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# 1 choice. Cam Newton. He will be a top ten QB in the NFL. His work ethic, underrated passing ability, and leadership will catapult him to the top. But he needs proper coaching. Not confident that these coaches are gonna be able to provide that but it's worth the risk.
# 2 choice. Aldon Smith or Akeem Ayers. A top OLB to give depth at a position of strength. You can never have enough pass rushers. Cam Wake is an excellent leader for a young guy to learn from.
# 3 choice. Nate Solder or Gabe Carimi. An addition to the offensive line to help steady the ship for the next decade at OT. Interior O line is a bigger need but no one worth the pick at 15.
Although, I would honestly be shocked to see Miami sit at 15 unless an elite player somehow falls into their lap and they have to draft him. All the players in positions of need will be drafted in the top 10 (Q or will be available in the early second round (RB, Oline, WR).
As long as an impact player is drafted then I don't really care about the position.
THere is only 1 choice if we were smart Mike Pouncey florida (g/c). We need to be able to run the ball and protect our qb with proper blitz pick up. If we cant run we will finish 500 again.
No brainer. Expecially when you look at the kind of impact his brother is having at pittsburg. Also they are identical twins so they have identical genetics, you cant beat that for bloodline...
Trade down and pick up a 2nd rounder this draft is deep with all of the players declaring early that we should be able to fill all of our holes through free agency and the draft. Then take best available player regardless of position in each round when we pick that would help us become better alot faster.
I would agree, Cam Newton, Blaine Gabbert of Mark Ingrahm if we stay at 15 or move up...
If that is not possible, Then I would say to trade back into the late 20's and pick up a 2nd rd pick and pick up Pouncey, to help solve the guard back up center issues...
Everyone should participate so that we can see whose thinking most closely mirrors what the team ultimately ends up doing. Ghoti is excused because he thinks there will be no football.
Aqua&Orange Wrote:
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> I have a feeling DaytonaDolfan is gonna have a
> field day with this thread.
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Dare I say dis-enfranchised feeling these days...No matter what I do the FO will pass on players I suggest like C/G MAX UNGER and they'll take PATWHITEPATWHITEPAT
trade down for the 19th & 52nd beloging to the GIANTS who select
15- MARK INGRAM 16-M DAREOUS 17-M WILKERSON 18-JJ WATT
FINALLY around 10:30 at night the DOLPHINS select
19th G MIKE POUNCEY - Interior Lineman we'vebeen needing
52nd RB RYAN WILLIAMS - CHUNK YARDS
79th QB COLIN KAEPERNICK- 5 other QBs DRAFTed ahead of him ?? yeah!
110th FS DUENTA WILLIAMS- Size/Speed KICKOFF/SPECIAL TEAMS with HANDS
143rd OT JOESPH BARKSDALE- A SOUND Olineman
175th RB ALEX GREEN- 3rd down back? Good receiver/takes on tackles
207th KR/WR JEREMY KERLEY- KICKOFF RETURNER!!!
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/15/2011 05:46PM by DaytonaDolfan13.
I would love to see that scenario. I agree with you and Reppa in that Pouncey is one of the most logical and safe picks out there. He is already performing well at the combine. With the success of his brother, you can't miss with this guy. From what I have seen, he has done better than his bro in the combine and he does have the identical genetic code and same upbringing. In short, he has both the nature and nurture to be dominant.
I like Hankerson in the 3rd, Weslye Saunders instead of Housler....lets not forget people, Housler barely held onto his starting job in college. He was almost beaten out numerous times. He is only fast. Thats it.
Julio Jones will slide to 15 and should be taken. He won't be however and obscure player we have not heard of will be drafted so our GM can say he knew he smoke screened everyone.
In looking at the point chart our # 15 equates to Denvers #36 & #46
I could see this happening
I would give up Hartline for a third or fourth and try to pick up another pick and something different from Bess & Marshall
The Rams could use him, Denver might also
Coming out with 36, 46, 78, 79 & 110 in the first 4 could land us 5 of:
RB Leshoure, Williams, Murray, Hunter,Thomas
WR Titus Young, Jernigan, Cobb, Smith, Baldwin, Hankerson, Niles Paul
QB Mallet? Kaepernick, Ponder, Dalton
OL Wisniewski, Demarcus Love, Jake Kirkpatrick, marcus Cannon(strong!!),
Tim Barnes , Ryan Bartholomew
TE Virgil green, Luke Stocker
D Dontay Moch ,Casey matthews, Sione Fua,
pick a a few guys like Bradford Shorts, Quizz, Powell, Locke, Da rel Scott, Ridley , White, mayee Sala or maehl in later rounds and we could have a solid draft
I heard Bulger has looked real good, might be a vet to work with a rokie for a year or two
1. Mike Pouncey
2. Ryan Mallett or Colin Kaepernick (whoever is available)
3. Demarco Murray or Mikel Leshoure (if Leshoure is there)
4. Clay Matthews little brother
take best player available after Clay's little brother with every pick.
DaytonaDolfan13 Wrote:
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> TRADE HARTLINE? no thanks
It makes sense if we pick up a true speed WR that can start (a FA, NOT a draft pick). The assumption is the speed guy would start opposite Marshall with Bess in the slot. That pushes Hartline to the #4 spot, but he's FAR too talented to be a #4 receiver. At that point he'd be more valuable as a trade than wasting away in such a limited role.
It all comes down to the fact that Marshall and Hartline are BOTH possession receivers. Marshall has unique abilities that create mismatches. Hartline is solid but not much more. If we had a super speed guy (like Randy Moss used to be), then we could pair Hartline with someone like that and trade Marshall. If the speed guy becomes our #2 option (just fly patterns to stretch the defense, but not a pro-bowl WR), then keeping Marshall makes more sense.
Either way, I don't see Marshall and Hartline coexisting unless we completely change our offense and go, perhaps, to a west-coast system.