normaniii
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IMO you can only realistically expect a 1st round pick to start or compete for starting spot day 1. After that you should be looking at depth and players to hopefully contribute.
We should identify the strength of the 1st round and then tailor FA accordingly. At #19, IMO the strength is WR & OT, with OT by far the bigger need, with players like Taylor Lewan, Cyrus Kouandijio and Zach Martin all expected to go around that spot.
Thereafter we should identify the deepest positions of the draft, targeting players who drop due to combine or lack of size etc. This year I would go for OT obviously, DT (2-4), WR & CB. I would select 2 players at each spot, having them compete day one and improving the possibility of filling that need. I would then tailor Free Agency accordingly.
For example. at CB, we already have Taylor, Wilson & Davis. I would resign Grimes, but let Carroll walk and cut Patterson.
At DT I would resign only 1 of Starks & Soliai, with Starks being my preference.
Only other id resign would be John Jerry.
With this in mind I would look at Free Agency to sign a RB & OT, my preference would be LaGarrette Blount & Jared Veldheer. Thereafter I would look at players released for depth.
If we had taken this approach last year for example, the 4 positions in draft that I would have identified would have been, WR, OG, DT & DE (nobody expected Vernon to breakout)
With this in mind I would have re-signed, Bush, Hartline, Fasano (never injured and underrated) & Sean Smith. Would have kept both Dansby & Burnett and signed Clabo & Grimes.
I would have targeted DT in 1st round (Shariff Floyd, Lotuleilei & Sheldon Richardson) and players again who dropped due to combine or size/weight,length issues.
Draft would have gone:-
1-Star Lotuleilei DT - rated higher than any DT before combine and health scare
2-Larry Warford OG
2-DaMontre Moore DE
3-Quinton Pattern WR
4-Jesse Williams DT
5-Brandon Jenkins DE
5-Cobi Hamilton WR
7-TJ Johnson OG/C
I would have selected these based on BPA via http://www.nfl.com/draft/2013/tracker#dt-tabs:dt-by-position/dt-by-position-input:ol which IMO has the best player ratings not taking into account combine etc
We should identify the strength of the 1st round and then tailor FA accordingly. At #19, IMO the strength is WR & OT, with OT by far the bigger need, with players like Taylor Lewan, Cyrus Kouandijio and Zach Martin all expected to go around that spot.
Thereafter we should identify the deepest positions of the draft, targeting players who drop due to combine or lack of size etc. This year I would go for OT obviously, DT (2-4), WR & CB. I would select 2 players at each spot, having them compete day one and improving the possibility of filling that need. I would then tailor Free Agency accordingly.
For example. at CB, we already have Taylor, Wilson & Davis. I would resign Grimes, but let Carroll walk and cut Patterson.
At DT I would resign only 1 of Starks & Soliai, with Starks being my preference.
Only other id resign would be John Jerry.
With this in mind I would look at Free Agency to sign a RB & OT, my preference would be LaGarrette Blount & Jared Veldheer. Thereafter I would look at players released for depth.
If we had taken this approach last year for example, the 4 positions in draft that I would have identified would have been, WR, OG, DT & DE (nobody expected Vernon to breakout)
With this in mind I would have re-signed, Bush, Hartline, Fasano (never injured and underrated) & Sean Smith. Would have kept both Dansby & Burnett and signed Clabo & Grimes.
I would have targeted DT in 1st round (Shariff Floyd, Lotuleilei & Sheldon Richardson) and players again who dropped due to combine or size/weight,length issues.
Draft would have gone:-
1-Star Lotuleilei DT - rated higher than any DT before combine and health scare
2-Larry Warford OG
2-DaMontre Moore DE
3-Quinton Pattern WR
4-Jesse Williams DT
5-Brandon Jenkins DE
5-Cobi Hamilton WR
7-TJ Johnson OG/C
I would have selected these based on BPA via http://www.nfl.com/draft/2013/tracker#dt-tabs:dt-by-position/dt-by-position-input:ol which IMO has the best player ratings not taking into account combine etc
