[Lotus]

Draft philosophy: stockpile picks so that you can roll the dice as many times as possible. When you do pick, take hard working, high character folks (with a couple of exceptions). In so doing you respond simultaneously to two problems which have plagued us: lack of depth and lack of youth. For overall philosophy, a grade of A.

Draft execution: a little more troublesome. A first/second round combo of Jordan/Reed would likely be more productive than the Kerrigan/Jenkins combo. Also, not enough attention was paid to the trenches on both sides of the ball. For example, Jenkins and Neild alone will not fix the DL problems of lack of quality talent and lack of young depth (it is uncertain what kind of 3-4 DE Jarmon will be). The lack of attention to the trenches could have been remedied by taking 2 WR's instead of 3 and by not drafting safeties who lack cover skills and did not even start on their college team. Grade for execution: C+.

Overall grade: B