
27. Greg Hardy (DE, Ole Miss)
28. Marvin Austin (DT, North Carolina)
29. Damian Williams (WR, USC)
30. Jevan Snead (QB, Ole Miss)
31. Greg Romeus (DE, Pittsburgh)
32. C.J. Spiller (RB, Clemson)

NEW: Mock Draft Updated

The 2009 NFL Mock Draft has been updated with the new trade that had the Philadelphia Eagles acquiring Pro-Bowl left tackle Jason Peters from the Buffalo Bills for the Eagles 2009 1st Rounder (28th overall), 2009 4th Rounder (121st overall), and a late-round pick in 2010.

1. Detroit Lions — Aaron Curry (LB, Wake Forest)

2. St. Louis Rams — Jason Smith (OT, Baylor)

3. Kansas City Chiefs — Eugene Monroe (OT, Virginia)

4. Seattle Seahawks — Mark Sanchez (QB, USC)

5. Cleveland Browns — B.J. Raji (DT/NT, Boston College)

6. Cincinnati Bengals — Andre Smith (OT, Alabama)

7. Oakland Raiders — Jeremy Maclin (WR, Missouri)

8. Jacksonville Jaguars — Michael Crabtree (WR, Texas Tech)

9. Green Bay Packers — Tyson Jackson (DE, LSU)

10. San Francisco 49ers — Brian Orakpo (DE/OLB, Texas)

11. Buffalo Bills — Michael Oher (OT, Ole Miss)

12. Denver Broncos — Malcolm Jenkins (CB/S, Ohio State)

13. Washington Redskins — Matthew Stafford (QB, Georgia)

14. New Orleans Saints — Chris “Beanie” Wells (RB, Ohio State)

15. Houston Texans — Brian Cushing (LB, USC)

16. San Diego Chargers — Clay Mathews (LB, USC)

17. New York Jets — Josh Freeman (QB, Kansas State)

18. Denver Broncos (from Chicago) — Aaron Maybin (DE, Penn State)

19. Tampa bay Buccaneers — Michael Johnson (DE, Georgia Tech)

20. Detroit Lions (from Dallas) — Robert Ayers (DE, Tennessee)

21. Philadelphia Eagles — Brandon Pettigrew (TE, Oklahoma State)

22. Minnesota Vikings — Eben Britton (OT, Arizona)

23. New England Patriots — Rey Maualuga (LB, USC)

24. Atlanta Falcons — Evander Hood (DT, Missouri)

25. Miami Dolphins — Everette Brown (DE/OLB, Florida State)

26. Baltimore Ravens — Darrius Heyward-Bey (WR, Maryland)

27. Indianapolis Colts — Peria Jerry (DT, Ole Miss)

28. Buffalo Bills (from Philadelphia/from Carolina) — Darius Butler (CB, Connecticut)

29. New York Giants — Kenny Britt (WR, Rutgers)

30. Tennessee Titans — Percy Harvin (WR, Florida)

31. Arizona Cardinals — Knowshon Moreno (RB, Georgia)

32. Pittsburgh Steelers — Alex Mack (OC/OG, California)

Analysis: With the Detroit Lions taking Aaron Curry with the first overall selection, it really shuffles up the rest of the draft causing Matthew Stafford to take a fall (not quite a Brady Quinn style fall, but a fall none the less). Another surprise has Mark Sanchez being taken by the Seattle Seahawks preparing for the future, who seems to be a proto-typical west coast quarterback. Perhaps another surprise has the Cheeseheads of Green Bay taking the defensive end from LSU, Tyson Jackson who could either be a DE or a rush linebacker in that new 3-4 defense in GB.

What do you know, Dan Snyder makes a choice that will send shock up and down team draft boards by selecting Matthew Stafford. They have plenty of holes on their team but this kind of move would pretty much render Jason Campbell about as usefull as monopoly money. Another shocker here, the New England Patriots have a stud linebacker fall to them in Rey Maualuga to inject some youth into an aging LB core.

The Last pretty big surprise is the Arizona Cardinals lucking out with Georgia running back Knowshon Moreno falling to them at pick 31. It was obvious that Edge does not have any future left in Zona, and we don’t think that Tim Hightower has a future as a feature, but will make an excellent complementary back.