Elevation, actually I am thinking ahead, did you count in the after effects of this season?Originally Posted by Elevation inc
LANCANE welcome- love the players but here are the issues i have with the picks....
norwood is a great player and his versatility would be a good fit inside and out, however we drafted ayers frist rd, signed haggan to a 2 year extension, and will most certainly sign doom to a extension we would be dumb not to. thats 3 players with significgant money tied up....a first rd pick on OLB sounds very unlikely, reid also is contributing and i consider DE/OLB a project need at this point, now if doom walks in FA i can easily see another high pick, but again even the first rd depends on how ayers finishes
Arthur jones has a had a dominating year last year, but this year he is MIA, and his technique has regressed, he is virtually non existent and is now probally near the bottom fifteen of the top 3-4 DE prospects, a good late run and combine can chnage that, the value is correct for second rd i think but later in the rd.....however with almost ten -12 guys ahead of him at this point i feel we can instantly improve our DL in rd 1. personal opionon perhaps...
Marshawn gilyard is a beast no doubt about it and his qb is a legit 1-2 rd pick next year, that being said royal, mckinely, gaffney, stokley are all smaller Wr's as well, it seems to me that the marshall situation is a volatile one still and the need for a field stretcher with size and power or a redzone threat is more important that anotehr smaller reciever. i like rds 3-6 for a WR but i will be keying in on a bigger guy.....perhaps even 2 WR's will be drafted.....
with regards to estes, he is a solid player and the value is good but he doesnt fit our run game at all. weigman and hamilton are probally not gonna be here, so C/G is a need but estes is more of a finesse center than a power guy like MCD will most ceratinly look for, while he transitions his man blocking scheme to the forefront with ZBS mixed in.
with regards to Your QB....i dont think you can go rd with picking a guy late like that for projects and he def has potential. however brandy showed some good stuff and MCD right now loves simms and orton, its clear he is infatuated with them.....so i can see us drafting a guy for competition, but i wonder if we actually will.
i belive our top needs next year in order will be
1. C
2. DE
3. G
4. CB
5. WR/return specialist
6. ILB
now FA can obviously change our needs draft day....but my guess is positions like ILB/OLB/T/QB/TE/RB wont even really be options the first 3 rds....unless they just have to have a certain player which is possible..
anyway good stuff, it will be fun mixing it up here
Haggan, Dumervile and Davis have done quite well; Williams and Ayers have been quite quiet as has Moss...let's not forget that McDaniels has been a coach under Saban and Belichick and both are known for stockpiling linebackers, and I don't see the apple falling that far from the tree. Plus D.J. Williams contract expires after this season, Norwood could move inside, but I think it is far more likely that Haggan does, he has played at the Mike Linebacker spot, so moving inside? Williams I do not believe will be re-signed, he never really lived up to his potential! And with Dumervile also being a free agent?...
Fact is that fans look at one piece of the puzzle, not all...Dumervile, Williams, Kuper, Weigman, Scheffler, Hamilton, Marshall and Orton are all free agents after the season. I am reading in between the lines; priority will be to sign Dumervile, of that I am pretty positive and he will be worth a larger contract. Now for some of this I may be behind the times, as far as re-signed or extensions and am getting my info from KFFL at this time. If Marshall's numbers do not go up, they will not use the franchise tag on him - that much money and if they can not trade him?, and I will bet my life that he will look to Chicago for a big contract; think about that.
Offensive line is worrisome, so let's factor in that Kuper is re-signed, Hamilton will likely be re-signed but to man the center position for the remainder of his career, he knows the scheme and system...stupid to go out of house. The team is pretty big on Seth Olsen, who is likely to take over Hamilton's position at left guard, where he is second already on the depth chart...smarter to eliminate overespendeture where possible and that means that likely Denver will draft someone in the mid-rounds for the line; guard or center, more likely a dual lineman!
IMHO, I see Williams and possibly Scheffler leaving, neither is really earning the amount that their experience or playing time would really demand. Dumervile is key to it all, because if they can not get a deal done...I see him getting the franchise tag. Marshall even if he turns the season around will not garner the price tag for a franchised player; thus us taking Gilyard who fits the system all too well. Orton is a restricted free agent as is Prater, but I do not see a possibility for people to be knocking the door down for either...will McDaniels want to start Orton again, because he really is not worth the money for a starting quarterback in this league.
Factor in the possibilities of all of this and you can see where I was going with the mock; we have too few picks, too many important re-signings to get done and other factors.
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