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By: Brandon Wangrin

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(DAY 4) With the 10, 11, 12 Picks…

By: Brandon Wangrin

I am going to tell you who I believe each team should draft with their picks for the first three rounds (over the next 34 days, three picks a day). Different than a Mock Draft because in a Mock Draft I tell you who I believe they will pick in the NFL Draft. In these articles I am telling you who I would pick if I were each team.

Day 4

10. Jacksonville Jaguars– Joe Haden- Cornerback- Florida

Imagine having Rashean Mathis and Joe Haden playing opposite of each other. They would be perfect together because Mathis is a playmaker that gets beat sometimes and Haden is a shut-down style corner that likes to bump-and-run his receivers. In the AFC South you need great cornerbacks if you are going to shut down Peyton Manning and Matt Schaub (something Jacksonville could not do last season). Combined Manning and Schaub threw for 1,116 yards 9 TD and 4 INT’s in four games last season.

Not to mention that Haden went to Florida making it a “fan friendly” pick for a team that needs more fan support.

11. Denver Broncos– Jason Pierre-Paul- Defensive End- South Florida

If Dez Bryant were available I would say to draft him here, but he is not, so I would go with Pierre-Paul (beast defensive end out of South Florida). The Broncos defense was resurrected last season and imagine what it could have been had they had some more help on the defensive line. Pierre-Paul has amazed scouts in both college and in the NFL Combine. He is 6’4 270 lbs and runs a 4.64 forty yard dash. That is just plain freaky. He will be a perfect guy to help get pressure on the quarterback on third and fourth downs.

12. Miami Dolphins- Brandon Graham- Michigan- Outside Linebacker

Really reminds me of a Terrell Suggs type player. Graham has the ability to play defensive end or outside linebacker. With the Dolphins just losing Joey Porter to the Cardinals they are going to need another playmaker at outside linebacker and Graham is the perfect guy. At the Senior Bowl Graham was the best defensive player on either team and he showed great leadership ability. He lead all of college football in takcles for loss and had himself a hell of a NFL Combine (6’1 268 lbs 4.72 40 and 31 reps at 225 lbs). He is one of my biggest sleepers in the Draft and he will be “NFL ready” by Week 1.

McNabb to Raiders, Cards?

By: Brandon Wangrin

I know this is a strictly NFL Draft blog, but I do want to touch up on the Donovan McNabb situation. Philadelphia has said that they want a top 42 pick in this years NFL Draft for Donovan McNabb. My guess is that they would want an additional pick in maybe the 4th or 5th if they got a 2nd round pick for him.

There are a few teams that have a “real” possibility in getting McNabb and that is Oakland, Arizona, Washington, St. Louis, Cleveland, and possibly Minnesota. Oakland and Arizona are by far the leading candidates right now.

So, this brings me to the question. If you are Oakland or Arizona, why not trade a 2nd and 4th round pick for Donovan McNabb or even your 1st round pick? Oakland has the 8th overall pick and Arizona has the 26th overall pick. Neither team is going to get an NFL ready quarterback with those picks and they both desperately need quarterbacks. McNabb is the type of player that could join either of those teams and make them contenders to make the postseason, but if they do not get him then both of those teams likely will not make the postseason.

These two teams need to pull the trigger to make up for their drafting mistakes in the years past with Matt Leinart and Jarmarcus Russell, because you will not succeed in the NFL without a quarterback.

Judging Tim Tebow’s Pro Day

By: Brandon Wangrin

Some say Tim Tebow had a good Pro Day, just like some say that he had a great NFL Combine, but I still stand behind what I have said. Tim Tebow will not be a “quality” pro quarterback.

I had a chance to watch Tim Tebow as he threw, in front of scouts, at his Pro Day, I noticed how is mechanics have not changed and his arm strength is still not impressive. He still is throwing a 3/4 throwing arm motion and often tries to overthrow the ball, which forces him to get under throws and float them. I will admit his footwork looks better, but the main problem with his footwork is that when he got pressured in the pocket, in the Senior Bowl, he got flustered and became jittery. Without a defensive line and linebakcers rushing him, we can not know legitimately know if his footwork has improved.

Some people say that I look at Tebow with “blinders” on, but I judge everyone as I see them play. NO GRUDGES. In college, he was a product of a system that is like no system in the NFL. He rushed for yards in college, but did not rush for yards like Vince Young or Michael Vick did, he rushed for yardage with power not with speed, which will not work in the NFL. Even if it did, he would eventually get hurt with concussions or leg injuries, which is the last thing you want with a franchise quarterback (1st or 2nd round draft pick).

Tim Tebow, plain and simply, does not have the tools to be a “franchise” quarterback and he should not be drafted in the first two rounds or ahead of a quarterback like Dan LeFevour.