2009 NFL Draft Grades: Winners and Losers in the NFC

Team by team draft analysis by yours truly—you should have to pay for this, Mike Mayock does. Here are your NFC draft grades.

NFC East
Dallas Cowboys-Grade: D

• It's hard to knock them for this draft because of what they gave up in the trade for Roy Williams last year...then again it is pretty easy to knock them for what they gave up in the trade for Roy Williams last year. I guarantee that will come back and bite Jerrah Jones in the ass.
• I don't really know much about anybody that they drafted, and from what I have read neither does anybody else. It seems like all of their picks kind of sucked. I agree.

New York Giants-Grade: B-

• I don't think Hakeem Nicks is going to be relevant in the NFL. He played spectacular in his last couple college games and that really shot him up draft boards and made him decide to come out. He has some personality and weight issues and I just don't think this is the guy you want to bring in to replace Burress.
• There late round picks really boosted their grade. William Beatty will be a solid OT. Ramses Barden has a ton of potential and fits the mold of Plaxico Burress perfectly—minus the hand gun and bullet wound. The Giants have a good TE with Boss, but Travis Beckum has high upside that can't be passed up for a third round pick.
• I even like the pick of Rhett Bomar. He is a prototypical quarterback who would have been taken in the first round this year had he not been taking $1,000 hand shakes at Oklahoma. But seriously, what big time college quarterback isn't getting money under the table?

Philadelphia Eagles-Grade: A-

• I am not as thrilled as all the other analysts are with the pick of Jeremy Maclin in the first round. I fell in love with Brandon Pettigrew and when the Eagles traded up I thought for sure that was who we were targeting. Not so fast my friends, Maclin comes off the board at the 19 spot. I don't really care for Maclin all that much--I think he was more of a product of the system and may not really be that great of a receiver—especially because DeSean Jackson is the same type of player. Philly would have gotten an A++ if they would have taken Pettigrew.
• I love the LeSean McCoy pick. He can come in and make an immediate impact and still has time to learn from one of the best, Brian Westbrook, for the next couple years before becoming the featured back.
  
• The next three picks were brilliant. I called the Cornelius Ingram pick before the draft, he can come in as a fifth round pick and possibly start if he has fully recovered from his injury. I think we got great value with the Victor "Macho" Harris pick—And I get to do my Macho Man Randy Savage impression every time he takes the field, Oh Yeeeah! And the Eagles got a solid OT in Fenuki Tupou. The Eagles have already addressed their needs on the O-line through free agency, but Tupou will add always needed depth.
• Then you factor in that we got Jason Peters, the biggest off season pick up this year, and Ellis Hobbs and you have an extremely successful draft. Championship.

Washington Redskins-Grade: B

• If Brian Orakbo didn't fall into their laps then I think their draft was one of the worst. But Orakbo did fall into their laps and now I have to deal with the combo of Orakbo and Haynesworth for the next four years...because Haynesworth will be done after that, if not before.
• Kevin Barnes has some potential to be a really good Cornerback. You love to get an athletic CB who is 6'0" tall. But he has never really had to play man coverage so we will have to see how he adjusts.
• There were plenty of good prospects left out there on day two and I didn't think the 'Skins found many of them. There offense was terrible last year and they didn't do anything to improve it. How did they not draft an offensive lineman?

NFC North
Chicago Bears

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