The NFL Draft ...Round 1 ......WOW

Well then , the first round of the 2010 NFL draft just ended . For the first time ever it was held in prime time on a Thursday night. Something that I must say I did not approve of at all. Yet I would be remiss if I did not give the NFL , ESPN , and the NFL Network their due accolades for convincing me otherwise.

Over the years the NFL draft has always been an interesting thing to watch on my second T.V. Never something that would dominate my sports interest for any amount of time. Yet you always want to see who goes first, and then top 10, and then after that you really only want to see what your team is doing. This year however it's been a little different.

The absolute and total commercial saturation and draft hype put forth by the NFL and the surrounding media was truly a force of nature. During the last two months I have felt as if my conscious self was floating above my body as i watched my subconscious be thoroughly brainwashed. By the time the Draft started tonight I had become a drooling , twitching , NFL sycophant.

Never before have I been so completely engrossed in the draft. So well done NFL ! It turns out that I was powerless in the face your awesome media hype. Now , lets get to the action shall we ?

With the first pick the St. Louis Rams did the right thing taking Sam Bradford. I thought they should have taken Ndamukong Suh to go along with Leonard Little and Jake Long to create an all star D-line . They would stink for another year but Sam Bradford isn't going to change that in one season so why not ? This is the NFL though , and they do need a QB badly so ,well done I guess.

For once in their lives the Oakland Raiders resisted the urge to complicate themselves further and made a solid pick at number eight. Linebacker Rolando McClain out of Alabama is a stud. He should cover a lot of ground for the Raider Defense and should make some plays.

The Buffalo Bills surprised me a little with the 9th pick . Hardly even letting Commissioner Goodel finish speaking before they snatched up Clemson Tiger and speed burner C.J. Spiller. Despite the fact that they already have two good backs in the stable. I like the pick though . Spiller is cut in the mold of a Chris Johnson and it's no secret the Bills would like to part ways with troubled halfback Marshawn Lynch. Bills need a Quarterback badly but it would have been awful tough to pass on Spiller. Good job Buffalo.

Soon after that the Jaguars picked up a Defensive Tackle . For some reason. Which brings us to the San Francisco 49ers . With two first round picks this year the Niners moved up two spots to 13 by swapping with Denver and proceeded to get brilliant. The 49ers used the 11th and 17th picks of the first round to get a 6 foot 5 , 325 pound left tackle , and then a 6 foot 5 315 pound left guard. Both are pretty nimble too.

So I feel confident that I could call plays for the Niners next year . How about Frank Gore to the left ? Then I think we'll go .....Frank Gore to the left. When we are done with that ....how about some more Frank Gore left ? If you ask the 49ers were the big winners on day one. They just locked up Alex Smith's blindside for the next 6 years at least. Brilliant.

My beloved Green Bay Packers made a first round pick I actually approve of. FOR ONCE ! With the majority of their offensive line getting old and injury prone they drafted an Offensive Tackle out of Iowa named Bryan Baluga. If that's not the perfect name for an O-Lineman then I don't know what is .

If the 49ers didn't have the best day today then in my humble opinion the Detroit Lions did. After picking up Suh with the second pick they eventually traded back into the first round to grab a stellar speed back out of California named Jahvid Best . The only knock on Best is one truly horrifying concussion suffered while scoring a touchdown in his senior season. Other than that the Lions did great. Way to shake off the Matt Millen curse Detroit , you all should be fun to watch this year.

Last but not least we have the Denver Broncos. Uhm..................Wow. That was some day one Josh McDaniels. In line for the 11th pick Mr. McDaniels and company swapped down 2 spots with frisco , and then traded THAT pick with the Eagles to move further down the board to 24th.

Now at this point it was clear to me that McDaniels was doing his best Bill Bellicheck impression and was about ready to trade right out of the first round all together. I live in Colorado , and I could literally feel the collective rage of Bronco fans state wide boiling over. You alienate our stud QB , then you ditch our best offensive threat ? Then you trade our fan favourite Peyton Hillis for Brady freakin Quinn ? And now you aren't even going to give us the satisfaction of an exiting first round pick ??

I could literally hear the sound of cars being overturned in Denver. By literally of course I mean Figuratively. But still it was going badly by all accounts . Then , inexplicably , the Broncos traded up 2 spots with Patriots ( coincidence ? ) to take a Wide Receiver NOT named Dez Bryant !! In fact they went so far as to draft a wide receiver from Georgia Tech , a program that runs a triple option offense !!!

Curious to say the least , but just when Bronco fans were ready to riot the McDingus traded back up into the first round to select one Timothy Tebow from the university of Florida .

In a word ....................WOW ! I could not have seen that coming if I was playing Jenga with Pat Bowlen himself . What on Earth was that about ?? Tebow ? In round one ? If this works , and he becomes the MVP some day then McDaniels will go down in history as the smartest man ever.

Until then however , Bronco fan will be left wondering what happened to their once proud ( or at least competitive ) squad.

I however have been inspired by this pick. Hey Timmy ! I'm going long ! Throw me a dream bro !!!