Skins have 10th overall selection. Who do we pick?

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by mooby

I think we have wayy too many holes to worry about drafting a running back in the second round. Not like he'd be there though. And with Shanny's history of plucking a RB out of the latter rounds if we do get one I'd think we'd use a late round pick on him.

Agreed, and I'd also add that the Shanahans have developed the same ability to develop diamonds in rough at receiver. However even I'll admit that I'm intrigued by guys like Blackmon, Green, and Baldwin at Receiver. Especially if a guy like Baldwin was available in the second round.

However I think it's safe to say that one of the first two picks needs to be a guy that can play among the front 5 on defense and I'm all but sure that no one early in this draft is ready to step in at nose tackle, at least in terms of the traditional mold (ie if any of these early round prospects were to play nose they would have to work on gaining a good 20 to 30 pounds)

[freddyg12]

Originally Posted by mooby

I think we have wayy too many holes to worry about drafting a running back in the second round. Not like he'd be there though. And with Shanny's history of plucking a RB out of the latter rounds if we do get one I'd think we'd use a late round pick on him.

agreed. Unless we pick up some extra picks, our 5th rounder would be the earliest we'd take a rb I would think. I actually don't think the rb depth is that shabby compared to some other positions. I really would like to see CP stay for a reduced rate, Torain keeps healthy & Williams & Davis make the roster or PS too. In 2012 get a rb of the future in the early rounds.

[Landry44]

I would draft Cameron Newton.

[DiehardSkiNfan]

Guys, by the 10th pick, all the good QB's will be gone.. I strongly thing we need to stick to that pick and get Robert Quinn or Daquan Bowers if he drops to help our Defense line.. we were ranked 31st in the league guys on Defense and i'm not sure how bad our sack numbers were this year..Jake is going to be a major bust if we draft him like a Colt Brennan..we gotta stick to Defense because even if we get a QB we're still hurting big time on D and next year we can maybe get Luck or another stud QB now that these teams don't need a QB.. Reverse psychology! Rd1 DE/OLB Rd2: O-line/WR rd3 maybe we can find a stud qb no one knows about.. I mean c'mon if bellichick can do it and find brady in round 6?? wth why cant shanaman do it?? We need proven players who will make immediate impact for our team.. Qb's are very risky and dangerous. I just don't feel comfortable pickin a QB at 10.. if we're talkin top 5 picks then diff story but..idk.. Grossman wasn't that bad.. idk what u guys think??

QUINN??? ORAKPO?? Quinn is suppose to be the next D-Ware.. I really think he can rock and him and orakpo will just smush opposing QB's

[SFREDSKIN]

Originally Posted by DiehardSkiNfan

Guys, by the 10th pick, all the good QB's will be gone..

Mine and other folks on the board sleeper (now that Luck won't come out) can be had in the 3rd or 4th round. I really like this kid better than the guys in the 1st round.

Andy Dalton | TCU, QB : 2011 NFL Draft Scout Player Profile

[SkinzWin]

Originally Posted by SFREDSKIN

Mine and other folks on the board sleeper (now that Luck won't come out) can be had in the 3rd or 4th round. I really like this kid better than the guys in the 1st round.

Andy Dalton*|*TCU,*QB*:*2011 NFL Draft Scout Player Profile

Agreed. Question is, how many round 3 or 4 QB's make it big time in the NFL?! Rhetorical question of course. I'm sure most educated football fans know the answer already.

[DiehardSkiNfan]

I jus hate waiting all this time and seeing us get destroyed every season because one side of the ball OFFENSE or DEFENSE can't stick it to the opposing teams.. Its like if the O does good the D does bad... if the D does good O does bad.. We need one side to be real strong while the other just hangs in and we strengthen it through FA (WR/Oline/RB)

[CultBrennan59]

I say we draft Mallett if he falls to us. He IMO is the best QB in this years draft, and is as good as Andrew Luck.

However I say him and all the other good QB's will be gone by the time we pick. We need to draft lines, yes, but you have to factor in us getting guys in free agency. That said I feel that after free agency is all said and done, we trade down and draft an OLineman like pouncey or rodney hudson. Than get a RB, like a Mark Ingram.

I feel like we will get in FA a WR like Vincent Jackson. At least one starting caliber OLineman. And I think we could go hard after Ike Taylor the solid corner from Pittsburgh.

Cameron Hayward and JJ Watt are other possibilities for us in the first round.

[Bucket]

Yeah.. I would love for Pouncey to be our first round pick. Just having the image of a real stud in the middle of our line who doesn't get pushed 3 yards into the backfield into our RB's face, or stepping on our QB's feet..

It would be ideal.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by Bucket

Yeah.. I would love for Pouncey to be our first round pick. Just having the image of a real stud in the middle of our line who doesn't get pushed 3 yards into the backfield into our RB's face, or stepping on our QB's feet..

It would be ideal.

A pipe dream is a fantastic hope or plan that is generally regarded as being nearly impossible to achieve, originating in the 19th century as an allusion to the dreams experienced by smokers of opium pipes.

Sorry I had a real response hammered out about how combined with the great free agent class and Shanahan not drafting a guard or Center before round 3 since Lennie Friedman in 1999. However the pipe dream thing seemed like more fun, even if it was at the expense of making myself look like a total ass

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by Bucket

Yeah.. I would love for Pouncey to be our first round pick. Just having the image of a real stud in the middle of our line who doesn't get pushed 3 yards into the backfield into our RB's face, or stepping on our QB's feet..

It would be ideal.

THANK YOU!!!!! You win in the trenches!!!!!!

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

THANK YOU!!!!! You win in the trenches!!!!!!

Doesn't mean you need to spend your first round pick there. Pouncey is good but, to me, a guy who is neither a dominant C nor G (just solid at both) is not worth the #10 overall pick

[skinsfaninok]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Doesn't mean you need to spend your first round pick there. Pouncey is good but, to me, a guy who is neither a dominant C nor G (just solid at both) is not worth the #10 overall pick

That's also why I say we trade down to 16 - 20 and draft him and also add another 2nd rounder possibly.

Think about a Williams/Pouncey future! I really dont think we will draft a WR

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

That's also why I say we trade down to 16 - 20 and draft him and also add another 2nd rounder possibly.

Think about a Williams/Pouncey future! I really dont think we will draft a WR

Oh ok trading down for him I can understand, not at 10 though

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

THANK YOU!!!!! You win in the trenches!!!!!!

That saying might be overstated. It's no doubt important but you see teams all over the league with average to decent lines and great QB's going deep into the playoffs year after year (Bears, Chiefs, Eagles, Colts, ~Seahawks, Falcons, Steelers, Packers). While the teams with great lines like the 49ers and Browns sit at home and watch the playoffs after sub .500 seasons. Heck even we had a great line in the middle part of the previous decade and yet the best we did was get to the second round of the playoffs.

Either way Smoot hit home the main point. We don't need to spend a first round pick every year to rebuild our offensive line and even though Shanahan has traditionally done it with second day picks the fact of the matter is that we'll probably see as many as 2 major free agents come in here to play on the offensive line. Davin Joesph seems like the most likely candidate.

Honestly though if we were to use a first round pick in the trenches I would much rather go for someone on the front 5 of our defense as those guys don't usually last on draft day. Zone blocking offensive lineman on the other hand frequently slip through the cracks, mainly because they're viewed as undersized.