Author: Anthony Stalter (Page 1500 of 1503)

No.14 Philadelphia Eagles, Brodrick Bunkley
The Eagles don’t necessarily fill a need here since they’re pretty loaded at defensive tackle. However, Bunkley was certainly the best player available at 14 and could step up as a starter if Hollis Thomas, Darwin Walker and Mike Patterson continue to underperform.

No. 15 St. Louis Rams, Tye Hill
Hill was clocked at 4.3 and took the honor of fastest cornerback at the combine. Mel Kiper had Hill as the highest rated corner in the draft over Virginia Tech’s Jimmy Williams.

No. 16 Miami Dolphins, Jason Allen
Allen has an exceptional combination of size, strength and speed. With all of those skills intact, Allen has the making of a solid safety. With Sam Madison now in Kansas City, however, Allen might also be looked at to play cornerback as well.

No. 17 Minnesota Vikings, Chad Greenway
Minnesota filled an immediate need at linebacker by going with Greenway out of Iowa. Greenway is tall and has great lateral speed, which would be great in the Vikings traditional 4-3 defense. He might need to add some size to his 243 pound frame.

No. 18 Dallas Cowboys, Bobby Carpenter
With the Cowboys filling most of their pressing needs through free agency, Carpenter is a great value pick at 18. Carpenter excels in pass coverage and is tough and versatile. One of his weaknesses might be overall strength, however and needs to clean up his technique.

With the No.13 pick, acquired from Baltimore, the Browns selected Kamerion Wimbley out of Florida State. Wimbley probably needs to add more weight to his frame to be a defensive end in the NFL. However, as Tom Jackson commented, he can become an outstanding hybrid player in the Browns 3-4 defense. Wimbley is fast, intelligent and if used right, could become a bit of a sack artist at the next level.

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.