NFL Re-Draft 2011

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

Flowers will be the player that revolutionizes the way college players are evaluated.  His 4.5 40 time at the combine will cause him to slip on draft day.  In 2011, he will have replaced Champ Bailey and D'Angelo Hall as the best shutdown corner in the NFL.

8. Baltimore Ravens

Re-Draft Selection: Gosder Cherilus, OT, Boston College

Baltimore may very well select Matt Ryan on Saturday, but it will be the guy who kept Ryan upright on Saturdays that will become an elite NFL player.  In 2011, Cherilus will be getting fitted for a championship ring along with Super Bowl MVP Troy Smith.

9. Cincinnati Bengals

Re-Draft Selection: Darren McFadden, RB, Arkansas

McFadden is going to be a great NFL running back who will compete with Adrian Peterson for the NFL rushing title for years to come. It is his off the field drama that may lead to discipline by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, making him a perfect fit for the Bengals, who petition to change the tiger stripes on their uni's to prison stripes. 

Goodell uncharacteristically signs off on it.

10. New Orleans Saints

Re-Draft Selection: Chevis Jackson, CB, LSU

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