Draft Pick Nightmare

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by freddyg12

I'm with Smoot; Mallett would scare me, but I really have no fear of that. I am a little worried that AJ Green slips to us, and a little less worried about J. Jones. While I would love to see us draft a great wr it is such a boom/bust position & we aren't in a good position to do it. I have a bad feeling about Green, maybe just because of his low wonderlic.

Hopefully Green or Jones will slip to us and then be used as trade-back bait. I agree with you about actually drafting them.

[celts32]

Originally Posted by Longtimefan

I understand what you're saying but, I guess my concern is exactly where in the draft does he identify and draft that QB. I don't see the Redskins taking a QB at #10, we don't have another selection until #41. Depending on what other teams do when it comes to QB's you have to wonder who's going to be there for development purposes, as well as what we do in the interim.

My hope is that we could find a willing partner, trade down the 1st round and recoup a 2nd or 3rd which we so desperately need, making it easier to obtain that developmental QB especially since I don't see any of the top QB prospects being NFL ready year one.

Granted it's not very fun for message board purposes but i would need to see the organizations grades on this QB class to really know what I want them to do. If they have a franchise QB grade on one of these guys I want them to get him at all costs. But if they have no extremely high grades on any of them but a few they like then i want them to play it cool and follow their draft board and hope one of their picks matches up with a QB they like.

[celts32]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

I thought Shanny had a 5 yr deal? This being year 2 he will have 3 yrs to develope someone if need be and thats not mentioning if he steps back and hands the reigns to his son to be HC.

Sure he has a 5 year deal but we are going into year 2 and if you assume they pass on QB's this year then we are talking year 3...and if you figure a couple years of grooming to get the QB to the point where you can really contend for a Super bowl with him then where does that put us? I don't think you can assume a hand off to Kyle unless the team is winning and there is something built thats worth continuing on with. I know they have other needs but i just don't see this regime taking off until they settle the QB issue. I just hope they like someone...I don't even care who it is...just that they like him.

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by celts32

Granted it's not very fun for message board purposes but i would need to see the organizations grades on this QB class to really know what I want them to do. If they have a franchise QB grade on one of these guys I want them to get him at all costs. But if they have no extremely high grades on any of them but a few they like then i want them to play it cool and follow their draft board and hope one of their picks matches up with a QB they like.

I'll to that!

[KI Skins Fan]

I wouldn't want to see the Skins draft any of the current crop of QB's at #10.

Also, I hate the idea of taking a WR at #10 because there have been far too many 1st Round busts at the WR position (and we've had more than our fair share of WR busts). That said, we might be forced to take AJ Green if he is still available at #10.

There is no RB, OL or NT in this draft that I would like at #10 and there is little chance that we would take a TE, S, or ILB there.

That leaves OLB, DE, and CB. Miller is probably the only OLB that I'd take at #10. I'd probably take Peterson or Prince at #10, as well, because of the great value of a shutdown corner (and there is no guarantee that the Skins will re-sign Carlos Rogers). I'm not sold on any DE at #10.

So, I'd have to say that there are only about four players who would not be a nightmare for me at #10. To be honest, I wouldn't be satisfied with one of them either because I believe that we need to build a foundation for this team and I'd like to see us trade down and acquire more picks.

[30gut]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Which potential 1st round pick do you absolutely not want?

And first round within reason. Meaning players who are reasonably expected to likely be 1st round picks.

I'll start. My nightmare pick would be Ryan Mallett. Yes, he's got the arm strength, but that's about it.

SS-Mallett isn't really a legitmate option at 10.

Would you be against Mallett at 41?
I wouldn't.

I don't understand threads like this though.
It seems to needlessly foster negativity.

The draft is a crap shoot anyway with no proven means of successful predicting success.
I don't get the point of holding strong negative opinions about prospects that could end up playing for your team.

The following would make sense to me at the 10 spot by tiers:

(a) trade down

(1) OT, RDE, QB

(2) OLB, WR, CB





BuckSkin-
LoL, I didn't mean to sell anyone, does this help....
Locker sucks! J/K

[SmootSmack]

Well I said 1st round, not necessarily 10th overall. And it's not like this site is all candy and roses and I came along with this thread like a black cloud bringing negativity. But it was just to bring about some fresh discussion. If anything, we've learned that just about every possible pick for the Skins is going to upset at least someone. And no I don't want Mallet at 41 either

[skinsfaninok]

I'd take Mallett number 1 he's the next Dan Marino

[Dirtbag59]

I miss free agency

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag59

I miss free agency

That's why I turned to haikus.

[KI Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

I'd take Mallett number 1 he's the next Dan Marino

Are you serious?

If so, I can see the comparison because, like Marino, Mallett is a statue with a great arm and excellent accuracy. But Marino had the ability to make lightning quick decisons and he had an extremely quick release and I don't see those traits in Mallett.

Marino also played behind a great OL and, when Marino played, the defenses didn't come at the QB with the kind of sophisticated blitzes that they employ today. Mallett probably won't have a great OL and the way defenses play now makes it harder for a immobile QB to succeed.

As for the possibility of the Redskins drafting Mallett, I would say that the odds of that happening would be low unless he dropped so far that Shanahan just couldn't justify not doing so. But the Skins taking Mallett at #10 would definitely be a draft pick nightmare for me.

Shanahan has clearly shown that he prefers to have a mobile QB. To me, Jake Locker (who is a lot like Jake "The Snake" Plummer but with a better arm) is the type of QB Shanahan would want. If Shanahan were to take Locker at #10, I wouldn't like it but I'd try to reserve judgement on the pick.

[skinsfaninok]

^ lol no Im not serious but it was Fun to get a reaction

[diehard]

I think A.J. Green and Julio Jones are safe picks at 10th overall.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by Lotus

That's why I turned to haikus.

So much money to spend
Yet No one to Accept
Depression Reigns Supreme.

[30gut]

on the precipice
facing success or abyss
whispers....quarterback