OK guys, I think we need to give some props to the Trifecta... Was the draft perfect? NO. Did we address everything we needed? NO. Does the three-headed monster have a plan? YES, of course they do. Last year they did AMAZING things with the draft and FA. Obviously they see needs that we don't see as well as maybe seeing developments with veterans. I, for one see Matt Roth coming on strong this season. He has a full year under his belt at LB now with the full off-season to further develop. He has always been serious about training and can lineup in multiple positions. JT would be a great addition but regardless I believe we'll be ok. Obviously WR is the one spot that we need to get a lot better but already have a solid core with Camarillo, Bess, Ginn and London. I think the 4 of them are sure to make the team! Wilford and the rest are the questions and with Hartline and Turner they obviously have info we don't. Our secondary is going to be MUCH better this year! Excited to see that! Merling and Langford will undoubtedly be much better this season. PROPS to Ireland, Parcells and Sparano! They've proved there intelligence last year in Miami and the rear before in Dallas. They'll get it done...
I wish we could have pulled a deal like New England did.They drafted down to #26 one draft pick below us...I would have to say that there's a good chance that this deal could have been offered to us as well BY Green Bay.Green Bay traded there #41,#73,#83 PICK TO MOVE UP TO #26!!! How would that have changed our draft if we were the team that took the deal vs New England? Our first pick at 41 COULD have been D. Butler instead of Davis Our second pick at 44 could have been the same White Our third pick at 61 could have stayed the same or we could have drafted a M.Johnson and used one of our inherited picks from Green Bay at 73 or 83 or our own at 87 to pick a corner Our 4th pick would have been one from Green Bay which at #73 we could have had players such as R Brewster OT,Dandre Levy OLB,L Vasquez G, Our 5th pick from Green Day at #83 could have been used for R Bardin WR,M Wallace WR,B Tate WR Our pick at 87 could have been for J Cook TE,R Johnson S,T McKenzie OLB Our pick at 108 could have been used for V Martin NoseTackle, TJ Lang OT Our pick at 161 could have been D Robinson G/OT,H Johnson OT Our pick at 165 could have stayed the same withC Clemons FS, OR J Ringer RB Our pick at 181 could have been A Brown RB, 214 SAME Our draft would have turned out very different if we could have moved back as New England did and gather the extra picks at #73 and #83...Either way we will never know if we could have made this deal and I had a bunch of free time this morning ...so thanks for letting me vent a bit
And I think it was more than evident that they had a plan, and were sticking to it. Especially when they said they were done in the beginning of the 7th round.
Who's to know? Maybe Green Bay didn't contact anyone else, figuring thats as low as they needed to go or maybe they made the decision after Miami made their pick at 25? Could be Davis was a player they targeted and didn't want to take the chance of missing him? I kind of find it hard to believe that Parcells and Ireland would have passed on the chance to make that deal unless they had a definite pick as part of their plan at #25, or unless they weren't offered the deal at all. Either way we got two of the best CBs in the draft IMO and it was a serious need that we addressed and turned it into a position with the big question mark removed.
they might have called, but there were reports that Parcells was enamoured with his #1 pick ... so he was probably unlikely to move down. would have been a good move though
