Who Your Team Should Draft

This is one of the promised new features of the site re-design/branding in which we offer our suggestions (we know you value our opinion as Gospel) as to which three or four draft prospects each team should target in the first round (or with their first pick if they don’t hold a first round pick). This is not a mock draft – it’s what we here at The Football Free Press think each team should do, given the availability of the player.

Oh, and we know this will be work wank come draft day (assuming that you think it’s currently worth more than wank) due to trades and surprises via players being selected much earlier than commonly believed, or much later, a la Brady Quinn and his classy girlfriend.

The first sixteen teams, in alphabetical order:

Arizona Cardinals (Rd 1, Pick 31): Jarron Gilbert, DE, San Jose State; Knowshon Moreno, RB, Georgia; Clint Sintim, OLB, Virginia.
Atlanta Falcons (R1P24): Louis Delmas, FS, Western Michigan; Ziggy Hood, DT, Missouri; Ron Brace, DT, Boston College; Michael Johnson, DE, Georgia Tech.
Baltimore Ravens (Rd1P26): Rey Maualuga, ILB, Southern Cal; Darius Butler, CB, UConn; Darrius Heyward-Bey, WR, Maryland.
Buffalo Bills (Rd1P11): Andre Smith, OT/G, Alabama; Aaron Maybin, DE, Penn State; Malcom Jenkins, CB/S, Ohio State.
Carolina Panthers (Rd2P27): Sen’derrick Marks, DT, Auburn; Derrick Williams, WR, Penn State; Paul Kruger, DE, Utah.
Chicago Bears (Rd1P18): Hakeem Nicks, WR, North Carolina; Jeremy Maclin, WR, Missouri; Percy Harvin, WR, Florida.
Cincinnati Bengals (Rd1P6): Andre Smith, OT/G, Alabama; Aaron Curry, LB, Wake Forest;
Cleveland Browns (R1P5): Jeremy Maclin, WR, Missouri; Aaron Curry, LB, Wake Forest; Malcolm Jenkins, CB/S, Ohio State; Michael Johnson, DE/LB, Georgia Tech.
Dallas Cowboys (Rd2P19): Brian Robiskie, WR, Ohio State; Rashad Johnson, FS, Alabama; Ron Brace, DT, Boston College; Patrick Chung, FS, Oregon; Jamon Meredith, T, South Carolina.
Denver Broncos (R1P12): Rey Maualuga, ILB, Southern Cal; Brian Orakpo, DE/LB, Texas; Malcolm Jenkins, CB/S, Ohio State.
Detroit Lions (Rd1P1): Jason Smith, LT, Baylor; Aaron Curry, LB, Wake Forest; Matthew Stafford, QB, Georgia. (Rd1P20): Michael Johnson, DE/LB, Georgia Tech; Clint Sintim, DE/LB, Virginia; Ziggy Hood, DT, Missouri.
Green Bay Packers (Rd1P9): Malcolm Jenkins, CB/S, Ohio State; Michael Johnson, DE/LB, Georgia Tech; Andre Smith, T/G, Alabama.
Houston Texans (Rd1P15): Michael Johnson, DE/LB, Georgia Tech; Marc Sanchez, QB, Southern California; Clay Matthews, LB, Southern California.
Indianapolis Colts (Rd1P27): Ziggy Hood, DT, Missouri; Kenny Britt, WR, Rutgers; Ron Brace, DT, Boston College.
Jacksonville Jaguars (Rd1P8): Andre Smith, T/G, Alabama; Jeremy Maclin, WR, Missouri; Percy Harvin, WR, Florida; Marc Sanchez, QB, Southern California.
Kansas City Chiefs (Rd1P3): Andre Smith, T/G, Alabama; Michael Johnson, DE/LB, Georgia Tech; Aaron Curry, LB, Wake Forest.

Let us know how much we suck at this.