I think that if the Redskins trade back into the draft then a guy they'll look at in the early third will be Kendall Langford, which would give Blache that relentless interior pass rusher that he wants, while Duane Brown would give Bugel the type of lineman with enough upside to make him crazy. For example we could easily see a draft that looks like
Early 2nd - Malcolm Kelly - WR - Oklahoma
2-20 - Duane Brown - T/G - Virginia Tech
Early 3rd - Kendall Langford - DT/DE - Hampton
3-21 - Dwight Lowery - CB - San Jose State
3 comp - Owen Schmitt - FB - West Virginia
Early 5th - Corey Lynch - S - App State
5-21 - Chad Rhinehart - G/T - Northern Iowa
6-20 - Dennis Dixon - QB - Oregon
7-21 - Alvin Bowen - OLB - Iowa State
The same thing could happen at 21, though instead the team would wait until the 5th round to select a corner or they'll add a stop gap some time after the draft.
Also I think this might have been posted elsewhere, but I don't think it hurts to post it again.
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Brohm likely to be No. 2 QB taken in draft; more mail
Posted: Tuesday April 8, 2008 12:39PM; Updated: Thursday April 10, 2008 11:47AM
Louisville's Brian Brohm had a career-high 12 interceptions in 2007, but balanced it with a personal-best 30 touchdown passes.
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With the draft 18 days away, the two questions I'm hearing everywhere are these: Who will be the second QB taken and how high will he go?
Answer: Louisville's
Brian Brohm, and I think a team will have to be selecting in the 20s to get him.
There are actually three QB candidates to be chosen after likely top-five pick
Matt Ryan of Boston College. Brohm is the clear favorite, followed by Michigan's
Chad Henne (he has an NFL-type release right now) and Delaware's
Joe Flacco (who has the biggest Howitzer in the draft). Now, the reason Brohm is inching up the charts from his high-second-round status of the postseason is because more and more teams -- like quarterback-needy Atlanta and Baltimore -- have been going to school on Brohm. They realize they were a little hasty in knocking him down from his top-five-in-the-draft level of 2007.
A year ago Brohm chose to stay in school for his senior season instead of coming out and getting picked high in the first round. And all anyone saw on Brohm's 2007 résumé were flaws. Product of the system. Robotic. Not nimble in the pocket. Still, under new coach
Steve Kragthorpe, Brohm had his best all-around season, completing 65.1 percent of his passes and throwing for 30 touchdowns while the Louisville defense and running game struggled mightily. As one GM said to me at the NFL meetings last week in Florida, "I think we picked him apart too much last year." I agree. How can a guy be a round worse when he does what everyone in the NFL tells juniors -- stay in school? He not only stayed, he played well, albeit on a 6-6 team.
I think what you're going to see two Saturdays from now is a team like the Ravens, Falcons or Chiefs trade up from their perch high in the second round to try to get Brohm, assuming none of the three take Ryan earlier in the first round. The team that has the most ammunition to move up from a high-second-round perch is Atlanta, with six picks between 34 and 103. Plus, Brohm has impressed the Falcons in predraft film study; offensive coordinator
Mike Mularkey, in particular, is said to be a Brohm fan.
Now onto your emails...