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I like this pick. If nothing else running against a front of Ferguson, Goldman, McDonald/Ratliff is not going to be easy for any team. ILB will have plenty of room to roam and make plays.

I need to add there was a bonus in the 1st Rd when the Packers took Damarious Randall. Back to back FS in Rd 1? Kid went from a 3rd Rd grade to Rd 1 ahead of Collins all while there was no football being played. Rumor is they plan to convert him to a CB but despite what I've read and heard about Randall, I haven't seen him be a physical player and he won't match up against Kevin White. To me, what GB did was just like what we've seen from the Bears in the draft in years past.

Among the choices there I prefer to fix the Dline. I'd even take an OT/OG over Harold.

I'm very happy with Kevin White. Kid had a blue chip grade, or higher depending on where you look, and that's what you want out of a top 10 pick. http://www.nfl.com/draft/story/0ap30000004...s-and-red-chips I said weeks ago I preferred him over Cooper. I think Cooper is the better WR right now and I had pretty much accepted that we'd get Cooper (not that he'd have been a bad choice at all). White is by far the better run blocker among the two IMO and I think White's upside as a WR is higher because of the way he goes up after the ball on contested throws, which leads to preferring him over Cooper as a red zone target. Either of these WRs would have added the speed element we needed in our WR corps.

To borrow a phrase….make it so.

Rd 1 #7 Amari Cooper I think some other team bites on the hype surrounding Kevin White and takes him ahead of Cooper. I'm not sure we'll be able to trade back. There usually aren't that many teams willing to pay the price to get into the top 7. I think the Redskins, and to a lesser extent the Jets, are desperate for more picks and will accept a lower offer than we will. I've already said I want a blue chip player out of this draft so trading all the way back to the late teens to take someone like Landon Collins is not my preference. I think the trade targets for teams trying to get into the top 7 are Beasley or Fowler. With Shane Ray and Randy Gregory going stupid before the draft the urgency to get one of the elite pass rushers is heightened. I don't put Bud Dupree in the same category as those guys and teams know we need a fast edge rusher. If Cooper is not available I think we take Beasley. If we trade back a few picks to around #10 the targets are Danny Shelton or Trae Waynes. If we trade back to middle of the 1st or later I start thinking Jerry Angelo is still running the show.

It will take more than we can afford to give up. We need to reload the roster at almost every position and if anything we could use more picks. However, this league is driven by stars and you have the best odds at finding them in the top half of the draft so I don't want to drop back more than a few spots. Any deal beyond that I wouldn't accept.

I don't want to trade Bennett but I think the new regime is not accepting his sitting out demanding a new contract. So they are sending him a message: We'll shop you around and see if anyone else wants to pay you and us in a trade. It is a way of demonstrating his value. Bennett is not a player another team has to game plan around and never will be. One deal I would take is Wilkerson (Jets DT) in exchange for Bennett and yes we'd have to pay Wilkerson but he'd be an anchor on our Dline from day 1.

Even if he does play well in the new scheme there is nothing in his performance that would earn him a contract as high as his 5th year option. This is a no-brainer decision.

Entering the league already on the substance abuse program means another violation and he immediately starts missing games. That's not the risk you want to take at #7 and by the time you get to Rd 2 the contract and guaranteed money makes the risk-reward calculation more in the team's favor.

Wow another million dollar puff of smoke. Dumb or really arrogant thinking he can or will get away with it. I personally don't think marijuana is a big deal but I've been around it enough to know it does affect motivation. That aside, it's the decision to do this at the start of such a lucrative professional career that really makes me question a guy's judgment and not just on this issue.

Just saying how I feel after watching a couple games of Dupree. He seems a little less mobile laterally than guys like Beasley, Gregory, or Ray.

If we were going to reach for an Oline player this early it makes more sense to reach for Flowers who plays the position we need most (OT) as opposed to drafting a player who most likely will be an OG. Flowers was chosen at 9 by the Giants in this draft and has the athletic ability to develop into a starting LT down the road. LT might be a stretch for him but he should at least end up a very good RT. Same goes for Andrus Peat who has questions about his tenacity but he has all the physical tools needed to play LT. Either of those guys' size and strength next to Long make the right side of our line as dominant as it would be with Scherff/Long combination and we wouldn't have to make a position switch for Long which I prefer. That aside, I prefer to go elsewhere if the top 2 WR are both gone. I'd take in no particular order: Trae Waynes paired with Fuller in man coverage would make our safety issues less of a problem and free up the front 7 to rush the passer Danny Shelton to anchor the Dline up the middle (more of a need than OG) Beasley or Shane Ray (whoever they have rated higher) speed off the edge unlike anyone we have on the roster. I prefer Shane Ray the way he plays to the whistle. Devante Parker would be a nice addition too but he's not in the same class as Cooper or White IMO, and I don't think the drop off in talent after him is that significant in Rd 2. His run-after-the-catch ability is outstanding.

I don't like Dupree that early. He's a good athlete but doesn't get around the edge as well as other guys at the top of the pass rusher lists. I don't like Quinton Rollins until late day 3. The only reason this kid has any talk of Rd 2/3 is purely based on his athletic ability. He has far too much to learn to contribute in a meaningful way for a year or two. At best we can hope he'll make the roster on special teams. In Rd 2 there are far better prospects that can help us win this year. Rashad Green is ok but if we're going after a smaller WR in Rd 3 I'd rather take Lockett who has is quicker and has better long speed to make the big plays. Lockett would be our KR/PR, he also does kick coverage as a gunner, and can add the speed element we don't have at WR.

Yes, and Devante Parker (12) and T.J. Clemmings (19) Future stud WR to pair with Jeffrey, future stud LT who needs a year to learn the ropes at RT this year next to Kyle Long.

I don't need any fuel for this. The fire burns strong all the time.

The only good thing about getting the tough start out of the way early is that those teams won't know what we are doing on offense or defense. It's a small advantage and hopefully we can take advantage of it in at least one of those games, if not two.

I like him, he's not as instinctive as I'd like to see but when you consider he's only played 2 seasons at safety there is upside with the right coaching.

I say…don't draft a FS just to say we drafted a FS. We cannot fix all the holes on our roster in one off season so we're better off grabbing more BPA. Leave Rolle at FS for this year. With his experience we'll be ok. The talent is more at SS and grab a guy there to develop long term while Mundy holds the reigns. I don't think Mundy was that bad and if our LBs would get better he'd have more help. As late round prospects go I really like that kid Jarrett from VT. Love how he plays the game and he's very quick in traffic so he avoids blockers and finds the ball. For his size he is very physical. He doesn't have the speed you want in a FS but he's not far off and might be able to play there with some more experience. I'd take him any day over players like Randall or Holliman who are afraid to tackle.

He was part of the group that got me hooked on the Bears and great hard hitting defense. I loved and will miss his post game radio show.

That would be a perfect fit for our Dline.

From what little I've seen of him Sample looks like he could develop into a good player and I'd have no problem if we draft him especially if he's there in the 5th Rd. Virginia game linked below and you'll see him come in several times to make a solid tackle. http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/players...47/james-sample

When Slauson went down things got ugly fast. I think the possibility of Kyle Long moving to RT is realistic. I'm not saying the team will move him there, or has already made that decision. I think they know they can't go into this season fully reliant on Mills rebounding into a good player. What happens will be more of a BPA situation in the draft. If it's an OT they like I can see them drafting him and putting him in competition at RT. OTOH if it's an OG then I think he comes in competes with Mills from that spot. That means they'd go with keeping their best 5 lineman on the field and in this scenario that would mean moving Long to RT. After reading this I'm not a big fan of keeping Ducasse on the roster. Not that I want anyone to fail but if he gets cut it tells me we have someone better than him. It's one thing when a player is not great at run or pass blocking but they are consistent. The mis-steps Ducasse makes are the ones that blow up plays and QBs. http://chi.scout.com/story/1535606-all-22-...ir-ducasse?s=25

Coleman doesn't appear to be a 1st Rd prospect. I watched the game against Ohio State and he had little help but the few times he got a crease he was grabbing huge chunks of yards, or long TDs. I'd love to have that kind of speed out of the backfield but I'd hate using a 2nd Rd pick to get it when we need so much help up front on either line. Plus he doesn't have a ton of elusiveness in short areas. Assuming we'll use two picks to shore up Oline and RB I'll just say that for me a 2nd Rd OG + 4th-6th RD RB is greater than 2nd Rd RB + 4th-6th Rd OG.

DHB was much more of a 1-trick pony in college than White. I think Cooper will be the guy who has more receptions, more yards receiving and gets you to the redone. White will be the guy you see on ESPN plays of the week and have more TDs because of what he can do in the redzone. In this case the argument that Cooper compliments Jeffrey well has some validity IMO. While he will go inside Jeffrey is not a great move the chains WR. He just isn't quick enough out of his breaks and he's a long strider. Cooper is not as good on contested catches (not that he's bad) but he can work the inside and outside of the field equally well. That helps keep Jeffrey on the outside where he does the most damage.