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I was just looking at the interactive mock happening as we speak on this board, and it hit me:
1. Miami- Matt Ryan, QB, Boston College 2. St. Louis- Chris Long, DE, Virginia 3. Atlanta- Jake Long, OT, Michigan 4. Oakland Baron Patriot- Darren McFadden, RB, Arkansas 5. Kansas City Handel- Jeff Otah, OT, Pittsburgh 6. New York Jets- Vernon Gholston, DE/OLB, Ohio State 7. New England- Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, CB, Tennessee State 8. Baltimore- Ryan Clady, OT, Boise State 9. Cincinnati- Sedrick Ellis, DT, USC 10. New Orleans- Glen Dorsey, DT, LSU 11. Buffalo- Keith Rivers, LB, USC 12. Denver- Leodis McKelvin, CB, Troy 13. Carolina- Chris William, OT, Vanderbilt 14. Chicago- Rashard Mendenhall, RB, Illinois 15. Detroit- Trevor Laws, DT Notre Dame 16. Arizona- Kenny Philips, S, Miami 17. Minnesota- Quentin Groves, DE, Auburn Halfway through the 1st round, there's now exactly one player left who you might expect to have a significant impact on the Pats lineup at OLB (Avril). Meanwhile at CB you still have a good half-dozen very strong prospects. Add in BB/SPs history of drafting DBs with pedestrian measurables (but great field awareness and ball skills), and springing CB at #7 looks like very poor use of resources. Fire away, of course. ![]() |
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I think watching the first 6 will fascinating. We could get lucky and someone falls to us like; J.Long or Gholston. Especially, if M.Ryan and D.McFadden go early. But, I don't see that happening. We might want to dance(trade out of 7). But, you need to find a willing partner.
Teams are leery of tying up a lot of money into a top 10 pick if they can get value at 13 or 14. We have to hope someone is giddy about S.Ellis,R.Clady or possibly Ryan. I'd say better than 50/50 we can trade out. But, it may not all be for picks this year. We would get their 1. But, who knows what other picks would be. I don't think we'll take a cb at 7. We can trade pretty high into the 2nd round if we use 62 and 69. The value chart would put that pick at 38. |
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I think Jake Long and Vernon Gholston are going one-two.....and I'll bet anyone an imaginary fiver on it.
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I'll take you up on that Jackson. Chris Long will be drafted before Jake Long.
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IMO, if there's one kind of player who could make a real difference on this team it's the Ware/Merriman kind. And of course, Ware & Merriman were top-12 picks. If the Pats think Groves comes close to Ware/Merriman potential, to heck with even the best CB. |
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However, from what I have heard, Jake Long is good but not another Joe Thomas and Vernon Gholston has a pile of potential, but has never played OLB. Part of my doubts about the #1 pick came down to this: Miami will probably play 3-4 next year. I can imagine that Gholston and Chris Long could make great 4-3 ends. However, I am not sure that I would want to spend #1 money on players who *project* to OLB in the pros. What has struck me is how little I know about these players. It would be interesting to see if Miami works out Gholston and Long, getting them to cover speedy running backs and TEs, as well as testing their lateral movement. If they do, and pass such a test with flying colours, then Chris Long/Gholston would be good bets to go at #1 or #2.
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Right Tackles don't go #1 or #2 very often, and that is what Jake Long is in the NFL. I'd bet an imaginary Benji on that one.
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