The draft is finally upon us! There will be no surprises at numbers 1 and 2, but the rest of the top 5/10 is looking interesting, and rumours of various trades are mounting rapidly.
From a Bucs perspective, I'm getting a little nervous. It was long assumed that the Vikings would go with Kalil at #3, which would mean that either Richardson or Claiborne would still be on the board for the Bucs by the time the Browns had picked at #4. But the Vikings seem to be touting trading down which would open the gates for both Claiborne and Richardson to be drafted before the Bucs get there. There is also speculation that the Bucs may trade up to the Vikings spot in order to take Richardson ahead of the Browns, which hopefully wouldn't result in us giving up too much. Having to play against Brees, Newton and Ryan twice a year means we probably need a shut down CB more than anything, but a big part of me hopes we get Richardson, as Blount was really inconsistent last year and doesn't really offer much by way of catching.
For all the hype about trades, I still think the top 5 will be:
1: Luck
2: RG3
3: Kalil
4: Richardson
5: Claiborne
It's likely the Chargers will draft DeCastro in the first round to offer up Rivers the protection he was lacking last year, but I really hope they get LaMichael James in the later rounds. He is explosive and last year proves how much they missed Sproles. They let Tolbert go in free agency and haven't replaced him, so I'm assuming they'll be drafting a RB at some stage anyway.
The Bills have a few options - perhaps another pass option for Fitzgerald (Floyd, if he's still on the board, which I think he will be) or maybe a MLB to help the New England TE threat (Kuechly).
That covers off my teams of interest. Anybody else got any thoughts / hopes? I'm sure there will be at least one big surprise with a team coming up the board. The Falcons did it last year to get Jones.