First off, this is only ONE MAN's opinion. I am glancing at rosters and since I am so new, I don't really know who has been good in the past or whatever, what I am looking for mostly is needs and value. Did you need this player, can he help you, or was it just an insane value pick, even if it wasn't exactly a need. If I give your team future props it is not because I know you did well last year or not, it is because I see the makings for a solid team this year.

Hopefully, you enjoy this review and it is decently written and makes sense.,

Anyways, without furter adieu, here we go:


1. Shreveport - DT Jerald Barber, Michigan A stud, plain and simple, this guy should be pretty good if he comes out as advertised and never develops at all, but he should develop and that is scary for offensive coordinators around the league. When he is fully developed, he should have no weakness. He has a very good up and coming d-line imo. Grade A

2. Denver - CB Joel Sanderson, Oregon State- I love this pick, I would have taken him had he been available, but he was so great, I doubted he would make it to the fifth, this may end up as the best player of this draft imo. The only thing this kid won't do is return kicks. As for as addition to the team goes, his team was incredibly weak in this category imo, and Sanderson should be the unquestioned starter at Left Cornerback imo. He is incredibly agile, fast and gifted. Grade A+

3. Cleveland - RB Toothpick Lang, Appalachian State Pretty much everything was in place for a good running game, prior to his pick. he picked what should be the most game ready player in the draft in Lang. Barring any training camp setback, he should be given the ball, early and often from preseason on. How many 5-10 200 pound rb's have the speed and power of this guy? He is simply going to go around or through defenders. Grade B+ (this was a need, but perhaps Qb would have been better since that position may be even worse off than RB?

4. El Paso - QB Dustin Hayes, Georgetown - Has a huge learning curve ahead of him, but if he gets to the level that scouts predict, WOW! If and when he gets to that level, his only real weakness will be holding kicks, which is basically the least important skill in a qb, in this writers opinion at least. He has some recieving weapons already in place, including but not limited to the fb and a pretty good offensive line. Watch out for this kid, he may pass for 4000 yards with the weakness at rb imo. Grade A


5. Tulsa - QB Donnie Lowe, California- Probably the most developed of the two top qb's He too has weapons behind him and a decent backup/possible starter in Jarvis should he falter He also has the building blocks of what this writer believes could be a stellar offense and unlike Cleveland, he has a rb to take pressure off of him. Grad A+


6. New Orleans - MLB Floyd Lewis, Wake Forest- Since I have ties with my brother in the Breakers office. I am going to lay off making a comment or grade for this player, if someone can do that for me asap, I would appreciate it.

7. Arizona - T Leroy Banks, Arkansas State- Banks looks to be the protype at Tackle. Again, he has a long way to develop, but to get a player of his potential at this stage of the game in amazing. Grade A+

8. New York - SS Mark Tatum, Oregon This guy is very developed for a safety. I personally prefer my defensive backs to have man to man skills, but in a two deep zone, he could be freakin' deadly. In his prime, you will not and should not run his way. Although this team has some talent in the defensive backfield, they don't seem to match up very well in any particular area. It may be me, but as developed as he was, at this position, you could have slid down and possibly still gotten him. Grade B


9. Long Beach - T Kurk Bullock, Penn State With one of the best running backs in the league, it was smart to get him a good blocker, but equally if not more imortant with the glaring weakness at qb, was pass protection and he will add to an up and coming offensive line. Grade B+


10. Chicago - WR Irv Schwartz, Iowa- Call me crazy but there are going to be some serious fireworks across the league when Chicago comes to town. Their offense looks downright scary. To bring in this kid as what looks to be the fourth wide out on the team is downright unbelievable. Perfect situation for this kid to grow in. A+ (sorry I thought I gave everyone a grade beside my team, where is my grade, btw? Anyone, Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? )


11. Detroit - G Mark Blair, Missouri- Personally I can see why he got a guard, to protect that awesome qb, but WR looks to be a huge weakness. That is not meant to discount the player that Blair is, at this stage of the game, he is a huge value pick, but the best I can honestly give it, given that weak wr corps is a B.

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Great review! I'm looking forward to see grades for the rest of the picks...

hey. where is chicagos A+ for trading from 6 to 10 and still getting schwartz. show me the love...

[quote963c88d="dberner30"]hey. where is chicagos A+ for trading from 6 to 10 and still getting schwartz. show me the love...[/quote963c88d]

Fixed, thanks.

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[quote80e2cc9="3ric"]Great review! I'm looking forward to see grades for the rest of the picks...[/quote80e2cc9]

Thanks bro! Don't worry all picks will be reviewed.

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6. New Orleans - MLB Floyd Lewis, Wake Forest- New Orleans leapfrogs three other teams to select the MLB of the future. Will he be worth the player sacrificed at the 10th spot in the 2nd round. Only time will tell. Lewis will have some time to learn from one of the great MLB in the game. Expect Forte to mentor Lewis in the final year of his contract and probably final season in the CFL. Lewis should see plenty of reps on special teams but is likely to be used in a relief role on defense. THe jury is out on this one. The player is bound to be a star but New Orleans may have paid too much to snag him. Considering the Breakers needs this move nets them a B.

[quote778ac47="backbreakers"]1. Shreveport - DT11. Detroit - G Mark Blair, Missouri- Personally I can see why he got a guard, to protect that awesome qb, but WR looks to be a huge weakness. That is not meant to discount the player that Blair is, at this stage of the game, he is a huge value pick, but the best I can honestly give it, given that weak wr corps is a B.[/quote778ac47]

Unfortunately, I'll have to agree with you... I traded up to #11 when I saw Schwartz falling down the board because I really thought Chicago would not take him, since they already have a nice bunch of WRs. When he got off the board, There really was no viable option at WR so I had to choose between trading back down again or taking what I thought was the best available player. And I picked Blair who I think will be a stud, even if it wasn't really a position of need...

In fact, your grade B is probably quite generous...

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Glad to be able to screw up the board for a fellow division member...

[quote1639370="dberner30"]Glad to be able to screw up the board for a fellow division member...[/quote1639370]

Yeah, i'm sure you are!!!

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[quote78135ab="dberner30"]6. New Orleans - MLB Floyd Lewis, Wake Forest- New Orleans leapfrogs three other teams to select the MLB of the future. Will he be worth the player sacrificed at the 10th spot in the 2nd round. Only time will tell. Lewis will have some time to learn from one of the great MLB in the game. Expect Forte to mentor Lewis in the final year of his contract and probably final season in the CFL. Lewis should see plenty of reps on special teams but is likely to be used in a relief role on defense. THe jury is out on this one. The player is bound to be a star but New Orleans may have paid too much to snag him. Considering the Breakers needs this move nets them a B.[/quote78135ab]

Thanks for the ranking!

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[quote98dafae="fantastic flying froggies"][quote98dafae="backbreakers"]1. Shreveport - DT11. Detroit - G Mark Blair, Missouri- Personally I can see why he got a guard, to protect that awesome qb, but WR looks to be a huge weakness. That is not meant to discount the player that Blair is, at this stage of the game, he is a huge value pick, but the best I can honestly give it, given that weak wr corps is a B.[/quote98dafae]

Unfortunately, I'll have to agree with you... I traded up to #11 when I saw Schwartz falling down the board because I really thought Chicago would not take him, since they already have a nice bunch of WRs. When he got off the board, There really was no viable option at WR so I had to choose between trading back down again or taking what I thought was the best available player. And I picked Blair who I think will be a stud, even if it wasn't really a position of need...

In fact, your grade B is probably quite generous...[/quote98dafae]

I figured that's why you did it, (moved up)and you got a very good player for the future, no doubt.

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12. Fargo - DE Quinn Elway, Central Florida To me at least, d-line and rb look like their biggest weaknesses, With that offensive line, Golden Eagle's mom could prolly run behind it and get 1200 yards a season, so that may have been the thinking behind going d-line, rather than rb here. And they got a good, multi dimensional de imo. He is already
very developed, and he is going to be an insane pash rusher soon, I give this a B+ because like I said, imo they did shore up probably their biggest weakness,


13. Atlantic City - CB Carl Blades, Pittsburgh - CB was a huge need for them and they got a good one for the future. He has a long ways to develop, but when and if he does, he should be a pretty solid player overall with no real weaknesses. He may not be a bruising hitter, however he will be no Deion Sanders that way either. He will not be a stud, but he should be more than solid in his prime, and there is no question with this weak defensive backfield, he should start from day 1. Grade? B+


14. Boston - S Claude McCullough, Ohio State - This team looks extremely solid overall. When I glanced at the roster, I couldn't really pinpoint a weakness. So what do you give to a team that has everything? How about an excellent option for nickleback and backup safety, This kid should become really good. I really like this pick, all things considered. Expect a solid season from this team. Grade A-


15. Anchorage - RB Ken Forsberg, UCLA When I came into this league, I believe a few free agent stages had passed, I immediatly noticed that there was a lack of good free agent running backs. Since Anchrage only had one rb, and he wasn't the unquestioned star of the team, this pick makes sense. He didn't have a single backup rb, so this picks makes alot of sense. Although I am weary of a few key ratings for this guy. Such as hole recognition, but especially elusiveness. However, this kid will be a good backup
or perhaps a starter in a running back by committee system. He looks to have a good line to run behind and his starting te is an excellent blocker. I'd actually consider starting him at fb, even without a position change and using Bidwell as the starting TE, and then backing up both positions with FB Rufus Eklund. Either way, elusiveness might not be a huge issue, especially running on third down, where this kid could be a beast for many many years to come. Grade B

16. Huntington Beach - T Brock Hutchins, Iowa This team seems to have alot of holes on the offensive end. The Qb's look sad, the best WR is out for seven weeks, their best offensive player may be their fullback. And don't even get me started with their d-line. Translation, they could have went alot of ways with this pick, Their offensive line could
be better, so I could see why they made this pick, however with so many needs, I would have considered trading for a better starter at a key position and then filling another hole at a key position. But that's just me. The player looks ok, he is pretty developed already and tackle was a weakness. This team better start him right away or make some
deals fast. I gotta say this was a reach, just because they should have traded down or traded the pick away for a futire #1 and a starter right now. Grade C

17. Tucson - CB Ray Minahan,- Once Alvin McCloskey is back, this team looks very solid as a team, in the mean time, the defensive backfield isn't exactly baren. He has some solid backups and sure starters and now added this player who I like alot. However, imo WR and RB were bigger concerns. However, this kid's future looks very bright to me, his only real future weakness appears to be run stopping and even that isn't horrid. Still with bigger concerns on the board, the best I can give this pick is a B.

18. Hartford - CB Bernie Colston, Cornell - UNLV- BLEHHH! This team looks solid overall, but I don;'t like the looks of this player, present or futre. To me, he seems like a dimeback at best, but perhaps the owner will prove me wrong. His future best assets appear to be excellent play diagnosis, headhunting skills and very good interceptions. So maybe you sit him in a zone and pray? This was a serious reach imo. He would have been better served getting someone that could help him today, though make no mistake this team is very solid overall. Grade C-

19. Honolulu - WR Leory O'Neal, Iowa State - Personally this was a weak wr draft to me, this was the second wr taken and he really doesn't look all that impressive to me. However with a QB like he has, I can see why he wants to surround him with weapons. However, Offensive Tackle looks like a huge question mark and the D-line is a mess. Memo to the rest of the league, run on this team, the lbs are stellar and the dbs are very good and luckily the two positions are filled with players that stop the run, but you are almost guaranteed to get 3 yards before the lb even gets to you,. Grade C

20. Memphis - G Hunter Mills, Omaha - Nebraska Excellent pick, the oline looks to be a mess and they have a stud in Joshua Urrutia throwing the ball. THey have two solid wideouts and no standout running back to take pressure off of him, so they had to solidify the o-line in this writers opionion. I still see the needing to possibly continue to try to get offensive linemen, also going wideout trying to get some depth there and also the defensive backfield is pretty bad, I do however like the linebackers and the TE and QB make me drool. Grade A

21. Las Vegas - CB Terry Grayvil, Florida State- I could see why this team went with this position, if this is the base this team had last season, I could see defensive coordinators salivating, although the d-line and lbs look very good, This team better continue to stockpile the db's or continue to try and get players that will pressure the qb, or qb's are going to have a field day against this team. As for the pick, did this player regress? He frankly looks sad. My scout has him at a 16/59 and even Deion Sanders would make this kid look sad on tackling ability. This kid won't even be able to hit a tackling dummy. Grade- D

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[quotef689168="backbreakers"]12. Fargo - DE Quinn Elway, Central Florida To me at least, d-line and rb look like their biggest weaknesses, With that offensive line, Golden Eagle's mom could prolly run behind it and get 1200 yards a season, so that may have been the thinking behind going d-line, rather than rb here. And they got a good, multi dimensional de imo. He is already
very developed, and he is going to be an insane pash rusher soon, I give this a B+ because like I said, imo they did shore up probably their biggest weakness, LCB Ivan Harris out of Sacramento State University...[/quotef689168]

Running will be done by committee, and I've got my eye on a back in the 2nd round, so that was not a big enough concern to reach for Forsberg. And my top 2 runningbacks do have 1767 yards on 419 carries (4.2 per carry) in their career, so it's not like I'm without anyone who can perform on the field.

[quote045a906="backbreakers"]

17. Tucson - CB Ray Minahan

18. Hartford - CB Bernie Colston, Cornell - UNLV- BLEHHH! This team looks solid overall, but I don;'t like the looks of this player, present or futre. To me, he seems like a dimeback at best, but perhaps the owner will prove me wrong. His future best assets appear to be excellent play diagnosis, headhunting skills and very good interceptions. So maybe you sit him in a zone and pray? This was a serious reach imo. He would have been better served getting someone that could help him today, though make no mistake this team is very solid overall. Grade C-
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I wanted Minahan with this pick and was left scrambling when he went at 17. I tried to trade down while I was on the clock, but found no interest. I nearly went a different direction, but decided to take a gamble on Colston. This was definately a bit of a reach, but CBs tend to be very expensive to acquire outside the draft and that heavily influenced my decision. Colston performed well out the combine and my scout, who is very good at evaluating corners, likes him.

Great review by the way; just have to publicly stand up for my pick.

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[quotee5adfd2="backbreakers"]17. Tucson - CB Ray Minahan,- Once Alvin McCloskey is back, this team looks very solid as a team, in the mean time, the defensive backfield isn't exactly baren. He has some solid backups and sure starters and now added this player who I like alot. However, imo WR and RB were bigger concerns. However, this kid's future looks very bright to me, his only real future weakness appears to be run stopping and even that isn't horrid. Still with bigger concerns on the board, the best I can give this pick is a B.[/quotee5adfd2]

Good review, I entirely agree with you. RB and WR are need positions for me, and I was kind of hoping Forsberg would fall to 17. However, I couldn't see trading up to get him with his questionable skill profile. And there really wasn't another WR worthy of a 1st round pick (in my scout's opinion), or I would've jumped on 'im.

Nice reviews - keep 'em comin'!

[quote4f397fa="MC"]Running will be done by committee, and I've got my eye on a back in the 2nd round, so that was not a big enough concern to reach for Forsberg. And my top 2 runningbacks do have 1767 yards on 419 carries (4.2 per carry) in their career, so it's not like I'm without anyone who can perform on the field.[/quote4f397fa]

I've got my eye on the same guy, and I pick one slot before you. Or maybe I won't pick him . . .

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[quote68a7360="Raven Hawk"][quote68a7360="MC"]Running will be done by committee, and I've got my eye on a back in the 2nd round, so that was not a big enough concern to reach for Forsberg. And my top 2 runningbacks do have 1767 yards on 419 carries (4.2 per carry) in their career, so it's not like I'm without anyone who can perform on the field.[/quote68a7360]

I've got my eye on the same guy, and I pick one slot before you. Or maybe I won't pick him . . .[/quote68a7360]

I'd be surprised if you did.

Can't wait until my pick comes up with a one word description...reach

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My pick was bad and I should have gotten other help, but what can ya do?

[quoteba46f31="MrBug708"]My pick was bad and I should have gotten other help, but what can ya do?[/quoteba46f31]
What team do you run?!

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