I had a dream

[Piper]

You know you are a draft nick when you dream about the draft. Remember, this is just something I dreamed, not my dream scenerio.

OK, here's my dream I had about my draft. Don't know how I feel about it.

Carr gets taken first. Buffalo does in fact want Harrington, and ends up sending us their 2003 #1 and thier 2002 #4 overall for our #2. They take Harrington. Idiots, I think. Yall need a tackle. Detroit, smiling, takes Peppers. We take Jammer. In the second round, we take Saleem Rasheed, and we take Will Overstreet in the third.

Thinking about it, if we made a deal like that and took Jammer, I'd still look at Weaver, Denney, Johnson, a DE that would likely be there. But I dreamed Rasheed and Overstreet, perhaps because I'm familar.

We would be getting 2 number 1 picks in 2003, possibly a second high pick. Overstreet would try to improve upon what Slade gave us, I think he would. High motor player, fast. Rasheed would fill out the weakside, I think he can be a playmaker there.

 

[SandMan]

Originally posted by Piper
We would be getting 2 number 1 picks in 2003, possibly a second high pick.

Can we afford that? As I have admitted, I am not a draft guru... that being said, for some reason, I have thought all along that trading our first pick for something like you mentioned above would be in our best interest.

Being a Tarheel fan and all, I still don't think Peppers is a #2 and I am afraid thats what we will take if we keep that pick...

 

[magnus]

Agree on Rasheed. And if we had to get by with a situational rusher (including Freeney, I guess) then we could. Getting a right end type is better than nothing, with two DEs being FA after the year.

 

[magnus]

Re: Re: I had a dream

Originally posted by SandMan


Can we afford that? As I have admitted, I am not a draft guru...

To which? Can we afford to take some of our picks into future seasons? Not unless we get a #1 or a #2 out of the deal.

Can we afford not to take Peppers? I'm at a loss for an answer there. I think we can but only for the right deal. Jammer definately fits what we want at left corner.

 

[BearBryant]

Is Rasheed worth our No.2? I don't see him being around for our No3 but I don't feel he is worth our No2 but I also don't really know shit about drafting value either.

 

[magnus]

Depends. He's pretty much rated the #2-#4 linebacker in the draft, and there isn't much going ahead of him. Problem is, the next one down from him that's like him, Levar Fisher, is a drop off IMO.

 

[Piper]

Re: Re: I had a dream

Afford, as in having 2 high picks in 2003?

As of right now, we don't project to be as bad off as we've been cap wise I don't think. As expensive as they are, #1 draft picks don't eat the space that high price FA do.

 

[Piper]

Depending on how you see Rush guys like Freeney and Kalimba, only Harris is rated higher than Saleem by most of the services. A few even rate Saleem the highest, I think Tony does, or did.

 

[mramailman]

As long as your dream included trading down for more picks whether this year or not, I'm cool with it.

 

[McFly41]

It does kind of make sense. Expectations for Fox in his first year can really be to only improve on last year. Should be able to do that without a problem.
Adding picks next year won't sit well with people who don't really understand the rebuilding process. Many would argue that we are making a mistake, but it would be a move for the future of the organization. Not taking Peppers, for any reason, would send the HOMERS into frenzy... I am all for that!