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Join the NFL Draft Bible staff for our draft recap show as we pack three days of action into two hours. We break down each round, going through the best picks and biggest reaches, plus our early winners and losers.  Hosted by Daniel Mogollon, Ralph Mancini and Justin VanFulpen.

Special Guests:
•    DT Corey Peters, Atlanta Falcons
•    FB John Conner, New York Jets
•    John McClain, Houston Chronicle
•    Bradley Wells, StampedeBlue.com

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Arizona Cardinals:

QB Max Hall, BYU

RB Alphonso Smith, Kentucky

WR Juamorris Stewart, Southern

WR Max Komar, Idaho

WR Stephen Williams, Toledo

OT Casey Knips, South Dakota State

OG David Moosman, Michigan

CB Al Jefferson, Fresno State

OT Devin Tyler, Temple

Atlanta Falcons:

RB Dimitri Nance, Arizona State

WR Ryan Wolfe, UNLV

TE Colin Peek, Alabama

TE Leroy Banks, Southern Mississippi

TE Michael Palmer, Clemson

LB Bear Woods, Troy

LB Weston Johnson, Wyoming

DB Rafael Bush, South Carolina State

DB Gabriel Derricks, San Diego

ATH Tim Buckley, Alcorn State

LS Justin Drescher, Colorado

K Garrett Lindholm, Tarleton State

Baltimore Ravens:

RB Curtis Steele, Baltimore

WR Rodelin Anthony, UNLV

DL John Fletcher, Wyoming

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The Pittsburgh Steelers have traded their fifth-round pick to the Arizona Cardinals for CB Bryant McFadden, who previously played for the Black and Gold. With their pick, the Cards selected QB John Skelton from Fordham University.

Mancini’s Take: Coach Ken Whisenhunt clearly isn’t comfortable with Matt Leinart as his head triggerman. The California Cool signal caller should be the lead man to start the season, but he’ll be on a very short leash with Derek Anderson waiting in the wings. Skelton is a developmental option with serious upside. The young man’s foot work is a bit off and he needs to add some touch on his short to intermediate throws. But his size and arm strength are exceptional, as is his ability to scan the field and make quality downfield throws. On the other end of the deal, the Steelers bring back a physical and aggressive cornerback in McFadden that has performed

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Sources indicate that the Oakland Raiders have sent a low-round pick to the Washington Redskins for QB Jason Campbell.

Mancini’s Take: The days of JaMarcus Russell as the the Raiders starting quarterback may have (mercifully) come to an end with the arrival of Campbell. The former Redskin has the physical tools and temperment to be a quality starter in the league, not to mention the fact that he’s a significant upgrade at the position over both Russell and the feisty Bruce Gradkowski. However, Campbell needs to play at a quicker pace. He’s often a half-second late in identifying open receivers. But in all fairness, the Auburn product also played behind a porous offensive line last year, which prevented him from establishing a rythm in the pocket.

The New York Jets have just traded Leon Washington and their seventh-round pick to the Seattle Seahawks for a fifth-round pick. Gang Green selected FB John Connor with that pick.

Mancini’s Take: Seattle has just absolutely killed it in this draft…and I mean that in a good way. They hit home runs with potential All-Pro players Russell Okung and Earl Thomas, while Golden Tate and Kam Chancellor are tremendous athletes that can both flourish if used properly. Trading for Leon Washington is just the icing on the cake. The former Jet is coming off a gruesome leg injury, but can be a multi-purpose game breaker when he’s healthy. Julius Jones seems to be the odd-man out with the additions of Washington and Lendale White. As for the Jets, their draft is over. Based on what they’ve done in the past three days, they should continue to

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Jacksonville Jaguars General Manager Gene Smith has been rather assertive in defending his usage of the 10th overall selection on Tyson Aluala, a move that even surprised the former Golden Bear.

“It came as a shock,” Aluala said. “It’s just crazy how everything worked out. The Jaguars told me they were interested in me, but I never thought they would pick me in the top 10. I thought they would trade down if they wanted me.”

Smith then proceeded to take another defensive tackle, D’Anthony Smith, in the third round bringing even more question to his decision in the first.

However this is the continuation of a troubling trend with the Jacksonville Jaguars front office as this is the third year in a row that the Jags have spent their first two picks in the draft on the same position. Derrick Harvery and Quentin Grooves

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