2011 NFL Draft Reactions: How Do The Fans Feel About Their New Acquisitions?

The pick has brought about a mixed bag from Vikings fans. Check out what SB Nation’s Daily Norseman has to sayabout the pick:

Not exactly a ringing endorsement.

When your fan base desperately wants a quarterback of the future, and your GM makes a bold move to trade up in the NFL draft to acquire one, it’s bound to make some people happy.

In a poll posted at SB Nation’s Big Cat Country, 80 percent of Jaguars fans approved of the move, eight percent thought they gave up too much and 10 percent wanted to go defense. Though most fans liked the move, it does come with some questions, writes Big Cat Country.

SB Nation’s Blogging The Boys has had some time to brace for the pick and notes QB Tony Romo when talking about Smith’s impact.

You can only go as far as your quarterback takes you. And your quarterback can’t take you anywhere if he’s not healthy, as the Cowboys learned last year.

Titans fans are in an obvious pickle when it comes to trying to grade this pick. On the one hand, you like the intangibles, the leadership and the athleticism he brings. By many accounts, his best football is ahead of him. On the other hand, you don’t like that he completed just 55 percent of his passes last season at Washington.

Via Music City Miracles:

49ers fans aren’t quite sure what they have in Smith. I suppose the grade would be incomplete. Via Niners Nation:

The potential is there with Smith, there’s no doubt about that. But there’s just not a ton of game tape to go on. Plus, Smith is coming off of a broken leg. It’s an interesting pick and smells like a boom or bust pick.

A bold move, to say the least, by GM Thomas Dimitroff. SB Nation’s The Falcoholic describes it as an “audacious” move by Dimitroff.

Dimitroff comes from the New England school of thought which usually results in acquiring more picks -- not giving them up. That’s why this is a surprise.

Peterson was the No. 1 rated player on several draft boards so for the Cardinals to get him at No. 5 makes it look like a steal. Cardinals fans at SB Nation’s Revenge Of The Birds clearly agree.

Check out Revenge Of The Birds to see what Cardinals fans are saying about the pick.

Dareus can play all three positions along the Bills defensive line and joins an already young group. I hope I’m not ridiculed for saying this but the Bills defensive line has a ton of potential. Via Buffalo Rumblings:

Buffalo was always the wildcard in this draft because I thought they were a possibility for a quarterback, or even a receiver. In the end, it was Dareus, a safe pick and, according to the latest poll at Buffalo Rumblings, a popular pick.

Some say Miller reminds them of former Kansas City Chief Derrick Thomas. If so, it’s fitting that he went to the AFC West to play for John Elway, who was sacked by Thomas, a Hall of Famer, more than any other player.

Speaking of Elway, he wasted no time reminiscing about those good old days in a conference call with reporters following the pick:

Panthers fans at SB Nation’s Panthers blog, Cat Scratch Reader, have been talking about Newton for months. All along he’s been one of the 2-3 candidates for the top pick so that he was the actual pick should be of little surprise.

The reaction to the pick has been split. Cat Scratch Reader conducted a poll with 36 percent grade the pick as A and 24 percent as a B. 12 percent say it’s a C while seven percent say it’s a D. There were 18 percent of fans that grade it as an F. So that’s 60 percent of their readers who agree with the pick and nearly 40 percent that rate it a C or worse.