Month: April 2006 (Page 4 of 20)

Baltimore traded with the Browns and took Haloti Ngata out of Oregon. Ray Lewis’ commented that he needed big bodies in front of him such as when the Ravens won the Super Bowl in 2000. Ngata is a big body who isn’t fast out of his stance and has had injury problems in the past.

In return, Cleveland gets Baltimore’s first round pick, No.13 overall and also acquires a sixth round pick from the Ravens.

The Denver Broncos swapped picks with the St. Louis Rams and nabbed Jay Cutler. Cutler, the top rated quarterback on many scouts’ boards, will get the opportunity to groom behind Jake Plummer.

Once again, why did Buffalo select Whitner when they could have obviously traded down? The Broncos where dying to select either Leinart or Cutler and I doubt Whitner was even a top 15 pick on most teams boards. Strange.

After almost two hours of waiting, Matt Leinart finally has found a home. Leinart will join Dennis Green in Arizona and might have the chance to start immediately. With Kurt Warner on the downside of his career and Josh McCown in Detroit, Leinart could finally give the Cardinals a solid quarterback.

The rumors came out strong yesterday that there might be a possibility that Leinart would fall out of the top 10. With basically no time wound off the clock, Arizona selected Leinart to be their franchise.

Well, at least the Lions didn’t pick a wide receiver. Detroit selected Florida State linebacker Ernie Sims over the likes of Matt Leinart, Brodrick Bunkley and Haloti Ngata. Sims has had injury concerns and disciplinary issues as well.

If I’m the Lions, why do I take the second rated linebacker in the draft, over the top rated defensive tackle (Bunkley)? Both were needs for D-Town.

The Buffalo Bills win the first ‘What the?’ for their selection of Ohio State safety Donte Whitner. ESPN’s 2006 draft guide had Whitner has the fourth rated safety behind Michael Huff, Darnell Bing and Ko Simpson.

What’s interesting here is how the Bills probably would have landed Whitner at No.14 or 15, where the Eagles and Broncos apparently wanted to trade up. If the trade rumors were true, Buffalo could have got more picks and still got their man.