Tebow or McCoy?

[MTK]

I'm not sure we could draft someone that the board will be 100% behind. Every player seems to have their share of supporters and doubters.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

I'm not sure we could draft someone that the board will be 100% behind. Every player seems to have their share of supporters and doubters.

Oh but Tebow is special.

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

I'm not sure we could draft someone that the board will be 100% behind. Every player seems to have their share of supporters and doubters.

Agreed. And being a Florida alum and HUGE fan, I obviously have my Tebow biases. I do have my doubts about him though. I've maintained all along that he needs to sit for at least one season, probably two before he's ready to play pro ball.

As someone mentioned earlier in this thread, Tebow is less of a risk than a guy like McCoy because of his athleticism. He's big, fast, very strong, and has a 38 inch vertical. Even if he doesn't work out at QB, he can still be a good HB, special teamer, and wildcat player. If any of the other top QB prospects bust, they are destined to be nothing more than a clipboard holder, or out of the league all together.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

I'm not sure we could draft someone that the board will be 100% behind. Every player seems to have their share of supporters and doubters.

I think Okung or Suh would be close to 100% in approval. But after that, someone is always going to hate the pick.

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

I think Okung or Suh would be close to 100% in approval. But after that, someone is always going to hate the pick.

I'd be happy with either; however the "problem" with Okung is that we could probably get a tackle 90% as good 10-20 picks later in the draft. if Suh were on the board, i'd be pretty pissed if we did anything other than drafting him or trading down, since we would have plenty of offers.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

I'd be happy with either; however the "problem" with Okung is that we could probably get a tackle 90% as good 10-20 picks later in the draft. if Suh were on the board, i'd be pretty pissed if we did anything other than drafting him or trading down, since we would have plenty of offers.

The only real OT in the draft that I would consider about 90% as good as Okung would be Trent Williams. Anthony Davis, Charles Brown, and Brian Bulaga all come with immediate value, but I would file them in "best of the rest" territory.

I'm higher on Davis than most because I think he's a top three LT in this draft, but I'd obviously feel a lot better about him had Andre Smith been a positive contributor on the 2009 Bengals. I don't necessarily think Smith is a bust nor is Davis any way dependent on Smith to be successful, but as long as teams are going to back their evaluations on these "character issue" types with their dollar, I'd really like to see it pay off for someone first.

I wouldn't be unhappy with any of the above, but ultimately, when you are trying to improve a team, you do that by grabbing the best player you can get who won't be blocked by a veteran. Any situation where we land Okung, it'd be tough to argue that we didn't get the best player available. But going further on down that list, we might then be passing up steals to address an obvious need.

Okung is the offensive Suh in this draft, but there is no Gerald McCoy comparable. The next best offensive player is probably Spiller.