Tatonka
04-24-2005, 06:39 PM
i know there has been lots of debate on how we used our day one picks.. it is easy to make a knee jerk reaction.. and i am one of the people (big surprise, i know) that could feel the steam coming out of my ears when i saw we took a wr..
i will say this.. from this draft.. i think we can assume a few things..
1. mularkey obviously wants to use more wrs... it will be disappointing to see one of them cut, but we may actually keep six.. moulds, evans, reed, aikens, parrish, smith.. i hope that is the case.. they all bring something a little different.. i am not upset that we drafted parrish.. i just wish it could have been later.. but he may not have been there.. it is tough right now to get excited about his size.. there are very very few wrs that are his size that can play in the nfl.. people mentioned marvin harrison comparisons.. but harrison is 6' tall.. not 5'9.. i hope he can bring something to the team.. my immediate reaction was obviously major disappointment.. simply based on what we heard from TD himself.. we all expected some help at the LT spot.. but Adam Terry was really the only guy there, and TD also said in his press confrence later, that they just didnt have him rated that high... but on parrish, he has never put up big numbers in his career and most reports say that he is basically a career 3rd wr/slot guy.. so a 2nd seems high for that type of player.. i still hope he does well and makes some plays for us.. but my immediate response is major disappointment in this pick.
2. the two TEs we have may not be on schedule.. we took a te on day one.. which alot of mocks had us doing. i do like everett and he was pretty consistently rated the 3rd best TE in the draft.. i guess i was much more prepaired for this pick.. i thought that alex smith may be our second round pick.. so it is not like this pick was out of left field.. i have seen Everett play against virginia tech, which is a good defense, and he ate us up before we hurt his shoulder. Everett reminds me of randy mcmichael..
3. we still dont have an answer at LT.. my thoughts are that they must be ramping up to have teague or gandy fight it out.. which is far from ideal.. i do also think that LJ Shelton will be cut.. they drafted Elton Brown, and while i know he is a guard, i just cant see them keeping a 3 million dollar back up.. so we may still get shelton.. that really is our only option right now.. if teague ends up out there.. i will say this.. he has definately improved every year he has been here.. so while many will point to his stats from being a LT in denver (myself included).. he has had time with mcnally now, and is a compitent center.. if mcnally feels he can make it at LT, then fine.. but he will be a FA next year.. so we still dont have an answer at LT for the long term.. which is not a spot that i like to see alot of constant change.
4. the two lineman we drafted look like they are solid players.. OTCdraft.com has them both listed as guards, numbers 11 and 13 respectively, with scott young sandwiched between.. but i have confidence that they will be contributors.. they are both very large guys.. i just dont understand going for another G.. when our need is LT.. but you can never have too many lineman.. i also dont think there is any way that Bannan makes this team as a guard.. not with villareal, gandy, anderson, tucker, and the two new guys who can play guard.. Bannan is F'ed.
5. it is a shame that we couldnt move henry.. hopefully something will still happen.. and maybe we can get a player for player trade.. but i am not holding out hope any longer.. hopefully henry wont be a :nuk: and will play and help the team make the playoffs this year. i love the gates pick.. i have seen probably in the range of 5-6 of his games in the past couple years, and he was always a strong player that was fun to watch.
6. TD obviously thinks that Edwards and Anderson are more than capable of replacing pat williams.. i agree.. i guess they also think that kelsay and schobel are capable starters and since they are both locked up for a while.. no need to go get a new DE... i also agree.
there are still some things that are up in the air.. but i am content with what we got.. there are some guys that are UFA that could be nice pick ups like Shazor, Munoz, KayJay Harris, TA Mclendon, and the center from LSU (his name is slipping my mind right now).. all solid players that could have been drafted.. some of them fairly high..
those are my thoughts.. if anyone cares.. i will get off my soapbox now. :up:
i will say this.. from this draft.. i think we can assume a few things..
1. mularkey obviously wants to use more wrs... it will be disappointing to see one of them cut, but we may actually keep six.. moulds, evans, reed, aikens, parrish, smith.. i hope that is the case.. they all bring something a little different.. i am not upset that we drafted parrish.. i just wish it could have been later.. but he may not have been there.. it is tough right now to get excited about his size.. there are very very few wrs that are his size that can play in the nfl.. people mentioned marvin harrison comparisons.. but harrison is 6' tall.. not 5'9.. i hope he can bring something to the team.. my immediate reaction was obviously major disappointment.. simply based on what we heard from TD himself.. we all expected some help at the LT spot.. but Adam Terry was really the only guy there, and TD also said in his press confrence later, that they just didnt have him rated that high... but on parrish, he has never put up big numbers in his career and most reports say that he is basically a career 3rd wr/slot guy.. so a 2nd seems high for that type of player.. i still hope he does well and makes some plays for us.. but my immediate response is major disappointment in this pick.
2. the two TEs we have may not be on schedule.. we took a te on day one.. which alot of mocks had us doing. i do like everett and he was pretty consistently rated the 3rd best TE in the draft.. i guess i was much more prepaired for this pick.. i thought that alex smith may be our second round pick.. so it is not like this pick was out of left field.. i have seen Everett play against virginia tech, which is a good defense, and he ate us up before we hurt his shoulder. Everett reminds me of randy mcmichael..
3. we still dont have an answer at LT.. my thoughts are that they must be ramping up to have teague or gandy fight it out.. which is far from ideal.. i do also think that LJ Shelton will be cut.. they drafted Elton Brown, and while i know he is a guard, i just cant see them keeping a 3 million dollar back up.. so we may still get shelton.. that really is our only option right now.. if teague ends up out there.. i will say this.. he has definately improved every year he has been here.. so while many will point to his stats from being a LT in denver (myself included).. he has had time with mcnally now, and is a compitent center.. if mcnally feels he can make it at LT, then fine.. but he will be a FA next year.. so we still dont have an answer at LT for the long term.. which is not a spot that i like to see alot of constant change.
4. the two lineman we drafted look like they are solid players.. OTCdraft.com has them both listed as guards, numbers 11 and 13 respectively, with scott young sandwiched between.. but i have confidence that they will be contributors.. they are both very large guys.. i just dont understand going for another G.. when our need is LT.. but you can never have too many lineman.. i also dont think there is any way that Bannan makes this team as a guard.. not with villareal, gandy, anderson, tucker, and the two new guys who can play guard.. Bannan is F'ed.
5. it is a shame that we couldnt move henry.. hopefully something will still happen.. and maybe we can get a player for player trade.. but i am not holding out hope any longer.. hopefully henry wont be a :nuk: and will play and help the team make the playoffs this year. i love the gates pick.. i have seen probably in the range of 5-6 of his games in the past couple years, and he was always a strong player that was fun to watch.
6. TD obviously thinks that Edwards and Anderson are more than capable of replacing pat williams.. i agree.. i guess they also think that kelsay and schobel are capable starters and since they are both locked up for a while.. no need to go get a new DE... i also agree.
there are still some things that are up in the air.. but i am content with what we got.. there are some guys that are UFA that could be nice pick ups like Shazor, Munoz, KayJay Harris, TA Mclendon, and the center from LSU (his name is slipping my mind right now).. all solid players that could have been drafted.. some of them fairly high..
those are my thoughts.. if anyone cares.. i will get off my soapbox now. :up: