by Mikespins, Chewy Sun and Jim Dandy.

1 Oakland: JaMarcus Russell QB, LSU
By CS

With the first pick, the Oakland Raiders select JaMarcus Russell. The need is just too great for QB to ignore, especially with the fact that WR is not a position of dire need. I'm hoping the football gods will make this year's 1-2 QB be more like Bledsoe/Mirer rather than Manning/Leaf, because Russell is the physical specimen vs. the brain of Quinn. QB Stability at last, lord Almighty, QB Stability at last!

2 Detroit: Brady Quinn QB, Notre Dame
By MS

Despite comments suggesting they don't want Quinn Detroit knows they need a young QB. Quinn is the safer choice at QB.

3 Cleveland: Adrian Peterson RB, Oklahoma
By CS

The Cleveland Browns showed their hand early. If they would have kept Ruben Droughns and signed Jamal Lewis, I could have been convinced that they were set at running back, but trading Droughns away to the Giants pretty much sealed the deal for me. Adrian Peterson is much like Jamal Lewis...... before his knee surgery in college, big powerful game-breaking back that is everything you look for in a run based offense. He wasn't asked to receive much in college, but chances are, he won't need the skill for his first year.

Romeo Crennell is under fire, and he would probably have liked a defensive playmaker here, but GM Phil Savage is probably with the franchise until the next coach, and Peterson is the best value/need combination at the 3rd pick.

4 Tampa Bay: Calvin Johnson WR, Georgia Tech
By JD

Next off the board is Calvin Johnson, WR from Georgia Tech. His combination of size and speed makes John Gruden stab thirty or forty toy store employees in glee, and the fact that he didn't have to trade up to get him causes Gruden cackle in delight.

5 Arizona: Joe Thomas, OT Wisconsin
By MS

Arizona jumps at the chance to draft Matt Leinart's personal bodyguard for the next ten years in massive tackle Joe Thomas.

6 Washington: Gaines Adams, DE Clemson
By CS

It was a battle between Gaines Adams and Amobi Okeye, because the Redskins desperately need defensive linemen that are under 30 and effective. Most people expected Gaines Adams to be taken by now, because elite pass rushers are rare, and they play to Dan Snyder's lust for stat producing big names, the Redskins go DE.

7 Minnesota: Leon Hall, CB Michigan
By JD

With Quinn and Adams, their two top choices, off the board, the Minnesota Vikings grab a corner who, like any other respectable NFL player, limits his propositioning and lewd gestures to nightclubs and strip joints instead of doing them on a family lake.

8 Atlanta (from Houston): LaRon Landry, Safety LSU
By MS

Atlanta needs help in the defensive secondary and the best safety falls into their laps.

9 Miami: Amobi Okeye, DT Louisville
By CS

Oooooo, Atlanta pick screws with Miami!
In light of that...... quick! Name a defensive tackle on the Dolphins. No Jason Taylor is a 250lb DE, and on a good day he's 250, but really he's 230. Anyhow, since Tim Bowens retired 3 years ago, they've had no one there, and Keith Traylor is 37, so he SHOULD HAVE retired 3 years ago. So with the 9th overall pick, the Dolphins overcompensate by choosing 19 year old Amobi Okoye of Louisville.
10 Houston: Ted Ginn Jr. WR, Ohio State
Trying too hard to overcompensate for their failure last year, Houston selects Ted Ginn, Jr. to pair with Andre Johnson, though instead of reaching for a WR, they could end up reaching for a corner.

11 San Francisco: Adam Carriker, DE Nebraska
By MS

San Francisco is building for a 3-4 defense. No outside linebackers are worth this pick so they take a true 3-4 defensive end in Carriker.

12 Buffalo: Aaron Ross, CB Texas
By CS

The Vikings selection of Leon Hall really screwed up Buffalo's plans. The two positions of most need is linebacker (London Fletcher and Takeo Spikes were both lost) and corner (Nate Clements) and possibly running back. Anthony A-Train Thomas will let Buffalo skip RB in the 1st round, and Angelo Crowell showed enough last year to possibly fill the void Fletcher left. That leaves them with Aaron Ross, who is big, fast and the lack of dominant WR in the AFC east will allow him time to grow.

13 St. Louis: Alan Branch, DT Michigan
By JD

St. Louis grabs a "potential" pick, ignoring Branch's expanding ass and questionable desire. Be on the lookout, though: the Rams might take a DE, just in case Leonard Little kills someone else's mom.

14 Carolina: Patrick Willis, MLB Ole Miss
By MS

Things get interesting. Carolina could go any number of ways here. Do they take a WR like Robert Meachem or Jarrett? Do they take a RB like Marshawn Lynch or maybe even a pass catching TE like Miami's Greg Olsen?

Nope.

With Dan Morgan's career in jeopardy the Panther's select stud middle linebacker Patrick Willis who is considered by most the only surefire MLB in the draft.

15 Pittsburgh: Darelle Revis, CB Pitt
By CS

If you look at the draft history of the Steelers, you'll know that they won't pick up linebackers in the 1st round. All of their stud linebackers (Greg Lloyd, Joey Porter, and Kendrell Bell) came to them in the later rounds. So the Steelers were looking at a DT to employ a 4-3 defense this year, but Alan Branch got taken. They were also checking on a big play WR still to replace Plexico Burris's departure 2 years ago, but Ted Ginn Jr. was the only WR worthy of the 15th pick. With that in mind, they pick up the hometown hero, Revis, to help shore up their no-name CB corp.

16 Green Bay: Marshawn Lynch, RB California
By JD

With Robert Ferguson, Donald Driver and Greg Jennings, WR might be the only position the Packers are set at, so they go with Lynch, who strikes me as a workout warrior, but hey, what do I know.

17 Jacksonville: Jamal Anderson, DE Arkansas
By MS

The Jaguars waste no time and listen to no offers. They didn't expect Anderson to be there in the latter half of the first round. Yes they have a need for a defensive back and a safety was tempting, but with the massive defensive tackles they have in Henderson and Stroud it's time to get a QB killer.

18 Cincinnati: Paul Poslunzny, OLB Penn State
By CS

With the loss of Brian Simmons (FA) and David Pollock (BROKEN NECK), and the fact that the top DTs and CBs have already been chosen, the Bengals came into this draft looking for the top prospect with no character issues. Unfortunately for them, there are no prospects from BYU, Utah or Weber State worthy of the first round, so they go with the next best thing, a Joe Paterno player, Paul Posluszny, who's going to be the weirdest looking name on a jersey (because Penn State don't have names on jerseys) since the XFL.

19 Tennessee: Robert Meachem, WR Tennessee
By JD

The Titans need someone for Vince Young to throw to in the 3 or 4 games he plays before he gets hurt. Meachem's got size and wheels, and he's about as seasoned as everyone said Young was.

20 NY Giants: Michael Griffin, Safety, Texas
By MS

The Giants have an aging and ineffective secondary. They take Griffin to help shore up the defensive backfield.

21 Denver: Jarvis Moss, OLB/DE Florida
By CS

As it stands right now, there is a TON of quality offensive lineman available, and Denver needs more O-lineman. That said, the kind of O-Lineman Denver employs in their zone-block scheme is very easily acquired in the later rounds, and the only time Mike "Rat Face" Shanahann has picked an o-lineman in the first round was George Foster, who was recently traded away to Detroit. Also in the news, Al Wilson, their former all pro middle linebacker was released, most likely due to long term wear and tear, so instead of wasting another pick, trying to get a quality D-lineman, Rat-Face will chose Jarvis Moss to add a little pass rush, next time he faces Peyton Manning, instead of just letting Peyton sit back and pick off their defense like Manning did kids in his SNL united way commercial.

22 Dallas: Brandon Merriweather, S Miami
By JD

Two head cases in the same locker room? You heard it here, folks. Jerry Jones' rawhide face has always had a soft spot for "character issues from The U," so taking the ringleader in the FIU-Miami "stomping" incident is right up his alley. Added bonus: the kid plays like a corner, and now Roy Williams can go hit something.

23 Kansas City: Dwayne Bowe, WR LSU
By MS

The Chiefs don't have a true #1 WR. That changes with the selection of the big, fast Bowe.

24 New England (from Seattle): Reggie Nelson, S Florida
By JD

Bill Belichick does love those Florida players, and with Rodney Harrison picking up a big injury every year now, the Pats could use some help at safety. Of course, they're just as likely to take Greg Olsen here, but who the hell do you think you are questioning the genius of Belichick?

25 NY Jets: Greg Olsen, TE Miami
By CS

GM Mike Tannenbaum and the Jets needed a CB in a bad way, but all the top prospects at CB have been taken. The Jets needed a TE, but not as badly as CB, however for Greg Olsen to drop this far down, the Jets take 2 minutes to fill out the card, stiff arms Scott Pioli on the way to the podium and get out of Radio City Hall before the Jet fans turn rabid on them.

26 Philadelphia: Brian Leonard, H-Back/FB Rutgers
By MS

Having seen both of their first round targets in Jarvis Moss and Greg Olsen go shortly before their pick the Eagles take a slight reach on Leonard. He fits into the Eagles offense as a pass catching FB or motion H-Back. Drafting this close to the end of the first round the Eagles take a player not rated this high knowing he will be gone before their next pick similar to what they did with Mike Patterson.

27 New Orleans: Lawrence Timmons, OLB Florida St.
By CS

Like the Jets, New Orleans needed some luck to get a CB, and like the Jets (and Mike); Buffalo's pick of Aaron Ross royally cock-blocked their plans. Getting no help by any of the impact free agents, the Saints could take pretty much anything that isn't defensive end on the D side...... so they take the best available talent in Lawrence Timmons. On a side note, they tell the Texans to keep a 7th round pick in mind. The Saints will use one of those to pay back the Texans for skipping Reggie Bush.

28 New England: Levi Brown, OT Penn State
By JD

The Patriots keep rereading their draft board to make sure that they're not hallucinating, then mosey on up with their card and take the second best tackle in the draft.

29 Baltimore: Anthony Spencer, DE Purdue
By MS

Having lost Adalius Thomas to the Patriots in free agency, the Ravens select DE/OLB Spencer to fill the hole. Spence was a college end but is on the small side and projects as an OLB in a 3-4.

30 San Diego: Dwayne Jarrett, WR USC
By CS

After sitting all day, sweating his ass off, pretending to be on the cell phone for hours at a time, Dwayne Jarrett can finally save some face and call himself a first round pick, because the Chargers, desperate for a playmaker at WR, reaches for the wide receiver that's slower as molasses.

31 Chicago: Justin Harrell, DT Tennessee
By JD

Da Bears need someone who can keep offensive linemen off of Brian Urlacher, and while Harrell has some durability issues (coming off a torn biceps from his senior year), incumbent Tank Johnson has jail issues.

32 Indianapolis: Jon Beason, OLB Miami
By MS

The Colts have seen some defensive departures this off-season. There aren't any defensive tackles on the board worth the final first round pick so they go linebacker. Beason is a tackling machine and big time hitter. He can play the run as well as cover the pass. In Beason they are getting a better tackling Cato June.

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