Day one of the 2009 NFL Draft is now over and the Jets wasted no time making the first big move of the day when they traded up to the No. 5 spot to grab Mark Sanchez.  I have always said that in the weeks leading up to the draft there are all smokescreens created by teams so other teams cannot determine what players they are really interested in.  Now in this situation we did hear that the Jets were one of the few teams that would make a move for Sanchez but there were more aggressive teams such as the Redskins and Broncos who were expected to make a trade to get him.  I like Sanchez, he comes from a winning program and seems to be a guy that other players would rally behind.  He does however only have16 starts but I look at it this way, Matt Cassel came out of the same program and never started a game in college.  Rex Ryan also came from Baltimore were he saw rookie Joe Flacco lead his team to the AFC championship so he will have no problem letting Sanchez start from day one.

Usually the rule of thumb with a rookie quarterback is that the fans have to be patient for a year or two and wait for him to develop, but in the last couple of years we have seen guys like Flacco and Matt Ryan have immediate success and other young quarterbacks like Eli Manning and Ben Roethlisberger win Super Bowls so well see how long the Jets and their fans can be patient with Sanchez. Overall I like the move because they didn’t really have a solid starter in the first place.

On the other hand, the Giants made news by not making news.  Over the last month there was so much speculation that they would trade for either Braylon Edwards or Anquan Boldin and the first day of the draft came and went with no such move.  Now that’s not to say that they didn’t get what they were looking for because they quickly decided on Hakeem Nicks when it was there turn in the first round.  Now I’m not going to sit here and tell you that he was the guy they wanted all along because we just don’t know, but what I will say is that he is just the type of player that they were looking to get in Edwards and Boldin.  He is big, physical and may just be the most NFL ready receiver in the draft. Now after today you wouldn’t think that Cleveland plans to trade Edwards, but they did select not one but two wide receivers in the second round.  So well see where Mangini goes with this one.

The Giants then used both of their picks in the second round to address other areas of need.  They selected linebacker Clint Sintim from the University of Virginia and expect him to make an immediate this season.  He has started 48 games in a row and has emerged as a very good pass rusher.  The Giants rounded out the day by selecting offensive tackle William Beatty from Uconn.  He is a guy that was projected to go earlier in the day and will provide some backup on the O-line this season.