If Cam / Mueller are seriously interested in drafting Qb B. Quinn, we'll likely trade up in order to get him. How far is anyone's guess....
If we choose to stand fast, I would expect us to draft L. Brown to bolster the OL. The other option may be Ohio State WR T. Ginn. No matter what, we're looking to draft a very solid player at #9.....
PHINZ RULE!!!!!
I'd love to get Quinn. In fact, he's who I want in this draft. I'd be HIGHLY dissappointed if we went WR in round 1.
Kiper has actually had Quinn falling to us at #9 for over 2 weeks now (on the ESPN ticker anyway). However, given all the FA moves as of late, that looks less and less likely. He probably won't make it past #2 or 3 now, since detroit signed an OT so they don't need Joe Thomas as bad, and he was the guy most "experts" had them taking, and the Browns nabbed Jamal Lewis so they don't need Adrian Peterson now, leaving both to focus on QB. IF he slides past them, there is always the Vikings to worry about, although I'm still not sure (or maybe I'm just hoping) they are ready to give up on their 2nd rounder Jackson after only 1 year. The biggest concern for me is now the Texans. It's been made pretty clear they are giving up on Carr, and they just signed Ahman Green so the Peterson pick may not happen (although they could still grab him since Green is older and doesn't have many eyars left).
This is where the trade up scenerios beciome key, and this is where Wes Welker's move to the Pats actually put us in a great position (although I'll miss the little guy). Going by the draft value chart, our 3 picks in the first 2 rounds are valued as follows:
Round 1 (#9): 1,350
Round 2 (#40): 500
Round 2 (#60): 300
so our 1st rounder plus our natural 2nd rounder (#40) would total 1,850, which is enough (theoretically) to trade up to the Bucs' spot at #4 (1,800 value for #4 overall pick). Our 1st rounder and the Pats 2nd rounder (#60) would be worth 1,650, which would give us the value to trade up to the Redskins' #6 overall pick (1,600 value). Now, BOTH of these would put us ahead of the Vikings at #7 and Houston at #8, so IF Quinn slides past Oakland, Detroit, and Cleveland we would be in a GREAT position (again, purely theoretical since it takes the Bucs or Redskins to agree to the trade).
I'm not worried about Oakland, Russel is highly overrated so Al Davis will pick him (lol), plus Quinn doesn't seem to fit the Raider mold at all. He doesn't have the Raider mentality or image. So Detroit and Cleveland are really the biggest threats. We don't have enough value to trade that far up, unless we get into giving picks from the 2008 draft too, and I'm not sure I'm willing to invest THAT much in Quinn. Trading up to #4 or #6 would be a great value IMO because we have two pick in the 2nd round, so we'd be able to move up to grab him AND still have a 2nd rounder. However, given ALL of the other needs we have too, I wouldn't be willing to give up more than that just to move into Detroit or Cleveland's spots.
A dream scenerio would be the rumors of us getting Green for so cheap (late round pick I believe is the rumor) and drafting Quinn and having him sit for a year or maybe even 2 and learn from Green. I think Green would be a great addition in terms of a veteran mentor, and I would gladly welcome him for that aspect, but if we are interested in him to become our QB for X amount of years (like Culpepper was brought in to be) then I am going to be extremely dissappointed, as he is just another "old" QB who is prety much past his prime. A good temporary fix, maybe, but we have been using "temporary fixes" since Marino left and it hasn't worked and I'm sick of it.
