While its true that Detroit really could not have gone wrong today in looking to improve a historically bad team, I'm a fan of their moves among several other surprising teams today.
The Bengals have never really been known for smart personnel decisions, but pickups at Tackle and ILB are safe moves at positions of need that should help Carson Palmer stay upright and solidify an up and coming defense with the healthy return of last year's #1, Keith Rivers.
And the Denver Broncos, entering a new post-douchebag in the front office era made the right moves- finally acknowledging a need for actual talent at RB after years of insisting that anyone would succeed in their system. Following that up with help on the d line and the secondary for a consistently underachieving defensive unit makes a ton of sense.
Philly has got to get points for trading one first rounder for a proven Pro Bowl caliber tackle and using a second first rounder on an additional threat at the WR position. While I am happy with the initial selections, they are going to need to do something sooner rather than later to get help in the defensive backfield.
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I'm completely in disagreement about Denver. If you trade away a franchise QB, even a whiny bitch of one, and at the end of the day you've already traded away your #1 next year, you need to have a hell of a lot to show for it. They could have just taken a CB at 18 instead of the panic move at 37. You just can't give up a quality young QB *and* a future #1 and end up with Kyle Orton throwing the ball somewhere not-quite-near Brandon Marshall.
I guess any honest look at the Broncos offseason does intrinsically involve how you feel about Kyle Orton. I think he's a guy who can have success with a better running game than he was afforded in Chicago (especially after the addition of Knowshon), and a more dynamic receiver in Marshall than the likes of Marty Booker. Time will certainly tell, and there's no doubt that Cutler -> Orton is a downgrade.
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