How would you feel with Patrick Willis at #9?

[diego's fins]

He is an excellent lb who just ran a very good at his workout (4.37 I think). A very productive player and a tackle machine.
He also won the butkus award.
I know we all love zach thomas but we have to accept he is one injury away from retiring and we need to find a replacement. willis is a great value at 9.
We have more pressing needs, I know, but I certainly wouldn't be dissapointed at all with him being our pick.
Can you imagine this line-up?
DE Joey porter
DTkeith traylor
DT vonnie holliday
DE jason taylor
OLB Channing crowder
MLB Zach thomas
OLB Pat willis
.....
We can have this lineup until Zach retires and then pat could take over at MLB

what do you think???

 

[Stitches]

Willis would take Crowder's spot this season, he wouldn't play strong side.

I'd be perfectly happy with Willis at 9 though.

 

[Frayser]

We don't really play a lineup like that anymore, and Porter could not play defensive end. Our front seven for next year is essentially this:

DE - Matt Roth
DT - Keith Traylor
DE - Vonnie Holliday

OLB - Joey Porter
ILB - Zach Thomas
ILB - Channing Crowder
OLB - Jason Taylor

Basically, what I am saying is you can't add Willis to the lineup and play Jason Taylor at end. Removing Roth makes our line to small.

That being said, Willis is a phenomenal player and good value at #9 ala Laron Landry. He could fill in for several positions when guys needed breaks or get hurt, and he can take Zach's spot in another 2 or 3 years.

 

[Namor]

Willis is a great LB,but # 9 is to high for him.
He will go 15 thru 20 and the signing bonus is
way lower than what the 9th pick wiil get.

 

[Frayser]

Willis is a great LB,but # 9 is to high for him.
He will go 15 thru 20 and the signing bonus is
way lower than what the 9th pick wiil get.

Willis will not make it past Buffalo or Carolina. He is borderline Top 10 coming off his impressive workouts.

 

[VT Dolphan]

He wouldn't be a real smart pick for us. Our LB corp is one of the best in the league right now as is, so I'd imagine there wouldn't be a whole lot of playing time to go around. I have little doubt that he'll become a very good linebacker in the NFL, just for another team. We have bigger needs to fill right now.

 

[TexanPhinatic]

Way more pressing needs with players that are rated higher anyway-would be very dissapointed if Willis was drafted, even if we trade down I wouldnt consider him.
Not a bad player, but I dont believe in drafting for depth in the first round, as Willis would be for awhile until we could open a spot for him.

 

[finfan54]

Willis is a great LB,but # 9 is to high for him.
He will go 15 thru 20 and the signing bonus is
way lower than what the 9th pick wiil get.

The winds of change are a blowin my friend. Dont get caught with your pants down in a tornado.

 

[finfan54]

Way more pressing needs with players that are rated higher anyway-would be very dissapointed if Willis was drafted, even if we trade down I wouldnt consider him.
Not a bad player, but I dont believe in drafting for depth in the first round, as Willis would be for awhile until we could open a spot for him.

Willis is great player. Thats all you need to know. He can play outside or inside and take over this D with authority. If its about drafting the BPA, then it doesnt matter if we have ZAch because zach is getting old and his hyperbolic chamber cant save his *** for 20 yeards of hard smakin football.

 

[Sean]

I wouldn't mind Willis

 

[cnc66]

we have one of the best LB corps in the league and YOU want to pick another one with our first pick.... no thanks, not today

 

[Geforce]

Way more pressing needs with players that are rated higher anyway-would be very dissapointed if Willis was drafted, even if we trade down I wouldnt consider him.
Not a bad player, but I dont believe in drafting for depth in the first round, as Willis would be for awhile until we could open a spot for him.

There are not that many players rated higher than Willis right now. If he was underrated, it was because he played at Ole Miss instead of Florida or LSU. His workout just confirmed what many of us already knew. Willis is as instinctive as he is fast.

 

[dolphin23]

I dont mind getting him only if Landry is out and of course Quinn. Theres just nobody else that I can think of who is worthy of being pick #9 Willis would probably be the BPA when #9 comes up. Brown to me has bust written all over him IMO, plus when he gets into the NFL I have a feeling that hes probably more suited to play RT. Staley to me is a way better prospect than him at this point.
And I dont want Branch or Okoye either at 9. If we don't get either of the first 2 players I mentioned then definetly we have to trade down and aquire more picks then and in that case im all for getting Okoye or even Brown.

 

[finfan54]

I dont mind getting him only if Landry is out and of course Quinn. Theres just nobody else that I can think of who is worthy of being pick #9 Willis would probably be the BPA when #9 comes up. Brown to me has bust written all over him IMO, plus when he gets into the NFL I have a feeling that hes probably more suited to play RT. Staley to me is a way better prospect than him at this point.
And I dont want Branch or Okoye either at 9. If we don't get either of the first 2 players I mentioned then definetly we have to trade down and aquire more picks then and in that case im all for getting Okoye or even Brown.

I feel you cant miss with Landry or Willis or Quinn or Brown. It all depends on which direction Mueller wants to go but if you want to play lets make a deal, you start to tell Buffalo that we are very interested in willis. Thats how deals get done.

 

[PYRO]

we already have a good linebacker lineup. What this team needs is an offense that will rate higher than 20th overall. We got rid of 6 linemen, 2 running backs, tightend, and a quarterback. Yea Willis is a good pick up but we have more pressing needs.