Senior Bowl Rosters Released

The rosters for the annual Senior Bowl, pitting some of the best college graduates* against each other in a showcase for NFL scouts. ( North Roster. South Roster) Notable absences from the game are quarterbacks Matt Ryan of Boston College and Brian Brohm of Louisville. Ryan and Brohm are figured to be the first two quarterbacks off the board, but the signal caller I like the best is that man to the right, Michigan's Chad Henne. Henne possesses great intangibles and has the arm strength to make every throw. If anyone watched the bowl game against Florida, Henne threw the out route from the far hash about as well as it can be thrown. He has an NFL caliber arm, but I think he can struggle with accuracy sometimes, and he's not terribly mobile

Another player I love is Delaware QB Joe Flacco. Flacco is a transfer from Pitt who has a prototypical NFL QB body. He stands 6'6" tall, which will help him to see over the line and not need to rely on throwing lanes as much. Scouts Inc. guru Todd McShay lists Flacco's big weakness as forcing balls, but I think that's due to him playing at Delaware and feeling like he always needs to make a big play. Once he matures I think he'll overcome that problem and be a very solid QB in the NFL. In fact, I think Henne and Flacco will both be better than Matt Ryan and Brian Brohm.

I'll have more of an in depth preview in the coming days, but for now, are there any players who you like or dislike from the rosters?

* Multiple people have pointed out the fact that graduates probably isn't applicable to all of the players in the game. my bad.

Mallett Transfers

Michigan quarterback Ryan Mallett has decided to transfer. After speaking with his family and with new Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez, transferring was his best option he thought.

Mallett is a classic drop back passer; he has it all: size, big arm, accuracy, but one thing he lacks is a tremendous amount of mobility. He moves around alright in the pocket, but he would be utterly useless running any type of option. I think Mallett would have been fine at Michigan. A lot of teams run the spread without using running quarterbacks. For instance, Missouri, Texas Tech and Hawaii. True WVU was known for running a lot, but Rodriguez would have tailored his system for his players.

Mallett is leaning towards Texas A&M, Arkansas and UCLA. My best bet is he will end up in Los Angeles, and will have a fine college career, albeit not as fine of one as he would have had in Ann Arbor