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By: Jeff Reynolds
http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/NFLDraft/Draft+Extras/2005/reynolds042505.htm
Two days before the first pick was made, Dolphins triggerman Nick Saban finally facilitated a trade to unload CB Patrick Surtain and his $8 million salary to Kansas City. Saban had been hunting to reclaim a second-round pick since the Dolphins dealt theirs in February 2004 to the Eagles for raw-as-oysters QB A.J. Feeley. That trade was integral in making Miami’s draft a smashing success. We can agree to disagree that Ronnie Brown of Auburn wasn’t the best back in the draft  Cedric Benson is all beast, and proven as a 300-carry workhorse  but there might not be a player drafted among the top 15 picks with more potential. Brown hasn’t had the chance to show what he might be able to do as a featured back, but he did torch Saban’s LSU Tigers on multiple occasions. Now Saban can run him down the throats of the defensively loaded AFC East. The “Surtain selection†became Iowa DE Matt Roth, a powder keg of a defensive end who shone at the Senior Bowl and carries many of the same traits that made Georgia DE David Pollack the 17th overall pick to Cincinnati  only Roth came off 29 picks later. LB Channing Crowder of Florida had knee and legal issues  not a great combination  in college and fell all the way to the 70th pick. Sharing a locker room and meeting room with LBs Junior Seau and Zach Thomas could turn Crowder into one of the real Draft Day steals. LSU CB Travis Daniels must have been worth the Dolphins’ fourth-round pick  Saban was his coach in Baton Rouge and would have avoided pulling the trigger otherwise. And store away the name of Anthony Alabi (Texas Christian). A fifth-round pick, the offensive tackle could blossom for million-dollar OL coach Hudson Houck. Last year, Houck turned seventh-round pick Shane Olivea into a good starter for the Chargers.
Give some credit to Dallas, my runner-up, which added four players who had top-50 grades during the regular season  DE-OLB Demarcus Ware, DL Marcus Spears, OLB Kevin Burnett and DE-OLB Chris Canty. They also drafted RB Marion Barber, a solid return man and backup to Julius Jones.
Philadelphia gets the bronze, which is no surprise considering the Eagles have a tendency to hit more than they miss.
http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/NFLDraft/Draft+Extras/2005/reynolds042505.htm
Two days before the first pick was made, Dolphins triggerman Nick Saban finally facilitated a trade to unload CB Patrick Surtain and his $8 million salary to Kansas City. Saban had been hunting to reclaim a second-round pick since the Dolphins dealt theirs in February 2004 to the Eagles for raw-as-oysters QB A.J. Feeley. That trade was integral in making Miami’s draft a smashing success. We can agree to disagree that Ronnie Brown of Auburn wasn’t the best back in the draft  Cedric Benson is all beast, and proven as a 300-carry workhorse  but there might not be a player drafted among the top 15 picks with more potential. Brown hasn’t had the chance to show what he might be able to do as a featured back, but he did torch Saban’s LSU Tigers on multiple occasions. Now Saban can run him down the throats of the defensively loaded AFC East. The “Surtain selection†became Iowa DE Matt Roth, a powder keg of a defensive end who shone at the Senior Bowl and carries many of the same traits that made Georgia DE David Pollack the 17th overall pick to Cincinnati  only Roth came off 29 picks later. LB Channing Crowder of Florida had knee and legal issues  not a great combination  in college and fell all the way to the 70th pick. Sharing a locker room and meeting room with LBs Junior Seau and Zach Thomas could turn Crowder into one of the real Draft Day steals. LSU CB Travis Daniels must have been worth the Dolphins’ fourth-round pick  Saban was his coach in Baton Rouge and would have avoided pulling the trigger otherwise. And store away the name of Anthony Alabi (Texas Christian). A fifth-round pick, the offensive tackle could blossom for million-dollar OL coach Hudson Houck. Last year, Houck turned seventh-round pick Shane Olivea into a good starter for the Chargers.
Give some credit to Dallas, my runner-up, which added four players who had top-50 grades during the regular season  DE-OLB Demarcus Ware, DL Marcus Spears, OLB Kevin Burnett and DE-OLB Chris Canty. They also drafted RB Marion Barber, a solid return man and backup to Julius Jones.
Philadelphia gets the bronze, which is no surprise considering the Eagles have a tendency to hit more than they miss.
