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Video Highlights, interviews, and ESPN analyst breakdown of every first round pick.
Video Highlights, interviews, and ESPN analyst breakdown of every first round pick.
2004 DRAFT SECTION
The 2004 Draft Section
Eli Manning was the No. 1 pick.
Eli Manning was the No. 1 pick.

The Cardinals helped themselves by taking cornerback Antrel Rolle.
Which teams helped themselves the most during this year's NFL draft? What picks were head-scratchers? And who were some of the big-name college performers not selected at all? Len Pasquarelli answers those questions and more in our draft review. Story
• Mel Kiper's draft grades
• Rovell: Agent's busy day
• Mueller: Positional breakdowns
• Scouts: Inside Day 2
• Inside: First | Second | Third
• Fact or Fiction | Vote: Grades
• A. Smith goes 1st | Niners starter?
• Fantasy: Pick-by-pick analysis
• Expert Q&A
| Trade tracker
• Mel Kiper's draft grades
• Rovell: Agent's busy day
• Mueller: Positional breakdowns

• Scouts: Inside Day 2

• Inside: First | Second | Third
• Fact or Fiction | Vote: Grades
• A. Smith goes 1st | Niners starter?
• Fantasy: Pick-by-pick analysis
• Expert Q&A
| Trade tracker![]() |
| More From ESPN.com |
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Several players who were second bananas on campus have a chance to make excellent impressions in the NFL. |
Mueller: What's next? ![]() Our resident GM takes a look at what decisions lie ahead for the Buffalo Bills, Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers. |
Davie: Recruiting tool ![]() College programs benefit, too, when a number of their former players do well in the NFL draft. |
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The Lions and Jags are hoping to exploit the rule emphasis on illegal contact by adding more big targets. |
Clayton: No dealIt was supposed to be a wild NFL draft featuring big trades and big names being moved. But then the trade market crashed. |
Mueller: Day 1 highlights ![]() Here is a look at some highlights from Day 1 of the draft from a front office perspective. |
Pasquarelli: Living on the edgeThe first round of the draft was dominated by speed players who make their living on the perimeter of the field. |
Clayton: First-day winners and losersThe Cowboys and Vikings took a step in the right direction while the Broncos and Bills took steps backwards. |
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Auburn RBs Ronnie Brown and Carnell Williams pulled off a rare feat by each getting drafted in the first round. |
Broncos gamble on Clarett in third roundDespite talk that he could actually go undrafted, former OSU RB Maurice Clarett was picked in the third round. |
Pasquarelli: Surprise partyThe Jaguars surprised some people by picking Matt Jones. But his athletic ability is hard to ignore, writes Len Pasquarelli. |
Clayton: Waiting is the hardest partAfter sliding all the way to Green Bay at No. 24, Aaron Rodgers enters the league with a point to prove, writes John Clayton. |
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