Offical 2008 Draft Picks

Chucky the tree

Here we go.


1. Miami Dolphins - Jake Long (OT, Michigan College)

2. St. Louis Rams - Chris Long (DE, Virgina Tech)

3. Atlanta Falcon - Matt Ryan (QB, Boston College)

4. Oakland Raiders - Darren McFadden (RB, Arkansas)

5. Kanasas City Chiefs - Glen Dorsey ( DT, LSU)

6. New York Jets - Vernon Gholston (DE,Ohio State)

7. New England Patriots, traded with New Orlean Saints. Siants pick Sederick Ellis (Dt, USC)

8. Baltimore Ravens traded with Jacksonville Jaguars. Jaguars pick DE Derrick Harvey (DE, Florida)

9. Cincinati Bengals - Keith Rivers (LB, USC)

10. New England Patriots - Jarod Mayo ( LB, Tennesse)

11. Buffalo Bills - Leodis McKelvin (CB, Troy)

12. Denver Broncos - Ryan Clady (OT, Bosie State)

13. Carolina Panthers - James Stewart (RB, ??)

14. Chicgao Bears - Chris Williams (OT. Vandenbelt)

15. Kansas City Chiefs - Brandon Albert(OT, Virginia)

16. Ariozona Cardinals - Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (CB, Tennessee State)

17. Detroit Lions - Gosder Cherilus (Ot, Boston College)

18. houston Texans trade pick with Baltimore Ravens. Ravens Draft Joe Flacco( QB, Delaweare)

19. Eagles trade pick with Panthers, Panthers take Jeff Otah (OT, Pitsburgh)

20. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Aqib Talib (CB, Kansas)

21. Redskins trade pick with Falcons, Falcons draft Sam Baker (OT, USC)

22. Dallas Cowboys - Felix jones (RB, Arkansas)

23. Pittsburgh Steelers - Rashard Mendenhall (RB, Illinos)

24. Tennesse Titans - Chris Johnson (RB, East Carolina)

25. Seattle Seahawks trade pick with Dallas cowboys. Cowboys pick Mike Jenkins (CB, South Florida)

26. Houston Texans - Duane Brown (OT, Virgina Tech)

27. Seattle Seahawks - Lawernce Jackson (DE, USC)

28. San Francisco 49ers - Kentawn Boldwin (DT,??)

29. Green Bay Packers trade with New York Jets, Jets draft Dustin Keller (TE, Purdue)

30. New York Giants - Kenny Philips (S, Miami)


First round over and done with.

**** you Al Davis

RuggieBear

lol

heyjude

Chucky the tree wrote: »

Here we go.

4. Oakland Raiders - Darren McFadden (RB, Arkansas)

**** you Al Davis

I'd have taken Dorsey, now he goes to KC and we get to face him twice a year. Plenty of opportunities to rub this decision in Al Davis's face if he's wrong about this.

RuggieBear

i'm curious to see who gets cromartie's cousin

kev_s88

7. Saints trade with Patriots and take DT Sedrick Ellis

8. Jaguars trade with Ravens and take DE Derrick Harvey


so happy to see my Jags trade up and get a superb DE

smackbunnybaby

Chucky the tree wrote: »

Here we go.

5. Kanasas City Chiefs - Glen Dorsey ( DT, ??)

6. New York Jets - Vernon Gholston (DE,??)

**** you Al Davis

5. Kanasas City Chiefs - Glen Dorsey ( DT, LSU)

6. New York Jets - Vernon Gholston (DE,Ohio State)

7. New England Patriots, traded with New Orlean Saints. Siants pick Sederick Ellis (Dt, Southern Cal)

Neil3030

How did Enda Kenny get on the panel?

kev_s88

man what are the Raiders doing drafting another RB.they have like 4 quality RBs already in Justin Fargas, Dominick Rhodes, LaMont Jordan and Michael Bush.Bush was only taken last year in the draft and now hes gonna be out....Al Davis (Raiders owner) really is clueless.McFadden isnt gonna get much play time in that team

kev_s88

Neil3030 wrote: »

How did Enda Kenny get on the panel?

brilliant

kev_s88

Chucky the tree wrote: »

9. Cincinati Bengals - Kevin Rivers (LB, Florida)

its Keith Rivers

davyjose

Green Bay getting Brian Brohm at 56 pick is pretty good business. They'll be happy with that - some rated him as high as Ryan.

Karlusss

Watching this back now pick by pick on NFL.com - no surprises until Jonathan Stewart, really. Other than that the mock-drafters were all over it weeks ago.

davyjose

Can I ask what might be a stupid question. how come there were only 31 picks in Round 1?

Karlusss

Patriots were stripped of their pick for filming defensive signals. I think.

davyjose

Karlusss wrote: »

Patriots were stripped of their pick for filming defensive signals. I think.

Yeah but it's the COLTS and GB who are missing a pick

Karlusss

Patriots traded back in, and they traded out maybe. I dunno.

Lirange

Chucky the tree wrote:

9. Cincinati Bengals - Kevin Rivers (LB, Florida)

kev_s88 wrote: »

its Keith Rivers

Keith Rivers from USC.

Four Trojans taken in the first round.

Neil3030

davyjose wrote: »

Yeah but it's the COLTS and GB who are missing a pick

Teams trade picks all the time, for either players or other picks. Their scouting networks don't just focus on what their team wants, but on what other teams are likely to be needing aswell.

So if a team with 10th pick is pretty sure the player they want won't be picked by any teams behind them for the next few picks or maybe even a round or two, they can "trade down" as they say, to a team who need to "trade up", in order to get a player they really want and fear may get selected ahead of them.

Simple example:

Team A Offer:
Their Round 1 Pick (27)
Their Round 5 Pick (27)

for

Team B's
Round 1 Pick (10)

Team B get an extra pick later on in the draft and will also not need to pay the guy they sign as much money (as where you're signed determines how much money you'll receive). Team A forfeit their round 5 pick, but get the player they need. They could also offer a player in exchange for a pick.

So with all this going on so frequently, the running order can get jostled quite significantly. The Pats were initially the team to be left out of round 1, but they traded up, other teams traded down. I think Kansas ended up with about 3 thousand picks in all...