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For those of you not familiar with the concept of the Re-Draft, it is when you analyze a previous Draft, normally 3-5 years down the road and re-select the first round based on the on-field performance of the players from that particular draft...

NFL Re-Draft 2011

by scott serles (Scribe)

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April 24, 2008


For those of you not familiar with the concept of the Re-Draft, it is when you analyze a previous Draft, normally 3-5 years down the road and re-select the first round based on the on-field performance of the players from that particular draft.

In this instance I am going to re-select the 2008 Draft and predict which players are going to become impact NFL players 3 years from now. 

1.  Miami Dolphins

The Selection: Jake Long, OT, Michigan

Re-Draft Selection: Chad Henne, QB, Michigan

Bill Parcells and company will be kicking themselves for making Jake Long the number one pick in the '08 Draft.  Three years from now Long will be well on his way to NFL "bust-dom" while the man he was assigned to protect in college will become a star.

Chad Henne will be the premier player from this draft, guiding whatever team that selects him into the playoffs and becoming an elite NFL quarterback. 

While being overshadowed by Matt Ryan in this years draft, I have Henne number one on my board. In a few years the debate on who was the top QB in the '08 Draft will be a non-issue.

2. St. Louis Rams

Re-Draft Selection: Glenn Dorsey, DT, LSU

The Rams may very well select Dorsey with the number 2 pick Saturday.  In three years time the Warren Sapp comparisons will be justified and he will eventually become the measuring stick that every DT coming into the league will be judged against.

3. Atlanta Falcons

Re-Draft Selection: Branden Albert, OG, Virginia

Who knows where the Falcons are leaning towards on Saturday.  By 2011, Albert will have played in his second Pro Bowl and barring injury, Hawaii will become an annual event for this massive interior lineman. 

Albert could be opening up running lanes for the recently released Micheal Vick, who will once again electrify the NFL.

4. Oakland Raiders

Re-Draft Selection: DeSean Jackson, WR, Cal

This selection was basically made to appease Raider Nation, while Jackson won't be selected this high Saturday, I envision him to be a Devin Hester/Steve Smith hybrid.  With his great hands and blazing speed Jackson will become the NFL's most lethal weapon, whenever the ball is in his hands.

5. Kansas City Chiefs

Re-Draft Selection: Chris Long, DE, Virginia

If Long falls to the Chiefs on Saturday, it will make the Jared Allen trade that much sweeter. Howie Long terrorized the Chiefs for years, and now the younger Long will exact revenge on Raider Nation, by not only duplicating his father's success but eventually eclipsing his old-man altogether.

6. New York Jets

Re-Draft Selection: Bruce Davis, OLB, UCLA

Davis will fall on most draft boards Saturday, but in a few years time Davis will be the best edge rusher in the NFL from the OLB position.  He would be the perfect fit in Eric Mangini's 3-4 Defense.

7. New England Patriots

Re-Draft Selection: Brandon Flowers, CB, Virginia Tech

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    Wow you live in fantasy land! If you are right you must be a millionaire with your lottery picks! As it stands the Dolphins may end up with the opportunity to get Henne in the second round. What would you think of that?

    "It will be a few years before we know for sure how good or how bad the class of 2008 is, and it will be just as long before we know how good (or bad) of a talent evaluator I am."

    Wow 50-50 you could be a GM LOL!

    Really you should have at least waited for the draft to finish before making this list. For all you know you have some draft picks that will be the same. This is what is called a Mock Draft -1.

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    Have to agree with you that the Lions have a lock on the worst team in the NFL. Disagree that if there was a chance to get Gholston, it would be better than others projected for Detroit's pick. One name that hasn't been projected, but should be in the mix is Keith Rivers, OLB, USC. Rivers has a huge upside because he's improved dramatically each of the past two seasons.

    Cool concept of trying to outguess a guess that hasn't been guessed.

    Yet.

    Lew

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    I don't live in fantasy land, if I did Vida Guerra would be grabbing my beers out of the fridge while I watch the draft.

    My concept was simple, in three years-these are the 31 players "I" believe will be the best from this years draft class, and here are the teams I feel would be best off selecting them.

    Keith Rivers was an obvious ommission, but I am telling you, that Dizon and Leman will be just as good. I left Rivers off because he had Sedrick Ellis in front of him to slow down ball carriers so he could make all those tackles.

    Sorry if I confused anyone with this one.

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    wow you got some abs on you damn let me get you boo

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    LOL wow this is terrible

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