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POST-DRAFT WRAP-UP … WAIT, THAT’S IT?

By ArtieFufkin

Oregon's LeGarrette Blount went undrafted ... but well rested. He later signed with the Titans as an undrafted FA (Image: Deadspin.com)

Is anyone else uncomfortable that the draft is over and it’s only Saturday?  What the hell am I supposed to do with the rest of my weekend? Go outside or something???  Oh well … since Thursday night was the highest-rated draft ever, we’d better get used to this new format.

Now that Mr. Irrelevant has been picked, it’s time for armchair GMs everywhere to start second-guessing NFL executives and handing out their annual draft grades.  Nevermind the fact that we’ll have no idea how this draft is going to pan out for at least 2-3 years … these type of knee-jerk assessments are what the draft is all about! At first glance, we really like what the Raiders, Seahawks and 49ers did over the last 3 days.  In case you’re interested Pete Prisco at CBS has graded every single pick of the draft, and Shutdown Corner has their Best & Worst of the 2010 draft.

And just because the draft is over doesn’t mean teams are done adding players. Keep track of all this Undrafted Free Agent Signings list to see what camp fodder each team is bringing in.  For your reference, here’s NFL.com’s list of the best players available after the draft.

In case you missed them through the sweat dripping off of Berman’s huge cranium, here are a few more stories of note from the weekend:

• The Raiders got QB Jason Campbell from the Washington Redskins [ESPN.com]
• The Seahawks traded for RB’s Leon Washington of the Jets and Lendale White of the Titans [NFL.com]
• The Jets released all-pro G Alan Fanceca [NY Daily News]
• The Jaguars traded for Raiders LB Kirk Morrison [PFW]
• Lawrence Taylor’s memory of the day he was drafted in 1981 is a little bit fuzzy … probably because he had 41 Coors Lights [SI.com]

Tim Tebow has plenty of reasons to smile ... even if he never plays a down (Photo: NYDailyNews.com)

Roger Goodell said something earlier that wanted to make me throw up in my mouth: this weekend, NFL teams will hand out approximately $600 million in guaranteed rookie contracts (including $45 million to #1 pick Sam Bradford). That means if only half of those rookies end up making an impact in the NFL, they will have thrown away $300 million dollars.  On kids who never even made it in the league.

Nice thought, huh?