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02-11-2011, 09:23 AM
Top of NFL draft to be heavy on defense
By Jeff Legwold
The Denver Post
Posted: 02/11/2011 01:00:00 AM MST
Last year, six of the top 10 players selected in the draft were defensive players, and 20 of the 32 first-round picks were defensive players. My top 100 this year — only a sketch, really, because it's so early, before the pro days, the combine, etc. — had 21 defensive players in the top 32, with an either/or for a 22nd.
If the draft goes similar to that projection, ot would beBlog: All Things Broncos back-to-back years of 20 or more defensive players in the first round. Toss in 2006, when five of the top 10 were defensive players, but 19 of the top 32 picks were defensive players, and that might just be a shift in the making.
http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_17354268
No surprise here.
By Jeff Legwold
The Denver Post
Posted: 02/11/2011 01:00:00 AM MST
Last year, six of the top 10 players selected in the draft were defensive players, and 20 of the 32 first-round picks were defensive players. My top 100 this year — only a sketch, really, because it's so early, before the pro days, the combine, etc. — had 21 defensive players in the top 32, with an either/or for a 22nd.
If the draft goes similar to that projection, ot would beBlog: All Things Broncos back-to-back years of 20 or more defensive players in the first round. Toss in 2006, when five of the top 10 were defensive players, but 19 of the top 32 picks were defensive players, and that might just be a shift in the making.
http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_17354268
No surprise here.