No, he's not tipping his hand- I think he did a good job of saying alot of nothing about who he will pick. He drove all around the subject- but I'm sure the draft board on his wall is different than the boards on our walls. I don't know what he will do at 20 (if he can't trade down) 'cause in all likelyhood Andrews will not be there- no matter how many draft guru's have him falling to Miami. And even so- there are many questions about his weight (some of which I think are bogus because of his circumstances) Rick also stated that a leopard can't change his spots and specifically mentioned weight gain/loss especially when it comes to getting a contract. There are too many variables at pick 20 to pin the tail on the player. And I agree, in absence of a trade, he will pick BPA and it could likely be a WR because of the depth in that position.
Here's a snippet from the transcript and why I think Rick will have a difficult decision at pick #20:
"I don’t know if we’ve even looked at it like that, because I don’t think you try to say, ‘Okay, you feel a lot better about your receivers than you do your offensive line.’ And then you pass up, let’s say, a Randy Moss because you felt more comfortable with an offensive linemen. We were in a scenario, I remember in Detroit, where we had Herman Moore and Brett Perriman, and the best available player that came up was Johnnie Morton, who ended up being a very good player for us and had a very good NFL career. And we went three wide receivers. I think that was the year with Scott Mitchell when we had two or three guys I think caught over 1,000 yards and set an NFL record that year. So do you pass up a player that’s sitting there that is that high on your board, with that much value because you need a need? That’s the biggest question."
