Friday, April 25, 2008

Friday Power Rankings

While doing skimming around the internet looking up NFL draft stuff, I stumbled on the top five picks of the 1989 NFL Draft. They are as follows:

1. Troy Aikman
2. Tony Mandarich
3. Barry Sanders
4. Derrick Thomas
5. Deion Sanders

Holy crap! That is a total of two Hall of Famers, two future Hall of Famers, 33 Pro-Bowls, 25 All-Pro Teams, 5 Superbowls, an MVP (only one MVP?), two rookie of the year awards, three player of the year awards, a .533 career batting average in the World Series, one deadly car wreck, one primetime, a 2000 yard rushing season, a seven sack game and two TV analysts.

And that’s not even including Tony Mandarich! Although his only contribution is a steroids accusation, a label of “Best Offensive Lineman Prospect Ever” from Sports Illustrated and the label of “The guy drafted between Troy Aikman and Barry Sanders. Wow. What top five picks in a draft.

Other guys of note who were drafted in the first round were Eric Metcalf (13), Steve Atwater (20) and Andre Rison (22). Other fun names include Don Beebe (3 – 26), Ray Crockett (4 – 2), Dave Meggett (5 – 20), Rodney Peete (6 – 2), Pete Stoyanovich (8 – 8) and Mark Schlereth (10 – 12).

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Friday Power Rankings

Ten Most Likely NFL Teams Who Will Screw Up Their Draft This Weekend

10) Saints
I think there is soon going to be articles and columns on the “Curse of Bush”. This will easily go along the lines of George Bush’s failure to get aide to the people of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina and Reggie Bush’s failure to be the most unstoppable weapon in football history. Add on to the fact that Reggie should have never been there in the first place. The Saints do not draft particularly well on the defensive side which shows badly. With the tenth pick in the draft, they should draft a linebacker or interior lineman. My guess is that they won’t, hence their appearance on the list.

9) Falcons
This is kind of unfair given the shambles this team is in. My fear for them is that they fall into the “we must have all quality people” trap. So, instead of going with a guy like McFadden or Dorsey, which would be the right picks for them in my opinion, they will go with Matt Ryan. Ryan is not the guy for that team because he does not appear to be the “put the world on my back and lead it out of hell” kind of quarterback. He seems to be the guy you plug into a system and he maximizes what he has around him. In other words, Atlanta needs a Tony Romo and not a Derrek Anderson.

8) Jets
The Jets should draft Matt Ryan. I think he is a perfect fit for them. Instead, they will go with a defensive player who specializes in stopping the run. Not that stopping the run is not a need for the Jets, but a QB who doesn’t run around like a chicken with his head cut off seems to be more important to me. Kellen Clemons was so bad, he made Brodie Croyle look respectable.

7) Broncos
I don’t know if anyone has noticed lately, but the last few years of Bronco drafts have sucked terribly. All their good picks have either been traded (Portis) or killed (Williams).

6) Cowboys
With Parcells out in Dallas and Jerry Jones back in charge, insanity is sure to ensue. I still see them trading up to get McFadden or Rashard Mendenhall.

5) Lions
Lions equals Malcom Kelly. You just wait and see.

4) Bears
The Bears really seem in disarray right now. Urlacher “wants” to retire. Everyone wants pay raises. Lance Briggs is gone. The Bears seem ripe for a terrible draft.

3) Raiders
They are the Raiders, what else is there to say?

Speaking of the Raiders, imagine if in 2006 the Oakland took Matt Leinart or Jay Cutler instead of Michael Huff? That would have left them open to take Calvin Johnson number one overall last year and open to take Darren McFadden this year. Wow. Now they’re stuck with Tubby Russell and no offense to go with their really good secondary at not so good front seven. Oh well, live and learn.

2) Chiefs
I discussed this Tuesday, but I feel the Chiefs are in a no win situation this weekend. Carl Peterson has no business running this draft – a draft that is supposedly the most important draft in franchise history. I have complete faith the Chiefs will bomb this draft. This is guaranteed if they take Brandon Albert with the fifth overall pick.

1) Bengals
I believe everything Chad Johnson tells me and Chad is telling me the Bengals suck. So I am inclined to agree.

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