Friday, April 23, 2010

Live from New York... it's the NFL draft!


That's right ladies and gentlemen, we have the first three rounds of the NFL draft in the books already.

As expected, Sam Bradford went as the overall number one pick to the St. Louis Rams, where he will hopefully evolve into the face of the franchise, and more importantly... help them win some games.

However more unexpectedly, Tim Tebow went 24th in the first round to the Denver Broncos. While the franchise seems like a good fit generally, they already have depth in the Quarterback position with Kyle Orton and the newly acquired Brady Quinn. It will be interesting to see what type of player Tebow evolves into, because there is a strong possibility he won't be playing QB anytime soon. It has been widely discussed that he could be used in special teams.
Jimmy Klausen (Notre Dame) is heading to Carolina after today's second round. Klausen has a great chance of starting pretty quickly for the Panther's. Some analyst's think that he could have a better set up in Carolina than Bradford has in St. Louis because the Panthers already have a pretty solid team. However, back in Missouri Bradford will almost certainly be carrying the weight of the team on his shoulders.
Colt McCoy (Texas) will be back in orange as he heads to Cleveland. Today was a long day for the former Longhorn as he fell much later than expected, 85th pick overall. Colt tends to get over-shadowed by Tim Tebow, but what people don't realize that is that McCoy is the winningest quarterback in college football history with an NCAA record of 85 wins as a starter.

Rounds 4-7 commence tomorrow, but don't underestimate the power of the later rounds. After all, Tom Brady was a seventh, that's right SEVENTH round draft pick back in 2000. Joe Montana was drafted in the third round in 1979. Rodger Staubach... TENTH round draft pick in 1964.Complete 2010 Draft List.
NFL's list of the top 75 draft picks of all time.

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