2011 Draft 1st Round Recap...

 

The 1st round of the NFL draft kicked of last night. I wasn't excited as I usually am because of the lockout, but since the judge ended it earlier this week I regained my excitement. This draft just like any other had some things we definitely saw coming (see photo above) and some surprises. Here's my take on the 1st round.

#Respect

Atlanta Falcons 

Wrong side man

Trading up to draft Julio Jones a big, physical, tough, surprisingly fast WR to compliment Roddy White was definitely a good look. I was a little shocked they gave up so much for him but I like him and think he will be a great receiver in the league, better than AJ Green. 

Detroit Lions
Drafting Nick Fairley. Fairley was such a beast in the National championship game I thought he may have gone number 1, I wasn't the only one. That talk died down but he was still looking like a top 5 pick. Somehow he fell to 13 where the Lions didn't need him, having drafted Ndamukong Suh last year but they nabbed him anyway. Suh and Fairley on the same defensive line #ridiculous.

New Orleans Saints

Any team that gets two picks in the 1st round gets #respect. Drafting Cameron Jordan was great. He will help the defense and be the heir apparent to Will Smith. Trading back into the 1st round to pick up Mark Ingram was excellent. Ingram is the perfect power runner to compliment the other Heisman winning RB on the roster (if he is still there).

Cleveland Browns
The traded their 1st round pick (the aforementioned Jones) to Atlanta for 5 picks. 1-2-3-4-FIF. Not just any 5 picks either, Atlanta's 1st this year (which they flipped), 2nd and 4th this year and next year's 1st and 4th. I'm sure this year's 1st and 2nd would have been enough to close the deal but the Browns push to the max (or took advantage of ATL's thirst) to get those additional picks.

Good Look

Dallas Cowboys
Drafting for need instead of headlines. Tyron Smith will help the O-Line just not sure if it will be at Left Tackle.

Washington Redskins
Resisting the allure of the QB and trading down for more picks. I think Ryan Kerrigan could be a bust though.

Jacksonville Jaguars 
Trading up to get Blaine Gabbert. I didn't think Gabbert would be good in the league but now I think he has a chance to. He can sit behind David Garrard for a while and learn.

New York Giants and Jets
Prince Amukamara fills a definite need at CB for the Giants. Muhammad Wilkerson fills the need for a giant DT for the Jets.

Baltimore Ravens
Ravens had an excellent draft last year and started this one of pretty good as well drafting Jimmy Smith to fill their CB needs. He has some character issues but Ray Lewis and Ed Reed will whip him into shape.

Teams who drafted Offensive Lineman
Usually cant go wrong when you draft O-lineman because if they're young and healthy they're good and some even great. So good look to the Cowboys, Dolphins, Patriots, Colts, Eagles, Seahawks, Bears and the Packers.


Surprise Surprise

Minnesota Vikings
Cristian Ponder at #12? They must have really loved this guy. I think they could may have been able to get him in the second round. If they weren't confident they could have waited then they could have traded down a little lower in the 1st, get some additional picks, and then drafted him. They botched this one.

Tennessee Titans
Jake Locker at #8? See above about Ponder.


Da'Quan Bowers

This guy was once talked about as the #1 overall pick. and he didn't even get drafted in the 1st round. Guess his knee injury scared people off. can't imagine him not going in the top 3 picks in the 2nd.

Denver Broncos

I thought they'd go with Marcell Dareus, a bit of a safer pick, instead they opted for Von Miller who I think is a potential bust. 

Beware

AJ Green WR, Bengals. For some reason he reminds me of Charles Rodgers. I think he'll be productive but not great, just not blazingly fast. And who is throwing to him?

Von Miller OLB, Broncos. Always weary of a hybrid DE/OLB tweeners. Without the proper inside help he may not get many sacks.

Aldon Smith DE, 49ers. See above.

Ryan Kerrigan DE, Redskins. Ditto.

Robert Quinn DE, Rams. Ditto again lol.

Johnathon Baldwin WR, Chiefs. Has a chance to be good because Dwanye Bowe will get doubled but he's big and slow.

Topless...Not a Good Look

Normally I'd be all for toplessness (there's a reason I'm @FullCupLover), but in this case I'm against it. On Saturday, April 2nd my father mailed my laptop in for some repairs. I've known he was going to do it for a while, just didn't know when. Since he knew that I handled all of my grad school apps he knew that I really didn't need it so he sent it in while I was away in LA. Going back to the day I left (3/31) I've been without it for 12 days. The first 4 were cool because I was out of town but since I've returned its been rough.

Even though he thinks I don't need it I really do. I haven't been able to listen to music, cruise the net, update the blog (LA Recap, MLB Preview, some other thoughts I would have turned into a post if I had my laptop), stay up with my Mets, online window shop, social network at my full potential, enjoy an adult movie, etc.

It hasn't been all that bad because all my emails come to my phone so I haven't missed anything important. I tweet from my phone mostly so I've been able to keep up with my friends and enjoy #tittytuesday with no major problem lol. However, I haven't been able to hit a lot of the links in tweets to check out songs or articles people are tweeting about. My mobile web doesn't get everything.

At home I've had to use the house desktop: which is extremely slow starting up, doesn't have my music on it, my bookmarks or even the same web browsing platform I normally use (Chrome). I do have my work computer, (which I'm posting from right now) but it has its own set of issues: no downloads, my noisy co-workers always walking by, and the fact that I have to do actual work.

I miss my baby and I'm tired of going (Lap)Topless.