L O N G   B E A C H   A L L - S T A R S

#08-Long Beach-WR-Al Toon (Henry Bodine)

Taking Toon was nice, but maybe only as trade bait. Paul 
Trazie is All-World. Truthfully, Long Beach needed a linebacker 
with this pick, Kenny Arnold would have meant a lot more to 
this team than Toon will.

#18-Long Beach-OL-Clarke Bennett

The team was already quite strong on the OL. Bennett is a 
solid pick, but Tim Greenleaf would have been better for Long 
Beach.

#32-Long Beach-QB-Ken O'Brien (Matt Wheeler)

Loses his great name to become one of the worst QBs of the 
modern NFL era. Sad. But a great player in the APFL. He's a 
small upgrade over Tony Christian. On a team with such a 
good roster, it's okay to make small upgrades.

#56-Long Beach-SS-Curtis O'Conner

Picked right on schedule, this guy will be the best linebacker 
on the team.

#68-Long Beach-WR-Gary Beauchamp

Too slow for special teams, I can only see this guy stumbling 
across the goal line in the red zone. Maybe a speed upgrade 
can make him into a possession receiver.

#80-Long Beach-FB-Randall Sutter

The AMIR say it's a steal. At #80, anyone who plays is a steal.
With Mike Penn and Joey Adkins on the roster, what will he 
do? Carry water.

OVERALLL:
Long Beach is a very, very good team. I don't want to play 
them. But they missed their golden opportunity in the draft to 
add two top linebackers. That is the last missing piece for 
them. 

GRADE: D