thats IF Samuel leaves. you think BB is gonna go with 4-5 DB rookies? no..hed like a veteran
how small is 6"2 240? hes in college..you cant expect a college player to be the size he will be in NFL..u add weight..muscle..hes a good fit for 3-4. hes a less athletic Jon Vilma. Bruschi is listed at 6"1 247..hes probably more but that means Willis can be more than 240..and hes not room to add weight
Griffin isnt my fav safety..i want Landry/Nelson and even Meriweather(damn him for the incident) but i dont think Reggie and Laron will be there for us and Meriweather because of what he did might not even go round 2.
did u read the article that had BB saying he doesnt care about size..hes been interested in players like Vilma and even Sims this year. Its not the size..its the dedication/work/attitude/skill the player has.
if size matters that much then i guess we should forget Briggs..hes only 240ish
id also like Spencer howver i dont think he falls to mid 2nd. hes a late 1-early 2. hed be a real nice fit for 3-4 though
ILBs are hard to draft. They have to be kind of smart, something that may not show up in the relatively simple college defenses. So that's why I think he doesn't draft an ILB high.
I don't think OLB are that hard to find in a 3-4 it just takes a while to teach them what to do.
Maybe not 4-5 rookie DBs but probably a few. Even with Samuel, they need a couple CBs, especially if samuel is only franchised for one year. Safety needs work too.
I don't think there's that much room for WR, especially when they frequently are high round busts. They'll have 3 in Caldwell, Jackson, Gabriel...plus a possible signing of WR Bennett, who I think would be good and probably cheap.
So that doesn't leave much. RB? Not a high round pick. TE? Maybe if Graham leaves, but Thomas isn't getting much playing time this year so even if Graham leaves, they still have two. Plus Mills.
OT? Hard time seeing them drafting one high, but maybe. Light isn't that good. But they are busts too sometimes.
So in short I think they try to go FA or put Vrabel in teh middle. Maybe sign someone like London Fletcher to play middle, or Seau again or Vrabel. Have a couple draft picks playing OLB. In addition to Cain (who should be cheap to resign), Woods, etc.