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It is no secret that the Draft is far from an exact science. Players rise and fall based on agility drills at the Combine, common knowledge tests like the Wonderlic exam, and because sometimes there simply isn't as great of a need at one position as there might be at another. So each year I like to throw out the teams and their needs, and just list the players based solely on how talented I think they are, and how much of an impact they will make at the next level.
The following draft value boards express my personal opinion of where said players should go, and not necessarily where they will go on Draft Day.
And here are my top-100 overall talents in the draft. I use this list as a quick-reference way of grading a team's overall draft execution. For instance, if my #3 overall player goes #23 to Kansas City, then the Chiefs get a grade of +20 for that pick. Conversely, if the Chiefs were to stretch on my #50 talent with the 23rd overall pick, they'd get a grade of -27. At the end of the Draft I add up the grades for each team's picks, and form a cumulative grade for their overall draft that way.
Top-100
1. Calvin Johnson, WR Georgia Tech*
2. Adrian Peterson, RB Oklahoma*
3. Marshawn Lynch, RB California*
4. Gaines Adams, DE Clemson
5. Patrick Willis, MLB Mississippi
6. Justin Blalock, OG Texas
7. Joe Thomas, OT Wisconsin
8. Amobi Okoye, DT Louisville
9. LaRon Landry, FS LSU
10. Lawrence Timmons, OLB Florida State*
11. JaMarcus Russell, QB LSU*
12. Darrelle Revis, CB Pittsburgh*
13. Ryan Kalil, OC USC
14. Dwayne Bowe, WR LSU
15. Jarvis Moss, DE Florida*
16. Adam Carriker, DE Nebraska
17. Jamaal Anderson, DE Arkansas*
18. Ted Ginn, WR Ohio State*
19. Eric Wright, CB UNLV*
20. Brady Quinn, QB Notre Dame
21. Chris Houston, CB Arkansas*
22. David Harris, MLB Michigan
23. Leon Hall, CB Michigan
24. Alan Branch, DT Michigan*
25. Anthony Spencer, DE Purdue
26. Ben Grubbs, OG Auburn
27. Robert Meachem, WR Tennessee*
28. Tanard Jackson, CB Syracuse
29. Levi Brown, OT Penn State
30. Rufus Alexander, OLB Oklahoma
31. Reggie Nelson, FS/CB Florida*
32. Tony Hunt, RB Penn State
33. Brian Leonard, FB Rutgers
34. Daymeion Hughes, CB California
35. Buster Davis, MLB Florida State
36. Charles Johnson, DE Georgia*
37. Jon Beason, OLB Miami*
38. Steve Smith, WR USC
39. Greg Olsen, TE Miami*
40. Brandon Meriweather, FS Miami
41. Ben Patrick, TE Delaware
42. Trent Edwards, QB Stanford
43. Zach Miller, TE Arizona State*
44. Michael Griffin, FS Texas
45. Aaron Ross, CB Texas
46. LaMarr Woodley, DE Michigan
47. James Marten, OT Boston College
48. Antonio Pittman, RB Ohio State*
49. Josh Beekman, OG Boston College
50. Joe Staley, OT Central Michigan
51. Stewart Bradley, OLB Nebraska
52. Josh Wilson, CB Maryland
53. DeMarcus Tyler, DT NC State
54. John Wendling, S Wyoming
55. Paul Posluszny, LB Penn State
56. Marshal Yanda, OG/T Iowa
57. Ikaika Alama-Francis, DE Hawaii
58. Dwayne Jarrett, WR USC*
59. Sabby Piscitelli, SS Oregon State
60. Kevin Kolb, QB Houston
61. Victor Abiamiri, DE Notre Dame
62. Justin Harrell, DT Tennessee
63. Aundrae Allison, WR East Carolina
64. Brandon Jackson, RB Nebraska*
65. Arron Sears, OG/T Tennessee
66. Tony Ugoh, OT Arkansas
67. David Irons, CB Auburn
68. Quincy Black, OLB New Mexico
69. Samson Satele, OC Hawaii
70. Allen Barbre, OT Missouri Southern
71. Craig Davis, WR LSU
72. Michael Bush, RB Louisville
73. Troy Smith, QB Ohio State
74. Marcus Thomas, DT Florida
75. Andy Alleman, OG Akron
76. Sidney Rice, WR South Carolina**
77. Scott Chandler, TE Iowa
78. Anthony Waters, MLB Clemson
79. Manuel Ramirez, OG Texas Tech
80. Brandon Siler, MLB Florida*
81. Fred Bennett, CB South Carolina
82. Eric Weddle, FS/CB Utah
83. Mason Crosby, K Colorado
84. Matt Spaeth, TE Minnesota
85. Dwayne Wright, RB Fresno State*
86. Jason Hill, WR Washington State
87. Anthony Gonzalez, WR Ohio State*
88. Brandon Mebane, DT California
89. HB Blades, ILB Pittsburgh
90. Kasey Studdard, OG Texas
91. Turk McBride, DT Tennessee
92. Joe Newton, TE Oregon State
93. Lorenzo Booker, RB Florida State
94. Drew Stanton, QB Michigan State
95. John Beck, QB Brigham Young
96. Ryan McBean, DL Oklahoma State
97. Jay Moore, DE Nebraska
98. Daniel Bazuin, DE Central Michigan
99. Zak DeOssie, LB Brown
100. Marcus McCauley, CB Fresno State
Enjoy the draft, everyone. |
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