Sounds like Drew Stanton is having a good week at the Senior Bowl, which couldn't be better news for his draft stock.

I got blasted by a few E-mailers throughout the football season when I continued to call Stanton a first-round pick as Michigan State struggled and Stanton put up so-so numbers. Then he signed with mega-agent Drew Rosenhaus and I all but guaranteed Stanton would go in the first round.

This wasn't me making stuff up, people. Talking to NFL talent evaluators, Stanton has the prototype quarterback build - about 6-3, 220-plus pounds - he's athletic, he can take a lick, he's a respected leader on the field and he made some defining plays throughout his career. His numbers as a senior weren't great - in fact, they were a little disappointing. But he played on a bad football team much like Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler (Vanderbilt; a first-rounder last year) and the mobile, aggressive quarterback (see: Romo, Tony) is here to stay.

Stanton won't go in the top 10 like some thought at the beginning of the year. He's been banged up throughout his career and JaMarcus Russell's early entry makes him the likely top QB on the board. But I still believe Stanton, buoyed by a great week at the Senior Bowl (so far at least; the game is Saturday, though that's the last thing the scouts worry about), will go in the bottom half of the first round, hopefully to a team like Kansas City (No. 24), Philadelphia (No. 27), Baltimore (No. 29) or even the Super Bowl-bound Bears, where he can learn for a year and step into a winning system.