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jays52 said:1) I think there may be an early run on nose tackles that will supris quite a few people. I strongly believe that Denver is going to think hard about pulling the trigger on Williams or Cody. I know what the supposed "value" of these kids is, but the nose is the most important position in the 34. I also think that both of these players are underrated. This is especially true with Cody. People tend to fall in love with measurables, but the eye in the sky don't lie. Cody is as dominant a nose as there has been in a long time coming out. If Denver goes nose, I expect Miami to do the same. Parcells has a lot invested in his will and mike, and he needs a long term answer to maximize their value. I think Miami is going to shock people and take Cody.
jays52 said:3) I think that if NE adresses the Jack/Joker, they will adress the Sam. I would have put Lane in the 2nd round.
Without analyzing A to Z, I love the Patriots haul.
I'm sure everyone has heard the opinions of Jimmy Clausen dropping in the draft a la Brady Quinn and I agree with them for the most part. The only thought that keeps popping into my head is that Snyder is going to want to make a splash, considering the draft is on prime time on the east coast and you don't make a splash by taking an offensive tackle. You steal headlines by taking Jimmy Clausen via a trade into the second spot with the Detroit Lions (as Shefter believes is the possibility).
Shefter's argument is that the would see the money better invested in a QB than an OT. I would go a step further and suggest that an OT could be acquired later in the draft or they could trade for Omar Gaither.
Gaither actually works into my Raiders' scenario.... who could risk taking an OT with their first round pick or take the best DE available (or Haden if available, thus making the "Aso to Philly for McNabb" more reasonable).
We certainly could do, but I think I like Jerry Hughes more. Not that I don't like McClain though. As with our need at DE, I think we can plug players into the ILB spot more easily than we can at OLB.Ochmed Jones said:Very nice mock. I would be thrilled if the Giants took the Spoon over McClain. If that happens, BB needs to jump up and grab McClain.
In some drafts you can group 5 players at the same position together as having equal value and then trade down to
the spot where you can get at least one. I don't think that's the case with the OLB group this year. Each of them have different attributes and they suit different schemes. I think Hughes suits ours well because he can set the edge (just about), he can read-react and he has incredible fluidity. Along with the pass-rushing skills. I think you have to take the one you want early and let everyone else fight after you for the remaining players. For example, imagine that only Sapp and Worilds are left for us in the 2nd round. We'd be compromising at a position of extreme need, which just doesn't strike me as wise.
I think you and everybody else has Bryant going way too high. ...
One trade-down scenario I've looked at is the Pats trading 53 to Cleveland for 71 and 92. Cleveland could be looking QB at 38 and have 3 3rd round picks. .
If someone wants to reach, and I do mean REACH for Tebow at #22 I would make that trade in a nanosecond. I'm talking stoopid like a 1st next year and second or third this year........