2008 NFL Draft Day 1 Open Thread

by ChrisPokorny on Apr 26, 2008 2:59 PM EDT in Events

Please feel free to chat about the 2008 NFL Draft for Day 1 here! I'll update this post throughout the day if there are any rumors regarding the Cleveland Browns.

1st Round
1. Miami = Jake Long, OT - Michigan
2. St. Louis = Chris Lone, DE - Virginia
3. Atlanta = Matt Ryan, QB - Boston College
4. Oakland = Darren McFadden, RB - Arkansas
5. Kansas City = Glenn Dorsey, DT - LSU
6. New York Jets = Vernon Gholston, DE, Ohio State
7. New Orleans* = Sedrick Ellis, DT - USC
8. Jacksonville* = Derrick Harvey, DE - Florida
9. Cincinnati = Keith Rivers, LB - USC
10. New England* = Jared Mayo, LB - Tennessee
11. Buffalo = Leodis McKelvin, CB - Troy
12. Denver = Ryan Clady, OT - Boise State
13. Carolina = Jonathon Stewart, RB - Oregon
14. Chicago = Chris Williams, OT - Vanderbilt
15. Kansas City = Branden Albert, OG - Virginia
16. Arizona = Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, CB - Tennessee State
17. Detroit = Gosder Cherilus, OT - Boston College
18. Baltimore* = Joe Flacco, QB
19. Carolina* = Jeff Otah, OT - Pittsburgh
20. Tampa Bay = Aqib Talib, CB - Kansas
21. Atlanta* = Sam Baker, OL
22. Dallas = Felix Jones, RB - Arkansas
23. Pittsburgh = Rashard Mendenhall, RB - Illinois
24. Tennessee = Chris Johnson, RB - East Carolina
25. Dallas* = Mike Jenkins, CB - South Carolina
26. Houston = Duane Brown, OT - Virginia Tech
27. San Diego = Antoine Cason, CB - Arizona
28. Seattle = Lawrence Jackson, DE - USC
29. San Francisco = Kentwan Balmer, DT - North Carolina
30. New York Jets* = Dustin Keller, TE - Purdue
31. New York Giants = Kenny Phillips, S - Miami

*Indicates a trade was made as a team was on the clock.

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No big surprises through the first five picks, but I don’t agree at all with the Falcons taking Matt Ryan. They could’ve had a QB in the second round and Glenn Dorsey there.

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by ChrisPokorny on Apr 26, 2008 3:44 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

Could not agree more. I think Brohm is the best QB in the draft. By the way, I would be pissed if I was a Chiefs fan. How could they turn down the number ten pick along with a second rounder and next years first rounder from the Saints to move down five spots?

by Bernie19Kosar on Apr 26, 2008 4:55 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

better ryan in Atlanta

than in Baltimore

by Bereadawg on Apr 26, 2008 4:53 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

Flacco to the ravens?

by Bereadawg on Apr 26, 2008 5:01 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

Flacco to the Ratbirds. Sweet. He has bust written all over him. Troy Smith is still the best QB on that roster.

by Bernie19Kosar on Apr 26, 2008 5:02 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

He's SLOW!!!

by Bereadawg on Apr 26, 2008 5:03 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

Wow…from Gosder Cherilus to the Lions and Joe Flacco to the Ravens, I’m blown away. In a laughable way.

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by ChrisPokorny on Apr 26, 2008 5:10 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

Panthers trade into 1st round to get Otah.

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by ChrisPokorny on Apr 26, 2008 5:11 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

Ravens Joe Flacco Pick -- Kid has a gun for an arm- Video Link

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZxW_RdJjtos

The problem with the video is it’s all against Division 1-AA talent defenses. But, if you look carefully, the kid has a “flick” release, he gets rid of the ball fast and he has AWESOME accuracy.

With this kid, it’s not whether he can get rid of the ball in time, he can. The problem is, can he survive the NFL beatings. Can this kid escape getting his head knocked off or his knees blown out by NFL level talent? Is he the next Big Ben?

I don’t think so, I think the kid will get hurt. Quickly.

by gentryholdem on Apr 26, 2008 5:16 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

I have a hard time understanding why a guy who could not beat out Tyler Palko is worth a first round pick.

by Bernie19Kosar on Apr 26, 2008 5:17 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

i think this

Flacco pick was a bad one

by Bereadawg on Apr 26, 2008 5:18 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

I don’t diss the fact that Flacco is on their roster, but THIS high? They should’ve gotten him in the middle of round two.

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by ChrisPokorny on Apr 26, 2008 5:20 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

i think BIG ARM QB’s are riskier especially with the speed of the Defenses in the AFC North and Flacco best target is a TE

by Bereadawg on Apr 26, 2008 5:24 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

Atlanta has traded back into the first round? They could have had Dorsey and Brohm. They have to be looking DL right?

by Bernie19Kosar on Apr 26, 2008 5:29 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

Sam Baker is a second to third round guy. Thank God I am not a Falcons fan…

by Bernie19Kosar on Apr 26, 2008 5:30 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

I’m absolutely blown away. Atlanta, Detroit, and Baltimore have done very poor in terms of VALUE trading, in my opinion.

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by ChrisPokorny on Apr 26, 2008 5:38 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

It is not like Atlanta has a shortage of needs. LB, DL, WR, TE, CB, S and they choose a guy who they could have taken in the second round?

by Bernie19Kosar on Apr 26, 2008 5:41 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

Mendenhall to the Steelers. I personally think Mendenhall will be unproductive as an NFL runner.

by Bernie19Kosar on Apr 26, 2008 5:42 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

I hope so

by Bereadawg on Apr 26, 2008 5:45 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

Yeah, I’d rather they take him than getting an offensive lineman. Makes it easier for our new bunch of guys to wreck havoc on them.

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by ChrisPokorny on Apr 26, 2008 5:46 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

I agree i was happy when otah got picked

by Bereadawg on Apr 26, 2008 5:52 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

Yeah I was worried one of the good ones would drop to them. I guess they are cool with another year of Max Starks…

by Bernie19Kosar on Apr 26, 2008 5:54 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

so they pick a RB and still nobody to block for him, hmmmm

by Bereadawg on Apr 26, 2008 5:56 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

good 1st round

by Bereadawg on Apr 26, 2008 6:01 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

for dallas

by Bereadawg on Apr 26, 2008 6:01 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

Definitely. Both teams with two first-rounders to start with, Kansas City and Dallas, have done very well in round one.

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by ChrisPokorny on Apr 26, 2008 6:09 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

I still think we have the best first day draft

1.Quinn
2.Rodgers
3. Williams

by Bereadawg on Apr 26, 2008 6:10 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

In terms of old-style ways, most certainly. Since Day 1 is only two rounds now, Quinn and Rodgers still looks good, but not nearly as impressive as with Corey W. in there.

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by ChrisPokorny on Apr 26, 2008 6:14 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

Check That...

I forgot that it was Corey Williams that we got in round two, while Shaun Rogers was obtained through round three. In that case, Quinn and Williams as the first two picks does seem like the best first day draft, arguably.

Mental note: Shaun Rogers, not Shaun Rodgers.

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by ChrisPokorny on Apr 26, 2008 10:45 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

i think Steve Young is looking for a GM job somewhere, he’s going crazy…..lol

by Bereadawg on Apr 26, 2008 6:20 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

This is clearly the year of the trades in the NFL Draft. Jets make what should be the final trade in round one with the Packers.

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by ChrisPokorny on Apr 26, 2008 6:27 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

With the FINAL pick in the first round, the New York Giants select…SAFETY KENNY PHILLIPS. If he wasn’t taken in round one, it would’ve ended a 13-year streak for Miami having a player taken in round one.

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by ChrisPokorny on Apr 26, 2008 6:36 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

Time to get something to eat. If the Browns make some type of stunning trade in the next half hour, someone start a FANPOST discussion on it and I’ll promote it to the front page when I get back to my computer.

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by ChrisPokorny on Apr 26, 2008 6:40 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

And with the 32nd Pick the Cleveland Browns elect to not trade away their backup QB because of their brutal schedule next year.

by gentryholdem on Apr 26, 2008 8:07 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

We need to start looking at it in the light that we’re making everyone else’s schedule brutal :D

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by ChrisPokorny on Apr 26, 2008 8:12 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

The quarterbacks falling off the board.

Brian Brohm, who should’ve gone much higher, is taken by the Packers at No. 56 in round two.
Chad Henne is then taken with the next pick, No. 57, by the Miami Dolphins.

So far, it looks like our linebackers, Bruce Davis and Shawn Crable, will survive to Day 2. Dan Connor is still on the board, interestingly enough…

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by ChrisPokorny on Apr 26, 2008 8:30 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

Well, only four picks left on Day 1. Unless the Browns make a deal ASAP, all of our attention will be on Day 2, and the possible trade for Fabian Washington, as expected.

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by ChrisPokorny on Apr 26, 2008 8:43 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

i’d be happy with

1.Quinn
2. rodgers
3.williams
4 washington
5 crable

by Bereadawg on Apr 26, 2008 8:47 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

5. connor/ crable

by Bereadawg on Apr 26, 2008 9:10 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

I have a feeling Connor will be the first guy (or close to that) taken in round three. The big namers who remain after Day 1 always seem to get scouted up overnight and taken first on Day 2.

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by ChrisPokorny on Apr 26, 2008 9:41 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

If we draft Shawn Crable I will puke.

by gahnki on Apr 26, 2008 9:05 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

Care to explain your animosity towards him? :)

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by ChrisPokorny on Apr 26, 2008 9:42 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

Well, it’s 11:57 PM and Michigan still sucks….

I would like to see us try and get Reggie Smith, a cornerback from Oklahoma tomorrow. We may need to trade into the third round but I think it would be worth it.

by gahnki on Apr 26, 2008 11:57 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

Kevin Smith. 2,500 yards in season is no joke…

by Bernie19Kosar on Apr 27, 2008 5:05 AM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

I gotta admit, without the Brown’s involved I had a much harder time getting into the draft than usual/ For the record, I don’t think Matt Ryan has much chance of being a viable NFL QB. Here’s hoping we can grab Bruce Davis….

Oh, and Chauncy Washington from USC is still available. I’m probably biased, but if we happened to get him I’d literally-literally- dance a jig.

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by BringBackKosar on Apr 27, 2008 7:30 AM EDT reply reply 0 recs