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This is our current roster minus street free agents/camp fodder picked up over the winter. About 51 total roster spaces used up with the names in brackets listed because they were on the roster last year or have a shot absent a draft pick. Draft picks could easily replace bracketed players. Seems like we need depth/competition at CB, WR, OG/C, RB, TE, WLB and we need a return specialist if Rogers does not resign. A DT or DE in the middle rounds of the draft also makes sense to push the guys on the roster. Realistically, the only places a rookie could possible start are FS and TE, and even those are highly unlikely. "()" = my draft analysis:
QB: Bledsoe, Van Pelt, Brown (likely none; late round at best)
RB: Henry, Morris, [Burns/Simonton/Parker=1 of three] (possible mid round selection)
FB: Gash, Crosby (none)
WR: Moulds, Reed, Shaw, Johnson, [Rone] (Rds 2-5, look for speed)
TE: Moore, Campbell, [McDonell] (2d round = D. Clark?)
OT: Williams, Jennings, Price, [Houghton] (late round only b/c of salary tied up in Williams)
OG: Brown, Sullivan, [Pucillo] (mid rounder?)
C: Teague (need something, but not top pick b/c money invested in Teague)
DE: Schoebel, Jones, McKenzie, Irons, Denney (need, but only with right prospect, preferrably speed rusher)
DT: Williams, Adams, Edwards, Bannon (better depth would not hurt)
WLB: Spikes, [Denman] (only for depth/special teams)
MLB: Fletcher, Spoon, [Stevenson] (none)
SLB: Posey, Polk (none/ST)
CB: Winfield, Clements, Thomas, [Watson/Bostic/Brooks/Floyd=2 of four] (better depth needed, but not in round 1 b/c then we will loose Winfield next year
SS: Wire (if Reese impresses, Prioleau competes w/Wire)
FS: Prioleau, Reese, [Driver] (need, but is there a rookie that could beat out Prioleau/Reese?)
K: Lindell
P: Moorman
KR/PR: (need somebody)
Trading down from first round seems like best option so we can get quality depth from rounds 2-5 without worrying about how much we are paying the rook and whether or not he is a bust.
Any way you look at it, looks a lot better than this time last year!
QB: Bledsoe, Van Pelt, Brown (likely none; late round at best)
RB: Henry, Morris, [Burns/Simonton/Parker=1 of three] (possible mid round selection)
FB: Gash, Crosby (none)
WR: Moulds, Reed, Shaw, Johnson, [Rone] (Rds 2-5, look for speed)
TE: Moore, Campbell, [McDonell] (2d round = D. Clark?)
OT: Williams, Jennings, Price, [Houghton] (late round only b/c of salary tied up in Williams)
OG: Brown, Sullivan, [Pucillo] (mid rounder?)
C: Teague (need something, but not top pick b/c money invested in Teague)
DE: Schoebel, Jones, McKenzie, Irons, Denney (need, but only with right prospect, preferrably speed rusher)
DT: Williams, Adams, Edwards, Bannon (better depth would not hurt)
WLB: Spikes, [Denman] (only for depth/special teams)
MLB: Fletcher, Spoon, [Stevenson] (none)
SLB: Posey, Polk (none/ST)
CB: Winfield, Clements, Thomas, [Watson/Bostic/Brooks/Floyd=2 of four] (better depth needed, but not in round 1 b/c then we will loose Winfield next year
SS: Wire (if Reese impresses, Prioleau competes w/Wire)
FS: Prioleau, Reese, [Driver] (need, but is there a rookie that could beat out Prioleau/Reese?)
K: Lindell
P: Moorman
KR/PR: (need somebody)
Trading down from first round seems like best option so we can get quality depth from rounds 2-5 without worrying about how much we are paying the rook and whether or not he is a bust.
Any way you look at it, looks a lot better than this time last year!
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