With the #31 pick in the 2009 MHR Community Mock Draft, the Arizona Cardinals select.... OLB, LARRY ENGLISH, NORTHERN ILLINOIS

Arizona Cardinals Round 1, Pick #31 overall GM Calibroncoboy

Details of the pick after the jump...

All Rush, all the time.

From the GM Calibroncoboy:  After losing Antonio Smith, 3 out of the Cardinals top 4 linebackers are over 30 years old. They need someone to help along side Dansby. Larry English gives them some versaltility as he can play as a 3-4 LB or as a 4-3 DE and can develop along the way. I think that they have no choice but to go defense here because they were 28th in the league in points allowed last year. English is a player who has shown he is durable as he was in 98% of the Huskie's plays last year. He has won many awards such as being the first defensive player to win the Smith Award since the first year of the award in 1982. He averaged over 6 tackles a game. He flashes a quick first step, good strength off the edge and blinding closing speed that abruptly hits the quarterback that has resulted in over 23 sacks over his career. I say the bottom line is that the Cardinals proved that they can get it done on offense and that they could use Larry English as an explosive, strong tackler, to possibly anchor the defense.

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ON THE CLOCK Pittsburgh Steelers are up next.  Last pick of the first round.  We'll need to keep the foot on the gas to make it #48, where the Broncos are picking again.  I'm thinking of a little different format going forward, and I have included a poll to get your opinion on it.  Vote on what you want to do! The deadline for this pick is NOON MST, April 12th...  As long as I receive the pick by that time it will be valid.  To send me the pick, just email me at the address shown in my profile.

Pittsburgh Steelers Round 1, Pick #32 Overall GM PABroncofan

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Round One

1. Detroit Lions:  McDah               OLB Aaron Curry, Wake Forest
   
2. St.Louis Rams:  53guys          OT Jason Smith, Baylor
   
3. Kansas City Chiefs:  Papisan        DE/OLB Brian Orakpo, Texas  
4. Seattle Seahawks:  Denver_Native         OT, Eugene Monroe, Virginia
5. Cleveland Browns:  Zappa               WR, Michael Crabtree, Texas Tech
6. Cincinnati Bengals:  DukeTC                    OT, Michael Oher, Ole Miss
   
7. Oakland Raiders:  V. Money                          DT/NT, BJ Raji, Boston College
8. Jacksonville Jaguars:  gunnermc               QB, Matt Stafford, Georgia
9. Green Bay Packers:  Broncosorbust          OLB, Clay Matthews, USC
10. San Francisco 49ers:  Elway's Ghost         DE/OLB, Everette Brown, Florida St.
11. Buffalo Bills:  Rep56                        TE, Brandon Pettigrew, Oklahoma St.
12. Denver Broncos:  broncofan91                            OLB, Brian Cushing, USC
13. Washington Redskins:  Chawkins06                    DE Aaron Maybin, Penn St.
14. New Orleans Saints:   gnarlybroncodude             DB, Malcolm Jenkins, Ohio St.
15. Houston Texans:  PredominantlyOrange            WR, Jeremy Maclin, Missouri
16. San Diego Chargers:  Sadaraine                         ILB, Rey Maualuga, USC
17. New York Jets:  danelama                                    QB, Mark Sanchez, USC
18. Denver Broncos (from Chicago):  Combat Chuk            RB, Knowshon Moreno, Georgia
19. Tampa Bay Buccaneers:  OrangeCrush4082              QB, Josh Freeman, Kansas St.
20. (Dallas Cowboys) Lions:  BDAWKisaBRONC          OT, Andre Smith, Alabama
21. Philadelphia Eagles:  ejruiz                        WR, Hakeem Nicks, UNC
22. Minnesota Vikings:  War Eagle Aubie                WR, Percy Harvin, Florida
23. New England Patriots  bronco-Maine-iac         LB, James Laurinaitis, OSU
24. Atlanta Falcons:  Stovie47              DT/DE, Peria Jerry, Ole Miss
25. Miami Dolphins:  adamriggs                      CB, Sean Smith, Utah
26. Baltimore Ravens  mla2131                      CB, Vontae Davis, Illinois
27. Indianapolis Colts:  chikndnn                   DT, "Ziggy" Hood, Missouri
28. (Carolina Panthers) Eagles:   bcfunk           RB, Chris Wells, Ohio St.
29. New York Giants:  Russ              WR, Darrius Heyward-Bey, Maryland
30. Tennessee Titans:   Broncoman                  DT/DE, Jarron Gilbert, San Jose St.
31. Arizona Cardinals:  Calibroncoboy           OLB, Larry English, Northern Illinois
32. Pittsburgh Steelers:  PABroncofan                ON THE CLOCK