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These are good points... I think New England could select a defensive lineman in the first round.
RealGM Football: Wiretap Archives: Ten Gleanings To Close The Combine
6. This is a great year to be in need of defensive linemen. Aside from Suh and McCoy at the top of everyone’s draft boards, the quality of depth at both end and tackle is fantastic. As an example, one team I know of has 7 tackles in this class rated higher than last year’s #3 overall pick, Tyson Jackson. There will be impact players found well into the second round, if not deeper...
7. ...but it’s a terrible year to need offensive skill position players. To quote one NFL.com analyst, “This is the supposed to be the deepest draft ever but I can’t find more than one running back or wide receiver I would draft in the first 50 picks.” I’m not that down on those classes, but his point is certainly not baseless. There are serious questions surrounding all the quarterbacks, enough that I won’t have any ranked in my top 10 of the post-Combine Top 103 (coming Friday!). The flip side of that is it boosts the stock of the legit talents like C.J. Spiller and the aforementioned Benn.
8. More on those receivers: Size isn’t nearly as important as quickness, but nothing is more important than the demonstrated ability to catch anything nearby with strong hands. That is very good news for guys like Jordan Shipley, Jeremy Williams, and Taylor Price, and very bad news for Mardy Gilyard, Brandon LaFell, and Dezmon Briscoe. Ironically it’s the exact opposite for tight ends, where having great measurables appears to trump any sort of proven ability to do anything on the field. That’s great news for Jimmy Graham and Clay Harbor, bad news for Jermaine Gresham.
RealGM Football: Wiretap Archives: Ten Gleanings To Close The Combine