Barry Waller - Draft thoughts

[RamDez]

Obviously, the best of the best available in the 2005 NFL draft Saturday have been identified, though there is a wide difference in opinions about where to rank them after intense scrutiny over the last four months. Unfortunately, teams will only have a chance to take two or three of the top tier players, depending on their draft position and number of top 40 picks.

Nonetheless, teams know the real mark of a successful draft will be finding the athletes in the second third and fourth tier of the top 200 available players that will make their teams and contribute, and hopefully compete to be starters now or in the future.

Each year in my three plus decades of in depth draft analysis, I make my own list of the players I would like my team to draft at some point, and here is my 2005 “wish list” by possible round where these players are projected to be taken, through round four. I am leaving out those players nearly certain to be gone by the time the Rams begin drafting. Some players may not fit Rams needs and thus are almost certainly not going to be taken by them, but wherever they go, I feel they will be great value picks.

ROUND ONE

WR - Mark Clayton
TE- Heath Miller
OT - Khalif Barnes
DE- David Pollack
S- Thomas Davis
CB- Marlin Jackson


ROUND TWO
QB-Jason Campbell
QB Charlie Frye
RB J.J. Arrington
OT Ray Willis
OL Logan Mankins
C- David Baas
C-Jason Brown
DE- Justin Tuck
DT-Mike Patterson
DT Jon Babineaux
LB-Odell Thurman
CB Eric Green
S Josh Bullocks

ROUND THREE
RB Marion Barber III
WR Reggie Brown
TE Kevin Everett
OL Michael Roos
OL Adam Snyder
OL Nick Kaczur
C-Richie Incognito
LB Adam Seward
LB Robert McCune
LB Matt McCoy
LB Michael Boley
CB Corey Webster
S-Oshiomogho Atogwe
S-Sean Considine
DB-Vince Fuller

ROUND FOUR
RB Frank Gore
Rb Alvin Pearman
WR Vincent Jackson
TE Adam Bergen
OT Chris Colmer
OT Anthony Alibi
G Dan Buenning
G C.J. Brooks
DE George Gauss
DE Tyler King
LB Jonathan Welsh
CB Kelvin Hayden
DB Dustin Fox
CB Antonio Perkins
LB Matt Grootegoed
CB Stanford Routt