Who'd you want at 15 padre?

 

Padre's feelin frisky!!!!! :lol:

 

I think most of us wanted a QB. That's our biggest need. But interior OL was trouble all last year.

We got a very good player. OL is never sexy. And you'd wish we could have gotten a bit lower. But he's a good player and he's more likely to make a positive immediate impact than the QB. If he can be as good a guard as his brother a center, it'll be worth it. Look at the Jets and all of their former #1's up front.

It ain't over yet. Still a ways to go and free agency. Let's see what happens.

 

Not popular,but I'm happy. Hate the example, but the jets beefed up their line wiith high draft picks, and the result is it helps make mark sanitize look like a very good QB when he's not that good. This will make Henne and the offense a better unit. Let's pray for a miracle that Mallett plummets to the 3rd round

 

And I find it hard to believe they didn't try to trade down.

 

I'd bet on it. This team is always looking to get down.

 

I'm approaching this as though Pouncy will play guard. I watched the SEC all year. He can't shotgun snap.

Really doesn't matter to my point. My point is that the Jets (Tannenbaum drafted Brick and Mangold) make the OL a priority and it worked out for them.

I don't know if they decided one was more important than the other. They could just as easily have stuck to their board.

Who did you want at 15?

I'm not saying don't criticize this draft. I'm just gonna wait until it's over to do it. But I like the pick, so I'm not down on it.

Trust me, I was fine with cleaning house in the offseason. Still think we should have and won't be surprised if we do it after the season.

 

I have to ask again, who do you feel they should have taken with the 15th pick, assuming they couldn't get a good deal to move down?

 

Two 4-3 DEs and a RB...not exactly bold there padre.

 

We need better guards than Richie Incognito, Nate Garner, and John Jerry as well. Koa Misi played OLB better as a rookie than any of those 3 played G for the Miami Dolphins.

I would've been happy with Ingram, but I feel they're targeting a bigger back (than Ingram) in the draft and DeAngelo Williams or Ahmad Bradshaw in free agency.

Pouncey's going to be a LG, so I doubt he'll need to work on his snaps as much, though they did improve A LOT by season's end. I think that's something that you can be trained on over time, a non-issue in my book.

 

Mallett and Bowers were passed over by every GM that made a pick today. You're seriously going to criticize Ireland for not drafting one of those guys at 15? Talk about misjudging the market.

 

NFLPA said agents can start talking to teams about free agents tomorrow at 8am.

 

This. Pouncey isn't sexy...... but if he's a part of a bigger vision------ say DeAngelo Williams (who would like to play here), a stud TE in the 3rd round, and Mike Sims Walker (who would like to play here), then it comes together quite nicely IMO.

 

I've been rewatching games. If Incognito can stay going north rather than needing to pull (like we had him doing a good bit last season), he's a freaking mauler.

Incog at Center driving guys off the ball with Pouncey next to him will be extremely effective. This just made our ground game MUCH improved.

We just needed a way to move Richie to Center..... and we got it.

 

Looks like as of tonight Henne is STILL the starter :wink2:
I wanted Quinn. If only he would have been around for one more.

Bolster the interior OL..... Good deal.
Not bad.
We would have that pick early tomorrow if not for the Marshall deal. :pointlol:

 

I do agree with this. Richie is not good in space. He reminds me of Rex Hadnot in that sense. With the league going 3-4 I do think Richie would be better at center.

Pauncy does look good pulling and with 3-4 I do not see Miami pulling their center much.
Ireland did say that Pauncy will be center, however things can change.

 

I agree..... once these guys get into camp, things could change.

 

I agree with many people about Henne and I would have loved to see a guy who can push him. However I am not going to complain because Miami drafted a guard who many people have said he will go to many probowls when he is done.

 

unless they're planning on movie Richie to RG and filling in LG with?????

 

Henne can still be pushed by a FA vet, too. Actually, that would probably push him even more, no?

 

I am not giving up on Jerry. The guy got sick during TC and hurt during the year. I am hoping he is working his *** off now to get better. However I do not like writing a guy off because of a rookie season. Quarterback shouldn't be the only position that needs some patience.

 

Dangelo Williams will be a RFA under 2010 rules, if we dont get a RB over the next few days, pray that a new CBA deal is made.

 

I'd betcha a 6-pack of your choosing that he'll end up at LG unless Richie Incognito gets hurt or attacked by a pack of wild dogs and is never seen from again.

*The caveat being if they sign someone like Dahl, Yanda, or even Mankins depending on what shakes out there. Then I'd by us both a 6 pack to celebrate.

 

Could you imagine Long-Pouncey-Incognito-Dahl-Carey???!! A mauling center and 2 guards with good feet. Sign me up. lol.

 

The "safe choice" improves our offense. :tongue2:

 

Were going to comeback at the end of the season and have a good laugh and be glad we took Pouncey.

 

I wanted Mallett as well. But two defensive players? One of whom is sliding because of medical concerns? A year after they took Koa Misi?

You don't think they'd have been lynched?

 

Well, every GM in football passed over Tom Brady. So who "misjudged" that market? The fact still remains that the Fins FO does not value the position of QB in a QB driven league. They are going into a season where their starter was benched twice last season — and he is their BEST option at QB. Sure they we either overpay for some veteran in a trade (and then have no ammunition to move up in next years draft) or try to plug it with Free Agency - Marc Bulger, Alex Smith, Brady Quinn - do those name excite you? It was the "safe", ***** move.

 

I do not see how that is a good question.

 

The defensed needed a part-time, rotational OLB at 15 (and the ones you listed padre a 4-3 DEs, not 3-4 OLBs) more than they needed someone who's going to come in and play every snap on offense? Please.

 

From what we learned in the draft pick, had things fallen the way Ireland wanted them to, the pick would've been Jake Locker, then Christian Ponder, then Pouncey. I think for the sake of the Dolphins it's a damn good thing it ended up being Pouncey.