Posted by ESPN.com's Bill Williamson A.J. Smith is one aggressive trader. The general consensus was the Chargers would trade out of the first round to get more picks because they didn't have second, third or fourth round picks. But the Chargers stayed put and took productive Arizona cornerback Antoine Cason. Sunday, instead of staying put, the Chargers actually traded up and snared LSU ...

Posted by ESPN.com's Bill Williamson Really like what the Chargers did in the first round by taking Arizona star cornerback Antoine Cason. Cason is a good football player. He was a playmaker in college. But some teams were turned off by mediocre combine numbers. But give Chargers general manager A.J. Smith credit. He looks for good football players and he got one in Cason. Pair Cason with ...

Jason Cole of Yahoo has given the Chargers a “C” for the weekend draft selections. Here is his breakdown of their weekend. Picks: CB Antoine Cason, FB Jacob Hester, RB Marcus Thomas , CB DeJuan Tribble and OT Corey Clark Positives: Cason Negatives: Hester Bottom line: C. This is a much more clever draft than this grade indicates. Instead of grabbing a lot of players who ...

I'm at an internet cafe in Thailand, checking in to see what kind of deal the Chargers pulled off to bundle up some draft picks and low and behold, the Chargers stayed at 27 and got an excellent player. Who would have thought? The thing I like about AJ Smith is that he doesn't make draft day trades for the sake of trading. If the there is a good deal to be made, he'll jump on it. But the team ...

When the time came to make a selection, the Bolts A.J. Smith did something he has done a lot of lately… he ignored pure numbers and chose a football player. Antoine Cason faced questions about his speed (some were silenced by his performance at the NFL combine) but the cornerback from Arizona obviously had not fallen far enough in A.J.’s eyes to leave him on the board. With the ...

The Chargers needed help in the defensive backfield and didn’t hesitate to select CB Antoine Cason . Cason probably went a little earlier than some expected, but this was right about the level considering the other defensive backs that were already selected. Cason projects as a zone corner, he hasn’t shown the one-on-one coverage ability that some of the other 1st round CBs have ...

Virginia Tech cornerback Brandon Flowers was generally recognized as the best of the second-tier cornerbacks. There were the big four of Mike Jenkins , Leodis McKelvin , Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and Aqib Talib , and then Flowers was supposed to be at the top of the next tier. So it's a little surprising that Flowers fell behind not only the big four, but also behind Antoine Cason , who ...

In a move that makes me overcome with happiness, the Packers trade their first round pick to the Jets. This will hopefully insure that Brian Brohm doesn’t become a Packer. I was disappointed to see Antoine Cason come off the board after the Chargers’ pick and thought GM Ted Thompson might go with DE Philip Merling out of Clemson. The Packers get the Jets second and fourth round ...

The San Diego Chargers have selected Antoine Cason, cornerback out of Arizona. I like this pick. It was not a shocker, mostly automatic at this point. The Bolts needed another standout corner alongside Antonio Cromartie. Cason is the type of guy that can step right in right away. I don’t know if he can be a shut [...]

Cason was the darling of the MVN draft rankings. The Chargers filled a big hole with this selection who I believe is the best corner in the class. We aren’t grading the player, but consider that Mike Jenkins was selected by Dallas, who traded up ahead of San Diego and Houston to get him, the Chargers sat tight, cool and calm, and landed a clear first round talent. Chargers: 5 ...

With veteran wideouts, a decent quarterback and an elite running back, the Chargers needed to look to supplement their defense. They supplemented the wrong part though. They needed to bolster their abysmal run defense with a good defensive tackle, or perhaps a safety. Unfortunately for them, there were none available, and they ended up with some mediocre safety to play nickel back. Nice work,

There was a clear consensus on the top four cornerbacks in this year's draft, but who's No. 5? The Chargers' front office thinks it's Antoine Cason , whom they selected with the 27th pick in today's draft. The people who like Cason point to three things that make him worthy of being a first-round pick: He has good ball skills, he can return punts, and he's a high-character guy. I don't ...

I had the Packers pick in our video mock and took Antoine Cason after considering Kentwan Balmer. Then I realized Balmer did very little in college and the Packers need...

As Terry explains in his conclusion, his gamble paid off waiting until #28 to nab Antoine Cason and securing Felix Jones at #22 while he could. Who knows if someone might have taken him in the 23-27 range, but these are the kinds of decisions and calculations GMs must make on Draft Day and during the preparation leading up to it. Terry has done so with aplomb. Next up? The San Franciso 49ers, ...

Check out The Frozen Tundra writer Jesse Motiff’s selection for the 3rd annual MVN writers mock draft , as found on MVN’s NFL Draft University blog . Motiff plays general manager Ted Thompson and picks cornerback Antoine Cason from Arizona and explains why Cason would help an aging Packers secondary.

Here are Stiles Points projections for Round Two... 32. Dolphins - Chad Henne, qb, Michigan 33. Rams - Early Doucet, wr, LSU 34. Falcons - Dre Moore, dt, Maryland 35. Chiefs - Gosder Cherilus, ot, Boston College 36. Jets - Calais Campbell, de, The U 37. Falcons - Antoine Cason, cb, Arizona 38. Ravens - Joe Flacco, qb, Delaware 39. 49ers - Jerod Mayo, olb, Tennessee 40. Saints - Pat Sims, dt, ...

By Jesse Motiff With the 30th pick in the 2008 MVN writers’ mock draft, the Green Bay Packers select Antoine Cason from the University of Arizona. If there was one thing that the Green Bay Packers showed in the NFC Championship game, it was that Al Harris and Charles Woodson are old and not nearly the players they used to be. They appeared old and unable to cover Amani Toomer or Plaxico ...

With each pick of the FanHouse mock draft , we get into the head of an NFL general manager and let you know who he'll pick and why. The Packers won 13 games last season and pretty much everybody outside of the New York Giants figured they were headed to the Super Bowl after beating the Seahawks in the NFC Divisional round. Yeah, that didn't happen. Oh, and Brett Favre retired too. But ...

NE Patriots Draft Final Top 100 Prospect Board 1. Chris Long DE Virginia 2. Glenn Dorsey DT LSU 3. Sedrick Ellis DT USC 4. Jake Long OT Michigan 5. Vernon Gholston DE OSU 6. Branden Albert OG Virginia 7. Ryan Clady OT Boise St. 8. Keith Rivers LB USC 9. Leodis McKelvin CB Troy 10. Jeff Otah OT Pitt 11. Rashard Mendenhall RB Illinois 12. Derrick Harvey DE Florida 13. Antoine Cason CB Arizona ...