Sunday, May 1, 2011

NFL Draft

Winners and losers

With the draft finally coming to an end last night, I want to go over 2 of the teams that I think did the best job of drafting and 2 teams I think did the worst.

2nd Best: Atlanta Falcons

The falcons took the expensive route and chose to give up multiple trade spots in order to move up and get Julio Jones (WR out of Oklahoma). J.Jones gives the falcons another deep threat that ads yet another dangerous addition to their offense. The one thing that the Falcons did seem to pass over is their Defense. But in all honestly it was obvious what the Falcons focus was during this draft.

The Best Draft: Tampa Bay Bucs

After a surprisingly good year for the Bucs, it was obvious that they would need to continue to improve to keep out with the new standards. I think that when they looked at what needed to be improved they had the perfect draft. They took back to back DE, which will help them stop the run this year (if there is a season), one of the only things that really hurt them last year. With these addition I think that the bucs will be a real force this season.

2nd Worst: Carolina Panthers

The only real reason why I dont like the Panthers draft is because of what they did with pick #1. Taking a very big risk like Cam Newton. Although I do see him eventually being a good QB, having him start for a team that has so many needs right now is not the best way to get him where he needs to be.

Worst: Arizona Cardinals

I was very obvious that the Cardinals decided to ignore the awkward elephant in the room, the fact that they need a QB. Instead they decided to try and rebuild every position on their team instead of focusing on one area. They have too many weak positions, and not enough draft picks in the world for them to fix the problems they have in one season.

1 comment:

  1. No love for my Lions? Awwww come on man!! lol...Seriously though, lots of people picked them as the best draft team this year. They filled a LOT of holes and had an uncanny ability to see the talent that was still available with each pick. The Lions are on the up and up, and as my Twitter account states....Lions in the '13!!! Maybe even before that!

    http://www.profootballweekly.com/2011/05/05/readers-lions-had-best-draft-among-nfc-teams

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