Length to Impact and the 1st round

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Length to Impact (LTI) is used by some internet scouts, and I believe it has some validity, especially in our draft this season.

LTI cannot live in a vacuum, we also must look at normal life span of the positions, and projected ceiling of the player.

When we look at all the positions, CB has one of the lower learning curves. QB has one of the longer LTI's. RBs maybe able to play early in most offenses but they have short lifes. What does this all mean.

IMO, we should be looking at OL, DB, or and outside look at LB. Why?

OL, specifically Mike Iupati or Trent Williams, can come in this season and play at a high enough level to upgrade our LG position. Some people also believe that Maurkice Pouncey can also be a player like that. OL also have long life spans in the NFL normally.

1st round CBs should be able to start day one. Haden, Wilson and maybe McCourty would walk in and be our best CB day one. I am going to trust Ray Lewis and his evaluation on this.

Safety, has a larger learning curve than CB. It has a long life, now if I am picking a player in round one he needs to be a starter, and only Earl Thomas fits that mold, IMO. Mays is a stud and would start, but is he the guy the Texans want? Again I would defer to Ray Lewis on this.

RBs the life span of a RB is to short to use a 1st on him, Ryan Mathews would be solid pick, but how much better is he than Hardesty or Tate.

DT, as we all know has a long adjustment to the NFL, and are we really better off with Dan Williams over Lamarr Houston or Tyson Alualu, I know that Williams is a NT and the later are 3 technique guys, but we can always grab Linval Joseph later in the draft to play the NT.

LB, let me ask you this, would you have taken Rey Lewis or Marvin Harrison? I would say LB has a bigger impact than WR, and IMO Weatherspoon is a stud, and our team is better with him. That all said we have bigger needs.

So who do I like at 20? Mike Iupati or Kyle Wilson unless Earl Thomas is still there.