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Re: 2010 Draft Prospects.
Right now I see 4 potential areas meriting a day 1 pick, with 4 day 1 picks:
1. DE/LB. Our biggest area of need, OLB > ILB, but I could see potentially 2 picks in this area. One could be a current college DE who would play DE in the 4-3 and OLB in the 3-4. This includes players like senior Greg Hardy and juniors Jason Pierre-Paul, Derrick Morgan and Everson Griffen. The other would be more a college "hybrid" who could play 4-3 SAM and either 3-4 OLB or SILB (or both). This includes players like seniors Sergio Kindle, Jerry Hughes and Ricky Sapp and juniors Jeremy Beals and Jason Worilds at OLB/SAM, and seniors Brandon Spikes and Eric Norwood and junior Rolando McClain at SILB/OLB/SAM.
Again, I could see potentially 2 first day picks used in this area, as it seems by far our biggest area of need.
2. OL. OG seems more like a need than OT, though OT is generally more valued. I consider junior OT Bruce Campbell, senior OG Mike Iupati and junior OG/C Maurkice Pouncey to be my favorite guys warranting a day 1 pick at this point.
3. RB. We could definitely use a young RB to pair with Maroney and BJGE, as Faulk's contract is up after this year, Faulk/Morris/Taylor are all 32+, and Taylor/Morris have been injured. I tend to favor a north-south physical back in the Corey Dillon mode to an all-purpose elusive guy such as Jahvid Best or CJ Spiller. The two guys who stand out to me are juniors Jonathan Dwyer (6'1" 230#, in the Jonathan Stewart mode) from Georgia Tech and Ryan Mathews (5'11" 220#, in the Rashard Mendenhall mode) from Fresno St.
4. 3-4 DE. With Seymour gone there is definite need for a 5-technique guy. Ndamukong Suh will go top 5. Gerald McCoy will go top 10 and I see him more as a 4-3 DT than a 3-4 DE. Arthur Jones from Syracuse (6'4" 295#) and Jared Odrick from Penn St. (6'5" 300#) could go in the mid-late 1st round. Juniors Lawrence Marsh from Florida (6'5" 305#) and Adrian Campbell from Iowa (6'3", 282+#) are interesting 2nd round prospects right now. I'm not sure about Vince Oghobasse from Duke (6'6" 310#) - not sure he has the athleticism to play the 5 technique for us.
Right now I see 4 potential areas meriting a day 1 pick, with 4 day 1 picks:
1. DE/LB. Our biggest area of need, OLB > ILB, but I could see potentially 2 picks in this area. One could be a current college DE who would play DE in the 4-3 and OLB in the 3-4. This includes players like senior Greg Hardy and juniors Jason Pierre-Paul, Derrick Morgan and Everson Griffen. The other would be more a college "hybrid" who could play 4-3 SAM and either 3-4 OLB or SILB (or both). This includes players like seniors Sergio Kindle, Jerry Hughes and Ricky Sapp and juniors Jeremy Beals and Jason Worilds at OLB/SAM, and seniors Brandon Spikes and Eric Norwood and junior Rolando McClain at SILB/OLB/SAM.
Again, I could see potentially 2 first day picks used in this area, as it seems by far our biggest area of need.
2. OL. OG seems more like a need than OT, though OT is generally more valued. I consider junior OT Bruce Campbell, senior OG Mike Iupati and junior OG/C Maurkice Pouncey to be my favorite guys warranting a day 1 pick at this point.
3. RB. We could definitely use a young RB to pair with Maroney and BJGE, as Faulk's contract is up after this year, Faulk/Morris/Taylor are all 32+, and Taylor/Morris have been injured. I tend to favor a north-south physical back in the Corey Dillon mode to an all-purpose elusive guy such as Jahvid Best or CJ Spiller. The two guys who stand out to me are juniors Jonathan Dwyer (6'1" 230#, in the Jonathan Stewart mode) from Georgia Tech and Ryan Mathews (5'11" 220#, in the Rashard Mendenhall mode) from Fresno St.
4. 3-4 DE. With Seymour gone there is definite need for a 5-technique guy. Ndamukong Suh will go top 5. Gerald McCoy will go top 10 and I see him more as a 4-3 DT than a 3-4 DE. Arthur Jones from Syracuse (6'4" 295#) and Jared Odrick from Penn St. (6'5" 300#) could go in the mid-late 1st round. Juniors Lawrence Marsh from Florida (6'5" 305#) and Adrian Campbell from Iowa (6'3", 282+#) are interesting 2nd round prospects right now. I'm not sure about Vince Oghobasse from Duke (6'6" 310#) - not sure he has the athleticism to play the 5 technique for us.