Draft thoughts

Some quick thoughts on the first round of the draft:
- Why did ESPN hire St. Louis Rams wide receiver Tory Holt as an analyst? . . . he did not provide any good insight and continually mispronounced players’ names . . .

- As usual, Mel Kiper and Chris Mortenson were solid with their analysis . . . that is what us draftniks want . . .

- Every person watching the draft had to feel for Cal quarterback Aaron Rodgers . . . after being projected as a top 7 pick, Rodgers had to sit for hours and watch his stock fall until the Packers picked him at number 24 . . .

- I love Miami’s selection of running back Ronnie Brown . . . I watched him at Auburn and was impressed . . . Brown never ran out-of-bounds, instead he would drop his shoulder and take on defenders . . .

- The Browns have weapons . . . Braylon Edwards, Kellen Winslow, and Antonio Bryant are three receivers who will stretch a defense . . .

- Joey Harrington will be done in Detroit if he gets off to a poor start . . . with three stud receivers in Roy Williams, Charlie Rogers, and now Mike Williams . . . whew!!!

- I was impressed with Texas running back Cedric Benson . . . during the last few months, Benson was often compared to another former Texas back – Ricky "I never met a joint I could refuse" Williams . . . but Benson got clean shaved and lost the dreadlocks . . . like he told Suzy Kolber, he considered himself being interviewed for a job just like anyone else and he wanted to leave a good impression . . .

- Talking about Suzy Kolber, she looked good -- as usual . . .

- Mort and Mel stated that first pick, Alex Smith will probably be the starting quarterback for the 49ers this season . . . I just don’t understand why the media, last year, kept making a big thing about Eli Manning starting for the Giants as the season wore on . . . cripe, let the kid play so he can learn . . . I still believe that Bill Parcells stayed with Vinny Testaverde too long instead of giving Drew Henson or Tony Romo an opportunity to learn . . .
- Jacksonville jumped on Matt Jones early . . . this will be a hit or miss pick . . . how many 6'6" white boys can run the 40 in 4.39? . . .

- Detroit got a steal of defensive lineman Shaun Cody in round two . . .