titan
05-02-2011, 05:09 PM
See below. I've followed Russ Lande for a few years and he is pretty good - he had Tony Moeki of the Chiefs rated higher than the other draft reviews I read last year, for example, and he was right.
DENVER BRONCOS GRADE: B
The Broncos grabbed elite pass rusher Von Miller with the # 2 overall pick and while many are claiming that he does not fit what they do, the reality is that in 2009 Miller played DE in Texas A&M's 43 Defense and led the country with 17 sacks. While he is a little bit under-sized for a DE, he has the explosiveness, hand use, competitiveness and natural pass rush ability to be a very productive pass rushing DE in Denver's 43 defense. While we view the pick of Rahim Moore as a bit of a reach, there is little doubt that he is a good athlete who can be very productive in pass coverage. Both patrolling the back end of the defense in deep coverage and covering Slot WR's and TE's in M/M. He is not however an aggressive player in run support and does not consistently wrap up and tackle well. They did a very good job of grabbing OT O. Franklin, LB N. Irving and SAF Q. Carter where they were able to as they got great value for players who should eventually become good starting players. In the later rounds they took two players (LB M. Mohammed and DE/OLB J. Beal) who were very productive college players and could develop into starters, while they gambled on two TE prospects (J. Thomas and V. Green) who are much better athletes than football players right now, but have the potential to develop.
Read the other draft grades here:
http://www.gmjrnfldraft.com/
DENVER BRONCOS GRADE: B
The Broncos grabbed elite pass rusher Von Miller with the # 2 overall pick and while many are claiming that he does not fit what they do, the reality is that in 2009 Miller played DE in Texas A&M's 43 Defense and led the country with 17 sacks. While he is a little bit under-sized for a DE, he has the explosiveness, hand use, competitiveness and natural pass rush ability to be a very productive pass rushing DE in Denver's 43 defense. While we view the pick of Rahim Moore as a bit of a reach, there is little doubt that he is a good athlete who can be very productive in pass coverage. Both patrolling the back end of the defense in deep coverage and covering Slot WR's and TE's in M/M. He is not however an aggressive player in run support and does not consistently wrap up and tackle well. They did a very good job of grabbing OT O. Franklin, LB N. Irving and SAF Q. Carter where they were able to as they got great value for players who should eventually become good starting players. In the later rounds they took two players (LB M. Mohammed and DE/OLB J. Beal) who were very productive college players and could develop into starters, while they gambled on two TE prospects (J. Thomas and V. Green) who are much better athletes than football players right now, but have the potential to develop.
Read the other draft grades here:
http://www.gmjrnfldraft.com/