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Sixth Round Storylines

Published by Sigmund Bloom April 27th, 2008 in 6th Round, Arizona Cardinals, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos, Miami Dolphins, New York Jets, Oakland Raiders, San Francisco 49ers and Washington Redskins. 0 Comments

Trevor Scott, DE, Oakland - Oakland is thin at DE, even if Tommy Kelly slides over. Scott is an athlete, but his pass rush skills didn’t seem to translate at Texas Vs the Nation.

Marcus Henry, WR, New York Jets - The Jets needed a big, rangy target like Henry for the red zone. I expect him to make the roster.

Josh Morgan, WR, San Francisco - There is definitely opportunity at wideout in San Francisco. Morgan is a 2nd/3rd round talent at his best, but his effort and focus wavers.

Jalen Parmele, RB, Miami - Parmele is good try hard guy and grinder between the tackles. Ronnie Brown is getting close to the end of his rookie deal and Ricky, well, we know you can’t count on Ricky, and he’s gettin’ old to boot. Don’t be surprised if Parmele gets carries this year.

Corey Lynch, S, Cincinnati - The Bengals took probably the most questionable character on Draftguys TV in Jason Shirley, and they follow it with squeaky clean Lynch. There is also opportunity at safety in the Queen City.

Spencer Larsen, LB, Denver - At the end of training camp, the Broncos may find that Larsen is best true MLB on their roster. He shouldn’t be in on third down, but Larsen will get Niko Koutovides a run for his money.

Colt Brennan, QB, Washington - They took the biggest pretender QB in the draft last year, Jordan Palmer. We’ll see if they went two for two.

Athyba Rubin, NT, Cleveland - A coke machine shaped guy that is a perfect 3-4 NT. Phil Savage strikes again.

Poor Justin Fargas. Poor Michael Bush. Poor Oakland Fans. Joy in KC.

Published by Sigmund Bloom April 26th, 2008 in 1st Round, Kansas City Chiefs and Oakland Raiders. 0 Comments

Well Justin, you finally learn how to be patient and look for the hole, you get a new contract, and your reward is the #4 overall pick spent on a player at your position. Michael Bush, you worked hard to get healthy and play last year and your team held you back so they wouldn’t have to drop a running back that a division rival could pick up. Now you are third on the depth chart. Oakland fans, what can we say? Your owner is cuckoo for speed.

Kansas City fans, your team will get the best player in this draft if they do the right thing and take Dorsey. If they take Gholston, boycott their games.

Glenn Dorsey gets no respect

Published by Sigmund Bloom April 26th, 2008 in 1st Round, Atlanta Falcons, Oakland Raiders and St. Louis Rams. 0 Comments

If rumors are to be believed, Scott Linehan lost out when the Rams selected Chris Long. I would have certainly been pushing for Glenn Dorsey if I had a role. I hold Matt Ryan in high regard, but I still think Dorsey *should* have been the pick for Atlanta. If Dorsey ends up falling to Kansas City (we’re assuming McFadden becomes a Raider), then they automatically become one of the biggest winners of the first round. The Saints should be lighting up the phones right now to get their hands on Dorsey.

Poor Thomas Dimitroff – you’re the new GM, you have the #3 overall pick, and the owner makes it for you. Poor Mike Smith, you have a chance to get one of the best defensive tackles to come down the pike in the last 5-10 years, and build the same kind of defense that you built in Jacksonville, and the owner takes the franchise QB. The next question is, what week does Ryan debut? My guess is no earlier than 5, no later than 10.

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