OK fellow GM's we are on the clock for pick #64. What do we do now?
A) Trade down for more picks?
B) Draft somebody?
1. QB-Not now
2. RB-Perhaps. However, there are many good ones, some will be there in the 6th and 7th. But at 64 Kevin Smith and Jamaal Charles seem worthy and Booker is gone.
3. C-Not yet
4. OG-Intriguing. Top guards Roy Schuening, John Greco, and Eric Young are waiting for the draft's run on guards. With Long, one of these guys could bring back the Webb*/Sims mystique.
5. TE-Pretty picked over, but Martin Rucker is there. We have Fasano.
6. OT-Not a bad idea. It would guarantee a good OL to have 3 good OT's and Anthony Collins and Carl Nicks are excellent prospects still out there.
7. WR-A position of need but rarely does a rookie make an impact. This WR class is marginal and has been picked over already by other wideout hungry teams. Worth a look here are Harry Douglas, DJ Hall, and Henne's boys Mario Manningham and Adrian Arrington. A 6th or 7th project guy might bring more value than #64.
8. DT-Intriguing also. Like OG there are top DT's on the board who project as nice 3-4 NT's. Pat Sims, Frank Okam, Ahtyba Rubin, and Red Bryant head the list.
9. DE-You can never have too many good DE's but these guys are picked over. Not now.
10. ILB-The top ILB's are are on the board. They are not ideal size for the 3-4 (tall,big), but Beau Bell, Dan Conner, Jeremy Leman, and Johnathon Goff all seem like young field general types to lead a rebuilding defense. With Ayodele we are covered there for now; perhaps we can wait.
11. OLB-Implementing the 3-4 requires a new set of larger, tweener DE/LB's with pass rush skills. We need more than one of these guys: Marcus Howard (my pet choice), Erin Henderson, Shawn Crable, and Curtis Johnson. We must establish our pass-rush from here. It's possible to find DE/OLB tweeners late but more and more teams like the 3-4.
12. S-Another neglected position ripe with prospects: Quintin Demps, Thomas DeCoud, and David Roach all look good. Notice they are all SS/FS types; pure SS guys (ie Roy Williams) are becoming dinosaurs if they cant cover quick slot guys. Avoid!
13. CB-Tempting talent remains at this marquuis position. Size is becoming very important esp. with Moss in NE. Charles Godfrey, Antwann Molden, Patrick Lee, Tyvon Branch all would fortify our outside nicely.
Doing the math, I see many possibilites; some very atttractive, ut we don't have enough picks in the next 120 to get many of them. These are top players with small salaries, the teams backbone and future. So my first inclination is to trade the pick to acquire more picks. But if no one is interested or willing, we should take the guy at the top of a non-premium position OG, S, DT, a need at OLB, or a CB which still has 2nd round talent left.
1. Schuening-Webb and Sims II
2. Howard-untold talent
3. Godfrey-top corner
4. Demps-top safety
So what will we do at #64???
RW
A) Trade down for more picks?
B) Draft somebody?
1. QB-Not now
2. RB-Perhaps. However, there are many good ones, some will be there in the 6th and 7th. But at 64 Kevin Smith and Jamaal Charles seem worthy and Booker is gone.
3. C-Not yet
4. OG-Intriguing. Top guards Roy Schuening, John Greco, and Eric Young are waiting for the draft's run on guards. With Long, one of these guys could bring back the Webb*/Sims mystique.
5. TE-Pretty picked over, but Martin Rucker is there. We have Fasano.
6. OT-Not a bad idea. It would guarantee a good OL to have 3 good OT's and Anthony Collins and Carl Nicks are excellent prospects still out there.
7. WR-A position of need but rarely does a rookie make an impact. This WR class is marginal and has been picked over already by other wideout hungry teams. Worth a look here are Harry Douglas, DJ Hall, and Henne's boys Mario Manningham and Adrian Arrington. A 6th or 7th project guy might bring more value than #64.
8. DT-Intriguing also. Like OG there are top DT's on the board who project as nice 3-4 NT's. Pat Sims, Frank Okam, Ahtyba Rubin, and Red Bryant head the list.
9. DE-You can never have too many good DE's but these guys are picked over. Not now.
10. ILB-The top ILB's are are on the board. They are not ideal size for the 3-4 (tall,big), but Beau Bell, Dan Conner, Jeremy Leman, and Johnathon Goff all seem like young field general types to lead a rebuilding defense. With Ayodele we are covered there for now; perhaps we can wait.
11. OLB-Implementing the 3-4 requires a new set of larger, tweener DE/LB's with pass rush skills. We need more than one of these guys: Marcus Howard (my pet choice), Erin Henderson, Shawn Crable, and Curtis Johnson. We must establish our pass-rush from here. It's possible to find DE/OLB tweeners late but more and more teams like the 3-4.
12. S-Another neglected position ripe with prospects: Quintin Demps, Thomas DeCoud, and David Roach all look good. Notice they are all SS/FS types; pure SS guys (ie Roy Williams) are becoming dinosaurs if they cant cover quick slot guys. Avoid!
13. CB-Tempting talent remains at this marquuis position. Size is becoming very important esp. with Moss in NE. Charles Godfrey, Antwann Molden, Patrick Lee, Tyvon Branch all would fortify our outside nicely.
Doing the math, I see many possibilites; some very atttractive, ut we don't have enough picks in the next 120 to get many of them. These are top players with small salaries, the teams backbone and future. So my first inclination is to trade the pick to acquire more picks. But if no one is interested or willing, we should take the guy at the top of a non-premium position OG, S, DT, a need at OLB, or a CB which still has 2nd round talent left.
1. Schuening-Webb and Sims II
2. Howard-untold talent
3. Godfrey-top corner
4. Demps-top safety
So what will we do at #64???
RW
