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Before the draft, I thought we should draft defense all day on day 1. Mainly safety, which is still an issue and alot of discussion can be had about that.
But I just realized how talent loaded our defense is, and how we grew it within:
1st rounders:
Peppers
Lewis ( free agent, backup )
Morgan
Beason
Davis
Gamble
2nd Rounders:
Rucker
Jenkins
Marshall
Lucas ( Free agent )
Minter
OTHER:
Kemo, undrafted, Free agent
Salley, 4th rounder
Of the current starters, only 2 are Free agents, Lucas and Kemo. I am presuming Diggs will not start.
Of the key backups, We drafted marshall / Gamble, McGlover / Johnson, Morehead, Seward, Anderson. The free agents are all role players.
The only real busts on day 1 under these guys was Ellison. Manning is gone, but he was a good player while here.
Without knowing this, it was obvious defense was our strength.
A few moves in the draft made our offense much more home grown - but still reflects failures in drafting offensive players, particularly LINEMEN.
1st rounders on offense:
Gross
D. Williams (backup)
2nd rounders:
Kalil ( I project as starter )
Foster ( some might call a bust - never 1000 yards )
Jarret
Colbert (bust )
Shelton (bust )
*Also busted on Bruce Nelson
That's 3 second round busts, maybe 4.
3rd rounders:
Smitty
Mathis ( bust? )
Wharton
Butler ( hopeful )
*Also busted on Seidman
Hoover, Goings, were undrafted, while our top 3 RB's were drafted in rounds 1 and 2. We have a 7th rounder at TE.
Key free agents starting - only Wahle was a high pick:
Wahle 2nd rounder, FA
Delhomme ( undrafted )
Bridges ( 6th rounder maybe starter )
Hartwig ( 6th rounder maybe starter )
Anyway - I'm very happy with the draft. While I think Fox's tenure has succeeded in drafting defensively, they have failed drafting offensively, and the results show it.
The combination of drafting a WR ( our entire WR corps is homegrown ), snagging Kalil and dumping Henning could really pay off.
But I just realized how talent loaded our defense is, and how we grew it within:
1st rounders:
Peppers
Lewis ( free agent, backup )
Morgan
Beason
Davis
Gamble
2nd Rounders:
Rucker
Jenkins
Marshall
Lucas ( Free agent )
Minter
OTHER:
Kemo, undrafted, Free agent
Salley, 4th rounder
Of the current starters, only 2 are Free agents, Lucas and Kemo. I am presuming Diggs will not start.
Of the key backups, We drafted marshall / Gamble, McGlover / Johnson, Morehead, Seward, Anderson. The free agents are all role players.
The only real busts on day 1 under these guys was Ellison. Manning is gone, but he was a good player while here.
Without knowing this, it was obvious defense was our strength.
A few moves in the draft made our offense much more home grown - but still reflects failures in drafting offensive players, particularly LINEMEN.
1st rounders on offense:
Gross
D. Williams (backup)
2nd rounders:
Kalil ( I project as starter )
Foster ( some might call a bust - never 1000 yards )
Jarret
Colbert (bust )
Shelton (bust )
*Also busted on Bruce Nelson
That's 3 second round busts, maybe 4.
3rd rounders:
Smitty
Mathis ( bust? )
Wharton
Butler ( hopeful )
*Also busted on Seidman
Hoover, Goings, were undrafted, while our top 3 RB's were drafted in rounds 1 and 2. We have a 7th rounder at TE.
Key free agents starting - only Wahle was a high pick:
Wahle 2nd rounder, FA
Delhomme ( undrafted )
Bridges ( 6th rounder maybe starter )
Hartwig ( 6th rounder maybe starter )
Anyway - I'm very happy with the draft. While I think Fox's tenure has succeeded in drafting defensively, they have failed drafting offensively, and the results show it.
The combination of drafting a WR ( our entire WR corps is homegrown ), snagging Kalil and dumping Henning could really pay off.
