Loki wrote:It's becoming very clear to me that if one of Teddy Bridgewater, Johnny Manziel, or Blake Bortles is there we Definitely need to pull the trigger. With the coaching/scheme improvements, the maturation of younger players, and the recent free agent signings we will be winning too many games to be in position to get a franchise QB for the next few years. I know franchise QB's can be had in the later rounds but the highest success rates are in the first round and particularly closer to the top of the draft. I would make them sit the bench for a period to refine their game and get accustom to the speed of the NFL and the looks that they'll be seeing. but if 1 of these 3 falls to us and we don't take him i think we'll be regretting it in the future when were stuck with an Andy Dalton type game managing QB.
I agree to an extent but also, there has been a lot of chatter that QBs could fall. I think outside of QB, our biggest hole is LB. You could argue outside CB as well. I think our choices are narrowed down to CJ Mosely, Justin Gilbert, or a QB at #8 (or later if we trade down). The good thing is, LB, QB, and CB are all fairly deep in this years class.
2nd-4th round LB's could consist of: Borland, Shazier, Skov, Jones, Smith, Smallwood
2nd-4th round CB's could consist of: Verrett, Fuller, Roby, Jean-Baptiste, McGill, Desir
2nd-4th round QB's could consist of: Carr, Mettenberger, Garappolo, McCarron, Murray, Boyd, Fales (and possibly 1 or more of the Top 3 if they fall)
So as you can see, there is plenty of depth. I highly doubt Spielman stays put where he is in rounds 1-4 but there are quality players all over the board in the early rounds that would fill immediate needs for us. I really like how we addressed free agency.
The more I look into the Joseph signing, the more I love it because if you think about it, outside of Nix, the nose tackle class is fairly weak outside of maybe McCullers. NT doesn't have near the depth that the positions above do. It was a very smart signing on Spielman's part.
