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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Not sure. He has to fix the defensive backend. The problem is that the Safety class this year is awful. Most of them are true SS, which we do not need. The FS class is just non existent.
There is no FS I like this year. So we could be picking up a 2nd round CB and move either McC or Ras I Dowling to FS.
Front 4 needs more of a fixing. You can hide the DB flaws if you have stout front 4(ie Giants)
-Carter will be 34 and not a full time player with injury and age
-Ellis, Warren are 34+, old and done
-Resign Mark Anderson ?
-Wilfork will be 31 this year with no backup
-Brace, supposedly wilfork backup, is a bust
-Rest of D line are JAGS be it Deadrick, Love
Last couple years he seems to take a position and go all in on it. 2 years ago it was TE, last year it RB. This year, ??? It won't be receiver more than likely and I don't know what type of class we'll be getting (which positions are strongest).
But, I imagine BB will do with his picks as he usually does unless he sees the player he really has to have.
Wilfork, Love, Pryor, Anderson, and Deadrick should be the core going forward.
By leveraging his draft picks he is getting 3-4 picks in the first 3 rounds every year. If he uses all the picks the leverage goes away and he only has 2 picks in those rounds.
So if you want to consistently get to the tournament you do it the way BB does it.
This only works if he hits on the picks. He's never chosen an truly unproductive player in the first round. Even the so-called "Busts" had some good years. Meanwhile, the history of the drop downs outside the first round has been extremely spotty.
You would only get the extra 1st for one year then you would be drafting at the end of the first and second round every year. If you have enough quantity you can asorb the misses in the first 3 rounds that every team makes.
Your theory is fine. It's the practice of it that's been a failure. In other words, the problem is that the team hasn't been able to absorb those misses....
I disagree it has been a failure we now have a pretty young core group as BB has turned over the roster in the past 3 years. This is a tougher roster than most to make so not all draft picks will make the team, especially since we always find a UDFA or 2 that make the team.