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Blue Light Special in Aisle Three

Published by Sigmund Bloom April 27th, 2008 in 3rd Round, Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, Chicago Bears and San Francisco 49ers. 1 Comment

Lots of values in the NFL Draft in the beginning of the second day, let’s take a closer look at some of the players who should outperform some of the first day picks:

Charles Godfrey, CB, Carolina - He’ll be better than Terrence Wheatley, Patrick Lee, or Terrell Thomas. He can also be worked in slowly, as a dime back at first, because Carolina has three good corners in Marshall, Gamble, and Lucas.

Earl Bennett, WR, Chicago - Instantly the most dependable WR on the Bears roster under 30. Bennett will make the tough catches over the middle and snare errant passes from Grossman or Orton or Jim McMahon coming out of retirement.

Tavares Gooden, LB, Baltimore - Ray Lewis gets to mentor the best young LB from the U in the draft this year. Isn’t that special?

Chris Ellis, DE, Buffalo - He was announced as an LB, but he’ll help be helping Ryan Denney and Chris Kelsay stay healthy.

Reggie Smith, DB, San Francisco - While Michael Lewis headhunts, Reggie Smith can cover the deep middle, and he can be a nickel/dime back right away.

Pat Sims, DT, Cincinnati - Here’s your consolation prize for missing out on Sedrick Ellis, Bengal fans. Sims is a little soft around the middle, but he can be a space eater and let those athletic LBs do some damage.

PHILLY WINS

Published by Sigmund Bloom April 26th, 2008 in 1st Round, Carolina Panthers and Philadelphia Eagles. 0 Comments

Well, for moving down 23 spots, Philly gets a 4th and the Panthers 09 first. Insanity.

Carolina is drafting like this is it for Fox and Hurney, and to be honest, it will be. Congrats Philly fans, your team aced the first round test.

Wiping the Egg Off My Face

Published by Sigmund Bloom April 26th, 2008 in 1st Round, Carolina Panthers and Philadelphia Eagles. 0 Comments

I guess Philly didn’t want Otah that badly.

Carolina must have had Stewart and Otah very close, and decided to land them both. I wonder if Philly was able to pry Carolina’s 09 first from them - for the second straight year, Philly has traded out of the first.

You Had to Know Stewart Wasn’t Going To Fall Too Far, OL Run Coming.

Published by Sigmund Bloom April 26th, 2008 in 1st Round, Carolina Panthers, Chicago Bears, Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles. 0 Comments

And John Fox will finally play the younger RB? This is a serious indictment of DeAngelo Williams, a first round pick a mere two years. Interesting that the Panthers did not take go with the top offensive lineman left on their board. A definite kick in the gut for Arizona , who could see Rashard Mendenhall, the only other workhorse RB left on the board go right in front of them.

Meanwhile, the Chiefs could easily end up with Branden Albert at 17, a player many of us thought they would consider at #5. And Merling is still sitting there. And Mike Jenkins.

The Bears have to be thinking OL or RB here. Stewart going at 13 means Mendenhall won’t be far behind. Philly still has to sweat through Chicago and Houston to see if they get the OL they want at 19, don’t rule out a trade before we get to their natural pick.

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