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'Ey Capernicus said 01/26, 11:11 PM
Joe Flacco if you meant all week.

'Ey Capernicus said 01/26, 11:48 PM
Ok, I'll change my pick to Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie.

Dominique was considered a second day draft pick before the Senior Bowl. He excelled in the game. He defended multiple passes and has showed great coverage skills. He has covered many of the draft's top receivers and he succeeded. He has just as good ball skills. Adarius Bowman was about to catch the ball down the sideline and he reached around and knocked the ball away. Later on in the game he had a leaping pick on a deep pass. He showed great athleticism, coverage skills, and ball skills all in the same play.

His two biggest question marks were competition and if he could tackle. Like I said, he faced top receivers and outplayed them, outplayed them by far. He made multiple tackles. On his first five attempted tackles, none of them were broken. He was very physical and laid out Adarius Bowman twice.

On the game winning drive on fourth and ten he lobbed the ball up for grabs and it could have been easily knocked down, but Andre Caldwell caught it. His receivers were usually wide open and Forte from Tulane did a lot on that drive.

Also, Domique is related to Antonio Cromartie and plays similarly to him.

'Ey Capernicus said 01/27, 12:51 AM
You are only considering a single drive. As for Domique, he excelled in multiple drives until getting injured and being forced to leave the game. Ainge had one forced through on that drive. It was on a crucial 4th and 10 and he put all of his faith into Andre Caldwell who, luckily for Ainge, jumped up and caught it. Also, Ainge threw it up the middle of the field multiple times and he was lucky enough that the receivers somehow managed to get to the sidelines.

He may have improved his status, but Dominique has improved it more. He was very physical and succeeded against the top tier receivers. He shut down Adarius Bowman, a big receiver with great skills.

You say people were surprised by Ainge. Do you think people were expecting Rodgers-Cromartie to be a force? The player out of Tennessee State who didn't start playing until his SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL? He is a hybrid between safety and cornerback, playing both in the game. He is a great tackler and skilled coverman.