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[NBT]

Would you trade up to make sure we get Von Miller? Or would you just wait and see if he falls to #11?

[Roy P]

Originally Posted by NBT

Would you trade up to make sure we get Von Miller? Or would you just wait and see if he falls to #11?

I only trade up for a CB or a Great Athlete at DE. Von Miller doesn't impress me much. I'm seeing him in mock drafts at #3 or #5 and think that is over-hype. If he is there at #11, I could understand the Texans drafting him. On the last day of January....I have him ranked #11 on my draft board...

1 CB Patrick Peterson LSU
2 CB Prince Amukamara Nebraska
3 DE Da'Quan Bowers Clemson
4 DE Robert Quinn North Carolina
5 DE Cameron Heyward Ohio St
6 OLB Justin Houston Georgia
7 OLB Aldon Smith Missouri
8 OLB Ryan Kerrigan Purdue
9 DE Cameron Jordan California
10 CB Jimmy Smith Colorado
11 OLB Von Miller Texas A&M

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by Roy P

I only trade up for a CB or a Great Athlete at DE. Von Miller doesn't impress me much. I'm seeing him in mock drafts at #3 or #5 and think that is over-hype. If he is there at #11, I could understand the Texans drafting him. On the last day of January....I have him ranked #11 on my draft board...

1 CB Patrick Peterson LSU
2 CB Prince Amukamara Nebraska
3 DE Da'Quan Bowers Clemson
4 DE Robert Quinn North Carolina
5 DE Cameron Heyward Ohio St
6 OLB Justin Houston Georgia
7 OLB Aldon Smith Missouri
8 OLB Ryan Kerrigan Purdue
9 DE Cameron Jordan California
10 CB Jimmy Smith Colorado
11 OLB Von Miller Texas A&M

Do we really want to use another first-round pick on a CB ? And why would we draft a "great athlete @ DE" when DE should be one place we are set at with Mario and Antonio Smith, given all of our other defensive needs ?
And I saw some tape on Justin Houston and was really impressed but wonder why, unlike your ratings, everybody else has him behind Alton Smith, Akeem Ayers, Ryan Kerrigan in their ratings ?

[Roy P]

Originally Posted by nunusguy

Do we really want to use another first-round pick on a CB ? And why would we draft a "great athlete @ DE" when DE should be one place we are set at with Mario and Antonio Smith, given all of our other defensive needs ?
And I saw some tape on Justin Houston and was really impressed but wonder why, unlike your ratings, everybody else has him behind Alton Smith, Akeem Ayers, Ryan Kerrigan in their ratings ?

If you can get a great CB like Darrell Revis without having to pay him $15Million per season, you do it. The guy we selected last season wasn't the shut-down CB they thought they were getting. If the problem isn't solved, then yes, you keep trying to fix it.

Antonio Smith isn't going to be the end-all in this 3-4 defense. Also, we have to consider rotations and injury. I think Heyward is going to be special, so I go get him when I look at the rest of the draft. Cam Jordan is a possibility too, but my views have changed after the Sr. Bowl game as to how high I take him. The Combine will further move my rankings. Maybe we could 'slum' it with a Christian Ballard or Greg Romeus later in the draft.

As far as Justin Houston is concerned.....I'm a BullDawgs fan, so I am biased. So, once the Combine comes and goes and people start comparing his measurables to the other guys and look at more film, then maybe rankings will change. As for me, he's the best OLB prospect in the draft.

[NBT]

But on the other hand Darrell Revis was not even the first CB taken the year he came out. Something about he only had 4.55 or so speed. So according to that we need the personnel guy that can forsee the great ones, even though they don't look so hot coming out. Now we know RP could do it, but who on the professional level?