We Should draft Jordy Nelson - Kansas State WR in the 3rd

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by DGreene28

He's not a depth pick he would be starting next year. He is an absolute wrecking ball on the field... Never seen a guard with this many pancakes in the open field

I love this, Redskin fans are slowly catching Albert fever. And it's coming on strong enough to be at maximum strength right around the end of April.

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

If Albert fell to us at 21 and we passed I would be pretty damn mad. I don't think that'll happen. He is a safe pick and someone will probably pull the trigger on him between 10-15.

doubt it. he's generally predicted in the 20-28 range. G and Cs in the 1st are the safest picks because very few are talented enough to be considered that early. it does tend to work out though (when you don't reach excessively like the bucs).

[SC Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by hooskins

Do you think Albert will be available then? Some drafts have him going in the mid to late teens. I would love to see him on our squad of course.

Look back at some old mock drafts and see how many picks ended up being correct. Usually it is about 3/32. We shall see, the draft is pretty unpredictable despite all the effort that all these experts put into coming up with mock drafts for our collective consumption. I would like so see some Virginia players on the Skins, I don't think they have any and, as I told my wife the other day (Tech grad), every player from UVa drafted in the first three rounds going back to 1996 has turned out to be a good to very good player (with the exception of Jon Harris ... but the Eagles totally reached on him anyway). I suspect the Skins will probably choose to address other needs (WR, CB, DE) in the first and wait on OL until the later rounds.

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by SC Skins Fan

Look back at some old mock drafts and see how many picks ended up being correct. Usually it is about 3/32. We shall see, the draft is pretty unpredictable despite all the effort that all these experts put into coming up with mock drafts for our collective consumption. I would like so see some Virginia players on the Skins, I don't think they have any and, as I told my wife the other day (Tech grad), every player from UVa drafted in the first three rounds going back to 1996 has turned out to be a good to very good player (with the exception of Jon Harris ... but the Eagles totally reached on him anyway). I suspect the Skins will probably choose to address other needs (WR, CB, DE) in the first and wait on OL until the later rounds.

well nfldraftscout actually tracks their accuracy, but when they say they got 27/32 right, they mean right player, right spot OR right player, wrong team, OR right position, right spot, OR right player anywhere in the first round, so there's some padding there.

i'm almost convinced the dolphins take long (DE version) #1 based on thier FA, and ryan to the falcons seems to be a near lock too. long (OT) to chiefs seems right too. you could lock the top 8 if you figure out who actually wants mcfadden and which CB the patriots are willing to take if they can't trade down (jenkins, mcklevin, DRC).

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by That Guy

well nfldraftscout actually tracks their accuracy, but when they say they got 27/32 right, they mean right player, right spot OR right player, wrong team, OR right position, right spot, OR right player anywhere in the first round, so there's some padding there.

i'm almost convinced the dolphins take long (DE version) #1 based on thier FA, and ryan to the falcons seems to be a near lock too. long (OT) to chiefs seems right too. you could lock the top 8 if you figure out who actually wants mcfadden and which CB the patriots are willing to take if they can't trade down (jenkins, mcklevin, DRC).

Jake Long is a good bet to go to the Rams at #2. Chiefs would like to trade down. If they stay where they are Clady or Ellis are the likely options.

[skinzaholic73]

awesome highlight clip! I hope he's there at our 3rd pick.If not I vote Adarius Bowman.

[That Guy]

if its our comp 3rd or doesn't stop us from getting a good value with the comp 3rd (by taking him at #21 that round), then that's fine.

hardy is a 1st rounder, and is probably gone before we can take him. he also has possible character issues.


and again, if you look at his highlights, an awful lot of them wouldn't happen in the NFL due to faster players and smaller windows. that doesn't mean he'll suck, but it'll be much harder to put up the numbers he had in college.

[DGreene28]

Originally Posted by That Guy

if its our comp 3rd or doesn't stop us from getting a good value with the comp 3rd (by taking him at #21 that round), then that's fine.

hardy is a 1st rounder, and is probably gone before we can take him. he also has possible character issues.


and again, if you look at his highlights, an awful lot of them wouldn't happen in the NFL due to faster players and smaller windows. that doesn't mean he'll suck, but it'll be much harder to put up the numbers he had in college.

I hear you, but he dominated eilte CB's in college lke Aqib Talib and the Big 12 is not a cupcake conference. If we took Nelson and put him out there with Moss and Randle El... I would take Nelson vs most Nickel CB's in the NFL.

I like where we are in the first at 21. Talent runs deep at a lot of positions. At this point depending at who's mock you look at Albert could be there for us. In a month let's see where he's projected to go.

[Chief X_Phackter]

Jordy is a player. I had season tickets to Kansas State last year and got to see him live for six of their games. I would be very pleased if the Skins happened to pick him up.

[freddyg12]

I like Albert a lot too. I think he's a great fit for the skins for a no. of reasons, but especially for his versatility. He could start at guard immediately, but he's agile & big enough to play tackle & could be a long-term replacement for Jansen in a couple years.

[TheSmurfs22]

As a lifelong K-State fan I would love to see another guy make the trip from Manhattan to DC to join the Skins.

[Dirtbag59]

As I posted in another thread, at least he'll be a great locker room guy.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Given how we've struggled for years with injuries along the O-line and that none of our starting O-linemen are in their 20s, I'm quite surprised that anyone would oppose drafting an O-lineman in the 1st round. Do we need an impact #1 wideout? Sure, but I wouldn't expect to find a WR with the 21st pick who will be an immediate, impact player. Do we need a CB? Sure, but we have Springs, Smoot, and Rogers on the roster. IMO, our most pressing need is along the line.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

Given how we've struggled for years with injuries along the O-line and that none of our starting O-linemen are in their 20s, I'm quite surprised that anyone would oppose drafting an O-lineman in the 1st round. Do we need an impact #1 wideout? Sure, but I wouldn't expect to find a WR with the 21st pick who will be an immediate, impact player. Do we need a CB? Sure, but we have Springs, Smoot, and Rogers on the roster. IMO, our most pressing need is along the line.

Don't worry, when our running game returns to the 1337 level then people will be more then pleased with us drafting Brandon Albert. Plus with Albert and Heyer we'll have our pair of bookends set for possibly the next decade. Plus as I said before, if we draft Albert in the first then the chances of us taking Jordy in the 2nd or 3rd increase. Personally I would love to see a draft with Albert in the first, Jordy in the Second, and Dre Moore in the third, however Moore might not last that long.

I don't think people realize that we have a better group of Recievers then most teams in the NFL. This desire for a playmaker at Reciever is way off base to me. People see what Randy Moss did last year and think "WOW I WANT THAT" Usually teams that are looking for "the answer" at Wide Reciever go through a lot of trouble to find that guy. And in some cases it means poor Quarterback play. Which to me isn't much of an issue with Zorn tutoring Campbell. I mean the names Branch and Burleson don't exaclty strike fear into the hearts of defenses but the Seahawks have one of the NFL's best passing attacks.

Conversly the Cardinals have two of the games best recievers and still can't get past 8-8. And ironically people have been blaming the Cardinals lack of success due to poor O-Line play, of course thats changing as of late with Grimm there but still.

I don't know I'm all over the place with this post.

[That Guy]

there's nothing wrong with going OL in the first, but the hardest two positions to fill are franchise QB and elite pass rushing DE. If harvey or merling (or DRC) are there, i'd lean towards them first, since DL is deep this draft and there always seem to be starting NFL guards around the 20-30th picks every year.