Mock Draft Thread

putting a corner on a TE that can split is an interesting choice but situational only. Teams do fool themselves a bit in putting personnel packages out based on the offense's personnel, not what you're trying to stop, but doing too much extra corner on the field for a TE can be used against you.

The end result is that, in my mind, Munnerlyn was an adequate c2 corner as you might expect, but having him do what we need in this defense was a disaster. Even if he was good, in this division you can use three good ones.

I wonder if we just pick up Asante Samuel and deal with his complete lack of toughness. And that does seem to be a small trade off with Kirkpatrick, who's almost needlessly tall and whose physicality might work better in man. He does draw similarities to Jammer, but Rivera didn't pick him obviously.

 

Wow, you listen before jumping right in and making an ass of yourself, then make a thoughtful post? Are you sure you are in the right place?

I agree with everything you say. I'd love to get the best "fast twitch" defender out there, such as Babin, or Pierre Paul or Von Miller. So far when I've been reading the closest I see to that is UNC's Zach Brown. Apparently that guy is rumored to run a 4.3 40. I haven't watched enough tape on him to validate whether his speed translates into something we could harness into a pass rush. But I do feel confident in saying we don't have ANY fast twitch guys, unless Thomas Davis makes a miraculous recovery.

 

Zach Brown is a good player, but LB in the 1st just isn't going to happen.

 

At least I have my own opinion. Youre obviously not bright enough to do anything more than to regurgitate everyone else's. You never know, someone might want to move up to get someone we have no interest in. Honestly, there's some good OL prospects around our pick. So you're telling me we picked Cam #1 and overspent for DW and we wouldn't take a blue chip OL over a mediocre corner, or D lineman when we overspent for Johnson-drafted 2 tackles in the third round and got a DT in FA still on the books plus a couple guys that didn't look too bad replacing the rookie DTs?Guys want who they want here, that's fine, I have solid reasons for my take as well.

Where do you figure I'm sucking up? I don't agree with Magnus but he doesn't act like an immature, inbred, fresh out of the slammer wanna be douchebag. If you could read and use an inference( go look up what it means), you'd know "you don't get it" refers to what I was trying to say and not that he doesn't "get it" at all. With your limited intellect you'd be best served by shutting the fuck up.

 

hahahaha that's funny

 

Lol, except for Brees and Sproles all of their starting offense was drafted mostly since 06(Henderson 04, Brown 05)
06 draft Bush-not bad, but disappointing for a #1
Harper- ok but gets toasted a lot
Strief-back up OT played a lot this year
Evans-good G
Colston-pretty good

07 draft
Meachum-
Bushrod

08 draft

Went defense Ellis Porter Pressley
Picked up starting G Nicks

09 draft
DB Jenkins
P Moorstead

10 Draft
Robinson CB
Graham TE from hell

11 draft
Ingram looks like a beast

They did draft heavy on D but I went through and picked the guys out that didn't suck, tell me if I missed someone. They seem to be better at picking offensive talent. I stand somewhat corrected, while they had intentions of helping the defense their successes were mainly on the offensive side of the ball.

....but I don't know what I'm talking about

 

Eh, in this case I'm not focused on position so much as skillset. Who can potentially get to the QB more consistently? It would seem just based on what I've read that Brown should be able to do that better than Coples, and certainly helps by matching up with athletic TE's well.

 

If you want a pass rushing LB then you want Upshaw. Brown is more a cover & tackle guy.

 

Cover and tackle LB is what we need with the Thomas Davis situation up in the air.

 

Zach Brown might make an able WLB, but I don't see him as instinctive or dynamic. We need players at LB, but we don't need one badly enough to put a 1st into a guy who's not impact, and I could argue not at all at LB. But, the project type guy doesn't work either, and I've gone on enough about what I think an Upshaw could do in this defense.