Two Slightly Different Perspectives On The Redskins #4 Pick
Posted by Matt Terl on January 20, 2010 – 5:37 pm
So Mel Kiper’s first crack at the 2010 NFL draft has been published over on ESPN.com. It’s easy (and at this point somewhat fashionable) to dismiss Kiper as a blowhard hairdo who’s wrong about as often as he’s right, but here’s something to remember:
Just about a year ago at this time, Kiper released his first projection on the 2009 draft. He had the first pick (and the first QB) correct, with Matthew Stafford heading to Detroit. He flip-flopped which offensive tackle went second and which one went sixth, and completely missed at a few spots (Mark Sanchez to Kansas City stopped making any sense at all when Matt Cassel was traded).
But at thirteen, he’s got the Redskins taking one Brian Orakpo, defensive end out of Texas. So he’s maybe not so dismissable after all.
Unfortunately (because of what it implies about the season) and fortunately (for those of us who aren’t currently ESPN Insiders), we don’t need to go quite as deep into this draft to see who Kiper projects to the Redskins in 2010. (HINT: He’s the guy in the picture at the top of this post.)
Here’s Kiper’s top five at the moment:
- 1) St. Louis – Ndamukong Suh, DT from Nebraska
- 2) Detroit – Gerald McCoy, DT from Oklahoma
- 3) Tampa Bay – Eric Berry, S from Tennessee
- 4) Washington – Sam Bradford, QB from Oklahoma
- 5) Kansas City – Russell Okung, OT from Oklahoma State
Meanwhile, the redoubtable cats over at Hogs Haven just happen to have a post up right now analyzing the Redskins QB-vs.-non-QB draft options, and that post just happens to end with a poll question: “Would you be okay with the Redskins picking a quarterback at fourth overall?”
As I type this, 75% of about 300 respondents have said “No,” they would not. That percentage pretty much squares with the email I get, almost all of which — even the messages that aren’t from Jason Campbell fans — focus on the offensive line as the greatest position of need. But there are people on Twitter trying to tell me that the tide is turning on this, so I figured maybe it was time for a few polls of our own.
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