3 Best Draft Senarios

Good point. I forgot about Rolle, who before taking a year off to become a Rhodes Scholar was being projected as a high 1st round pick.

Yeah, we can probably manage with just taking a LT. I think the coaches indeed are going to move Barbre to LG, as he is listed on pretty much every website as a OG now.

let alone a starter on the o-line

Why do you say that? I believe he’s under contract still and I would think that they’ll at least go through training camp with him having a shot at OG. Even if Barbre doesn’t work out at LG, we would still be ok with only getting a LT. I think the chances of Wells being our starting C next year are good. He played pretty well in his time starting and with Colledge playing pretty poorly this season I could see us sticking Spitz back at LG, which is where he has played in the past.

except Hawk. i think he could still be useful. i agree Bush deserves to go because he sucks and Kampman has to be traded because he doesnt fit into the 3-4.
the only problem with trading guys like that is that is that you create more needs for urself and more question marks moving forward. who am i to talk though? i do that stuff on Madden all the time. haha

Haha no worries about the ranting, I find myself doing it all the time when thinking about the Packers!

After watching the Senior Bowl, I think I’m hoping most that we get Buluga at 23 but if he isn’t available, then Graham out of Michigan. Of course this will depend on what plays out with Kampman. If we re-sign him I doubt we spend a first round pick on an OLB.

If TT decides he wants to part ways with Kampman, thinking about trading he and Hawk together could possibly be a good move. I think we could get a 1st rounder and maybe a 4th or 5th for the two of them. I did a little researching and think a team that would be willing to do this is the Tennessee Titans, who will have either the 16th or 17th pick.

Losing Haynesworth hurt them on the d-line, and when Kearse had an injury plagued season that certainly didn’t help things either. Vanden Bosch was great for them coming off the edge but he didn’t have any help from the other DE spend, or the DT’s. Obviously Kampman is a proven 4-3 DE, and an elite one at that. I know he is coming off of an ACL tear but I don’t think it will greatly decline his play. He isn’t an elite pass rusher because he has superior athleticsim, but rather because he does all the little things great and is fundamentally sound.

The next big void on their defense is in their LB corps. Their starting LB’s this year were Bulluck, Tulloch, and Allred. Bulluck is great but had an ACL tear late into the season, and is 32+ years old. I have never even heard of Allred, but in looking at his yahoo profile it appears he is relatively average and only plays when he is needed. (19 tackles in 12 games this year.)

I think Kampman and Hawk could really help improve that defense immediately, and if their defense improves they could become legitimate contenders with Chris Johnson and Kenny Britt’s emergence this year (especially Chris Johnson.) And obviously, the 16th or 17th pick could help us address our two biggest needs (OT and CB) or it could allow for us to make one pick in the 1st round more based off of need and one based off of the best guy out there.

Kind of a crazy situation but I’m bored haha!

I hated the Harrell pick too…actually I barely knew anything about him and he wasn’t even on my radar. I had a hunch it wouldn’t pan out but I’ve been wrong plenty of times (this time I was right).

I was bummed on the rodgers pick too…not because we had Favre because I thought it was time for us to start looking toward the future, but because I hated Rodgers coming into the draft. I thought for sure he was Kyle Boller 2.0. I was very wrong and I’ll gladly eat my crow on that one!

Brandon Jackson did a good job last year

I like your take on things. There are some good LT’s in this years draft, but only like 4-5 of them. If one falls to us, I don’t see how TT doesn’t pick one, even if there is a more talented guy on the board. Clifton declined a bit this year and was pretty average for us at his best. To think he’ll be able to hold up all year next year could be silly, and I think Lang’s arms are just short to be a LT. LT is a huge need for us. We saw what it looked like when we didn’t have a RT..Imagine how much worse not having a LT could be? I don’t know about the rest of you but I certainly don’t want to see Rodgers taking hits all game from his blindside.

I think Grant has to be our guy as well. I can’t remember where I saw this, or who was saying, but there was someone who was asked about Grant’s season with us and whoever it was actually said he thought Grant overacheived. At first I was huh? But the more I thought about it, I kind of realized that this is kind of true. The o-line didn’t open up any holes for him in the beginning of the year, and he isn’t the type of Rb who is going to be able to make 2-3 guys miss in the backfield. When our blocking started to get better so did Grant, and he actually made a couple of big runs for us. We also should keep in mind that Clifton and Colledge provide virtually nothing when run blocking, and Tauscher doesn’t do a whole lot either. I think getting Spitz back, making Lang a starter at LG or RT, and drafting a LT who has some explosion off the line could do wonders for Grant. Oh and of course, having one of the deadliest passing games would help as well :).

I just really hope TT addresses our weaknesses because we really have the talent to be a really, really good team.

All this talk about taking Spiller is killing me too!!!! I pray TT finds a guy in the 6th or 7th that can in 2 years be a monster RB… but, who can spell RG 10 – 15 plays… Would love to see us get Chester Taylor or Kevin Faulk in FA… Not too expensive but, a great 3rd down option to really help Grant out…? We have to remember… Early this year our OL was terrible… Injuries… Allen Barbre just couldn’t hang… Sure Ryan Grant had a slow start… Who wouldn’t behind the line we fielded? We HAVE TO GET A LT FROM SOMEWHERE!!!! (Even if we resign MT, and CC…)

Don’t know how this will all shake out… but, I DO KNOW THE COLTS have 3 undrafted FA starting on their OL… Come on Ted… WORK some MAGIC for us and find a couple of those guys so we don’t have to waste a draft pick!!!! GET TO WORK!! (LOL)

 I also know that every year there are numerous busts in the draft… (HARRELL) :) Can’t let that go!!! :)

We have to minimize those through research… (TT, MM) :) Let’s don’t REACH this year… Let’s try to get our FRANCHISE LT in Round 1 if he’s there… IF NOT… I’d say OLB… Either Brandon Graham or that Hughes kid out of TCU… I would be fine with either one! Then trading up in the second to find that CB we need so bad isn’t a bad idea… I really think that Rhodes Scholar kid would be a great choice!!! (WE KNOW HE’s SMART!!) : )

I just don’t want to have one of those WHAT WERE THEY THINKING DRAFTS!!!! My worst fear is we take Spiller and he for some reason doesn’t play a down for us… God Forbid!!!!

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