On the Clock - Denver Broncos
2. Denver Broncos - Nick Fairley
One of the top players in this draft, and at a position of need this just makes way too much sense. I doubt he'll have the impact that Suh provided the Lions last year, but honestly no one can be expected to. This pick has the opportunity to be one of the huge tipping points in the draft however, and could go a lot of different ways.
First, if someone wants to take a quarterback early, this is the spot to trade to. Ryan Fitzpatrick has shown once again that he can start and quarterback and run an offense well enough that fans won't change the channel, but long-term if the Bills want to be competitive he's not the answer. So they may be inclined to take Gabbert with the third pick. If not there is no way he falls all the way past Arizona at 5, with Carson Palmer ready to retire if he isn't traded, and a mannequin dressed in Kurt Warner's old jersey Arizona's best option one of these teams will take Gabbert, and one of them may even move up in front of the Bills to do it.
With Champ Bailey likely to depart Patrick Peterson (or P.P) as he will be known from this point forward will also factor in. Taking a CB this high is risky though, and until P.P runs the short shuttle and 3 cone drill and shows he has the agility and change of direction to hang in the NFL I can't slot him in here.
Also if John Fox isn’t sold on Tim Tebow he could take Gabbert here as well. But I think it’s worth giving Tebow a shot after what he showed at the end of the year, knowing that if it goes bad Gabbert real wasn’t a once in a lifetime quarterback that you missed out on, and you can probably draft someone comparable next year.
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