Day 2 Player Analysis
Apr.25, 2000
DAY 1 STEALS
1. Oakland - Rnd 3, Pick 27, Ovrl.
89 - DeLawrence Grant, Oregon St, DE
Grant was thought by some as a first
round choice, and dropping to 89th overall was a massive steal for the
Raiders.
2. San Francisco - 3, 18, 80
- Kevin Barlow, Pittsburgh, HB
Barlow was ment to be the number
one pick of the second round before the Chargers-Falcons trade. Then he
dropped 48 picks to the Niners.
3. New Orleans - 1, 23, 23 -
Deuce McAllister, Mississippi, HB
Should have been a top ten pick,
but fell mainly because of injury concerns.
4. Detroit - 2, 19, 50 - Domonic
Raiola, Nebraska, C
A guy that should have gone mid
way through round one, definatly better than his 50th overall rank.
5. N.Y.Giants - 3, 16, 78 - William
Peterson, West.Illinois, CB
A mid second rounder that fell to
late third.
BUSTS
1. Oakland - 2, 28, 59 - Marques
Tuiasosopo, Washington, QB
Could have waited to round six,
may be free agency.
2. Cincinnati - 3, 4, 66 -
Sean Brewer, San Jose St., TE
Why are Cincy so bad? Because they
pick a guy that could be found in round five ahead of guys like Tony Stewart,
Jabari Holloway and Arthur Love.
3. St. Louis - 1, 29, 29 - Ryan
Pickett, Ohio St., DT
Could have been found in round three.
Picked ahead of DeLawrence Grant, Willie Howard, Shaun Rogers and Kris
Jenkins.
4. Kansas City - 3, 15, 75 -
Eric Downing, Syracuse, DT
A round seven pick, and ahead of
DeLawrence Grant.
5. Tennessee - 3, 28, 90
- Shad Meier, Kansas St., TE
If they waited two more rounds,
he still could have been theirs.
DAY 2 STEALS
1. Oakland - 7, 29, 229
- Ken Yon-Rambo, Ohio St., WR
Was supposed to be a late round
two pick, dropping to late seven was lucky for the Raiders.
2. Buffalo - 5, 13, 144 - Marques
Sullivan, Illinois, OT
Late round one turns into round
five.
3. New England - 5, 32, 163 -
Hakim Akbar, Washington, S
Was fighting for second best saftey,
fell into round five, 11th out of the safeties.
4. Tennessee - 7, 32, 232 - Keith
Adams, Clemson, LB
Was a definate third rounder.
5. Buffalo - 7, 14, 214 - Reggie
Germany, Ohio St., WR
Second great pickup by Buffalo,
and second Buckeye reciever to fall from day one to round seven.
BUSTS
1. Philadelphia - 5, 24, 155 -
AJ Feeley, Oregon, QB
Could have waited until free agency,
or picked up a Josh Booty, Josh Heupel or Cleo Lemon.
2. Kansas City - 4, 13, 108 -
George Layne, TCU, FB
Again, why not wait until free agency?
Or take a Dan Alexander or Jamar Toombs.
3. Baltimore - 5, 30, 161 - Chris
Barnes, New Mexico St., HB
Could have taken him round seven,
or free agency.
4. Tampa Bay - 4, 22, 117 - John
Howell, Colarado St., S
Taken in free agency would have
been a better choice.
5. Tampa Bay - 5, 20, 151 - Ross
Hochstein, Nebraska, OG
Again Tampa, wait until free agency.
DRAFT WRAP
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| Arizona Cardinals: C | Chicago Bears: A | Atlanta Falcons: A |
| Dallas Cowboys: D | Detroit Lions: B- | Carolina Panthers: B |
| New York Giants: B- | Green Bay Packers: B- | New Orleans Saints: C- |
| Philadelphia Eagles: A | Minnesotta Vikings: C | St. Loius Rams: A+ |
| Washington Redskins: B | Tampa Bay Buccs: C- | San Francisco 49ers: B+ |
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| Buffalo Bills: B+ | Baltimore Ravens: B- | Denver Broncos: C |
| Indianapolis Colts: C | Cincinnati Bengals: A | Kansas City Chiefs: C- |
| Miami Dolphins: A | Cleveland Browns: A | Oakland Raiders: B |
| N.England Patriots: B+ | Jacksonville Jaguars: B+ | San Deigo Chargers: B- |
| New York Jets: B+ | Pittsburgh Steelers: B | Seattle Seahawks: A+ |
| Tennessee Titans: C- | ||
WHY????
1. Why have San Deigo only had four
draft picks reach the Pro Bowl in the past decade?
Trading away Michael Vick is a perfect
answer to the question. And only for LaDainain Tomlinson, Tay Cody and
Tim Dwight? Am I the only one that sees a big problem with that? Sure LaDainain
has potential, but nowhere near as such as Vick does. Atlanta offered Jamal
Anderson once too. Sure, they may have been scared off because of what
happened with Ryan Leaf, but there are major differences, Vick has mush
more potential, Vick works hard and wants to play and play well. Leaf just
has tallent and doesn’t want to use it.
2. Why are the Cardinals the armpit
of the NFL?
Why pick Leonard Davis, who deserves
to be a number 2 overall, when the offensive line is one of their only
strengths? A Gerard Warren, Justin Smith would have done wonders, but I
spose it is the Cardinals after all.
3. Why Marques Tuiasosoopo in round
2?
Why not wait until day two to even
consider him? Could have picked up a Mike McMahon, Jesse Palmer or Chris
Weinke. But they made up for it in round three with DeLawrence Grant.
4. Why did New Orleans take Deuce?
Why take Deuce when they gave up
a whole draft on Ricky Williams? It will give them a scary double headed
monster of a running game, but surely a Freddie Mitchell, Chad Johnson,
Jamar Fletcher or Todd Heap would have been better for the franchise that
two Pro Bowl caliber HBs.
5. Why should Carolina be shacking?
Well, Atlanta have Michael Vick.
New Orleans have Ricky Williams and now Deuce McAllister. San Francisco
has the best young defence in the business after adding Andre Carter and
Jamie Winborn. St. Louis has their offence, and Damione Lewis, Adam Archuleta,
Tommy Polley, Brian Allen and Aeneas Williams. The NFC West is looking
like the division NOT to be in when re-alignment comes.
6. Ken Yon-Rambo in round 7?
Sorry, I don’t have an answer!
BEST KEPT SECRETS:
1. San Francsico’s plans for Andre
Carter
Every where you read, Bill Walsh
was saying how desperately he wanted to trade down and get more players
instead of an impact player. Draft day comes and he trades up for a major
impact player. Not too many would have seen that one coming. Bill pulls
off one last big move, and it’s one to stand up and applaud.
2. Seattle going offense in Round
1
Mike Holmgren said it was defense
round one. Then he takes two offensive studs in Koren Robinson and Steve
Hutchison. Looks like Bill Walsh has brought him up well.
3. Minnesotta taking Michael Bennett
Dennis Green said there wont be
a HB taken round one, and hinted that Michael Bennett wound definatly not
be taken, a HB was and it was Bennett.
WORST KEPT SECRETS:
1. Atalanta wanting Michael Vick
If San Deigo waited until draft
day, we might have seen a New Orleans-Washington trade repeat. Atlanta
was desperate to get Vick, the Chargers were scared of a Ryan Leaf repeat.
2. San Deigo wanting LaDainain Tominson
From the word go, LaDaiain was their
number one choice. But when Vick declared early, it threw a spanner in
the works.
3. Arizona taking Leonard Davis
Once the rumours came out about
Arizona looking at Leonard, it was an obvious choice, Arizona is known
for drafting about as well as Bill Clinton tells the truth. So giving them
an awesome offensive line, while the rest of the side suck would be very
Cardinal-like.
NFC Offensive Rookie of the Year:
David Terrell WR Chicago
NFC Defensive Rookie of the Year:
Andre Carter DE San Francisco
AFC Offensive Rookie of the Year:
Santana Moss WR NY Jets
AFC Defensive Rookie of the Year:
Justin Smith DE Cincinatti
TOP TWENTY ROOKIE FREE AGENTS
1. Javis Borum NC State
OT
2. Chris Brown Georgia
Tech OT
3. Ligarius Jennings Tennessee
St. CB
4. Omar Smith Kentucky
OG
5. Vitaly Potepenski Wisconsin
K
6. Tarlos Thomas Florida
St. OT
7. David Warren Florida
St. DE
8. Terrence Carroll Oregon
St. S
9. Roland Seymore Florida
St. DE
10. David Allen Kansas
St. HB
11. JaMar Toombs Texas A&M
FB
12. Michael Keathey TCU
OG
13. John Schlecht Minnesota
DT
14. David Allen Kansas
St. HB
15. Ronney Daniels Auburn
WR
16. Brian Natkin UTEP
TE
17. Kenny Bryant Jackson
St. CB
18. Latef Grim Pittsburgh
WR
19. Eddie Williams Arkansas
TE
20. Kenneth Grant Kentucky
CB
SAN FRANCISCO’S DRAFT
BEST PICK
Kevin Barlow - 3, 18, 80 - Pittsburgh,
HB
Filled a big need and could be a
surprise packet.
WORST PICK
Menson Holloway - 6, 28, 191 - UTEP,
DT
Ennis Davis would have been a much
better choice.
Suprises:
1. Trading up
2. Again, no OL
Rookie of the Year: Andre Carter California DE
COMMENTS
Overall, an undersized group of
players, but most are hard working guys that will give there all on every
down of every play of every game. Have taken a big risk in the draft, only
one player is assured of being even a decent player in the NFL, Carter
may be too small, Winborn’s poor decision making, Barlow’s unco-operativeness
and fumbling, Wilson’s height and dropping, Holman’s inconsistency, Holloway
being undersized and Johnson being too one dimensional. Lincoln seems certain
to be a good back-up and special-teamer. But, like last season, it could
turn out to be the draft that changes the team, and if it is, the niners
are playoff bound.
Mock Draft Results (Not including Draft Day Trades)
Round 1:
Compared to Last Draft
Matched Round & Prospect: 25/31
80.6% +3.2%
Matched Team & Position: 11/24
45.8% +0.6%
Matched Team & Prospect: 6/24
25.0% -7.3%
Round 2:
Matched Round & Prospect: 14/31
45.2% +12.9%
Matched Team & Position: 5/19
26.3% +12%
Matched Team & Prospect: 1/19
5.3% +5.3%
Round 3:
Matched Round & Prospect: 9/33
27.3% -5.5%
Matched Team & Position: 2/25
8.0% +1.3%
Matched Team & Prospect: 0/25
0.0% -3.3%
Overall:
Matched Round & Prospect:
49/94 52.1% +4.2%
Matched Team & Position: 18/68
26.5% +4.0%
Matched Team & Prospect: 7/68
10.3% -2.1%
