Iowa CITY, Mo. (AP) a' This springs NFL draft is large on size and light on glamour. There's no high-profile quarterback meant to get No. 1 and straight away get to be the experience of a downtrodden business. There's not even a back or large receiver worthy of the most effective overall pick, somebody with the sort of swagger that wins over supporters tired of losing. No, there's just meat. And lots of it. There's 6-foot-6, 306-pound Luke Joeckel, the offensive tackle from Texas A&M whom the Kansas City Chiefs are expected to choose first general. There's also Eric Fisher of Central Michigan and Lane Johnson of Oklahoma, two more 300-pounders who could possibly be purchased in the initial 10 picks. Perhaps the defensive side of the ball is large on bigness: Florida's Sharrif Floyd, Utah's Star Lotulelei and Sylvester Williams of Vermont are considered advanced area people. Effective? Certain. Fancy? Less. "There certainly are a lot of good baseball people there," Broncos President John Elway insisted. "It is kind of a of what kind of flavor you prefer, but there are plenty of defensive linemen a' not only defensive ends but defensive linemen a in this draft, and it is greater than most." Only twice because the AFL-NFL merger in 1970 has an offensive tackle been selected first total, however the Chiefs determine to produce it three when NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell flows off the name of the league's hottest uniform shortly after 8 p.m. EDT at Radio City Music Hall in Nyc City. Joeckel is the thing in a draft high in doubt. He protected the blind side of Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel last season, won the Outland Trophy as college football's top interior lineman, and wowed just about everybody at the NFL's annual scouting combine with his speed, agility and, yes, his size. "I think in 2013, the offensive line place has some true leads in it," Chiefs standard manager John Dorsey said. "Every draft has its own unique group of traits. Last year's draft had its special group of features. This springs draft has its special characteristics." Last springs draft designed for must-see TV. Among the deepest quarterback crops lately stoked the interests of lover angles in a number of NFL cities, including Indianapolis, which got Andrew Luck with the first overall pick. It absolutely was the fourth straight year a quarterback went No. 1. The function of signal-callers did not end there, either. The Redskins exchanged around select Heisman Trophy winner John Griffin III at No. 2, and two more quarterbacks went in the first round. West Virginia's Geno Smith is likely to get in the first round this season, perhaps as soon as No. 2 to Jacksonville. But outside the strong-armed but inconsistent quarterback, the marketplace at the NFL's most critical position is weak. That means a small number of groups in desire a ' Oakland, Buffalo, Cleveland, Philadelphia and Arizona among them a' may wait until later in the draft to create their move. That is all assuming that no positions are manufactured on the opening night. Quarterbacks who may still be on the board when the draft resumes with the next round Friday evening include USC's Matt Barkley, Florida State's E.J. Ryan and Manuel Nassib of Syracuse. "This is often a meat-and-potatoes draft, undoubtedly early in the very first couple of times with linemen, which is exciting," said Eagles basic director Howie Roseman, who will choose final. "It may possibly not be the flashiest issue, nonetheless it is exciting," he said. "It is hard to find big guys who will move, play with energy, and there are lot of guys in this draft." Men who is able to protect those expensive quarterbacks. Joeckel may be the top offensive handle accessible, but Fisher and Johnson are both expected to go early in the draft. And they'll likely spend their careers lining against a number of players on the defensive side of the ball who might be picked early in the very first round, too. The Oakland Raiders, who pick third, have had their attention on Floyd and Lotulelei, among others, and defensive stops Dion Jordan of Oregon, Ziggy Ansah of BYU and Barkevious Mingo of LSU should have their names called in the initial couple hours Thursday night. Defensive back Dee Milliner is a modern option to go in the utmost effective 10, and offensive linemen D.J. Fluker and Chance Warmack a Milliner's teammates from national champ Alabama a' are likely to go early in a draft that is more available than any in recent history. "You can go and ask every search in the room and you'd probably get a favorite player that is different from the other," Raiders common boss Reggie McKenzie said. "But that's the exciting element of this work is wanting to get those views and come to a typical goal to select one."
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