Friday, April 23, 2010

Nobody saw this coming

Wow! That's really all that can be said after a night of surprise moves and trades. It started with the Raiders taking Rolando McClain, then the Buffalo Bills drafted C.J. Spiller, and the shocker of the first round was Tyson Alualu at pick #10 to the Jacksonville Jaguars.

There were a few head scratchers in the first round that really made you question the teams. The list of odd moves includes: Both of the Broncos draft picks, passing up on Jimmy Clausen and Dez Bryant to get Tim Tebow and DeMaryius Thomas. The Patriots, Jets, and Saints all adding an unnecessary Cornerback to their secondary in the first round. My personal biggest surprise was the Miami Dolphins selecting Jared Odrick. The Dolphins defensive ends have been the strong point of their defense (Kendall Langford, Randy Starks, Philip Merling) so this pick confuses me a little bit. Miami could've gone a different direction and filled a huge need by selecting the "rush" Outside Linebacker Jerry Hughes from TCU or Sergio Kindle out of Texas.
The Dolphins have the opportunity to grab one of these best available players:

-Jimmy Clausen-QB/Notre Dame
-Sergio Kindle-OLB/Texas
-Everson Griffen-OLB/USC
-Taylor Mays-S/USC
-Golden Tate-WR/Notre Dame
-Terrence Cody-NT/Alabama
-Linval Joseph-NT/ECU

If you missed it, this is how the night shaped up:





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