http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/peter_king/04/27/mmqb.draft/index.html Good read A combo platter of a column, with How I Spent My Weekend in Atlanta, followed by what I loved, and what I scratched my head about after the 2008 Draft. The five teams I liked 1. Miami. It started before the draft. In 2006 tight end Anthony Fasano was the 53rd player picked in the draft, by Dallas. In 2007 linebacker Akin Ayodele started 14 games for Dallas. The Dolphins acquired those two players for the 100th pick in the 2008 draft, their fourth-rounder. Are either of those guys great players? No. But Bill Parcells always believes in improving every spot on the roster, 1 through 53, and this trade was part of that. Miami drafted a franchise tackle who could be in the lineup for the next 10 years, and it might have gotten its quarterback of the future with an absolutely steal of Chad Henne at 57 -- using the pick acquired in the Chris Chambers trade to San Diego last season. The roster churns. Lucky for the Dolphins no one came up with a great offer for Jason Taylor.
I'm leaning towards how Unlucky we were with the JT issue. I have a feeling he's going to be a headache this year if he plays.
It was never excruciatingly close, but 20 minutes before the draft, St. Louis Rams decision-makers were sequestered in an office and seriously considering two trades down from No. 2, one of which would have changed the headlines in your Sunday newspapers. Matt Ryan to Baltimore. Glenn Dorsey to Atlanta. Chris Long -- don't gasp so loud, Howie -- to the Raiders. Chad Henne to Atlanta, somewhere in the middle of the first round as the Falcons' quarterback of the future, not Miami's. Jacksonville NOT trading up for Derrick Harvey. Vernon Gholston to the Chiefs. Joe Flacco somewhere in the second round. "Can you imagine,'' I said to Ryan late Saturday night, "you in Baltimore, and Henne and Glenn Dorsey here in Atlanta?'' http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...aft/index.html your thoughts on that
