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2012 Draft.

Posted on March 8, 2013 at 01:27 PM.

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NFL Draft - Round 1 Recap
Pick	Player	College	Pos	Ht	Wt
2-21	Justice Cain		LOLB	6'2"	236
3-21	Dontavis Norris		TE
4-17	Kenneth Welsh		WR
4-18	Pharoah Phillips		QB	6'1"	216
4-21	Sam Moore		DT	6'2"	331
5-21	Rock Cardenas		FB	6'1"	255
6-17	Larry Cooksey		WR
6-21	Manu Thompson		RE
7-17	Daniel Foster		LE
7-21	Andrew Standard		CB

I was a little disappointed after this draft. I blame most of it on myself for not scouting well..which is very unlike me..that's one of my favorite parts..
I think I just didn't put the time in because I was simming and just wanted to get to the second year to start actually playing.

I know I may have reached for Pharoah Phillips, but I've had him in a few other drafts and he always turns WR and I finally got on where he stays a QB so I had to pull the trigger. I love developing scraming QBs and he will be a project of mine and hopefully will beat out Fitzpatrick as starter.

I'm quite impressed with DT Moore's starting OVRs and his fast development. He will fit in nicely, rotating in as the second DT when I go 4-3 with Mario and Kyle as DE and Dareus as the other DT. I'm a big fan of huge 320+ lb DT that plug up the middle, so he will be seeing some playing time early on.

FB Rock Cardenas filled an empty roster spot at that position and he ended up coming out with SS development and an 82 OVR as a blocking FB..in my book you can't beat that for a 5th round selection.

LOLB Justice Caine comes in as an 83 to start out with SS development as well. I know he had SS from previous drafts and what I've heard from people, but I've never actually taken him myself, so I figured this would be my chance. With Barnett holding down the ROLB position, Caine will most likely end up starting opposite of him ahead of the aging Morrision (yes I know, Barnett is getting up there in age as well) and underachieving, but hard hitting Arthur Moats (I always keep Moats as long as possible..he's one of my favorite players, so even if he is buried on my bench you will see him on my roster).

TE Dontavis Norris was the perfect example of me not scouting enough/properly. I wanted to take a TE early and hopefully develop him into a vertical threat down the road, but I didn't even look into Norris and just took an unnecessary risk here. I mean a 66 OVR isn't terrible, but I was just hoping for a liitle more with a 3rd round pick..but what can ya do?

All other picks are really just roster fillers, and unfortunately onces the preseason starts and other players are available, some of these rookies probably won't make the final roster heading into the regular season.

I had $23.53 million in cap after the signing of the rookies.

Rookie Contracts Breakdown

All are 4 YR deals of course.

OVR / POS / Name / Contract Total ($) / Signing Bonus ($)

83 / LOLB / Justice Caine / $2.6 million / $1 million
66 / TE / Dontavis Norris / $2.04 million / $560k
70 / WR / Kenneth Welsh / $2.04 million / $440k
69 / QB / Pharoah Phillips / $2.04 million / $440k
76 / DT / Sam Moore / $2.08 million / $400k
82 / FB / Rock Cardenas / $2.04 million / $200k
68 / WR / Larry Cooksey / $1.88 million / $120k
69 / RE / Manu Thompson / $1.88 million / $120k
70 / LE / Daniel Foster / $1.96 million / $40k
60 / CB / Andrew Standard / $2 million / no signing bonus