sports.yahoo.com - 4/28/2008
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Given that there wasn’t a lot of great offensive talent at skill positions available this year, most teams in the AFC focused on upgrading their defenses in hopes of chasing down top quarterbacks Tom Brady of New England and Peyton Manning of Indianapolis. Either that or they spent high picks on offensive linemen in hopes of having the type of running attacks to keep the ball away from those ...
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Daily Links - Broncos Draft Post Mortem
BroncoTalk —
Who had the best draft? Football field not required. Broncos: B [Yahoo! Sports]
More grades. Broncos: C+ [ESPN]
More grades. Broncos: D+ [USA Today]
Through it all, Shanahan says we’re better, and I agree. [Rocky Mountain News]
What?! Never heard of ...
More draft babbling: Cruising the hair-osphere
DGDB&D: a Texans blog. —
I’m feeling a little sappy tonight, so bear with me. First, a shout out to Liston and hope he’s doing well (and toast should always be eaten above the head, when possible). I’d take Liston over about 99% of professional comedy writers. Secondly, total thanks to Eric for doing the leg work on this post.
We’re now a couple of days post-draft hangover (a vicious Zima hangover, if you’re Tim). I’ve already given my take on the draft, so let’s take a tour around the rest of the delightful internetz and get some opinions from the “experts’ on how the Texans performed (and, by “opinions,” remember that if ...
Grading The Draft 'Experts' Using the Houston Texans as an Example
FanHouse —
Filed under: Texans, AFC South, NFL Draft, HoustonI'm not much fond of immediate draft grades. Assessments of players the day after the draft are often comical (and/or painful check out 5:10 and 8:55) in retrospect. The biggest problem is there is no one that can know more than just a brief snap shot of each player and how each player fits into 32 teams. And at the time they are doing their draft grades, they are probably a little tired and writing to deadline. I'm not going to pretend I can grade out players before they take a snap in the NFL. But what I do know is that so many of the so called draft 'experts' are wildly ...
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Wash Post NFL 4/28/2008
Idaho linebacker David Vobora, this year's "Mr. Irrelevant," as the 252nd and final pick of the draft, will be given the party of a lifetime by an aging man with a farcical mind.
