Saturday, April 10, 2010

AFC North Draft Needs

Cincinnati
1- Safety: The Bengals have probably the best pair of starting corners in the league but the safeties playing along side them are pretty awful. To make the secondary complete they could use a big time upgrade at either safety position.

2- Guard: Cincy addressed the tackle situation last year but inside at guard they have Bobby Williams (who is old to begin with) and pretty much nothing else. Obtaining extra linemen to pave the way for Cedric Benson and to even more importantly protect the always fragile Carson Palmer should be high on Cincy's to do list.

3- Wide Receiver: The Bengals have Chad Ochocinco and Antonio Bryant as their starters but after that a bunch of question marks. The NFL is a pass first league nowadays and the Bengals passing game is their biggest weakness so bringing in an extra receiver early on draft weekend would help this team immensely.

Baltimore
1- Cornerback: The Ravens are really weak at the corner position. It should be a position addressed early on draft day.

2-Defensive End/Outside Linebacker: Terrell Suggs is entrenched at one starter spot but after that the Bengals have an aging Jarrett Johnson and an unknown in Paul Kruger.

3- Tight End: Todd Heap is in decline and his replacement is needed ASAP. A good young TE to pair with Heap would really help in Joe Flacco's development.

Pittsburgh
1- Cornerback: The Steelers secondary was exposed last season after Troy Polamalu went down. He'll be back in 2010 but the corner position still needs more talent.

2- Wide Receiver: Now that Santonio Holmes is gone the Steelers have Mike Wallace and then just a bunch of guys. They need more weapons.

3- Offensive Line: Pittsburgh has gotten away for a couple years now with a sub par line, but adding in some reinforcements to both the interior and tackle positions would do this team good.


Cleveland
1- Quarterback: Jake Delhomme and Senece Wallace are set to battle for the starting gig...yikes.

2- Outside Linebacker: There is pretty much no proven passrushers on the Browns roster.

3- Safety: Realistically I could have listed a bunch of positions in this spot, but the Browns safety situation is particularly bad. Mike Adams and Abram Elam are likely the projected starters at this point... think the Browns would like Eric Berry?!

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