Needs and Players in Round 1 of the NFL Draft Coverage

The NFL draft day 1 is made up of the frst two rounds of the draft. In my last two articles I wrote about picks 1 through 10. Trying to predict which players will go the each team in picks 11 through 20 is nearly impossible but I can give the needs of each team and players expected to go in the first round. Here is the list: 

The 11th pick is owned by St. Louis, followed by Cleveland, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Miami, Minnesota, Dallas, San Diego and Kansas City.

St. Louis might go with defense here and select giant defensive tackkle, Haloti Ngata out of Oregon. He is a run stuffer with great tackling ability and he could be a great presence on that defensive front four.

Cleveland has a lot of issues to address but with their defensive minded coach Romeo Crenel leading the team look for them to draft a defensive players who can make an immediate impact. Michael Huff, corner back out of Texas can make a real difference from that at a position they need help at right away. Huff has great speed and covering abilities that he excellently demonstrated in the rose bowl as he was able to shut down USC's excellent receivers. 

Baltimore is a mess right now as they recently released Pro Bowl RB Jamal Lewis, one of the best RB in the leauge. If Baltimore doesn't resign him which is very likely, I think they will take Laurence Maroney, RB out of Minesota who had almost 1500 yards rushing last year and is the 4th best running back in the draft. 

Philadelphia owns the next pick and with the release of Terrel Owens, they might feel the need to take a playmaking wide receiver that they have been sorely lacking ever since Owens got kicked off the team. The top Wide receiver is Santanio Holmes out of Ohio State. Holmes was an outstanding receiver last year who made some all out diving and leaping catches. He has hight and speed and is the best wide receiver at a weak draft class position.