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Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat
I think Cole and Igor would be good pickups but Stacy Andrews will want more money than should spend on an older lineman with injury issues.
I also disagree with cutting Rabach this year. Rabach should be gone next year, but we arent going to find a rookie in the 3rd round who can replace him and be an upgrade in 2009. I wanted to get rid fo him this year before too, but considering all our other needs, we should really keep him around atleast one more year. Rabach is cheap enough to be worth his contract. And if he has better guards on either side of him in 2009, he should do just fine.
Under no circumstances should we take Maualuga at 13. We need to take one of the top 4 Tackles if they are still there or trade down and take an OT with our first pick. We can easily fill the LB spot vacated by Washingon with Channing Crowder out of Miami.
I also think Wood would be a good pickup in the 3rd round. If i'm not mistaken, he can play guard or center, so that would give us considerable flexibility.
Another thing ive noticed in several blogs and forums recently is that People keep talking about how we should move Jansen to guard this year if we draft a new RT... didn't we try that experiement in the past and it was a horrible failure? Just wondering because if im wrong and Jansen could be a capeable guard, it would definitely give us more flexibility with what we do in free agency and the draft.
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Maualuga would give us a Ray Lewis caliber linebacker to lead our defense for the next decade. The guy is unbelievably explosive and makes game changing plays somethign our defense lacks more than even qb pressure. A tandem of Fletcher and Maualuga would give us a linebacking corps to rival teh Steelers and Ravens, both of which have incredible defenses that have started with consistently strong linebackers. Maualuga is also a great blitzing lb and will get pressure on the qb. But most importantly he'll bring the mentality that our defense lost with Sean Taylor, and is something we sorely need to bring back. This defense is solid, but it doesn't have the fight that some of the other top defenses have.
Also I still have some faith in the guy, but if you watch Rocky Mcintosh at the end of last season, he's terrible. Guys absolutley terrible, he get blocked by WRs, he misses tackles, he runs himself out of the play, he doesn't wrap up. I think it had to do with injuries and wear and tear but he's not goign to be a stud in this league ever.
Also our best acquistions have been when we don't lock in on a single need, then overpay or overdraft for a player who we belive fills that need. For example Hall, who they think is going to solve our INT turnover problem were now goign to overpay him. I think this might actually be alright because although Cerratto as always has a misguided principle this might actually work out because Hall is not terrible he's an unbeleivable corner just most teams don't want him becausehe does gamble and give up big plays. I'm sure they think Bringing in one T or a DE is going to fix our lines, but it'll be great to watch as our lines fall apart again and we have the same exact problems we did this year when our interior lines receive no upgrade and are led by guys in their late 30s who can't walk during the week.