Draft Day Thoughts

[Beemnseven]

I figure we could make it one more year with Portis and Betts as long as we have a healthy O-line. Maybe find a Kenny Watson-type guy through undrafted free agency.

I just think Secondary, O-line, wide receiver, and defensive end is a far greater need right now.

[BleedBurgundy]

One more year is def. possible, but if there's someone there that the staff feels strongly about, we'd be wise to pick him up. I'm on record as saying first round pick should be d line and second should be right tackle. Wide receiver- eh... we'll see. DB we might, MIGHT be able to swing in free agency through the miracle of our capologist.

[BleedBurgundy]

Oh, and I totally ganked your inspiration for a signature.

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by BleedBurgundy

Oh, and I totally ganked your inspiration for a signature.

That's cool. It's time for me to change mine anyway.

[BringBackJoeT]

Here's Yahoo Sports projection for our decision. Rivals.com College Football - Early look: NFL Mock Draft

[sevier2]

Originally Posted by BringBackJoeT

Here's Yahoo Sports projection for our decision. Rivals.com College Football - Early look: NFL Mock Draft

i like this mock draft. i really hope we take Calais Campbell hes big and quick. EXACTLY what we need a pass rusher who can stop the run. take him

[Coff]

Let's see, the offensive line has been beat up, and is getting old. Every projected starter for next year is already over 30, and this is starting to show. Our receivers are small, unproductive and injury prone (for crying out loud, McCardell and Caldwell have become our "Go to" guys). Our defensive line puts less pressure on the QB then does the air at mile high stadium, hence the inability to stop teams at 3rd and long in the 4th quarter which has been perhaps THE major contributor to 4 blown double digit second half leads. Springs is gone next year, and Rodgers is suspect as a number one corner. Marcus Washington is having his second unproductive year in a row and London Fletcher will be 33 years old by the time the upcoming draft rolls around. For the purpose of hanging on to some thread of optimism, we'll ignore the fact that our QB has proven to be more likely to throw a costly red zone INT when games get close then he is to hook up with a receiver in the end zone (Collins, his back up, has 1/24th of Campbel's playing time this year, but 1/3 the number of his TDs!).

That being said, we NEED to draft a C, G, T, DE, DT, WR, OLB, MLB, and a CB, not in any particular order.
We could use QB, S,.
The good news is we have a great TE, and we're solid at RB.

[mheisig]

Somewhere, right about now, jsarno's head is exploding over the sheer pessimism of this thread.

[SFREDSKIN]

That Calais Campbell kid is a beast, 6'8" 280LB runs the 40 in 4.8 seconds. I say draft him right now!! I love what I see and read. This just updated the website with round 2 having us pickup a S. I think we need either a WR or DB with that pick.

[skinzaholic73]

I think we go for either a stud #1 receiver like Chad johnson or Andre Johnson possibly even Bernard Berrian.Then draft Calais Campbell or Vernon Gholsten with our first pick then go for OL help or CB later in draft.Unfortunately I don't think we will make any real big moves in free agency.

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Bernard Berrian is not a stud number 1 guy

[skinzaholic73]

Maybe not but he has played pretty well and of the WR's that may be available via free agency..he just struck me as a possibility.

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

he is a possiblity but lets finish the season first.

[Slingin Sammy 33]

It's never too early to prepare for the Draft

Based on how the draft class is shaping up and Free Agents available, here's where I think we should go;

Calais Campbell, if available will probably be the 1st rounder. If not, there appear to be some talented CBs available that could solidify our secondary for our 1st round pick. We will not be able to afford any of the major FA CBs (Samuels, Trufant), although several folks have mentioned Asimounga (spelling) from Oakland and if he comes at a reasonable price he would be a good addition to our secondary.

2nd round - if a highly rated big, physical WR or RB slips, this would be a good spot to take one. If not, FS or OL will probably be the choice. If I'm not mistaken the entire starting OL is over 30, we need to start rebuilding now before these guys breakdown in a couple of years.

OL & DL depth for the rest of the draft and a "project" back-up QB couldn't hurt.

[Campbell17]

Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33

It's never too early to prepare for the Draft

Based on how the draft class is shaping up and Free Agents available, here's where I think we should go;

Calais Campbell, if available will probably be the 1st rounder. If not, there appear to be some talented CBs available that could solidify our secondary for our 1st round pick. We will not be able to afford any of the major FA CBs (Samuels, Trufant), although several folks have mentioned Asimounga (spelling) from Oakland and if he comes at a reasonable price he would be a good addition to our secondary.

2nd round - if a highly rated big, physical WR or RB slips, this would be a good spot to take one. If not, FS or OL will probably be the choice. If I'm not mistaken the entire starting OL is over 30, we need to start rebuilding now before these guys breakdown in a couple of years.

OL & DL depth for the rest of the draft and a "project" back-up QB couldn't hurt.

Thank you for seeing it my way. Think about it, even if we do get in we wont get a super bowl, if a miracle gets us there, we will play a team that beat us 52-7!!! We need to improve in order to become a superbowl team.