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QuinielaBox said:draft picks. He has this thing calculated.
LB's seem to be a dime a dozen after the Ohio St 1st rounders.
We do need help at a lot of positions.
I don't know about taking a kicker in round 4, though.
PatsFanInVa said:... My gut says Maroney is more Marshall Faulk than Kijana Carter, and Jackson is more Terrell Owens than Hart Lee Dykes. Obviously the truth is in the middle. Probably, say, a Domanick Davis and a Hines Ward.
That's pretty close. BB does not like to have rookies at positions where a lot of onfield decision making is involved, and particularly positions where onfield leadership is involved. It's documented in "Management Secrets of the New England Patriots".SkiHound said:Completely speculating but I kind of think the brain trust thinks it's very difficult for a rookie to learn the system and contribute in the first year, hence you don't spend a relatively high pick on the LB position. At the OLB positon they seem to want converted DEs, and drafting there is a complete crap shoot cause you haven't seen college kids play that position. I suspect there'll be a FA signing or two in June.