“Sunday morning rain is fallin’.”  Yes, I know it’s Monday but it’s very appropriate for what it looks out this morning.  There’s never anything wrong about starting out the day with a little Maroon 5.  Don’t you agree?

The equivalent of Christmas weekend for the NFL season has just wrapped up.  Did everyone get the goodies they wanted?  Now that we’ve opened all the presents that the Draft Santa brought let’s take a look at the highlights.  These are my thoughts, part 1:

• Rams were lucky to have grabbed at top 10 talent in Robert Quinn at 14.  He was probably the biggest gift the Rams got this weekend.  Let’s just hope that he’s able to get back to full football mode to make a difference this season.

• I’m slowly getting on the Kendricks’ band wagon but still think he would have been on the board in round 3.  So many other players could have been taken at 47.  RB Mikel LeShoure and WR Torry Smith just to name a couple.

• It really bothered me that Cam Newton was cool and collected when his name was called at the number 1 pick overall.  As if it was foregone conclusion.  He had expected it all along and was taking his rightful place.

• The previous observation about Cam Newton was even more exaggerated when Von Miller was so overcome with emotion that he had to have a moment before he got up from the table.  You could tell being drafted really meant the world to him.  He even gave Roger Goodell a big ole bear hug.

• The first 5 picks went pretty much as planned but at number 6 we got a doozy!  I understand the reasoning why Atlanta would want to move up for Julio Jones.  They must have wanted that “last piece to the championship puzzle.”  But to give up 4 extra picks?  WOW!  Gutsy, gutsy move by GM Thomas Dimitroff and head coach Mike Smith.

• Now we can clearly see the effects of what the lack of free agency has done:  The desperate run on all the mediocre QB’s in the 1st round.  Jake Locker at #8 to TEN was probably the biggest shocker.  Then MIN @ 12 took Christian Ponder.  2nd round talent taken in the 1st round due to need.  So much for the “take the best available player” mantra.

• What a great player the Cardinals got with #5.  Patrick Peterson.  Now there’s a team what went with the best available.

• Nick Fairley to the Lions.  That’s gonna be a scary D-line next season.  Cutler, Stafford and Christian Ponder need to take some extra disability insurance just in case.

• News of Bin Laden’s death came swiftly last night as I was getting the kids to bed.  Although I was greatly relieved when I heard the news I can’t say that I was joyous about another person death, even someone as dreadful as he was.  I do hope this gives the victims families some much needed closure though.  I couldn’t help but to think about former Cardinal Pat Tillman.  I send out my gratitude and thanks to all those who have and continue to serve our great country.