The Indianapolis Colts addressed the most pressing need of upgrading the offensive line and protecting Peyton Manning, and did so with first round pick Anthony Castonzo of Boston College and second round pick Ben Ijalana out of Villanova. Got help in later rounds at defensive line in Drake Nevis of LSU and Chrus Rucker of Michigan State in the secondary. Castonzo falling to them in the first round is a steal. Got defensive help in later rounds. Addressed need, got value and no reaches.
The Houston Texans took defensive end J.J. Watt in first round, passing on Prince Amukamara. Were able to address the team’s secondary and Houston’s most glaring need with cornerback Brandon Harris fr...
The Green Bay Packers improved their offensive line with Derek Sherrod, who fell to them in the first round. More importantly, they got offensive weapons in the second and third round with wide receiv...
Nick Fairley fell to the Detroit Lions with 13th pick. He and Ndamukong Suh will combine for the best defensive tackle combo in NFL. Second round picks Mikel Leshoure will help running game and wide r...
The Denver Broncos got the draft’s elite linebacker in Von Miller. Got the best safety in Rahim Moore. Drafted three linebackers and two safeties to fix back seven on defense. However, in passing on M...
The Dallas Cowboys got tackle Tyron Smith in first round and he could start for next ten years. However the rest of the draft was filled with reaches and did not address any needs. Linebacker Bruce Ca...
The Chicago Bears addressed the team’s most pressing need with offensive tackle Gabe Carini. Jay Cutler was sacked 56 times last year and keeping him healthy and in the pocket is paramount. Addressed ...
Traded down in the draft with the Falcons, grabbing an additional second round pick and a first round pick in 2012. Then the Cleveland Browns traded back up to draft Phil Taylor, the best nose tackle ...
The Cincinnati Bengals got the best wide receiver in A.J. Green and their quarterback of the future in 2nd round pick Andy Dalton of TCU. More importantly, addressed the offensive line with fourth rou...
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