NFL: Post Draft Power Rankings Spots 22-32

Ian Zymarakis by Columnist Written on May 15, 2008
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Will a new coach bring new success to a team that went from 13 wins to 5 last year, not to mention being the only team the Miami Dolphins defeated. Steve Mcnair retired leaving the starting position up for grabs between Kyle Boller, Troy Smith and rookie Joe Flacco. I think the Ravens will start Boller and then hand the reigns over to Flacco mid season should the team not win early. The Ravens also drafted Ray Rice out of Rutgers to back up Willis Mcgahee, that will become a great 1-2 punch. The defense seemed tired last year and wasn't as effective as they once were, this season could be the year that Ray Lewis and company take back the defensive side of the ball and become a scary defense to face.

28. San Francisco 49'ers

The Niners looked to have a great season last year and they seemed to go backwards. Alex Smith must become a leader this season for the Niners in order for them to be effective. The Niners went out and got Issac Bruce from the Rams in order to give Smith a legit #1 receiver to throw the ball to, will Bruce's age backfire on them? Frank Gore remains the starting back and looks to bounce back after what was a let down from his 2006 season. Rookie Pro Bowler Patrick Willis returns and hopes to guide the Niners into a scary defense this season, can Willis get more then the 174 total tackles he had last season? If he does that will be incredible.

29. New York Jets

The Jets still don't know who their quarterback is going to be this coming season, neither Pennington nor Clemens were that effective last season. The Jets are still rebuilding and I still see them being a year or two away from being able to win a lot of ball games. On the bright side the Jets do have a decent receiver core and a solid Running back core led by Thomas Jones, that is of course if Thomas Jones can pick up his yards per carry this season which fell to 3.6 ypc last season.

30. Oakland Raiders

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