I agree that Parcells will want to draft a big DL with that #1 overall pick. It's either going to be Dorsey or Ellis, whoever he feels fits better.
I don't think the Pats trade up for C. Long. He's a conversion process. His body type screams tweener, and reminds me too much of Dan Klecko. Granted, Long is probably a lot more athletic than Klecko ever was, but that still scares me.
It's too bad that Malauga is not coming out. That's one less option at ILB.
It's just hard for me to imagine the Pats drafting an ILB at #7 unless they believe that he will be an Urlacher-level gamechanging ILB.
My guess is that they trade down to the 10-12 range and then take the best player available. It just seems a tad too risky to pay #7 money for a conversion project at OLB or for an ILB like Laurinitis (who disappeared against LSU).
Well, Dorsey is a game changer and a legitimate #1 overall...a true impact player and a talent that only comes along every few years. A guy you can build a D around.
I know people see him at NT in Parcell scheme... I dont know if that'll work or not. Regardless, you draft the talent when you have a shot at it, and the Fins need the talent on the DL. The Pats drafted Seymour and tried him at NT for a while, before moving him to DE, where he's more destructive. If I'm drafting for the Fins, take the legit defensive talent onto the roster, and figure out how to use him later.
I'm getting pretty excited about my trade up ploy for Chris Long. I think the braintrust will feel like good value, considering what I see is a dropoff in talent from #5 to #6. And that's the only way I see an impact player coming to us at LB this draft.
Interesting that the 2009 draft is looking good for ILB, with Maualuga and Laurinaitis as headliners.
I wouldn't go that far. Trading entirely out of the 1st round is not a good idea, as the draft gets to be an even bigger crapshoot after that.
Not to mention, unless you forgot the Pats forfeit pick #32. So no, they won't be trading entirely out of the 1st.
Besides future 2nds and 3rds are equal to current 3rds and 4ths. What the hell would the Pats want with extra 3rd and 4th round picks?
This is an elite team with very few holes, and very few rookies will even make the roster.
The Pats are in the position where they need quality, not quantity.
A moderate trade down to the mid 1st to save cap dollars, does seem sensible though.
Heck, it would not even shock me if they traded #7 for multiple future 2's and 3's