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Composite draft grades

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http://www.footballoutsiders.com/ramblings/2009/2009-nfl-draft-report-card-report


ATL     2.96

CAR     2.48

NO      2.37

TB      1.81

TB had the 3rd lowest grade, our draft was the 5th most polarizing.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

GPA: 1.81

Highest Grade: B, Mel Kiper

Lowest Grade: D, John Czarnecki, Ross Tucker

Comments: "I'm not really convinced that the Bucs had to trade up in the first round in order to select Kansas State quarterback Josh Freeman," says Czarnecki. Tucker takes it a step further: "The Bucs probably could have traded down and still landed him." Weisman knocks the Freeman move and names the guilty party ("Hang this one on new coach Raheem Morris, who knew Freeman from Kansas State"), and says things went downhill from there ("drafted a couple of D-linemen who don't seem to be special").

Carolina Panthers

GPA: 2.48

Standard Deviation: 0.76

Highest Grade: A-, Tom Mantzouranis

Lowest Grade: D+, Gregg Rosenthal & Evan Silva

Comments: Mantzouranis on Carolina: "Flourishes in stressful situations." Apparently he is talking about the new Panthers and not Jake Delhomme. Anyway, for more on Carolina, we turn to Tucker, who gave them a B+: "The Panthers give up next year's first rounder for the second year in a row, but it doesn't matter because they got the pass-rusher they desperately needed ... in Everette Brown, a guy who many people thought could have gone in the top 15. Georgia defensive tackle Corvey Irvin will contribute in the rotation as a rookie." And then there's Rosenthal & Silva: "Brown only projects as a third-down rusher in the Panthers' 4-3 scheme."

No write ups for NO and ATL.

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