1st Round DL

[barrett]

Originally Posted by jppaul

I unfortunately have no great alternative. I like Cushing at SLB, Malulaga, althlough that presents some problems, Beanie Wells for a 1-2 punch, though we seem able to find talent later in the draft. I like Alphonso Smith, but its a bit early for him. I would likely go Cushing. I am disappointed that so many juniors elected to stay.

If he had come out Mays, had he fallen would have been my pick. I unfortunately think that we are going to be in a position where DL is going to be the best value. I think either Orakpo or Maybin will likely be on the board, and if I was forced to choose I would say Maybin, though I am a fan of Orakpos too.

At this point I am crossing my fingers for a trade down and a willing partner. Naturally, if we lose D-rob my priorities would shift and I would have to look at Vontae Davis or Alphonso Smith at 15.

I agree with everything you are typing here and I think it is why DL is in play. There simply are not many other good options/values.

There is no position on offense I would go with in round 1. RB is our only need there, but you don't draft a backup RB in round 1 even if he is going to share time. I think a bigger back can be had round 3 or later.

FS would be a great pick but with Mays gone I don't know if any warrants the #15 pick.

SLB is the most useless and low impact position on a defense. They are 2 down players who make very few plays.

A WLB or a MLB that would move Demeco is slightly more valuable than a sam, but it is a huge price both financially and asset-wise to pay for a 4-3 OLB. The OLB is just not a huge position in the 4-3.

If Dunta is gone than I think it almost automatically becomes a CB unless there is a run of them off the board before us.

DT does not make that much sense to me since we have 3 decent young guys in Okoye, TJ, and Robinson. I understand some picking up a bigger type to clog the middle and would be ok with it, but don't think it is a huge key. Honestly our LBs stayed pretty clean this year. The bigger problem of the DTs was penetration and we are supposed to have that guy already in Okoye. Replacing him won't happen yet because he was a pick of this staff.

That leaves DE. Mario is the only DE we have drafted and he worked out great. But like Roy P, I would rather see a 2 down player from either Buhlman or a low draft pick, and then couple them with a pass rush specialist who is middle round because of his size. I don't think it has to be a 1st round pick.

So who do I want? Honestly I would love to trade down, because I simply don't see the value and need meeting up for us at #15. If we could drop out of the first round altogether or drop down twice even better. If we end up with a pair of 2s and pair of 3s we can get all of the things we are looking for (big RB, FS, DE, Josh Freeman to develop as a QB to replace Sage).

If we get stuck at #15, then BPA out of the FS, DT, DE (or CB if Dunta is gone).