1. I disagree that Ryan is as accurate as Beck. When I watch Ryan's games he doesn't hit people in stride like Beck does. He makes his receivers make harder catches (like Harrington did, but not as bad). I think that hurts his completion percentage particularly on the longer passes. And I don't think height is much of an issue if your QB is at least 6'2". Anything above that only provides very marginal advantages (if any). The age is a downgrade as far as potential longevity but I think there are other factors that affect so I don't place as much importance on that as other factors (ie. accuracy). I do believe that Ryan is a good prospect but he's not great and certainly no more worthy of being the #1 overall than Beck was. All in all I believe that Beck has a slightly higher chance of NFL success.
2. I agree that there is a drop of from Long to the other Ts. I'm starting to believe that he could have a Joe Thomas-like affect on our line. I think you make a great point about the skill set requirements for LTs being in flux. And while I still believe that C. Long is the most likely choice I would be every bit as happy with J. Long.
3. I'm worried about the ILB position. If we don't take an ILB early then I think they may be planning on just using bodies there to plug up the middle and aren't really looking for playmakers at this time. I personally would really like Dan Conner at 2a (should last this )or 2b (probably won't last this long).
Well, ur contradicting what the "experts" say. They say that "vision" and "accuracy" are actually Matt Ryan's "strong" points.
And a unanimous consensus have Matt Ryan a franchise material, top 5 QB. Beck was a unanimous consensue of "not" being a franchise QB and all but a 2nd round pick at most.