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Andrew’s bust flags:

1. QB Cam Newton

2. LB Von Miller

3. QB Christian Ponder – while Andrew hates this pick (and I think he was picked to early at 12th overall) I think he’ll be decent if he doesn’t have to start in week 1. Now Leslie Frazier can move Joe Webb to WR where he belongs.

4. DE Robert Quinn

5. C Mike Pouncey

6. DT Corey Liuget

7. CB Prince Amukamura (?!)

8. G Danny Watkins

9. DE Cameron Jordan

10. WR Jonathan Baldwin

11. CB Jimmy Smith

Aaron’s bust flags:

1. DE Robert Quinn

2. QB Jake Locker

3. G Danny Watkins

4. WR AJ Green – after thinking it over a bit, I added Green to the list. I think the Bengals is one of the worst teams to play for, and they really needed a QB. Who’s going to throw the ball to AJ Green? Carson Palmer is a good backup but his starting days are over. Jordan Palmer is garbage and JT O’Sullivan is pretty bad as well. As far as receiving skills, I would have taken Julio Jones any day.

Late (4-7) round steals:

4-4 – OL Clint Boling, Georgia (Cincinnati Bengals)

4-7 – TE Luke Stocker, Tennessee (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

4-9 – DT Christian Ballard, Iowa (Minnesota Vikings)

4-16 – CB Chmdi Chekwa, Ohio State (Oakland Raiders)

4-26 – WR Tandon Doss, Indiana (Baltimore Ravens) – the fact that the Ravens just drafted TWO good receivers (Doss and Torrey Smith from Maryland) means they probably won’t resign TJ Houshmandzadeh.

4-28 – RB Taiwan Jones, Eastern Washington (Oakland Raiders)

5-1 – RB Johnny White, North Carolina (Buffalo Bills)

5-7 – OL Marcus Cannon, TCU (New England Patriots)

5-8 – CB Brandon Burton, Utah (Minnesota Vikings)

5-10 – TE DJ Williams, Arkansas (Green Bay Packers)

5-14 – RB Jacquizz Rodgers, Oregon State (Atlanta Falcons)

5-20 – S Ahmad Black, Florida (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

6-3 – OT DeMarcus Love, Arkansas (Minnesota Vikings)

6-6 – LB Quan Sturdivant, North Carolina (Arizona Cardinals)

6-33 – S Tyler Sash, Iowa (New York Giants)

7-41 – OL Lee Ziemba, Auburn (Carolina Panthers)

Updated November 29, 2009. There may be a new(er) and therefore correct(er) draft! Check here.

First overall pick.

Also, check out DraftBattle.com for my roomie’s silly picks.

So I cast a Pro Bowl ballot today.

QB

AFC:

1. Peyton Manning (IND)
2. Ben Roethlisberger (PIT)
3. Carson Palmer (CIN)

NFC:

1. Drew Brees (NO)
2. Brett Favre (MIN)
3. Alex Smith (SF)

RB

AFC:

1. Steve Slaton (HOU)
2. Ronnie Brown (MIA)
3. Rashard Mendenhall (PIT)

NFC:

1. Adrian Peterson (MIN)
2. Frank Gore (SF)
3. Steven Jackson (STL)

WR

AFC:

1. Randy Moss (NE)
2. Hines Ward (PIT)
3. Brandon Marshall (DEN)
4. Andre Johnson (HOU)

NFC:

1. Miles Austin (DEN)
2. Sidney Rice (MIN)
3. Steve Smith (NYG)
4. Michael Crabtree (SF)

TE

AFC:

1. Antonio Gates (SD)
2. Zach Miller (OAK)

NFC:

1. Visanthe Shiancoe (MIN)
2. Tony Gonzales (ATL)

C

AFC:

1. Kevin Mawae (TEN)
2. Jeff Saturday (IND)

NFC:

1. Shaun O’Hara (NYG)
2. Casey Rabach (WAS)

T

AFC:

1. Jake Long (MIA)
2. D’Brickashaw Ferguson (DAL)
3. Matt Light (NE)

NFC:

1. Phil Loadholt (MIN)
2. Jermon Bushrod (NO)
3. Orlando Pace (CHI)

G

AFC:

1. Alan Faneca (NYJ)
2. Chris Kemoeatu (PIT)
3. Steve Neal (NE)

NFC:

1. Justin Blalock (ATL)
2. Anthony Herrera (MIN)
3. Derrick Dockery (WAS)

FB

AFC: Le’Ron McClain (BAL)

NFC: Naufahu Tahi (MIN)

SS

AFC: Troy Polamalu (PIT)

NFC: Adrian Wilson (ARI)

CB

AFC:

1. Nnamdi Asomugha (OAK)
2. Champ Bailey (DEN)
3. Brandon Flowers (KC)

NFC:

1. Asante Samuel (PHI)
2. Aqib Talib (TB)
3. Sheldon Brown (PHI)

DE

AFC:

1. Brett Keisel (PIT)
2. Mario Williams (HOU)
3. Trevor Pryce (BAL)

NFC:

1. Jared Allen (MIN)
2. Justin Tuck (NYG)
3. Will Smith (NO)

DT

AFC:

1. Casey Hampton (PIT)
2. Haloti Ngata (BAL)
3. Vince Wilfork (NE)

NFC:

1. Albert Haynesworth (WAS)
2. Pat Williams (MIN)
3. Darnell Dockett (ARI)

FS

AFC: Ed Reed (BAL)

NFC: Darren Sharper (NO)

ILB

AFC:

1. James Farrior (PIT)
2. Ray Lewis (BAL)

NFC:

1. Patrick Willis (SF)
2. Larry Foote (DET)

OLB

AFC:

1. James Harrison (PIT)
2. Joey Porter (MIA)
3. LaMarr Woodley (PIT)

NFC:

1. DeMarcus Ware (NYG)
2. Ernie Sims (DET)
3. Brian Orakpo (WAS)

KR

AFC: Eddie Royal (DEN)

NFC: Devin Hester (CHI)

K

AFC: Adam Vinatieri (IND)

NFC: Jason Elam (ATL)

P

AFC: Daniel Sepulveda (PIT)

NFC: Andy Lee (SF)

ST

AFC: Joshua Cribbs (CLE)

NFC: H. B. Blades (WAS)

Several teams in the NFL could use a switch at the quarterback position, whether the need is immediate or impending (before the start of next season). Here is that list, in reverse order according to need.

As I have mentioned before, Jason Campbell has shown that he was talent. But he has talent in short spurts. He’d make one of the league’s best backup quarterbacks, but what Washington needs is a competant starter. What the Week 6 game againt the Kansas City Chiefs showed was the usual failure of Campbell, who was benched at halftime. However, his replacement, Todd Collins, showed that he was simply incompetant. The result is the realization that Washington has NO GOOD STARTERS. As they have nothing to trade to another team, they are forced into signing a free agent. So who could they sign to start?

1. Jeff Garcia. As I mentioned in the section about the Raiders, Jeff Garcia is a talented veteran who has shown that he can still make great plays. He filled in well while a backup with the Eagles, and played great in the preseason with the Raiders. He could easily start and is the best QB in free agency.

2. Gus Frerotte. This man is probably the only other free agent who could jump into a new team and start for them. He’s in his waning years, but he had a great year with the Vikings last year, going 9-3 as a starter before falling to an injury.

3. Tyler Palko. This man has so much talent. He’s worth trying as a starter. Plus, if he proves himself, he could be a franchise QB. (Then Campbell, in the last year of his contract, could back up Ben Roethlisberger in Pittsburgh!)

In a related issue, here are three teams who DO NOT need a new QB.

2. Buffalo Bills. Trent Edwards is a great quarterback. True, he is injured. But Ryan Fitzpatrick has proven that he is a capable backup. And if he falls, there’s Gibran Hamdan to try out. The problem isn’t at QB in Buffalo; the problem is trying to play 1990′s football in the late 2000′s.

3. Tampa Bay Buccaneers. This may be a surprise to some, that the 0-7 Bucs don’t have a QB problem. But they don’t. They have a coaching problem. There is no excuse for a team with this amount of talent to be winless. QB’s Byron Leftwich and Josh Johnson are very talented in their own ways.