NFL Draft

As obsessed as I am with the NFL, I've never watched the entire first round of a draft. I've spent a good amout of time listening to the experts of Sirius NFL radio over the last month, and of course it only took a few picks to really shake up their predictions. Everything was basically going as expected until the Raiders took Rolando Mcclain at number 8, who is a great player but most wouldn't expect to be taken so high

I'm sure the big story tomorrow will be all of Denver's moves to take Tim Tebow. Who would have thought it would have been with Baltimore's original pick. I still haven't decided how I think Tebow will do in the NFL. He seems like a great guy who is passionate about the game, but the same could be said of Kyle Boller. Josh Mcdaniels is staking his entire career on Tebow. I haven't been a huge fan of Mcdaniels; trading your best two players because you can't get along with them is no way to win. It also probably would have been better for Tebow to go to a team where he could sit for a few years, but this is why we play the game.


Denver Quarterback Tim Tebow... and his girlfriend


As for Baltimore, I was really hoping they could nab Jermaine Gresham, the tight end out of Oklahoma. As expected, he was picked up by the Bengals. I was getting really excited when it looked as if Dez Bryant was going to fall to us, but Dallas had to snake in and take him. I've heard all about how this years draft is so deep and there is much better value in the later rounds, so I'm pretty confident they did the right thing by trading out.

During the draft I made one bold prediction: Detroit will win at least six games this year. I promised to put it in writing so here it is. They've improved thier defensive line tremendously, and I'm a huge fan of Calvin Johnson. Matt Stafford showed that he has some guts last year, and if he doesn't get hurt he should have a decent season.

~Eric