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2009 NFL Draft Team Grades – NFC West

We round out our 2009 NFL Draft team grades by taking a look at the NFC West. Last season, the Arizona Cardinals won the West without much of a serious fight from the rest of the division, and they went on to make a surprise run to the Super Bowl. Did the Cardinals make the [...]

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2009 NFL Draft Team Grades – NFC North

The members of the NFC North can all come away feeling pretty good about their acquisitions in the 2009 NFL Draft. Which NFC North member came out the best? Chicago Bears Grade: A Best: Jarron Gilbert, DE, San Jose State The Bears are all about defense, and now it looks like they’re all about jumping [...]

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2009 NFL Draft Team Grades – NFC East

We’ve done our evaluations of how the AFC’s teams did in the 2009 NFL Draft. Now it’s time to turn our focus to the NFC, starting with the loaded NFC East. Dallas Cowboys Grade: C Best: Jason Williams, OLB, Western Illinois Williams gives the Cowboys the athletic linebacker they thought they were getting when they [...]

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2009 NFL Draft Grades – AFC West

Three down, one to go. We round out our 2009 NFL Draft grades of the AFC’s teams with a look at the AFC West, where quite a few interesting moves were made on Saturday and Sunday. Denver Broncos Grade: B+ Best: Knowshon Moreno, RB, Georgia While the Broncos spent the off-season acquiring free agent running [...]

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2009 NFL Draft Team Grades – AFC South

We’ve gone through draft grades for the AFC East and AFC North, and now it’s time to give our take on how we think the teams from the loaded AFC South did in the 2009 NFL Draft. Houston Texans Grade: B- Best: Brian Cushing, OLB, USC Cushing is perfect for either outside linebacker position, and [...]

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2009 NFL Draft Team Grades – AFC East

The 2009 NFL Draft is in the books, and it’s time to take a look at how each team did. handing out grades and dishing out analysis on the best picks, worst picks, and steals for all 32 teams. We’re going to break it all down, division by division, starting with the AFC East. Buffalo [...]

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Top 10 2009 NFL Draft Steals

As depressing and demoralizing as an NFL bust can be for an NFL team, a fan, or even the player that receives the label, there is always a softer side to the NFL Draft. We’ve seen guys like Green Bay receiver Donald Driver and New England’s Tom Brady emerge from the sixth round of the [...]

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Should the Bengals have drafted Andre Smith?

As much attention that has been paid to the Oakland Raiders’ pick of Darrius Heyward-Bey at #7 overall in last weekend’s NFL Draft, it hasn‘t gone unnoticed that what happened with the pick before them was something similarly unsurprising and risky. A left tackle was a top priority for Cincinnati, and though Baylor’s Jason Smith [...]

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The Top 10 2009 NFL Draft Bust Candidates

With every draft that comes and goes, we’re reminded both of the stars that emerge out of it, as well as the over-hyped duds that never establish themselves. For every sack-machine or touchdown king, there is a Dan Wilkinson or Curtis Enis. The trick is, who are these guys, and how can NFL general managers [...]

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Beware of the Millen?

While everyone else might be wondering what the St. Louis Rams are going to do with the #2 pick, where Mark Sanchez is going to go, what trades are going to happen on Saturday, and many other supposedly important questions relating to the 2009 NFL Draft, my head’s on one much more pertinent topic. If [...]

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