The 2007 NFL Draft kicked off on Saturday with it’s first three rounds of selections. As usual, there were some surprises, some heartbreaks and some shrewd maneuvering. Here is a summary of the first round selections.
2007 NFL Draft – Round 1 Picks
Rnd | Overall | Team | Player | Pos | School |
1 | 1 | Oakland Raiders | JaMarcus Russell | QB | LSU |
Not much of a surprise, and the right pick for the Raiders. | |||||
2 | 2 | Detroit Lions | Calvin Johnson | WR | Georgia Tech |
Another receiver? Can’t fault them for taking the best player in the draft. | |||||
3 | 3 | Cleveland Browns | Joe Thomas | OT | Wisconsin |
Finally a stud left tackle in Cleveland. | |||||
4 | 4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Gaines Adams | DE | Clemson |
With CJ gone, Gruden takes the first defensive player of the draft. | |||||
5 | 5 | Arizona Cardinals | Levi Brown | OT | Penn State |
Caught up in the Thomas hype? Brown a bit of a stretch at five. | |||||
6 | 6 | Washington Redskins | LaRon Landry | S | LSU |
With no trade suitors, Washington takes one of the safest picks in the draft. | |||||
7 | 7 | Minnesota Vikings | Adrian Peterson | RB | Oklahoma |
Stunned that peterson fell to them, they have little choice but to grab him. | |||||
8 | 8 | Atlanta Falcons (from Houston) | Jamaal Anderson | DE | Arkansas |
With Landry gone, the Falcons improve their pass rush. | |||||
9 | 9 | Miami Dolphins | Ted Ginn Jr. | WR | Ohio State |
Stunner. Quinn on the board and they go for Ginn Jr.? | |||||
10 | 10 | Houston Texans (from Atlanta) | Amobi Okoye | DT | Louisville |
Texans grab the 19-year old phenom. | |||||
11 | 11 | San Francisco 49ers | Patrick Willis | ILB | Mississippi |
9ers grab the best linebacker in the draft. | |||||
12 | 12 | Buffalo Bills | Marshawn Lynch | RB | California |
With McGahee gone, the Bills fill a big need. | |||||
13 | 13 | St. Louis Rams | Adam Carriker | DE | Nebraska |
Rams needed d-line help and they got it. | |||||
14 | 14 | New York Jets (from Carolina) | Darrelle Revis | CB | Pittsburgh |
The Jets move up and grab Revis. They probably could have stoofd pat and got him or another top CB. | |||||
15 | 15 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Lawrence Timmons | OLB | Florida State |
Another good linebacker for that Pitt defense. | |||||
16 | 16 | Green Bay Packers | Justin Harrell | DT | Tennessee |
Harrell comes off the board about half a round early. | |||||
17 | 17 | Denver Broncos (from Jacksonville) | Jarvis Moss | DE | Florida |
Great move by the Jags to trade the pick to Denver and move down just four spots. | |||||
18 | 18 | Cincinnati Bengals | Leon Hall | CB | Michigan |
What? A Bengal without character issues? Good pick by Marvin Lewis. | |||||
19 | 19 | Tennessee Titans | Michael Griffin | S | Texas |
Griffin seems a stretch when both Reggie Nelson and Brandon Meriweather still on the board. | |||||
20 | 20 | New York Giants | Aaron Ross | CB | Texas |
G-Men try to upgrade their secondary. | |||||
21 | 21 | Jacksonville Jaguars (from Denver) | Reggie Nelson | S | Florida |
Jags get their man in Nelson anyway, and pick up a nice extra pick from the Broncos. | |||||
22 | 22 | Cleveland Browns (from Dallas) | Brady Quinn | QB | Notre Dame |
Finally Quinn goes and to the Browns anyway! Solid move by the Browns to pull the trigger on the deal. | |||||
23 | 23 | Kansas City Chiefs | Dwayne Bowe | WR | LSU |
Chiefs fill a hole with a guy that may surprise some people. | |||||
24 | 24 | New England Patriots (from Seattle) | Brandon Meriweather | S | Miami (FL) |
Great pick for the Pats. Good player and he fills a need. | |||||
25 | 25 | Carolina Panthers (from New York Jets) | Jon Beason | OLB | Miami (FL) |
Beason’s a little smallish, but one of the top linebackers in the country. | |||||
26 | 26 | Dallas Cowboys (from Philadelphia) | Anthony Spencer | DE | Purdue |
The Cowboys did well in the Browns trade and then nearly undo it, by trading up to get a defensive end for their stable. | |||||
27 | 27 | New Orleans Saints | Robert Meachem | WR | Tennessee |
Saints need receivers and grab arguably the second best one in the crop. | |||||
28 | 28 | San Francisco 49ers (from New England) | Joe Staley | OT | Central Michigan |
9ers swing a deal to grab Staley before it’s too late. | |||||
29 | 29 | Baltimore Ravens | Ben Grubbs | OG | Auburn |
The best guard in the draft goes to the Ravens. | |||||
30 | 30 | San Diego Chargers | Craig Davis | WR | LSU |
Sure they needed a receiver, but Craig Davis was a surprise. | |||||
31 | 31 | Chicago Bears | Greg Olsen | TE | Miami (FL) |
Good fit for the Bears as Olsen will give Rex Grossman another option in the passing game. | |||||
32 | 32 | Indianapolis Colts | Anthony Gonzalez | WR | Ohio State |
Colts close out the first by filling a hole at wide receiver. | |||||
* – Compensatory pick # – Supplemental pick |
Edit: This blog was archived in May of 2016 from our original articles database.It was originally posted by Mark Solway