Submit a Story!

Thoughts on Second-Round Quarterbacks

 
The draft's third and fourth quarterbacks came off the board late in the second round. Louisville's Brian Brohm went 56th overall to the Green Bay Packers, and Michigan's Chad Henne went to the Miami Dolphins on the following choice. A few issues arising from those selections: * So is Joe Flacco really so much better than Brohm and Henne that the Ravens had to trade up to 18th, 38 spots ahead of where Brohm...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry. (link)

Tags:

Related Content
Rumors of Taylor deal are wrong - for now
miamiherald.com 4/27/2008 — Despite a flurry of rumors and even inaccurate media reports, the Dolphins in fact did not trade Jason Taylor on Saturday. The Dolphins didn't even field calls for Taylor, according to general manager Jeff Ireland.
Giants get their man, draft Miami safety Kenny Phillips with 31st pick
nydailynews.com 4/27/2008 — With the 31st pick in the 2008 NFL draft, the Giants selected Kenny Phillips, the safety out of the University of Miami. Defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo loves his potential and sees him as a Brian Dawkins type - a pretty significant player from ...
Henne joins Long in Miami draft class
mlive.com 4/27/2008 — Teammates at the University of Michigan, quarterback Chad Henne and offensive tackle Jake Long will be reunited as NFL rookies. More than five hours after the Miami Dolphins made Long the No. 1 pick in Saturday's draft, the Dolphins chose Henne in the second round with the 57th overall selection. Henne became the fourth quarterback taken, behind first-rounders Matt Ryan of Boston College ...
I hope there's a 7th floor at the Ravens training camp facility
sports.yahoo.com 4/27/2008 — If there's not, the Ravens will be making a tremendous waste of the talents of their newest linebacker, Tavares Gooden . T-Good (that's just one of his nicknames) has good speed and good cover skills, but he also has experience rapping, and shows great ability in the, um, double team. T-Good's a member of Miami's famed " Seventh Floor Crew ," a group of football players that ...
1st Round, Eighteenth Overall: Ravens Select Joe Flacco [Continuing The Wonderful Ravens QB Tradition]
deadspin.com 4/27/2008 — Joe Flacco came from a bad neighborhood. Audubon, New Jersey, is rougher than the Little Rock with East St. Louis piled on top of it. Flacco graduated from Audubon High School, which is so rough that there are medal detectors in the faculty ...
Ravens Make a Panic MoveMark Maske's NFL Insider 4/26/2008
NEW YORK--I didn't particularly like what the Ravens did, trading back up (after trading down earlier) to take Delaware quarterback Joe Flacco with the 18th pick. Fellow quarterbacks Brian Brohm of Louisville and Chad Henne of Michigan were still ...
Receivers Rebound in Second RoundMark Maske's NFL Insider 4/27/2008
The shutout of receivers in the first round of the NFL draft Saturday led to a second-round bounce-back. Nine wideouts were selected in the second round. The surprise developments were that the first wide receiver taken was Donnie Avery of Houston, ...
Jets draft Tennessee quarterback Erik AingeNYDailyNews.com - Football 4/27/2008
The Jets didn't get Matt Ryan. Or Joe Flacco. Or Brian Brohm. Or Chad Henne. But, make way for Tennessee QB Erik Ainge, who was selected in the fifth round (No. 162 overall). He has great size (6-5, 225) and terrific genes.
Danny Ainge's nephew is now a JetThe Jet Stream - NY Daily News Blogs 4/27/2008
The Jets didn’t get Matt Ryan. Or Joe Flacco. Or Brian Brohm. Or Chad Henne. But, make way for Tennessee QB Erik Ainge, who was selected in the fifth round (No. 162 overall). He has great size (6-5, 225) and terrific genes. As you probably ...
Ravens stake future on Flacco, who embraces roleLatest Sporting News Articles for NFL 4/27/2008
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) -- The Baltimore Ravens and Joe Flacco are in this thing together. The Ravens...