NFL Draft 2013

I originally wrote this a few months ago, basically right after the NFL draft.  These are a couple of my random thoughts about some of the players drafted that I recognized. Not a ton of insight, but I figured that I could do it anyways.  For a decent portion of the players whom I have listed, I have thought that they were decent players in college and also have a decent chance to make it in the NFL. There were also a large handful of teams that did not draft players whom I really recognized.  

Arizona Cardinals I think Arizona had a fairly good draft, Jonathan Cooper, Tyrann Mathieu, Andre Ellington, and Ryan Swope.

Atlanta Falcons 

Baltimore Ravens 

Buffalo Bills Jeff Tuel and EJ Manuel.  Not really thrilled with this pick.. Manuel is a very tough guy, but I just don't think he's going to be as decent as most other QB's.  Very low potential to be a top 16 type quarterback, much less top 5.

Carolina Panthers A.J. Klein

Chicago Bears Michael Ford

Cincinnati Bengals Onterrio McCaleb, Tyler Eifert. For whatever reason they now have two very decent TE's.  

Cleveland Browns Barkevious Mingo

Dallas Cowboys Terrence Williams and Joseph Randolph

Denver Broncos Montee Ball

Detroit Lions 

Green Bay Packers A lot of good picks for the Packers: Eddie Lacy, Micah Hyde, and Jonathan Franklin.

Houston Texans Collin Kleind

Indianapolis Colts 

Jacksonville Jaguars Luke Joeckel, Denard Robinson, Jordan Rodgers, Matt Scott.  Any of those three rookie QB's would probably be a better option than Blaine Gabbert.

Kansas City Chiefs Tyler Bray

Miami Dolphins Caleb Sturgis

Minnesota Vikings Zach Line, James Vandenberg

New England Patriots 

New Orleans Saints 

New York Giants Ryan Nassib. He does a good job of taking care of the ball, although he was playing in a somewhat weak conference.

New York Jets Geno Smith. His college numbers last season were quite impressive.  I think Smith has a chance to be a Drew Brees Lite.

Oakland Raiders Tyler Wilson, I think that he could be a very decent QB 3 years from now.

Philadelphia Eagles Zach Ertz TE from Stanford and Matt Barkley. Interesting that the Eagles were drafting so many players that used to play against Coach Kelly and the Ducks when he was at Oregon. Stanford, Oregon State, USC.  So the Eagles were able to draft Barkley in the 4th round?  Haha, Barkley was a projected top 5 pick just a year ago.  Tremendous value pick  for the Eagles here.  His stats did go 'down' last season, but that was because he was asked to do a lot more, because the team was lacking a competent running game.  I think that Barkley will have a decent NFL career.

Pittsburgh Steelers Jarvis Jones, Le'Veon Bell and Markus Wheaton

Saint Louis Rams Barret Jones, Alec Ogletree and Tavon Austin

San Diego Chargers Manti Te'o

San Francisco 49ers MarQueis Gray, Eric Reid from LSU, and Marcus Lattimore. Decent draft for the 49er's.  I don't understand why Lattimore was drafted so lowly in the draft.  

Seattle Seahawks 

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 

Tennessee Titans Chance Warmack

Washington Redskins Jordan Reed