2012 NFL Draft Grades: Cleveland Browns' Choices Confuse, But Steelers And Other AFC North Teams Do Well

Charlie Wilmoth — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:32:24 -0000

Below the jump, check out SB Nation's evaluations of the AFC North's performance in the draft so far. Essentially, everyone fares pretty well so far except the Browns, who continue to confuse people with picks like Brandon Weeden and Mitchell Schwartz. The Browns get a D+.

\he Ravens, who got Courtney Upshaw, Kelechi Osemele and Bernard Pierce, get an A. The Bengals have also had a nice draft, getting three first-round or borderline first-round talents in Dre Kirkpatrick, Kevin Zeitler and Penn State's Devon Still to go with Mohamed Sanu and Brandon Thompson, also get an A. Behind The Steel Curtain's Michael Bean, meanwhile, gives the Steelers an A-/B+ for their selections of David DeCastro, Mike Adams and Sean Spence.

There isn't much to disagree with there, since it has pretty clearly been a good draft for everyone except the Browns. I'm sure the other three teams are very happy with what they've gotten so far.

For more on the NFL Draft, check out Mocking The Draft.

Mychal Kendricks Named Pac-12 Defensive Player Of The Year

Avinash Kunnath — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:50:32 -0000

California Golden Bears linebacker Mychal Kendricks was put in a difficult position this year when he had to move from outside to inside linebacker after Mike Mohamed graduated. Kendricks has always been talented though, and he proved he was versatile enough to play multiple positions.

Kendricks finished third in tackles in the Pac-12 and fourth in tackles for loss. He had to lead to squad against some of the best teams in the conference, racking up the numbers against teams like USC, Washington, Stanford and Oregon State with 10+ tackles each game. He had to be the main defender and tackler when Dave Wilkerson and Chris McCain got injured and Cal had to shift from a 3-4 to a 4-3 front, and helped the Cal defense to some impressive efforts over the last month of the season.

After the jump, a full list of All-Pac-12 Cal players. Click here for the full list.

First team: WR Keenan Allen, So., OL Mitchell Schwartz, Sr., LB Mychal Kendricks, Sr., P Bryan Anger, Sr.

Second team: DL Trevor Guyton, Sr.

For more on Kendricks and the Bears, go to the California Golden Blogs.

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2012 NFL Draft Grades: Cleveland Browns' Choices Confuse, But Steelers And Other AFC North Teams Do Well

Mychal Kendricks Named Pac-12 Defensive Player Of The Year