Best 2010 offseason awards
by Mullayo on Jan 3, 2011 8:59 PM EST
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PrintIn 2009 the Jaguars had a fantastic developmental draft finding four starters (DT,LT, RT, CB) and several backups (WR,TE, RB).
This year's best offseason award ie. using the draft, trades and free agency is up for grabs. Potential stars have *, starters are bolded and first backups are italicised. Candidates include:
The Oakland Raiders whose whole draft is on their depth chart.
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Rd 1, Pick 8 (8) |
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Rd 2, Pick 12 (44) |
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Rd 3, Pick 5 (69) |
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Rd 4, Pick 8 (106) |
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Rd 4, Pick 10 (108) |
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Rd 5, Pick 7 (138) |
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Rd 6, Pick 21 (190) |
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Rd 7, Pick 8 (215) |
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Rd 7, Pick 44 (251) |
The Raiders also jettisoned QB JaLardass Russell and acquired QB Jason Campbell and OLB Kamerion Wimbley and big John Henderson to backup Richard Seymour, they're set to fire coach Cable too. One more offseason like this and they'll be back.
The New England Patriots who wheeled-and-dealed as per usual and have 9 picks - including 2 first and 2 second- in the upcoming draft to go along with their 12 this year. Bill Belichick also stole oompa loompa RB Danny Woodhead from right under Rex Ryan's nose - he was probably didn't see him down there. They are rebuilding but could be contenders right away.
Rd 1, Pick 27 (27) McCourty, Devin* CB Rd 2,
Pick 10 (42) Gronkowski, Rob* TE Rd 2,
Pick 21 (53) Cunningham, Jermaine DE
Rd 2, Pick 30 (62) Spikes, Brandon LB
Rd 3, Pick 26 (90) Price Taylor WR,
Rd 4, Pick 15 (113) Hernandez, Aaron TE
Rd 5, Pick 19 (150) Mesko, Zoltan* P
Rd 6, Pick 36 (205) Larsen, Ted C/OG (Tampa Bay starter off waivers, one we should have got?)
Rd 7, Pick 1 (208) Welch, Thomas OL
Rd 7, Pick 40 (247) Deaderick, Brandon DE
Rd 7, Pick 41 (248) Weston, Kade DT
Rd 7, Pick 43 (250) Robinson, Zac QB
Seattle Seahawks resoundingly win the hotly contested NFC West (7-9) while overhauling their whole team. USC obfuscator Pete Carroll, revelling in finally being able to pay his players, cut and pasted a lineup together that was much prettier on paper. The wily magician also pulled rabbits RB Leon Washington and WR Mike Williams* out of his thin air and signed DE Kentwan Balmer off FA.
Player Rd 1, Pick 6 (6) Okung, Russell* OT
Rd 1, Pick 14 (14) Thomas, Earl* SS
Rd 2, Pick 28 (60) Tate, Golden WR/RB
Rd 4, Pick 13 (111) Thurmond, Walter CB
Rd 4, Pick 29 (127) Wilson, E.J. DE
Rd 5, Pick 2 (133) Chancellor, Kam FS
Rd 6, Pick 16 (185) McCoy, Anthony TE (IR)
Rd 7, Pick 29 (236) Davis, Dexter DE
Rd 7, Pick 38 (245) Konz, Jameson WR
Kansas City Chiefs new regime with Romeo Crennel at DC, Weiss at OC and Pioli at HC. Decent draft but massive improvement behind the scenes showing on the field.
Rd 1, Pick 5 (5) Berry, Eric* SS
Rd 2, Pick 4 (36) McCluster, Dexter WR/RB
Rd 2, Pick 18 (50) Arenas, Javier CB
Rd 3, Pick 4 (68) Asamoah, Jon OG
Rd 3, Pick 29 (93) Moeaki, Tony* TE
Rd 5, Pick 5 (136) Lewis, Kendrick FS
Rd 5, Pick 11 (142) Sheffield, Cameron DE
Honourable mentions to Miami Dolphins, Tampa Bay Bucs, NY Jets. The Atlanta Falcons were also above average and the 49erd actually drafted decently but failed on the sidelines. However, overall IMHO the winner would be Oakland or NE? What do you think?
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Jags the best??? Really?
People are picking the Jags in the poll for the strongest offseason. Really? Seattle made the playoffs starting from scratch, Oakland reversed years of ineptitude and New England keep breaking new ground.
In 2009 we drafted phenomenally finding four starters (DT,LT, RT, CB) and several backups (WR,TE, RB).
This year one starter with pick 10 overall and one IR-ed possible back up at DT from the draft. BTW I watched GM jrs draft video and former scout Lande had D’Anthony Smith as third best DT on his board after Suh and McCoy – citing rare “explosiveness” and upside despite some laziness.
Rd 1, Pick 10 (10) Alualu, Tyson DE
Rd 3, Pick 10 (74) Smith, D’Anthony DT
Rd 5, Pick 12 (143) Hart, Larry DE
Rd 5, Pick 22 (153) Lane, Austen DE
Rd 6, Pick 11 (180) Karim, Deji RB
Rd 6, Pick 34 (203) McGee, Scotty KR
We did better in FA and trades acquiring an injured IR-ed DE in Kampman, a trade for MLB in Morrison, a WR off waivers in Hill. But we also got our QB of the future in Edwards and our secondary is a revolving door other teams QBs enjoy passing through.
What could of happened; did.
QB of the future in Edwards?
What the fuck are you smoking? In a nicer note, what the heck man? That guy sucks…we need a new franchise QB
by rhettchrystal on Jan 4, 2011 8:36 AM EST up reply actions
I think Bouman is more of the future qb than is Edwards.
Edwards is shot. Period, end of story. Tell me there was a difference in his play from the Tennessee game to the Houston game.
My guess is he loses out to either McCown or rookie qb next offseason.
i think
besides our rookie
we’ll keep garrard and mccown
by rhettchrystal on Jan 6, 2011 10:39 PM EST up reply actions
Sorry that was supposed to be sarcastic
I should have italicised it or speech marks or something
I was just disappointed he didn’t grab his opportunity in the last games
What could of happened; did.
If Trent Edwards is the Jaguars QB of the future I need to start looking for a new team.
But in all seriousness, there is no way we had the best offseason. Alualu, Kampman and Morrison were nice, but that’s about all the impact we got. The Raiders had a very good draft plus got a starting quarterback, and made their d-lines one of the best in the NFL. They even made Quentin Groves into a decent player.
If they made Groves decent...
Maybe we can send them Derrick Harvey and get something worth more than 1.5 sacks a season for him.
Patriots by far
1. Got two great young TE without spending a first-rounder on them
2. Got a great young corner in the first
3. Got a slew of 2011 draft picks including the first overall pick in the second round by trading 2012 draft picks
4. Got ANYTHING for Randy Moss…and they got a third-rounder!
5. Got Deion Branch back for a fourth-rounder
6. Brandon Spikes has been very good for them as well
7. Woodhead pickup
Not even close.
Also, honorable mentions…Dolphins? Seriously? That’s pretty funny…they blew picks on Brandon Marshall, who whined about targets and didn’t really help that much. They got Misi, who is solid, but they also got pretty much nothing from their first-rounder Odrick before he got hurt. The rest of their draft was unimpressive, and they gave away Jason Allen for nothing. The 49ers blew a first-rounder on Anthony Davis, who looks awful. The rest of their draft really wasn’t very good. You did a pretty good job with the candidates but the honorable mentions aren’t very good at all.
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Really?
I thought Oldrick and Anthony Davis were playing well??? My bad. To be fair I hate the Taylor Mays pick, he’s a muppet. But Anthony Dixon is one I like. However, if Davis is cabbage it tilts things towards bad.
I watched Marshall and he’s good just needs the ball thrown at him. I just like Miami’s D-fense.
What could of happened; did.
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