We will draft a CB or DT with our first pick

[dirthogs311]

I disagree i think we lack depth at safety more than corner. But, I think we will take the best available player at either safety, offensive line, corner, or linebacker.

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Originally Posted by dirthogs311

I disagree i think we lack depth at safety more than corner. But, I think we will take the best available player at either safety, offensive line, corner, or linebacker.

They are stacked at safety (as long as Taylor is there). CB is definitely more of a weakness because Springs has shown that you can't count on him for 16 games. Rogers has been banged up a lot too.

I still say that LB is where you have to pick. You have to plan in case Washington goes down. As it stands right now, if Washington goes down, their LB's suck.

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Originally Posted by Grim21Reaper

They are stacked at safety (as long as Taylor is there). CB is definitely more of a weakness because Springs has shown that you can't count on him for 16 games. Rogers has been banged up a lot too.

I still say that LB is where you have to pick. You have to plan in case Washington goes down. As it stands right now, if Washington goes down, their LB's suck.

I would say that we are fine at a lot of positions until our best guy goes down. LB, DT, TE, OT, OG, C are all positions where as long as we stay healthy, we won't have any problems. The depth is there and we have guys who can spot start, but if one of the starters at the aforementioned positions goes down (for a significant period of time, such as the rest of the year), we don't have much to rely on outside of a strong system (which is a great ally, don't get me wrong). But that's the reason that the 2nd rounder must be spent at one of those positions.

Injuries are a crapshoot, and in many cases the X factor in professional football, and you want to be as close as prepared for anything as possible.

So that's my criteria for this pick. Get a guy you would feel comfortable starting in the playoffs as a rookie at one of those positions.

I do stress over this, but undoubtably, Gibbs and co. have already realized what I just stated a long time ago, and we as fans have nothing to worry about.

[jermus22]

Originally Posted by dirthogs311

I disagree i think we lack depth at safety more than corner. But, I think we will take the best available player at either safety, offensive line, corner, or linebacker.

Yep. We already have Springs, Rogers, Wright, and Jimoh at corner. Safety is a little more of a concern with only Prioleau backing up Taylor and Archuleta. Personally, I think we need a LB pretty bad consdering that beyond Washington and Marshall, we only have Clemons, Campbell, and McCune. Marshall's versatility will allow us the flexibility of either a MLB or OLB. We could use some depth at T, especially since our best options are only Wilson and Molinaro. We already have two backup interior linemen in Pucilllo and that guys from the Texans (can't remember his name). DT could be upgraded, but we already have a lot of decent players there (Griffin, Saleve'a, Killings, Boschetti, and Aki Jones). I'm banking on a LB being our next pick.

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Originally Posted by jermus22

We could use some depth at T, especially since our best options are only Wilson and Molinaro. We already have two backup interior linemen in Pucilllo and that guys from the Texans (can't remember his name). DT could be upgraded, but we already have a lot of decent players there (Griffin, Saleve'a, Killings, Boschetti, and Aki Jones). I'm banking on a LB being our next pick.

If you're talking about Marc Wilson, the draft pick from a couple of years ago, then he's gone. Didn't make the cut. Jim Molinaro was taken with him, and he's still on the roster, but it looks like the coaches aren't too confident with him either. There's also a guy named Jim Jones who's probably a backup at best. (Just don't drink any Kool-aid, if he offers!)

A good argument could still be made to draft for the offensive line. But as it's been said over and over, if there's not an O-lineman worth taking at #53, you can't overreach for it.