Draft Wrap: Quick Hits

Time for Mel to go back into hibernation for the next 361 days

A few quick hits to wrap up our draft coverage.  Also, if you missed it check out the rest of our coverage this week, including:

- The best and worst case scenarios for #1 overall pick Andrew Luck (Thursday)
- Our draft rankings, 1 through 32 (Monday)
- Grading the mock drafts (Monday)
- How the Seahawks (Monday) and Browns (Tuesday) screwed up
- The best and worst picks of every round

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First, the Ryan Tannehill factor proved to be not much of a factor at all, despite our belief to the contrary last week.  There were plenty of trades in the first round, but none to select Tannehill, who, as was widely predicted and as became more certain throughout the week, went at the 8 spot to Miami.  Presumably, Tannehill will be groomed to replace Matt Moore, who was 26th in Football Outsiders' DVOA rankings for 2011.  Open question: Will Tannehill, Moore, or David Garrard be the starter in Miami in week 1 vs. the Raiders?

Second, we happen to think the Colts got a steal in Stanford TE Coby Fleener in the second round, reuniting him with college teammate Andrew Luck.  Both the Texans and Giants had been projected to take Fleener in the first round, but both went different directions -- the Texans opting for Illinois DE Whitney Mercilus (ok pick) and the Giants opting for RB David Wilson (bad pick, and not just because he's a RB; they could have gotten a lot more value there in Fleener, OT Cordy Glenn, or WR Steven Hill).

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Third, the Jaguars went in the opposite direction of what we thought, trading up to land Justin Blackmon at 5 rather than trading down.  We said that if they were indifferent between the players on their board other than Blackmon, they should trade down, and that they'd only get Blackmon if they got lucky and he fell to them at 7.  Turns out Blackmon was their guy, so they pulled the trigger on the trade.  Now he'll be catching passes from last year's first rounder, Blaine Gabbert.

Last, I have to say I was disappointed with this year's suits.  I guess we'll have to wait another six weeks until the NBA draft.

Couldn't Joakim Noah have made a cameo at last weekend's draft?

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