2008 nfl draft Stories - Behind the Steel Curtain
Ravens Draft Grade: 2008
SB Nation has a great site whose only purpose is to focus on the NFL Draft. All year long, Mocking The Draft looks ahead and back to the NFL Draft coming up and the ones already in the past. Yesterday they reviewed the 2008 NFL Draft picks of the Baltimore Ravens. This is the draft that brought us...
A Quick Look Back At BRB Reaction To The Last Few Texans' First Round Picks
BRB opened its virtual doors on January 22, 2007. We had our first live coverage of the draft in April of 2007, and we've kept the discourse going each draft since then. With the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft scheduled to start in less than two hours, I figured it might be both hilarious and...
If We Knew Then What We Know Now
Yesterday's article about quarterbacks that the Vikings have "missed" on over the years brought a few interesting comments out, but MarkSP18 made an interesting point. There was one, actual, honest-to-goodness "franchise quarterback" that we've missed on over the course of the last few years, when...
2008 Giants Draft Review: Kenny Phillips Class Not What It Could Have Been
Most NFL experts tell you it takes three seasons to fully judge the success or failure of a team's particular draft class. In general, I agree with that sentiment. By that theory we should now be able to get a good read on exactly what the Giants hauled in with their selections in the 2008 NFL...
Tavares Gooden: The Next Great Ravens Linebacker
Ravens linebacker Tavares Gooden works against Jared Gaither during a drill at minicamp in Owings Mills on Friday.(photo from Kyle Nosa/Staff Photo - Carroll County Times) The Baltimore Ravens lost one of their outstanding linebackers, Bart Scott, to free agency and the New York Jets this off...
Haruki Nakamura Interviewed By Baltimore Beatdown!
Those of you who have been part of this blog for a while might remember the interview I did with Baltimore Ravens safety Haruki Nakamura around a year ago on May 23, 2008. 'Ruki was a recently drafted rookie out of the University of Cincinnati as the Ravens 6th round draft pick. Now he is a...
Putting on the hindsight goggles: Chilo Rachal vs. DeSean Jackson
A little over a year ago, the 49ers made an interesting selection with their second round pick. They grabbed USC guard Chilo Rachal in a pick that caught many folks off guard. My favorite comment has to be a drunken wjackalope: I was passed out by the time we took what’s his face in the...
Recent Draft History: Oakland Raiders
2008 Draft: 1 (4) Darren McFadden, RB STARTER No one doubts his talent, but better backs have faltered with fewer problems. McFadden spent he season never quite getting on track with various injuries, including the dreaded turftoe, which is the bane of...
Recent Draft History: Seattle Seahawks
2008 Draft: 1 (28) Lawrence Jackson, DE STARTER Well, maybe not a for sure starter, but he did start 14 games for the Hawks, starting nine at one end before being benched and subsequently coming back in and starting five more as an injury replacement at the other...
Recent Draft History: Kansas City Chiefs
2008 Draft: 1 (5) Glenn Dorsey, DT STARTER With the Chiefs' move to a 3-4 in the works, and not a lot to go on with Dorsey, the big question is whether he might be a bust waiting to happen...I'll save you the suspense: Dorsey will be just fine. He quietly...
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