Saturday, January 29, 2011

My number one draft prediction

This is going to be a little bit different this year as the players and owners will be duking it out over the collective bargaining agreement, but lately it has been set in stone.  A quarterback will be the number one draft pick, regardless if he deserves to be or not.  There is too much money on the line to take a gamble on any position other than quarterback.  Charlie Casserly, made a great move taking Mario Williams a few years back ahead of Reggie Bush and Vince Young, only to be destroyed by analysts.  Eventually he turned out to be the much better choice and Casserly was never really given credit for standing tall  with his choice.
Even though the last couple of years, it is always reported that some other freak of nature will take over if there is no clear cut quarterback, the number one spot always comes back to quarterback.  Last  year, every mock draft had Ndamukong Suh, which in my eyes deserved to be there but the finances don't justify taking a gamble on anything other than the QB spot.  So far it worked out as Sam Bradford will most likely be rookie of the year after taking a 1-15 team a year earlier to within a game of a division championship.  So get ready for everybody talking about Nick Fairley, defensive tackle from Auburn or Patrick Peterson, a defensive back from LSU as the number one pick.  These poor schmucks will have their ego stroked only to fall to number 2 or 3 or wherever so as to allow some quarterback most likely Blaine Gabbert from Missouri to eventually take the number one spot.  People will make cases for Cam Newton I am sure, even though in my opinion he should be a late first round if not second round choice.  I don't like his mechanics and he reminds of Vince Young too much.  Young is not bad, but not good enough to take anybody to the promised land.  So bring on the herd to tout whatever quarterback everybody else is talking about and Mel Kiper's perfectly coiffed hair and let's all enjoy the ride as mark it down a quarterback that most people have probably not heard of will become the number one draft pick.

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