Grading Out

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There were plenty of smiles in Miami, Kansas City and Buffalo.

Kansas City, Washington, Dallas and Cleveland earn high marks from Mel Kiper for their draft performance. Our professor is down on the work done in Houston and Jacksonville, though. Grades

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BAL | CIN | CLE | PIT
HOU | IND | JAC | TEN
DEN | KAN | OAK | SDG

NFC
DAL | NYG | PHI | WAS
CHI | DET | GNB | MIN
ATL | CAR | NOR | TAM
ARI | STL | SFO | SEA

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2008 NFL Draft Order - 1st Round

Rounds: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 \| 6 \| 7
PICK	TEAM	PLAYER
1	Miami	Jake Long - OT
2	St. Louis	Chris Long - DE
3	Atlanta	Matt Ryan - QB
4	Oakland	Darren McFadden - RB
5	Kansas City	Glenn Dorsey - DT
6	NY Jets	Vernon Gholston - DE
7	New Orleans	Sedrick Ellis - DT
8	Jacksonville	Derrick Harvey - DE
9	Cincinnati	Keith Rivers
10	New England	Jerod Mayo
11	Buffalo	Leodis McKelvin
12	Denver	Ryan Clady - OT
13	Carolina	Jonathan Stewart - RB
14	Chicago	Chris Williams - OT
15	Kansas City	Branden Albert - OG
16	Arizona	Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie
17	Detroit	Gosder Cherilus - OT
18	Baltimore	Joe Flacco - QB
19	Carolina	Jeff Otah - OT
20	Tampa Bay	Aqib Talib
21	Atlanta	Sam Baker - OT
22	Dallas	Felix Jones - RB
23	Pittsburgh	Rashard Mendenhall - RB
24	Tennessee	Chris Johnson - RB
25	Dallas	Mike Jenkins
26	Houston	Duane Brown - OT
27	San Diego	Antoine Cason
28	Seattle	Lawrence Jackson - DE
29	San Francisco	Kentwan Balmer - DT
30	NY Jets	Dustin Keller - TE
31	NY Giants	Kenny Phillips

Look Back: 2008 NFL draft

Fish Tale
Seeing an OT who could anchor its line for years to come, Miami selected Jake Long No. 1 overall.
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The Big One
Awed by his big arm and bigger upside, the Raiders took JaMarcus Russell No. 1 overall.
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Super Mario
The Texans surprised everyone by taking DE Mario Williams with the first overall pick.
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49ers' Mr. Smith
San Francisco liked the potential of QB Alex Smith and made him the No. 1 overall pick.
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