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

[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.

[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

[skinsnut]

"I wonder if the NFL would consider letting us trade all or draft picks in for #1s.
...Thats about what we need at this point"

Debby Downer

[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

[skinsfaninok]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

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

SS have you heard anything on Rex? Will he be back and anything on the draft? Like our top prospects?

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

SS have you heard anything on Rex? Will he be back and anything on the draft? Like our top prospects?

Last I heard, they were working on a contract extension for Rex. Probably two years. He'll be a bridge to the next QB.

Current speculation is Quinn at #10 in the draft. Way too early to really know though

[skinsfaninok]

^ so Rex more than likely is the guy next season then.. I thought he played pretty well honestly.

Quinn is a good player I wouldn't mind another pass rusher

[cdskins26]

do we take newton if he is on the board? i would hate to have passed on him, unless it meant taking mallett. i think we get our quarterback and worry about everything else while we groom him. once hes ready to play in a year, we have a team around him ready to roll.

[cdskins26]

Also, walter football mocks us newton in the first and WR Torrey Smith in the second. Im not from around DC, but any thoughts on smith? Is he worthy of a second round pick? What is his skill set?

[skinsfaninok]

I am praying we don't draft newton. A 1 year wonder IMO

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

I am praying we don't draft newton. A 1 year wonder IMO

Newton is Sanchez from a different system.

Physically, he may be the best athlete I've ever seen, and he can play quarterback at the next level if he wants to. He has a compact release and throws accurately to the edges. But NFL defenses are going to confuse the crap out of Cam Newton (much like Sanchez), since half his college experience came at the JUCO level.

Newton's NFL prospects are long and full of love/hate. Compares favorably to Jake Locker, whose career will be very short and full of erratic passes.

I would draft Pat Devlin before him, although they are not at all the same quarterback. Devlin hardly ever goes down the field at Delaware. Newton goes down the field all the time at Auburn. What they have in common is that are the two most accurate passers in the draft.

[Bucket]

Even though I would be happy with Quinn at #10. I really think we need to trade down, and try to feel some more gaps on our Oline, and defense then going after 1 big time player early..

[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.

[jsarno]

Cam Newton is NOT our answer. Trade down! We need more picks, and there are plenty of good olinemen to be had later in the draft.
I'd like to see us trade for Tebow, but I understand that's a pipe dream. We aren't going to be contenders next year (if there is one) and Tebow is the type that will need a full season before he truly gets it.