Grade Day 1

[Geowhizzer]

orakpo is so stiff...and i dont see the quickness needed to get off the edge in the pros....imo hes gonna get merked by nfl tackles...and this is coming from a taterskin fan

not being a smart ass but how many times have you seen him play? he is extremely quick off the ball, he was dominant against OU this year. 

I think 98% of us on here are smart asses.

Yeah, the rest are just dumb asses.

[QB Eagles]

I wasn't a fan of the Broncos draft. They could have taken Moreno at 18 instead of 12, and RB wasn't even a position of real need on their team. They traded next year's #1 for a second-round pick they spent on a small nickel corner. They needed defensive line help bad and didn't get any. They waited until Round 6 to get a QB.... this is a team with Kyle Orton throwing the ball right now.

If the Eagles traded away their franchise QB and next year's #1 to get high draft picks this year, I'm sure they would have picked a higher number of good players as well. For what they gave up, the Broncos draft sorta blew.

[Feva]

Heard on NFLN, they were worried about SD taking Knowshon at #16 so they took him where they did.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Regardless, their draft made little sense along side their off-season.

[Zanshin]

I agree with that. The Broncos have been a train wreck. I'm pretty sure if I told them I played HB, they'd sign me as a free agent, no questions asked.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I agree with that. The Broncos have been a train wreck. I'm pretty sure if I told them I played HB, they'd sign me as a free agent, no questions asked.

Well, they may ask you about your contract demands before giving in to them.


That said, I think that they definitely will have to cut some surprise guys, including one or both of the ex-Eagles they signed.

[ice grillin you]

again they got three different players who all may be the best at their individual positions...that just doesnt happen in drafts...of course they all could flop but thats the case with any team...you wanna rate their offseason as bad because of cutler im with you...but i dont know how you could look at their draft and say it was great...those first three picks were the best in the nfl imo

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

i dont know how you could look at their draft and say it was great...those first three picks were the best in the nfl imo

What?

[ice grillin you]

youre smarter than that....i think

[Tomahawk]

I agree with that. The Broncos have been a train wreck. I'm pretty sure if I told them I played HB, they'd sign me as a free agent, no questions asked.

Well, they may ask you about your contract demands before giving in to them.


That said, I think that they definitely will have to cut some surprise guys, including one or both of the ex-Eagles they signed.

GET BUCKHALTER!

igy, everybody that's grading the Broncos draft is including Cutler in the deal, and rightfully so. They definitely had more pressing needs than RB, but this is coming from a guy that would never draft a RB in the first.

Sure they got some quality picks, but giving up next years 1st rounder was silly

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

youre smarter than that....i think

I'm smart enough to decipher when you contradict yourself?  In this case, yes.  Is it still worth pointing out in mocking fashion?  In all cases, yes.

[ice grillin you]

i thought you were smart enough to know i meant to type wasNT

i was wrong

[PhillyPhreak54]

Man Mark Eckel is still one salty sonofabitch...

Someone take away his keyboard

The people who actually make the picks thought differently, which brings back bad memories of players such as Winston Justice and Freddie Mitchell.

Maclin is a guy two of the scouts I talk to and listen intently to dissed in the days leading up to the draft.

One ranked him well behind Crabtree, and Darrius Heyward- Bey, who were the two receivers taken ahead of Maclin, and also behind Hakeem Nicks and Percy Har vin.

"He's not that tough and his hands are shaky at best," one of the scouts said before the Eagles made Maclin the first wide receiver they took in the first round since the infamous pick of Freddie Mitchell eight years ago. "I don't like him at all."

Another scout liked Maclin's ability, but had other serious questions about him.

"He's athletic," the scout said. "He gives you that aspect. But I think he will struggle to learn the offense. (I think he) will have mental busts."

That's not ideal in an Eagles offense that is considered complicated, especially for wide receivers.

Other concerns about Maclin center around the fact that he played in a spread offense with the Tigers under head coach Gary Pinkel.

"He's going to need a lot of work as a route runner," another personnel man said. "Now, he's explosive, I'll tell you that. But I don't know how well he'll fit in a struc tured offense. There are a lot of sight adjustments and things like that he is going to have to learn."

Maclin, who is also a returnman, will fit in with last year's second- round pick DeSean Jackson, veteran Kevin Curtis, the "unstop pable" Jason Avant (head coach Andy Reid's word not mine), the still-in-the-mix Reggie Brown (general manager Tom Heckert's words not mine) and the recently re- signed Hank Baskett.

[ice grillin you]

im not as down on macklin as eckel seems to be but im not overly happy with the pick either...i would grade that pick at best a C

[Eagles_Legendz]

Having watched tons of Maryland games this year, picking Bey ahead of Maclin, let alone in the 10, is an absolute joke.  He's a track star fronting as a WR that has never had a 1,000 yard season and had 3 games last year with 0 catches. 

I'm not an expert on Maclin but they added a player at a skill position who every draft site had going way higher than 19.  I'd have liked Pettigrew, but it's hard to argue with the pick, and a lot better than some of the alternatives that were on the board. 

I liked Nicks a lot too.  I think the Giants are going to be getting a really good player if he can keep his head on straight.