GodWearsAGrayHoodie Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 The exercise of grading the 2008 draft is kinda dumb, it isn't really a grading the draft as much as saying I would have done things differently, despite having much less knowledge of the players than the teams do. I would even say it is too early to grade the 2007 draft, many great players see little or no time their rookie year. However, I think we can grade the AFC East's picks for 2004, 2005 and 2006 with some level of intelligence, thought and and real football analysis Jets 1 4(4) D'Brickashaw Ferguson OT VIRGINIA 1 29(29) Nick Mangold C OHIO STATE from Denver through Atlanta 2 17(49) Kellen Clemens QB OREGON from Dallas 3 12(76) Anthony Schlegel LB OHIO STATE from Philadelphia 3 33(97) Eric Smith DB MICHIGAN STATE Compensatory pick 4 6(103) Brad Smith WR MISSOURI 4 20(117) Leon Washington RB FLORIDA STATE from Kansas City 5 17(150) Jason Pociask TE WISCONSIN from Dallas 6 20(189) Drew Coleman DB TCU from Washington through N.Y. Jets and Dallas 7 12(220) Titus Adams DE NEBRASKA from Philadelphia Patriots 1 21(21) Laurence Maroney RB MINNESOTA 2 4(36) Chad Jackson WR FLORIDA from Green Bay 3 22(86) Dave Thomas TE TEXAS 4 9(106) Garrett Mills RB TULSA from Detroit 4 21(118) Stephen Gostkowski PK MEMPHIS 5 3(136) Ryan O'Callaghan OT CALIFORNIA from Oakland 6 22(191) Jeremy Mincey LB FLORIDA 6 36(205) Dan Stevenson OG NOTRE DAME Compensatory selection 6 37(206) LeKevin Smith DT NEBRASKA Compensatory selection 7 21(229) Willie Andrews DB BAYLOR Bills 1 8(8) Donte' Whitner DB OHIO STATE 1 26(26) John McCargo DT NORTH CAROLINA ST from Chicago 3 6(70) Ashton Youboty DB OHIO STATE from Tennessee 4 8(105) Ko Simpson DB SOUTH CAROLINA 5 1(134) Kyle Williams DT LSU from Houston 5 10(143) Brad Butler OT VIRGINIA 6 9(178) Keith Ellison LB OREGON STATE 7 8(216) Terrance Pennington OT NEW MEXICO 7 40(248) Aaron Merz OG CALIFORNIA Compensatory selection Dolphins 1 16(16) Jason Allen DB TENNESSEE 3 18(82) Derek Hagan WR ARIZONA STATE 4 17(114) Joe Toledo OT WASHINGTON 7 4(212) Fred Evans NT TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY from Green Bay 7 18(226) Rodrique Wright NT TEXAS 7 25(233) Devin Aromashodu WR AUBURN from Chicago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstantClassic Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 The exercise of grading the 2008 draft is kinda dumb, it isn't really a grading the draft as much as saying I would have done things differently, despite having much less knowledge of the players than the teams do. I would even say it is too early to grade the 2007 draft, many great players see little or no time their rookie year. However, I think we can grade the AFC East's picks for 2004, 2005 and 2006 with some level of intelligence, thought and and real football analysis Jets 1 4(4) D'Brickashaw Ferguson OT VIRGINIA 1 29(29) Nick Mangold C OHIO STATE from Denver through Atlanta 2 17(49) Kellen Clemens QB OREGON from Dallas 3 12(76) Anthony Schlegel LB OHIO STATE from Philadelphia 3 33(97) Eric Smith DB MICHIGAN STATE Compensatory pick 4 6(103) Brad Smith WR MISSOURI 4 20(117) Leon Washington RB FLORIDA STATE from Kansas City 5 17(150) Jason Pociask TE WISCONSIN from Dallas 6 20(189) Drew Coleman DB TCU from Washington through N.Y. Jets and Dallas 7 12(220) Titus Adams DE NEBRASKA from Philadelphia Patriots 1 21(21) Laurence Maroney RB MINNESOTA 2 4(36) Chad Jackson WR FLORIDA from Green Bay 3 22(86) Dave Thomas TE TEXAS 4 9(106) Garrett Mills RB TULSA from Detroit 4 21(118) Stephen Gostkowski PK MEMPHIS 5 3(136) Ryan O'Callaghan OT CALIFORNIA from Oakland 6 22(191) Jeremy Mincey LB FLORIDA 6 36(205) Dan Stevenson OG NOTRE DAME Compensatory selection 6 37(206) LeKevin Smith DT NEBRASKA Compensatory selection 7 21(229) Willie Andrews DB BAYLOR Bills 1 8(8) Donte' Whitner DB OHIO STATE 1 26(26) John McCargo DT NORTH CAROLINA ST from Chicago 3 6(70) Ashton Youboty DB OHIO STATE from Tennessee 4 8(105) Ko Simpson DB SOUTH CAROLINA 5 1(134) Kyle Williams DT LSU from Houston 5 10(143) Brad Butler OT VIRGINIA 6 9(178) Keith Ellison LB OREGON STATE 7 8(216) Terrance Pennington OT NEW MEXICO 7 40(248) Aaron Merz OG CALIFORNIA Compensatory selection Dolphins 1 16(16) Jason Allen DB TENNESSEE 3 18(82) Derek Hagan WR ARIZONA STATE 4 17(114) Joe Toledo OT WASHINGTON 7 4(212) Fred Evans NT TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY from Green Bay 7 18(226) Rodrique Wright NT TEXAS 7 25(233) Devin Aromashodu WR AUBURN from Chicago Jets: B+ Pats: C- Bills: C Fins: F- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetsman Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Jets - A- (we got 4 starters out of this draft and 4 backups, we retooled the Offensive line, maybe have a QB of the future) Pats - B+ (They got 3 starters on offense their kicker and 1 backup) Fins - F (other than the lone starter in Jason Allen a very poor draft) Bills - B (the Bills got 3 defensive starters out of this draft) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boozer76 Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 I think the Jets get a square B for their draft. D'Brick-struggling as a starter but still pretty solid. Mangold-Soon to be a probowler, best value for the Jets this year. Clemens-Still a little early to tell, but has potential. If he turns into a quality QB then this total draftgrade shoots up to an A. Schlegel-bad pick. Eric Smith-been a solid contributor, not great, but not bad. Brad Smith-a calculated gamble, however he isn't progressing as we had hoped. Washington-Fantastic pickup. Will be a solid NFL 3rd down back and kick returner for his entire career. Posciak-Meh Coleman-Not bad value, has had some good playing time and performed fairly well for a 6th round pick. Adams-Not good, but 7th rounders rairly are. Pats get a D for their draft Moroney-Not the RB they envisioned when they drafted him. Jackson-Their huge run on FA WR's showed their lack of faith in Jackson. Thomas-decent blocker, nothing else really. Mills-Who? Gostkowski-decent but not Vinatieri by any stretch. OCallahan- good solid back up. May become a starter. The entire rest of their draft was useless. Bills get a B+ Whittner-people were scratching their heads on draft day, but this was a solid pick. McCargo-Has not really stepped up how they had hoped, though I still think he'll be a good one. Youboty-Rounds out 3 quality starters with their first 3 picks. Simpson-Good quality roleplaying DB. Williams-another quality DT. He and McCargo will be their starting DT's for a long time. Butler-wasted pick Ellison-solid starter at LB Pennington and Merz-like most 7th rounders they didn't pan out. Dolphins get an F. Horrible draft. Jason Allen-probably their only decent pickup. Hagan-It's bad when Greg Camarillo is better than you. Toledo-not even on the depth chart Evans-not on the team Wright-decent backup Aromashodu-The only Aroma this guy emitted was that of donkey doodoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uart Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Jets 1 4(4) D'Brickashaw Ferguson B 1 29(29) Nick Mangold C A 2 17(49) Kellen Clemens QB B 3 12(76) Anthony Schlegel LB F 3 33(97) Eric Smith DB B- 4 6(103) Brad Smith WR C 4 20(117)Leon Washington RB A 5 17(150) Jason Pociask TE C 6 20(189) Drew Coleman DB B- 7 12(220) Titus Adams DE D (you can't fail a 7th round pick) Patriots 1 21(21) Laurence Maroney RB A 2 4(36) Chad Jackson WR C 3 22(86) Dave Thomas TE (I love wendy's but...) D 4 9(106) Garrett Mills RB F 4 21(118) Stephen Gostkowski PK B+ 5 3(136) Ryan O'Callaghan OT B+ 6 22(191) Jeremy Mincey LB D 6 36(205) Dan Stevenson OG F 6 37(206) LeKevin Smith DT B+ 7 21(229) Willie Andrews DB B- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterNorth09 Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Even if you still think Brick is the next Orlando Pace and Kellen is the next Favre look at the garbage we got in rounds 3 and 4. A crap LB who isn't on the team, a mediocre back-up Safety and an average 4th receiver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Troll Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Jets: C Brick, while not a bust, has underperformed given his draft position. At this point, he is the offensive version of D-Rob. Mangold and Leon are the only two standouts from a very over-rated draft class. Patriots: C- Are any of these guys, besides Maroney and Gostkowski, still on the roster? Props for getting a better kicker than Nugent two rounds later. Bills: ?? Really not sure how good any of these players are. I don't really care about the Bills, aside from Losman and Evans. Dolphins: F I don't see a single contributor from that draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillerPaul Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Not sure about the Jets and pats but i'd give the Phins and Bills solid F's. Good gawd those drafts look horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
124 Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Aside from Anthony Schelgal in Round 3, the draft was solid. Future All-Pro C in Mangold Although he hasn't been great, D'Brick is a solid LT Leon in the 4th round turned out to be a steal Kellen Clemens will battle for the starting job this season, his third Drew Coleman for a late round pick is still on the team and contributing on defense and Special Teams Eric Smith is a good back-up / Special Teamer Brad Smith is still developing, check back in the '08 offseason to see his true value Pociask a waste, but a late pick, same with Adams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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