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#	Sel#	Team	Player	Pos.	School	JAY GOLDBERG's INITIAL COMMENT
1	1	Oakland	Russell, JaMarcus	QB	Louisiana State	Agree with selection
2	2	Detroit	Johnson, Calvin	WR	Georgia Tech	Can't argue but Adams would have looked good in Detroit uniform
3	3	Cleveland	Thomas, Joe	OT	Wisconsin	Can't argue but Peterson would have been my pick.
4	4	Tampa Bay	Adams, Gaines	DE	Clemson	Agree with selection
5	5	Arizona	Brown, Levi	OT	Penn State	Agree with selection
6	6	Washington	Landry, LaRon	FS	Louisiana State	Mistake, not because Landry isn't worth the spot, but because he is too similar to Taylor; Anderson or Okoye would have been my pick.
7	7	Minnesota	Peterson, Adrian	RB	Oklahoma	Agree with selection
8	8	Atlanta (froon)	Anderson, Jamaal	DE	Arkansas	Agree with selection
9	9	Miami	Ginn Jr., Ted	WR	Ohio State	Agree with selection
10	10	Houston (from )	Okoye, Amobi	DT	Louisville	Mistake, passed on another potential franchise running back in Lynch; Green is past his prime.
11	11	San Francisco	Willis, Patrick	ILB	Mississippi	Can't argue, Branch has really dropped but the big guy in the middle of the Niner defense would have been nice.
12	12	Buffalo	Lynch, Marshawn	RB	California	Agree with selection
13	13	St. Louis	Carriker, Adam	DE	Nebraska	Agree with selection
14	14	N.Y. Jets (lina)	Revis, Darrelle	CB	Pittsburgh	Can't argue, but Houston is the number one CB on my board.
15	15	Pittsburgh	Timmons, Lawrence	OLB	Florida State	Agree with selection
16	16	Green Bay	Harrell, Justin	DT	Tennessee	Mistake, I like Branch better (I know he's dropped on many draft boards) and I would have gone TE Olsen.
17	17	Denver (ville)	Moss, Jarvis	DE	Florida	Can't argue, but is he too similar to Dumervil?
18	18	Cincinnati	Hall, Leon	CB	Michigan	Mistake, I read the Bengals said they were going to pass on Branch before the draft, but if any team needs a big body in the middle of their defense its the Bengals.
19	19	Tennessee	Griffin, Michael	FS	Texas	Can't argue because of problems with Pacman, but Meriweather is a better fit alongside Hope.
20	20	N.Y. Giants	Ross, Aaron	CB	Texas	Can't argue, corner was the Giants' #1 need, but Houston is going to be Pro Bowl level.
21	21	Jacksonville )	Nelson, Reggie	FS	Florida	Agree with selection
22	22	Cleveland (s)	Quinn, Brady	QB	Notre Dame	Agree with selection
23	23	Kansas City	Bowe, Dwayne	WR	Louisiana State	Agree with selection
24	24	New Englandattle)	Meriweather, Brandon	FS	Miami (Fla.)	Agree with selection
25	25	Carolina (from N	Beason, Jon	OLB	Miami (Fla.)	Can't argue, but I like Harris better and Spencer opposite Peppers with Rucker in decline would have been interesting.
26	26	Dallas ()	Spencer, Anthony	DE	Purdue	Agree with selection
27	27	New Orleans	Meachem, Robert	WR	Tennessee	Can't argue, but Houston, Harris, Branch, Posluszny would have upgraded their defense and good receivers will be on the board in round three.
28	28	San Francisco w	Staley, Joe	OT	Central Michigan	Can't argue, Staley has good potential, but here I would have gone Branch for the middle of the Niniers' defense.
29	29	Baltimore	Grubbs, Ben	G	Auburn	Agree with selection
30	30	San Diego	Davis, Craig	WR	Louisiana State	Mistake, Davis is a reach; if the Chargers wanted to reach for a receiver here it should have been Hill - he will be great!
31	31	Chicago	Olsen, Greg	TE	Miami (Fla.)	Mistake, this is not a knock on Olsen who will upgrade their offense, but Posluszny is the ideal replacement for Briggs and would, at least made his potential holdout a no big thing.
32	32	Indianapolis	Gonzalez, Anthony	WR	Ohio State	Mistake, and I love Gonzalez as a player; the Colts could have gone receiver later, I don't have the same confidence they do in Keiaho; again, Posluszny would have been my pick.

Cowboys2	Bears2	Buccaneers2	49ers 2
Eagles 2	Lions2	Falcons2	Cardinals2
Giants2	Packers2	Panthers2	Rams2
Redskins2	Vikings2	Saints2	Seahawks2

Bills2	Bengals2	Colts 2	Broncos2
Dolphins2	Browns2	Jaguars2	Chargers2
Jets2	Ravens2	Texans2	Chiefs2
Patriots 2	Steelers2	Titans2	Raiders2

#	Sel#	Team	Player	Pos.	School	JAY GOLDBERG's INITIAL COMMENT
1	33	Arizona	Branch, Alan	DT	Michigan	Agree with selection
2	34	Buffalo	Posluszny, Paul	OLB	Penn State	Agree with selection
3	35	Tampa Bay	Sears, Arron	OT	Tennessee	Agree with selection
4	36	Philadelphia	Kolb, Kevin	QB	Houston	Mistake, first if going QB, Kolb would not have been my choice, second, Houston is the player I would have grabbed.
5	37	San Diego	Weddle, Eric	SS	Utah	Can't argue, but gave up too much to move up to get him.
6	38	Oakland	Miller, Zach	TE	Arizona State	Mistake, not because Miller isn't a good fit, but with one left tackle still on the board Ugoh should have been the pick.
7	39	Atlanta	Blalock, Justin	OT	Texas	Agree with selection
8	40	Miami	Beck, John	QB	Brigham Young	Mistake, the Dolphins will regret not taking Stanton or Edwards, both will be better QBs than Beck.
9	41	Atlanta	Houston, Chris	CB	Arkansas	Agree with selection
10	42	Indianapolis	Ugoh, Tony	G	Arkansas	Can't argue, but if the Colts went Posluszny in round one, Gonzalez would have been available here; but Ugoh is a solid pick.
11	43	Detroit	Stanton, Drew	QB	Michigan State	Agree with selection
12	44	Minnesota	Rice, Sidney	WR	South Carolina	Can't argue, but Hill is going to be a big-time NFL player.
13	45	Carolina	Jarrett, Dwayne	WR	Southern California	Agree with selection
14	46	Pittsburgh	Woodley, LaMarr	DE	Michigan	Agree with selection
15	47	N.Y. Jets	Harris, David	ILB	Michigan	Agree with selection
16	48	Jacksonville	Durant, Justin	ILB	Hampton	Can't argue, but Smith would have been a good pick here as well.
17	49	Cincinnati	Irons, Kenny	RB	Auburn	Mistake, the Bengals need defense, a change of pace back could be found later; there are some good DEs on the board, and if they went Branch in round one, they could have gone CB Wilson here.
18	50	Tennessee	Henry, Chris	RB	Arizona	Mistake, should have gone Pittman, he is the next best runner behind Peterson and Lynch.
19	51	N.Y. Giants	Smith, Steve	WR	Southern California	Mistake, and I like Smith; there will be better receivers in three than offensive tackles; Marten would have been my pick.
20	52	St. Louis	Leonard, Brian	FB	Rutgers	Agree with selection
21	53	Cleveland	Wright, Eric	CB	Nevada-Las Vegas	Can't argue, based on talent, hopefully his off-field problems are behind him
22	54	Kansas City	McBride, Turk	DT	Tennessee	Mistake, too light for tackle, not a good enough pass rusher to be a difference maker at end; with Allen out first 4 games, I would have gone Crowder or Abiamiri.
23	55	Seattle	Wilson, Josh	CB	Maryland	Agree with selection
24	56	Denver	Crowder, Tim	DE	Texas	Can't argue, but this is the second DE drafted by Denver; at least Crowder is a two-way end.
25	57	Philadelphia	Abiamiri, Victor	DE	Notre Dame	Agree with selection
26	58	Detroit	Alama-Francis, Ikaika	DE	Hawaii	Agree with selection
27	59	Carolina	Kalil, Ryan	C	Southern California	Agree with selection
28	60	Miami	Satele, Samson	C	Hawaii	Mistake, Hadnot is fine at center and I would have gone Beekman or Alleman.
29	61	Detroit	Alexander, Gerald	FS	Boise State	Mistake, especially if keeping him at safety, will be better at corner in Detroit's system but is too high for Alexander either way; at CB I like Wade, Young, Bennett, McCauley more.
30	62	Chicago	Bazuin, Dan	DE	Central Michigan	Mistake, with questions about Benson (at least by me), Pittman would have been my pick.
31	63	Green Bay	Jackson, Brandon	RB	Nebraska	Can't argue, they need a running back and Pittman is not a good match to pair with Morency, if they want him to be part of their running back rotation.
32	64	Tampa Bay	Piscitelli, Sabby	SS	Oregon State	Agree with selection

#	Sel#	Team	Player	Pos.	School	JAY GOLDBERG's INITIAL COMMENT
1	65	Oakland	Moses, Quentin	DE	Georgia	Can't argue, he could be a steal, but where is the offensive line help?
2	66	New Orleans	Young, Usama	CB	Kent State	Agree with selection
3	67	Dallas	Marten, James	OT	Boston College	Can't argue, but WR Jason Hill would have looked good in a Cowboy's uniform at this spot.
4	68	Tampa Bay	Black, Quincy	OLB	New Mexico	Agree with selection
5	69	Arizona	Davis, Buster	ILB	Florida State	Agree with selection
6	70	Denver	Harris, Ryan	OT	Notre Dame	Can't argue, as long as the Broncos' can get back into the mix early in day two to get a LB like DeOssie; otherwise they should have reached slightly here for one.
7	71	Miami	Booker, Lorenzo	RB	Florida State	Agree with selection
8	72	Minnesota	McCauley, Marcus	CB	Fresno State	Agree with selection
9	73	Houston	Jones, Jacoby	WR	Lane	Mistake, I watched him closely in the post season because of the hype - he is no Colston; clearly Jason Hill should have been the pick.
10	74	Baltimore	Figurs, Yamon	WR	Kansas State	Agree with selection
11	75	Atlanta	Robinson, Laurent	WR	Illinois State	Can't argue, he has size and speed, and I like him, but I'll take my track record with WRs over Atlanta's; they will be disappointed they passed on Hill, but not as much as Houston; Robinson will be okay.
12	76	San Francisco	Hill, Jason	WR	Washington State	Agree with selection
13	77	Pittsburgh	Spaeth, Matt	TE	Minnesota	Can't argue, but is a blocking TE who can catch worth this spot in the draft for the Steelers' when they have Miller?
14	78	Green Bay	Jones, James	WR	San Jose State	Mistake, he's okay, but Clowney and Allison are much better options.
15	79	Jacksonville	Walker, Mike	WR	Central Florida	Mistake, sure Walker is bit faster than Clowney and Allison, but they also ran sub- 4.4 forties; Clowney would have been my pick.
		Cincinnati				Took Ahmed Brooks in supplemental draft.
17	80	Tennessee	Williams, Paul	WR	Fresno State	Mistake, I feel like a broken record, although Williams makes more sense than Walker and the two Jones; another team where I'll take my track record for receivers.
18	81	N.Y. Giants	Alford, Jay	DT	Penn State	Mistake, come on, Alford is a good kid who will be a productive NFL player, as a versatile sub; why give up on potential starters here?; I like his teammate Shaw, who could push to start at OLB much better, or a slew of solid offensive lineman.
19	82	Kansas City	Tyler, DeMarcus 'Tank'	DT	North Carolina State	Agree with selection
20	83	Carolina	Johnson, Charles	DE	Georgia	Agree with selection
21	84	St. Louis	Wade, Jonathan	CB	Tennessee	Agree with selection
22	85	Seattle	Mebane, Brandon	DT	California	Can't argue, Mebane is needed, but TE Patrick would have been intriguing here as well.
23	86	Baltimore	Yanda, Marshall	G	Iowa	Can't argue, but Barnes would have been interesting as a potential replacement for Thomas.
24	87	Philadelphia	Bradley, Stewart	OLB	Nebraska	Agree with selection
25	88	New Orleans	Alleman, Andy	G	Akron	Agree with selection
26	89	Green Bay	Rouse, Aaron	SS	Virginia Tech	Agree with selection
27	90	Philadelphia	Hunt, Tony	RB	Penn State	Can't argue, but don't expect more than short yardage form Hunt who lacks speed; I would have taken a chance on Bush here, with Buckhalter back for a year they could have afforded to wait a year for Westbrook's backup; and he has more upside than Hunt.
28	91	Oakland	Henderson, Mario	OT	Florida State	Mistake, they need a tackle, but I like Koets, Free, Barbre much better.
29	92	Buffalo	Edwards, Trent	QB	Stanford	Agree with selection
30	93	Chicago	Wolfe, Garrett	RB	Northern Illinois	Mistake, and the worst kind, a repeat mistake, Wolfe is no more than a change of pace back; Pittman would be their savior after Benson fails to be the dominate back the Bears are counting on.
31	94	Chicago	Okwo, Michael	ILB	Stanford	Mistake, the Bears like Okwo more than me; I would have gone DeOssie, Waters, or Alexander at this spot better as future starters for the Bears.
32	95	Indianapolis	Hughes, Daymeion	CB	California	Can't argue, but he lacks speed, something the Colts' defense cherishes.
33	96	San Diego	Waters, Anthony	ILB	Clemson	Agree with selection
34	97	San Francisco	McDonald, Ray	DT	Florida	Agree with selection
35	98	Indianapolis	Pitcock, Quinn	DT	Ohio State	Agree with selection
36	99	Oakland	Higgins, Johnnie Lee	WR	Texas-El Paso	Can't argue, if using him as a return man, but Clowney has the mad speed that Davis craves and will be a very good NFL WR.