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Round 2 |
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33 |
St Louis |
Jason Pierre-Paul |
DE |
So. Florida |
The Rams DL will look like Spagnolo's Giants with Long, Suh, Carriker and Pierre-Paul |
34 |
Detroit |
Jon Asamoah
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OG |
Illinois |
The Lions add some OL to protect their big investment and keep their offense moving.
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35 |
Tampa Bay |
Damian Williams
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WR |
USC |
The Bucs need a WR upgrade if they want Josh Freeman to succeed.
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36 |
Kansas City |
Terrence Cody |
NT |
Alabama |
Cody will make some 3-4 very happy on 1st and 2nd down each Sunday, and very frustrated the vast remainder of the week. |
37 |
Washington |
Vladimir Ducasse |
OT |
Massachusetts
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The new Redskins regime needs to protect their QB of the future |
38 |
Cleveland |
Ryan Matthews
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RB |
Fresno St.
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A big back to fill the Lewis role in complement to Jerome Harrison
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39 |
Oakland |
Arthur Jones
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DT |
Syracuse |
A stout DT to a D that was sub par against the run overall, up the middle and in power situations.
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40 |
Seattle |
Greg Hardy
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DE |
Mississippi |
Seahawks snag a very talented DE who will be a massive boost to a sub-par pass rush if he's healthy and motivated.
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41 |
Buffalo |
Ricky Sapp
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OLB |
Clemson |
Buffalo will need to pour picks into the D to make the 3-4 conversion work anytime soon.
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42 |
Tampa Bay |
Navarro Bowman |
OLB |
Penn State
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Even if Ruud stays the Bucs could use some more LB talent.
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43 |
Miami |
Morgan Burnett
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S |
Georgia Tech
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The Dolphins were consistently beaten deep on defense, tying for the league lead in passes of 40+ allowed, and slotting in at 3rd for passes of 20+ given up.
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44 |
New England |
Javhid Best
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RB |
Cal
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The Pats upgrade from the RB hodgepodge of recent history.
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45 |
Denver |
Maurkice Pouncey |
C/G |
Florida |
Denver's running game was generally strong, but repeatedly failed in short yardage. Shoring up the middle should fix that. |
46 |
NY Giants |
Chad Jones
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S |
LSU |
The Giants don't have much back there at safety. |
47 |
New England |
Tyson Alualu |
DT |
Cal |
The Pats add another piece to the ailing front 7 |
48 |
Carolina |
Golden Tate
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WR |
Notre Dame |
The Panthers passing O needs a target across from Steve Smith |
49 |
San Francisco |
Devin McCourty
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CB |
Rutgers
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The Niners had one of the best pass rushes in the league, but the overall pass D, while good, didn't live up to the rush.
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50 |
Kansas City |
Mike Johnson
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G |
Alabama |
Chiefs shore up the OL.
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51 |
Houston |
Brandon LaFell
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WR |
LSU
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A great compliment to Andre Johnson, so the Texans can keep lighting it up on O.
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52 |
Pittsburgh |
Jake Fox
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OT |
Miami |
While much of the Steelers sacks come from Big Ben's style, there's more they could do to protect him.
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53 |
New England |
Eric Norwood
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LB |
South Carolina
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Versatile pass rushing LB to add to the Pats aging front 7
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54 |
Cincinnati |
Rob Gronkowski
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TE |
Arizona |
With a top TE and WR added to the O the Bengals should get their passing game back off the ground. |
55 |
Philadelphia |
Donovan Warren
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CB |
Michigan |
An explosive O without a strong pass D plays shootouts every week.
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56 |
Green Bay |
Jerry Hughes
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OLB |
NC St.
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With OT addressed the Packers can work on replacing Aaron Kampman. The TCU edge rushers stock seems to be slipping, but he's a great fit in a 3-4. |
57 |
Baltimore |
Patrick Robinson
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CB |
Florida St.
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The CB spots are the weakest point of a very good Ravens D. |
58 |
NY Jets |
Dominque Franks
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CB |
Oklahoma
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Revis is great, but the CBs opposite him can be exploited by the Pierre Garçons and Austin Collies of the world. |
59 |
Arizona |
Jason Worlids
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DE/OLB |
Virginia Tech
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An explosive offense needs to be complimented with a pass rush on D to prevent weekly shootouts. |
60 |
Dallas |
Arrelious Benn
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WR |
Illinois
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Roy Williams still isn't working out. If he doesn't turn it around Benn can be the big target out wide.
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61 |
Minnesota |
Willie Young
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DE |
NC St.
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Vikings add an edge rusher to insure the heat stays on, even in Ray Edwards departs. |
62 |
San Diego |
Corey Wootten
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DE |
Norwestern |
The Chargers reinforce a DL that struggled against the run without Jamal Williams
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63 |
Indianapolis |
Daryl Washington |
MLB |
TCU |
Gary Brackett looks likely to be re-signed, but a replacement will be needed down the line and Washington would be able to play well at OLB for as long Brackett held up.
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64 |
New Orleans |
D'Anthony Smith
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DT |
Lousiana Tech |
Run D was the teams weakest phase.
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Round 3 |
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65 |
St. Louis |
T.J. Ward |
S |
Oregon |
With the DL beasting, some DB help to collect up all the hurried passes.
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66 |
Detroit |
Perrish Cox
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CB |
Ok. St.
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DB help for a team that tied with Miami for the most passes over 40 yards allowed.
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67 |
Tampa Bay |
George Selvie
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DE |
So. Florida
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The Bucs are also in need of another pass rusher, and pickup a rush DE. |
68 |
Kansas City |
Demaryious Thomas
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WR |
Georgia Tech
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The broken foot will prevent him from rising up the board, but really how long can GMs resist a size-speed combo like Bey-Bey? |
69 |
Washington |
Forfeit |
X |
X |
Pick used in '09 Supplement Draft |
70 |
Oakland |
John Jerry
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OG |
Mississippi
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With a rebuilt OL the Raiders could actually use those big armed QBs and burner WRs.
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71 |
Philadelphia |
Nate Allen
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S |
Buffalo
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With a new edge rusher, CB and S the Eagles pass D should take a massive leap forward |
72 |
Cleveland |
Reshad Jones
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S |
Georgia
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The Browns pass rush was far better than the coverage, two new DBs should help that.
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73 |
Buffalo |
Cam Thomas
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NT |
UNC
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A NT to drop down in the middle of the Bills new 3-4
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74 |
Miami |
Torrell Troup |
NT |
Cent. Florida
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An upgrade at each level of the D should give the Dolphins an even better compliment to their pounding ground O. |
75 |
Jacksonville |
Tim Tebow |
QB |
Florida |
By the 3rd round, football and finance interests are close enough to justify the pick. |
76 |
Chicago |
Kyle Calloway
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OT |
Iowa
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The downgrade in WRs and OL really derailed Cutler, with no picks in the first 2 rounds the Bears can only address one of those problems at a time. |
77 |
NY Giants |
Matt Tennant |
C |
Boston College
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A team with the Giants stable of RBs, a credible passing threat and a generally good OL shouldn't rank in the 20s in power running and running between the tackles. |
78 |
Tennessee |
Jermaine Cunningham
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DE |
Florida |
The Titans pass rush was majorly lacking last year.
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79 |
Carolina |
Lamarr Houston
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DT |
Texas |
An athletic DT for the Panthers Ron Meeks Tampa-2 |
80 |
San Francisco |
J.D. Walton
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C/G |
Baylor |
Two fresh talents on the OL should boost the Niners struggling O.
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81 |
Denver |
Jerome Murphy
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CB
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So. Florida
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The Champ is on his last legs
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82 |
Texans |
Toby Gerhart
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RB |
Stanford |
Texans pick up a bigger back to compliment the shifty Slaton |
83 |
Pittsburgh
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Amari Spievey
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CB |
Iowa
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With the OL and S spots addressed and no NTs of value available the Steelers go to the next weakest spot on D.
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84 |
Atlanta |
Sy'Quan Thompson |
CB |
Alabama |
They lost a very good CB last year and suffered for it. |
85 |
Cincinnati |
Darrell Stuckey |
S |
Kansas |
Roy Williams is still in the league? Really? |
86 |
Oakland |
Sean Lee
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MLB |
Penn State
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Lee gives the Raiders a great 3 LB lineup.
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87 |
Green Bay |
Akwasi Owusu-Ansah |
CB |
Indiana (PA) |
Big CB for the Pack's physical style |
88 |
Philadelphia |
A.J. Edds |
OLB |
Iowa
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Edds was a poor mans' Chad Greenway in college, that's enough for a top 90 pick. |
89 |
Cleveland |
Brandon Lang
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DE |
Troy |
The Browns pass rush wasn't bad, but upgrades are certainly possible
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90 |
Baltimore |
Mardy Gilyard
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WR |
Cincinnati |
Derrick Mason can't go on forever, and they don't really have a great #2 WR option either. |
91 |
Arizona |
Kareem Jackson
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CB |
Alabama
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talented DBs are great to have when your O is forcing opponents to go pass heavy
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92 |
Dallas |
Jared Veldheer |
OT |
Hillsdale |
With a stud G and a RT prospect Romo might not be running for his life all season. |
93 |
Minnesota |
Colt McCoy
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QB |
Texas |
Who is the QB in 2 years? A 42 year old Favre? Tavaris? The Rosenchoppa? |
94 |
San Diego |
Rodger Saffold
|
OT |
Indiana |
That high flying O comes to a crashing halt without great protection |
95 |
Indianapolis |
Javier Arenas
|
CB |
Alabama |
Can contribute in the nickel/dime, but his real value would be upgrading the Colts terrible return game |
96 |
New Orleans |
Zane Beadles |
OT/G |
Utah |
(see Chargers pick's comments) |