2nd #60 - RB -
Kenneth Dixon
This isn't a rushing league anymore but its still very helpful to have a young, talented RB to help balance out the offense. Brady is almost 39, so anything that can take some pressure off, even if he doesn't need it, will only help the offense as a whole be more productive
2nd # 61 - DT --
Javon Hargrave or OT --
Joe Dahl
Malcolm Brown is great, but Branch is up there in age and Knighton is a 1 year rental.. and i don't have a lot of confidence in guys like Vellano or Kuhn having to step into a bigger role due to an injury... or 2....
OT because Vollmer is getting up there and has had some injuries start to accumulate more and more these last few years.. Solder is a solid tackle, but his long term future is still unclear with 2016 being his last under contract with the team. At worse, this pick could hopefully be groomed to take 1 of the 2 tackle positions, and in the mean time be that Swing tackle that Cannon has failed miserably at so far
3rd # 90 - WR --
Braxton Miller or CB --
Sean Davis
Still need a big, outside WR... Dobson has disappointed, Nate Washington isn't a long term answer..
Corner with the assumption that they lock Butler up long term.. Logan Ryan is solid on the other side but hes a FA after this year and might get seriously paid in FA.. which could net us a 4th or 3rd comp pick in 2018.. We have Roberts and Coleman.. one of them would need to step up into that #2 role, but Coleman might be better suited as a nickle corner.. Beyond those guys though, this group is not deep at all
Other Positions
DE -- I don't think we're in horrible shape at DE for the 2016 season.. i guess a lot will depend on if any of the 3 rookies they got last year in Grissom, Flowers or Johnson can step into a larger role.. but in the mean time, having Chris Long, Jabaal Sheard and Rob Ninkovich is not an awful thing,.. thats a pretty solid group, and Hightower/Collins are very effective inside blitzers as well, so I think we'll be able to generate pressure
LB -- Linebacker is in need of some depth, but we also have 2 studs in Hightower and Collins.. not a lot of defenses can say that about their linebacking group.. but yes, we certainly need to increase the depth of this position, I just would't put it as a TOP priority with 2 studs as starters, plus a veteran in McClellin, plus Bostic who we traded for last year and appears to be still in the plans... and Freeny was ok last year, with another training camp under him he can hopefully improve into a quality starter/rotational LB
