With the first pick in the 2010 NFL Draft, the St. Louis Rams select Sam Bradford, quarterback from Oklahoma. For the first time ever the NFL decided to go prime time on Thursday night with the first round only broadcast with the second and third rounds on Friday in primetime and Saturday featuring the other 4 rounds starting in the morning. The gamble seemed to have paved off with the draft increasing its audience by 30%.
Within the first 5 picks there were no surprises as Sam Bradford, Ndamukong Suh, Gerald McCoy, Trent Williams and Eric Berry went flying off the board. The biggest surprise in the first round was the Denver Broncos selecting Tim Tebow with the 25th pick in the first round. This was by far what some call the biggest reach in the first round. Tebow a quarterback out of Florida was not even projected for some as a quarter back in the NFL. He will be a project for head coach Josh McDaniel to work on for a few years before he sees the field.
Another surprise in the draft was the actual excellent drafts by the two teams that usually draft the poorest. The Oakland Raiders and the Detroit Lions have both received an A for a draft grade from ESPN NFL analyst for their picks. The Lions took Suh with their first pick and traded back into the first with the Vikings to take Jahvid Best a running back out of California, with what they believe is the next Barry Sanders. The Raiders drafted for best player available and that was Rolando McClain a linebacker from Alabama. Then traded a future draft pick for former Redskins quarterback Jason Campbell. Oakland will now have a chance to actually participate in the AFC West instead of being a tackling dummy.
The one thing that scared me about this draft is how scary fast the Baltimore Ravens defense is going to be next year. They took Sergio Kindle, a projected mid first rounder with their second round pick. They have also improved overall after taking 2 tight ends as well, Dennis Pita from BYU and Ed Dickson from Oregon. Oh they also got the 2 biggest players in this year’s draft as well. Terrance “Mt” Cody and Ramon Harewood, those two together and their present DT Haloti Ngata should not be allowed in the same buffet hall. They will be my super bowl team for next year.
This year’s draft will be known as the year of the Tight End. The TE position is starting to evolve in the league and everyone is looking for the next Tony Gonzalez and Dallas Clark.
This is a very interesting article, because for me i'm not much of a NFL watcher, but I heard my dad talking about the Denver Broncos. I over heard him talking about they drafted some decent players to play next year, so hopefully they will do better then last year. It surprised me that Brett Farve is still playing for the Vikings, but at least he has one more year to play.
ReplyDeleteI was extremely excited that the NFL draft was Prime time this year, I made sure I had all of my stuff done just so I could watch it. I was a little suprised that Suh didn't go first because I had heard reports that he would go first and Bradford second. I wasn't really suprised that Tim Tebow went that low in the draft because I have heard analysts say that he won't be ready for the NFL for a while.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy watching NFL games a lot! I watch every Vikings game that I can and usually have some get together for it. The one part of football year I don't understand is the draft. I understand how it works and everything, but I do not know why everyone needs to watch it. It is very boring waiting for 10 mins and finding out that your team traded their pick. I personally think it is overrated, and I like watching the overview in the end on ESPN.
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