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Grade Your Team's Draft

FirstTimer

FirstTimer

Freeman Error
3rd Rd

Jarron Gilbert, DE San Jose St- Can't say I'm wild about the pick. Guy seems like an athletic freak but I would have preferred a WR at this point even after the trade down but honestly at this point every WR I wanted the Bears to choose was off the board. Sounds like this guy could fill an Israel Idonije type role for us playing some DE and DT. Real versatile. A guy that Smith and Miranelli love.

Grade: B

Juaquin Iglesias, WR Oklahoma- Well, the Bears took a WR but I'm not sold on him. Could still be hungover from the entire Mark Bradley deal with him being from Oklahoma as well but Iglesias was not a covnerted DB at Oklahoma and has no injury problems so treating this as a seperate case it's a solid pick. He seems like he will be a great slot guy for us and eventually could challenege Bennett for the #2 role later in camp. Question is will he see the field this year as Bennett didn't and was taken in the 3rd Rd last year?

Grade: B

4th Rd

Henry Melton, DE Texas- A converted fullback to the DE position the benefit of Miranelli will pay off here helping develop Melton into a good DE. Melton transitioned to DE very well for Texas and with the Bears depth on the D-Line won't be thrown into the fire and will have time to develop even more

Grade: B

DJ Moore, CB Vanderbilt- Undersized as all hell but a perfect fit for the Cover 2. Great ball skills and always seems to be in the right place at the right time. A guy who hopefully is in the Nate Vasher mold and can make an impact early on. Could challenge Corey Graham for playing time right away.

Grade: B

5th Rd

Johnny Knox, WR Abaline-Christian- Didn't like the pick at all. Sure the guy is a burner but where does he fit in? Is he a slot guy? Do you use him on returns with Manning? There are a lot more questions here than answers and at this point in the draft if we were going to take a WR I would have rather seen Quan Cosby from Texas.

Grade: C-

Marcus Freeman, OLB, Ohio State- Love this pick. With all the problems finding another LB to line up with Urlacher and Briggs I think this pick solves the problem. Hillenmeyers best days are behind him and Nick Roach was less than impressive last year. I think the Bears got a real steal here and I expect Freeman to be starting at LB by the mid way point next season.

Grade: B+

6th Rd

Al Afalava, S Oregon St- Surprised it took this long to take a safety but I like the pick. Reminds me of Mike Brown in some ways. Mainly with his hitting. Not as good ball skills as Mike Brown but another guy late in the draft that I would expect to push for playing time this year, especially with the Bears lack of a real solid safety corps.

Grade: B

7th Rd

Lance Louis, TE San Diego State-Last year I was confused about the Kellen Davis Jr pick with us having Olsen and Clark on the roster so this year I'm even more confused by THIS pick with the aforementioned three still on the roster. It's a 7th Rd pick so I won't get too caught up in it but still a head scratcher none the less.

Grade: D

Derek Kinder, WR Pittsburgh- Love this pick. Again a 7th Rd pick so I won't get too excited because last year I was pumped when we got Marcus Monk last year in the 7th and felt that he could have been a good player for us. What does he do? Drop a pass over the middle in a preseason game and is cut. Hopefully Kinder fares betters this year and I will try to keep my excitement down but if given a chance and his knee recovers from tearing it up in 2007 he could be a surprise guy who makes the roster and gets some playing time. The Bears don't really have any established WR's so even this 7th Rounder has a shot if he can get on the field and make some plays and catch the coaches eyes. Kinder could be that bigger bodied threat and guy who can "go get it" that the team needs.

Grade: B

Overall Grade: B
 
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I like yours better FT :)

I didn't follow the draft that closely this year, so my opinions on the lower picks are primarily stolen from other peple's opinions

1st Round
Andre Smith - Well, I like his talent. I don't like his charecter. I wish we had gone with Munroe and not had to add another crazy person to this team. Marvin Lewis has shown he isn't great at handling head cases, and I just think this pick blows up in our face. If not, then great.

Grade: B (would of been A for Munroe)

2nd Round
Rey Maualuga - Great pickup at this point IMO. Him and Keith Rivers are going to form a nice young pair of LB's.

Grade: A

3rd Round
Michael Johnson - Another super talented, low charecter player. If he brings it every game, than this would be an A pick, because he is probably first round talent. If not, then it could be C or worse. I am going to give it a B to average it out

Grade: B

Chase Coffman - I like what I saw of him in college. Carson could use a sure handed TE underneath, especially now that Housh isn't there to move the chains. I like this pick, as long as he is healthy

Grade: B+

4th Round
Johnathon Luigs - Looks to be a solid contributor to the O-line. Grade; B

5th Round
Kevin Huber - Everyone seems to think he could be a real ST weapon. As the Bengals will be punting a lot, hooray for that! Grade A-

I can't really say much about anyone else. Sounds like the DB from Michigan could be OK. Got a big goalline back. The DE picked at 249 sounds like he could have some potential.

Overall, I will score it a B+. Think we improved the talent level and the depth in one go
 
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Firsttimer said:
Odd seeing as the thread you gave me is for first day picks and the Bears didn't even have a first day pick.....also the subject of the thread is different and if I am grading a draft I would want to concentrate on both days of the draft.
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FT....I think I you should lower your grade just because you didn't have any first day picks.

GB...I don't follow College football enough to have grades on players. But with my limited knowledge, I really like this years draft.

GB drafted mostly for the OL and Defensive front 7.

I thought GB gave up too much in taking Mathews, but I give TT a pass for two reasons. One, he actually traded UP instead of DOWN, and he took what could be a very physical, and athletic starting OLB.

Raji gives GB some options in their new 3-4. They are even talking about trying RP at DE. They say that Ryan is athletic enough to try at DE. The front seven could turn into a decent part of the defense.

So I like the draft, but time will tell. I will give them a somewhat uneducated B.
 
Griswald said:
Lol. That alone doesn't make it a bad draft. Would have received a much lower grade if they took Massaquoi IMO. The players they wanted weren't there, so they traded down and got a couple more players out of the deal - smart move.
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Oh, I wasn't serious. I was just giving FT some friendly ribbing....You know....Just between a GB and Bears fan kind of friendly ribbing.
 
Griswald said:
Lol. That alone doesn't make it a bad draft. Would have received a much lower grade if they took Massaquoi IMO. The players they wanted weren't there, so they traded down and got a couple more players out of the deal - smart move.
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Agreed. They really wanted Robiskie at 49 but didn't expect him to be there so they were preparing to trade the big pretty much all day. When Robiskie did go it was a no brainer to move down. Solid move and it sucks Robiskie won't be a Bear. I was hoping he would fall.

That being said I do think they should have gone WR with their first pick in Rd 3. Ramses Barden would have been nice but oh well I guess. Hopefully we found something in Iglesias, Knox, or Kinder.


bucky said:
Oh, I wasn't serious. I was just giving FT some friendly ribbing....You know....Just between a GB and Bears fan kind of friendly ribbing.
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Ribbed for my pleasure?
 
I'll grade the Jags when I see them on the field.

But, I thought that they did a good job addressing the needs of the team. Re-establish the power run game, bolster an OL that has been neglected over the years, bring in some wide receivers, and bring in a DT, CB, and H-Back.

The positions addressed were pretty much what I wanted them to get...the players, well...we'll see when they get on the field.

Eugene Monroe will be the franchise left tackle. He might come in on a reserve role in his first year behind Tra Thomas, but that is a nice situation to have.

Eben Britton will probably compete at RG and RT early. I'm not the biggest fan of the guy as a tackle, but he looks the part of a good guard.

The third round picks Terrence Knighton and Derek Cox look like reaches, but I don't know too much about either. Gene Smith said if Cox doesn't turn into a starting corner rather early, they mis-evaluated him, so I'll hold them to their word on that one. Knighton was a reach because we needed a DT and there was a run on them at the time. I hope they pan out, especially Cox considering we spent a 2nd in 2010 on him.

I like the wide receivers in the fourth and fifth round Mike Thomas and Jarett Dillard...probably slot guys, but we haven't had those guys in a while. I hope they stick.

The TE Zach Miller reads as if he is an H-Back type...maybe he plays specials in his first year. We'll see, he is a 6th round pick...can't expect much.

I thought Rashad Jennings would go higher, so I guess its good value in the 7th, but again, 7th round pick...if we get something credible out of him, the better.

As for Tiquan Underwood, everytime I saw a Rutgers game this guy would just run fly patterns or deep posts and basically outrun everyone and then drop the pass. We'll see, I guess.

Come back in 4 years and we'll see how this draft turns out...maybe Jack Del Rio and Gene Smith are still around at that point. If they are, its probably because this draft turned out pretty good.
 
For the Ravens, I'd give them an overall grade of a B-/C+.

Not that I don't like most of the picks, I love getting Oher which was great value and filled a big need for youth at RT, but I just fail to see how they could neglect to address the WR position at any point in the draft when that was and still is far and away our biggest need. Giving Flacco more time is all good, but he needs someone other than Mason to throw to.
 
glenwillett said:
Round 1

A++

Clearly, Knowshown Moreno is the second coming of Barry Sanders. I believe he is un-tackleable, I don't think he will ever be tackled in his career. I expect him to run straight into piles of 5 or 6 defenders and pop out of it for a long score. And he wouldn't even need to run into the pile since his elite elusiveness would allow him to avoid it completely.

Robert Ayers, only two letters come to mind when I think of this guy... L and T. This guy is the second coming, he will win multiple DPOY awards en route to the Hall of Fame. My prediction for next season 187 Tackles with 52 for loss, 9 FF, 3 FR, 4 INT, 17 Sacks, and 2 TDs. And those are MODEST projections.


Round 2

A++

We caught a lot of heat when we traded up to draft Alphonso Smith, but when the next Deion Sanders is staring you right in the face what are you supposed to do? This guy will line up opposite Champ Bailey and be tested early and often. He will respond with a league leading 18 INTs and a ticket to Hawaii.

Darcel McBath is a centerfield type safety that the Broncos haven't had since Tyrone Braxton was in the Orange and Blue. This guy is better than Braxton though. He was brought in to be a clone of the man he will soon replace, Brian Dawkins. Expect McBath to excel as a third saftey for the Broncos this year before he and Josh Barrett effectively set the world on fire in about three years

When you have a shot to trade back into the second round to grab a TE with 12 career receptions, YOU MAKE THAT MOVE! Sure, Richard Quinn wasn't the most receiving TE available, but he is going to help make the super talented Knowshown Moreno look even better! And soon enough he will succeed Daniel Graham as the best blocking TE in the league


Round 4

A++

A lot of people like David Bruton's athleticism at the safety spot, and I am one of them. MacDaniels is going ot tutor this guy into a star in the mold of Rodney Harrison and he will be a Pro Bowler soon enough. Expect to seem him destroying your favorite receivers in years to come.

Seth Olsen brings some more depth to the Denver line, and is going to be pegged as Ben Hamilton's replacement in the future. Coming from Iowa you know he is technically sound, and he will be surrounded by a group that performed outstanding last year. Could be an anchor on the line for the next 15 years.


Round 5

A++

Oh Yeah! Get ready for Orton in the Spread baby! Kenny McKinley gives the Broncos another viable option as a slot receiver. He will one day be the replacement for Brandon Stokley at that position as Stokley's contract expires at the end of this year. For now, he will create tons of mismatches when Denver goes 5 wide. And best of all, it means we may never have to hear the name Glenn Martinez ever again!


Round 6

A++

Tom Brady, Matt Cassel, Tom Brandstater... In three years expect to see there to be a new Tom atop this list.


Round 7

A++

Blake Schlueter has looked amazing in his workouts and most scouts (me) are comparing him to Tom Nalen, except better and more durable.


Overall, the best draft in the history of the league. By any team, ever....

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Denver standpoint: Trading your 1st round pick for Alphonso Smith when your team will be 4-12 next season.

Grade: F-

Seattle standpoint: Trading your 2nd round pick to Denver for their 1st round pick when they will be 4-12 next season.

Grade A+++++++
 
Firsttimer said:
The last line of the Bears analysis is retarded. No line help? Why the fuck would they need to draft line help when they signed 3 offensive linemen this offseason who are capable of starting?
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Exactly, plus they just drafted Williams last year. The line will be fine this season, they may draft another tackle next year since Pace is obviously just a patch job for now. But they'll be just fine on the line for a little while, barring alot of injuries.
 
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