I was planning to stay up for the Seahawks 2nd-rounder, but...
Seahawks: Aaron Curry is probably the best player in the draft, but he's still just a tackling machine, and you would hope for more direct impact from a player taken that early. It's not a bad pick because there's little to no downside, but it'll take a while to fall in love with it. Also, are we trading Hill now? How much money do you want tied up in your LB-corps?
Aaaaaaand this has to be the best-value trade ever. Seriously. Broncos get the 37 in a bad draft year for a 1st-rounder next year. Man, if the Broncos flop and it turns out to be a high pick, that'll go down as the greatest draft-day pick switch in history. Epic.
Mark Sanchez and Josh Freeman: two QBs who go too early because of the Ryan/Flacco hype. Trading up to get Sanchez is stupid, and Freeman is not a mid-round talent. I believe in Stafford, he's the kind of NFL-ready QB you could try to build a team on (though I doubt he'll see first-year success, people forget Ryan/Flacco only did because they were on run-first offenses), but the rest of 'em? Eh.
Darrius Heyward-Bey: Davis reveals once more why his franchise is a total joke, by taking a mediocre player way too early simply because of his size and speed. Seriously, guys, we're going to have to wait for Davis to die before we can take Oakland seriously again.
New England Patriots: I know we all hate the Pats and Bellicheat in particular, but once again they show why they became the best franchise this decade. They identify that this is a loaded draft in mid-rounds but nothing particularly special high-up, and absolutely rock trading all over the place. There is so much value in the second day here, and the Pats are going to stockpile on it.
They completely left the first round, and in so doing, I think they had the best 1st round of any team. And boom, with the 2nd pick of the 2nd round they pick up Patrick Chung, who is talented enough to be a late-1st ruond talent. Seriously, dudes, if you dislike the Pats, it's time to tear your hair out, because they're owning this draft so far.
Cleveland Browns did much the same, and made a smart, unsexy pick in Alex Mack. It looks high because centers always look high, they're just not sexy, but that's a quality football player. Cleveland is a franchise of futility, but if they pick the right guys with these picks, and have another good draft next year, expect them to climb up. It won't happen fast, but still.
Green Bay Packers: obviously identified the D as the big problem last year, and tried hard to upgrade it. I think Raji is going to fail unless the Pack utilizes him exactly the right way (which isn't an every-down anchor nose tackle), but Matthews isn't bad value at pick 26, though not without risk.
If Monroe, Smith or even the other Smith were still around at pick 9 I would've laughed at the Pack, but while I do think he'll fail, I understand Raji at 9.
Andre Smith: errr, so Cincinnati really loves their character issue guys, huh? Anyway, can't question his talent, 3 great OTs in talent in this draft, and they all went before pick 9.
Washington: picks up Haynesworth in the offseason, and then drafts Orakpo. In a division as heavy on QB talent as the NFC East, I absolutely love those moves. Though I do hate the 'Skins.
Michael Oher: talking about risk, everyone was blubbering about the great value of Oher at 23. Bullshit. Oher belonged at 23, as a dude with great upside but bustability written all over him. He was not a top-20 prospect, hype notwithstanding, Baltimore pulled the trigger about the right time.
WRs: like I said, I think it's an overhyped class, but at 10 Crabtree is great value, though I'm not sure what SF is planning to do with him without a QB. Same for Harvin to the Vikes.
I'm a bit confused about Maclin to the Eagles. My first reaction was "McNabb gets more toys, great", because I feel McNabb is a great QB who had a rough time in Philly partially due to their refusal to give him anything except mediocre receivers (and TO). But when I settled down to think about it: isn't Maclin basically the exact same type of player as Fraction Jackson? Confusing. They'll have a great return game, tho'.
I like Nicks to the Giants...sigh...and then Britt to the Titans. I will be surprised if half these receivers make it on the next level. No way this year should've seen so many 1st-round WR picks. I realise WRs are sexy to pick, but FFS, what are we, Detroit nation? (speaking of which, is it more or did Philly move up two in assuming Detroit would pick Maclin if they didn't. Lions, Lions never change)
Unsexy picks: I already mentioned Mack, perhaps unsurprisingly I also like Eric Wood, though not as much, I love James Laurinaitis to the Rams at 35 and Maualuga to the Bengals at 38, that's fantastic value. But what I really love is Larry English. Because sometimes I feel people look too much at talents and not at systems. In pure ability, English is a reach at 16. But he fits so perfectly in what San Diego wants to do, that he'll no doubt end up being great, great value.
Brandon Pettigrew to Lions is another unsexy pick, but in this case I also think it's a low-value one. TEs are usually late-1st talent at best, and that's when they have amazing physical and catching ability. Pettigrew's just a great blocker, and maybe they're going for grit with Delmas in the 2nd round (good pick). But how's Pettigrew going to help them? With Oher still on the board, this was a head-scratcher, even though...
Smell like bust to me: Darrius Heyward-Bey (easy call to make since he's with the Raiders), BJ Raji, Michael Oher. I love predicting busts because you're almost always wrong. 'cept about Heyward-Bey, because no one can succeed with the current Raiders.
the speed and athleticism for a guy that size is pretty spectacular. there's good reason for him to have been up that far in the draft. 
