2012 Draft Needs?

[Joshua]

And here is every 1st round defensive linemen drafted since Mario -

2011 - DL
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL TEAM
1 3 Marcell Dareus
DT Alabama Buffalo Bills

1 11 J.J. Watt
DE Wisconsin Houston Texans

1 13 Nick Fairley
DT Auburn Detroit Lions

1 14 Robert Quinn
DE North Carolina St. Louis Rams

1 18 Corey Liuget
DE Illinois San Diego Chargers

1 20 Adrian Clayborn
DE Iowa Tampa Bay Buccaneers

1 21 Phillip Taylor
DT Baylor Cleveland Browns

1 24 Cameron Jordan
DE California New Orleans Saints

1 30 Muhammad Wilkerson
DT Temple New York Jets

1 31 Cameron Heyward
DE Ohio State Pittsburgh Steelers


2010 - DL
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL TEAM
1 2 Ndamukong Suh
DT Nebraska Detroit Lions

1 3 Gerald McCoy
DT Oklahoma Tampa Bay Buccaneers

1 10 Tyson Alualu
DT California Jacksonville Jaguars

1 13 Brandon Graham
DE Michigan Philadelphia Eagles

1 15 Jason Pierre-Paul
DE South Florida New York Giants

1 16 Derrick Morgan
DE Georgia Tech Tennessee Titans

1 26 Dan Williams
DT Tennessee Arizona Cardinals

1 28 Jared Odrick
DE Penn State Miami Dolphins

1 31 Jerry Hughes
DE Texas Christian Indianapolis Colts


2009 - DL
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL TEAM
1 3 Tyson Jackson
DE Louisiana State Kansas City Chiefs

1 9 B.J. Raji
NT Boston College Green Bay Packers

1 11 Aaron Maybin
DE Penn State Buffalo Bills

1 13 Brian Orakpo
DE Texas Washington Redskins

1 16 Larry English
DE Northern Illinois San Diego Chargers

1 24 Peria Jerry
DT Mississippi Atlanta Falcons

1 32 Ziggy Hood
DT Missouri Pittsburgh Steelers

2008 - DL
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL TEAM
1 2 Chris Long
DE Virginia St. Louis Rams

1 5 Glenn Dorsey
DT Louisiana State Kansas City Chiefs

1 7 Sedrick Ellis
DT USC New Orleans Saints

1 8 Derrick Harvey
DE Florida Jacksonville Jaguars

1 28 Lawrence Jackson
DE USC Seattle Seahawks

1 29 Kentwan Balmer
DE North Carolina San Francisco 49ers

2007 - DL
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL TEAM
1 4 Gaines Adams
DE Clemson Tampa Bay Buccaneers

1 8 Jamaal Anderson
DE Arkansas Atlanta Falcons

1 10 Amobi Okoye
DT Louisville Houston Texans

1 13 Adam Carriker
NT Nebraska St. Louis Rams

1 16 Justin Harrell
DT Tennessee Green Bay Packers

1 17 Jarvis Moss
DE Florida Denver Broncos


Everyone can judge for themselves how easy it will be to replace Mario.

[chuck]

Originally Posted by Joshua

Everyone can judge for themselves how easy it will be to replace Mario.

The only guy on the list I would immediately trade Mario for already plays for the Texans.

[Joshua]

Originally Posted by chuck

The only guy on the list I would immediately trade Mario for already plays for the Texans.

Although I certainly don't follow every team closely enough to speak with too much certainty, my initial impression is there are only about 3 guys I would think are close (Watt, Suh and Pierre-Paul) with Orakpo a possible 4th. That's out of 39 draft picks. Not good odds.

[chuck]

Originally Posted by Joshua

Although I certainly don't follow every team closely enough to speak with too much certainty, my initial impression is there are only about 3 guys I would think are close (Watt, Suh and Pierre-Paul) with Orakpo a possible 4th. That's out of 39 draft picks. Not good odds.

Pierre-Paul is pretty damn good. It would not bother me at all to have that guy on my team.

[barrett]

Seriously. Who looks at their roster and says let's get rid of our best pass rusher?

If we can't get a deal done or he wants out, than salvage the situation and make a deal. But priority 1 should be a long term deal for Mario.

[HPF Bob]

Who looks at their roster and says "let's get rid of our best passer"?

Oh, wait. There's Indianapolis.

[Nconroe]

Also you can gain cap space by giving Mario an extension fairly soon before he hits FA.

As I nderstsnd it Marios salary this year was like 15mil, but cap hit was 18 mil from deferred bbonus. Then if you franchise him it is 120 % of 18 or 22 mil.

Most likely you can sign Mario to some back loaded guaranteed contract and reduce this years 18 to something below 14 mil given injury history and good win-win situation.

So that lkeeps Mario which need to do and keeps cap space flexibility without considering other cap moves they might make, like extending Schaub.

Considering draft picks only work out 30-50% of time it really would be foolish to trade a top 5 olb/De for draft picks.