2008 NFL Draft: Yin and Yang

by BigBlueShoe on May 5, 2008 12:23 PM EDT in NFL Draft Comment 2 comments

I'm doing an ongoing series over at Mocking the Draft on which teams improved themselves enough in the draft to move up to the top or stay on top, and which teams didn't. Here's what I said about the Colts and Titans:

AFC South

Yin:

Indianapolis Colts

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Go ahead and say it. The Colts blogger gives his favorite team props. Oh, who didn't see that coming. I'm sure some of you think that, but if you take the tin foil hat off for a sec you'll notice that many people thought the Colts did well with this draft. OG Mike Pollak, OC Steve Justice, and OL Jamey Richard give them excellent depth on the o-line. DE Marcus Howard will spell Freeney and Mathis as a pass rusher, and RB Mike Hart will help spell Joseph Addai. Colts addressed all their off-season needs in one draft. Solid, all around.

Yang:

Tennessee Titans

The Titans reached big time for RB Chris Johnson in the 1st round despite having significant holes in their secondary and at DE. Jason Jones helps but he is not enough to stem the loses of both Antwan Odom and Travis LaBoy to free agency. They didn't draft a DB until round 7 despite having horrid safeties and an aging Nick Harper.

Check out the rest of the AFC and NFC South post and the other divisions in the series at Mocking the Draft.

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I'd only add

that the Titans have significant holes at WR as well, and could have had pretty much the pick of the litter. Instead they reached to take an RB who most projected to go late 2nd round, after having drafted RBs in the first couple of rounds the previous two years. Of course as a Colts fan, I’m glad that the Titans seem insistent of surrounding a mediocre QB with flawed RBs.

by ctnyc on May 5, 2008 3:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs