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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.OLB.........:rocker:Lets for the sake of it say BB does not have another brain fart and draft down out of round one talent again and we keep our #22 this time.
I would bet anything that the team either selects a WR or OLB as the round 1 pick
Would you rather a top ranked WR or OLB as our first round pick?
I like Hardy too, but he'd be a pretty big reach at pick #22.OLB easily. I want Greg Hardy at 22. Best pass rusher in the draft.
No he wouldn't. Just because dumb mocks all have him going 3rd round or lower doesn't mean he's that low on real teams' draft boards. There's no way a guy that big, athletic, and talented will fall past the 2nd round. The Jets have meet with him multiple times already and I think they're going to draft him in the 1st if the Pats are dumb enough to pass on him. AFC East will belong to the Jets if that happened.I like Hardy too, but he'd be a pretty big reach at pick #22.
No he wouldn't. Just because dumb mocks all have him going 3rd round or lower doesn't mean he's that low on real teams' draft boards. There's no way a guy that big, athletic, and talented will fall past the 2nd round. The Jets have meet with him multiple times already and I think they're going to draft him in the 1st if the Pats are dumb enough to pass on him. AFC East will belong to the Jets if that happened.
I agree with you about a DE at 22. I like Odrick but you can get equally as good 5-tech prospects in the 2nd round like Wooten, Carrington, Oghobaase, or Al Woods. Taking Odrick at 22 would be weak value and a mistake IMO.either, these are our two biggest needs IMO and Id be happy if we adressed either one but if I had to pick one it would be OLB without a doubt. To those who want a DE at 22 I still dont understand why. 1, DE isnt as big of a need as OLB and honestly Odrick may be the best DE availabe at 22 but hes overrated IMO, hes blown up since after the season ended. 2, doubt he'd come in and make a real impact, look at what Jackson did in KC, Odrick isnt on the level of Jackson coming out of LSU last year. Mike Wright has proven to be solid, not to mention Pryor could also see time in that role but who the hell will be rushing the passer opposite of TBC? Burgess? Nikovich? Id rather have an impact player at 22 as opposed to a guy who wouldnt be much of an upgrade over what we have.
The issues are the difference in potential between
a 22 WR and a second round WR
a 22 DE and a second round DE
a 22 OLB and a second round OLB
a 22 OG/C and a second round OG/C
a 22 RB and a 2nd or even later round RB
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Even if we agree that we absolutely MUST draft a high impact OLB,
A) it does NOT follow that the OLB that is available at 22 will be much better than the one availbale at 44 or 47 or even 53.
B) And just because we NEED and OLB to step right in and be an impact player, it does not follow that ANY of the OLB's will be impact players in their first year. I expect our draftee OLB to be part of the rotation with Banta-Cain, Woods and Ninkovich.
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And just BTW, as of now, we have two open openings on the DL, for players to take over the reps of Burgess and Green. Maybe some of you think that we can just increase the reps of our studs Wright and Pryor. I tend to think that we need help at DE.
Care to elaborate?A 22 DE and a 2nd round DE could be a decent dropoff depending who is there.