With the draft almost here, and with a seemingly lack of consensus about what position we should draft and indeed who should be that player, I reckon this would be an interesting suggestion.
No34 (from Oakland via Atlanta)
No37 (Atlanta)
No48 (from Houston via Atlanta)
Instead of one selection on a potential boom/bust player, we get 3 chances to get it right and if we consider the following positions there might be value in the decision.
WR. Kelly may well be available but having researched James Hardy more he seems to have cleaned up his act over the last 2 years and a 6ft6, 220lbs No2 who runs a 4.50 would be a great addition. Is he such an inferior option to Thomas or Sweed?
CB. We have all heard of DRC, McKeon, Jenkins, Cason, Flowers etc and indeed one or two of them might be available in R2, but almost certainly will be Justin King, a 6ft guy out of Penn St, who has run a 4.31 who will offer great depth in the secondary and maybe push to start by midseason
TE. Well, there is no-one who is really a R1 option, but with the additional selections in R2, we could even grab 2 TEs - automatically they will be upgrades over Anderson and Johnson
and then we can also consider other areas.
DL. With the injury history of Stroud and McCargo, selecting Sims or Moore wouldn't hurt, or a DE like Quentin Groves or Lawrence Wilson
OL. It is quite possible we can get depth here, a guard like McGlynn or Zuttah ... and allow us to then go for a C in R3.
RB. If there was a chance to nab a RB like Johnson, Forte, or Rice could we pass it up? As the Packers have proven, you can never have too many.
Trading down yet stockpiling 4 picks on Day1 will allow us to draft quality but not overpay for it. I would really like to see the following
R2a James Hardy WR
R2b Dre Moore DT/DE
R2c (ours) Justin King CB
R2d John Carlson TE
We have filled all our key roles with quality on Day1, plus had a luxury pick for depth
For those interested I'd then go
R3 Jeremy Zuttah G/C
R4a Owen Schmitt FB
R4b Jamey Richard C/G
R5 Trevor Scott DE
R6 Adarius Bowman WR
R7a Kyle Wright QB
R7b BPA
- With a great deal of depth in the draft there appears to be a lack of difference between some players who might go in R1 and someone going in R3
- Some possible players available at No11 will be a significant reach due to possible injury, lack of performance at the combine/pro days, lack of consistent production in college (1 season wonders?)
- Outside the top 7-8 there seem to be few players at positions we need who can make an immediate impact
- Brian Brohm has apparently been moving up in the estimation of several teams
No34 (from Oakland via Atlanta)
No37 (Atlanta)
No48 (from Houston via Atlanta)
Instead of one selection on a potential boom/bust player, we get 3 chances to get it right and if we consider the following positions there might be value in the decision.
WR. Kelly may well be available but having researched James Hardy more he seems to have cleaned up his act over the last 2 years and a 6ft6, 220lbs No2 who runs a 4.50 would be a great addition. Is he such an inferior option to Thomas or Sweed?
CB. We have all heard of DRC, McKeon, Jenkins, Cason, Flowers etc and indeed one or two of them might be available in R2, but almost certainly will be Justin King, a 6ft guy out of Penn St, who has run a 4.31 who will offer great depth in the secondary and maybe push to start by midseason
TE. Well, there is no-one who is really a R1 option, but with the additional selections in R2, we could even grab 2 TEs - automatically they will be upgrades over Anderson and Johnson
and then we can also consider other areas.
DL. With the injury history of Stroud and McCargo, selecting Sims or Moore wouldn't hurt, or a DE like Quentin Groves or Lawrence Wilson
OL. It is quite possible we can get depth here, a guard like McGlynn or Zuttah ... and allow us to then go for a C in R3.
RB. If there was a chance to nab a RB like Johnson, Forte, or Rice could we pass it up? As the Packers have proven, you can never have too many.
Trading down yet stockpiling 4 picks on Day1 will allow us to draft quality but not overpay for it. I would really like to see the following
R2a James Hardy WR
R2b Dre Moore DT/DE
R2c (ours) Justin King CB
R2d John Carlson TE
We have filled all our key roles with quality on Day1, plus had a luxury pick for depth
For those interested I'd then go
R3 Jeremy Zuttah G/C
R4a Owen Schmitt FB
R4b Jamey Richard C/G
R5 Trevor Scott DE
R6 Adarius Bowman WR
R7a Kyle Wright QB
R7b BPA
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