Ciao JT...Hello new OLB..

If we cant trade down I mtake Morgan/Kindle in round 1
in round 3 I come back with Sapp if avalable or Worilds if not

If we can trade down to say 24 I take 1) Hughes 2) Burnett or Cam Thomas/Cody 3) Worilds(sslb where Hughes a rush)

Natalya, as always you are our preminent voice of reason.

22 sacks call me crazy baby

I feel OLB is the #1 priority but I’m not sure we will be able to address that in round 1. Even if we do i like…

Daniel Te’o-Nesheim in the 3rd round.

And my O my, you have a lot of rules about answering your post, now I do not want to be rude, truly, and yet I am feeling a bit rebelous, so how to answer………………. ah yes, I think this will do;

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A. Is a #1 priority since we are missing a body there and OLB is very important for a 3-4 Defense.

B. I think Ricky Sapp would be a great value if there in the 3rd round and could have impact right away. Derrick Morgan is the only answer in the 1st, if the FO thinks he IS able to become OLB then is a close deal.

C. I would expect no less than 7 sacks since is what we are losing in Taylor and Porter. Wake should handle othe 7-9 sacks by himself to think we are at we were last season but younger.

Great Post Nat. Rec’d

We could offer a 5th….j/k

I have no clue as to what the draft is going to shape up like. I really feel we’ll trade down, and depending on where we go will dictate who we get, and what position we address (obviously).

I’d think OLB is a top priority, but I don’t think this necessarily means we definitely go with that with our first pick. I think this will be the Year Of The Linebacker and we will be getting multiple OLBs. I am honestly more excited about our 3rd and onward picks, seeing that we probably won’t have a clue as to who they are. All our star LBs that have been let go under this regime have been 3-5 rounders!

Nice, make sense of things, and refresh the dialogue, it was needed…

here are most of the de/olb listed with their combine

http://www.thephinsider.com/2010/4/8/1410713/solb-player-x

I haven’t been to the site in a couple of days, hoping that the JT stuff had died down. I was wrong.

If I were picking defense, OLB would be my #1 pick. That being said, I don’t know who I would take at #12. I don’t think any of the top prospects are sure fire stars and everyone of them could be busts. So I would take Berry or Thomas at #12. If neither are there, go offense because that would mean both Spiller and Bryant are available.

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A. OLB is the most important “need,” but superior FSs are a special rarity. Just a single dominant FS is hard to find, but two in the same draft? Yeah I’d definitely grab the FS first.

B. Really, I’d love to grab the OLB in the 2nd rd…. but we have no 2nd rd pick Therefore, I’d default to the 3rd, unless Cam Thomas drops, in that case, I’d take him. So my OLB might possibly drop to the 4th rd, but no further. Obviously, along with the 4th, I’d stack up project-olbs in the later rounds. So basically, Graham and Hughes would be optimal in rd 1. Whoever falls from rd 1, and someone will, would be great in the 2nd. Sapp and Misi look fine for the 3rd. 4th is another area where whoever drops from the 3rd would be nice. 5th would probably be Sharpton.

C. In terms of production, I’d expect more sacks from these players, than someone like Anderson. However, I doubt any of them would really be as complete a package as Anderson, leading me to have a consistent rotation between Wake, Anderson, and the two, yes two, drafted OLBs.

That being said I’m going to stick with theme and pick the OLB I like most……… Sean Weatherspoon and Jerry Hughes.

[A] OLB is a #1 need (actually NT is our #1 need, but I don’t think there is a NT worthy of a #12 pick). We could still get OJ Atogwe after June 1 in an emergency.

[B] I would use our #12 pick to either trade down or take Jerry Hughes straight up. We have a potentially elite OLB already in Cameron Wake (don’t tell me what he can’t do, we need to talk about what he CAN DO very well with only limited experience and ridiculously limited snaps). Having Jerry Hughes AND Cameron Wake attacking from the edges would improve our defense substantially in basically one pick. Thankfully we have more.

© I predict Jerry Hughes will have 8 -10 sacks in his rookie year and then go on to become a hard-working do-everything-well OLB for years to come.

A. I currently view OLB as the second most important position behind Safety. I honestly believe we have all the pieces to have a top 5 offense in football this year and I believe that will make us one of the top scorers in the league. If teams have to constantly play ‘catch up’ from behind then they will tend to pass. After all, we know how our running game failed to catch Indy’s offense last year even though our execution was nearly flawless. This being said, I think if Earl Thomas is there we should pull the trigger. However I feel as if Parcells is a LB guy and this will be his first priority.I believe he would rather go with a OLB then a S in round 1.

B. I believe trading down is the best compromise. At pick #12 Pierre-Paul is a much too risky project and the best option Derrick Morgan is still an unsure thing. If Parcells does go OLB in round 1 though I would think it would be Derrick Morgan from Georgia Tech. If we trade down I think we should look into Brandon Graham, Jerry Hughes, Sergio Kindle, Ricky Sapp or Sean Witherspoon in terms of who is available.

C. Who’s to say who will have the best season next year? As much as I am against drafting Pierre-Paul, the guy’s athleticism could make him the best sacking rookie since Javon Kearse! However, I’m a fan of Morgan, but I think Jerry Hughes’ lack of attention as of late will translate to him having one hell of a year. I think a reasonable goal for our round 1 rookie OLB would be to show a capability to cover RB’s and TE’s and snag 4-8 sacks as well as a constant pressure with fellow teammate Cam Wake.

Can we talk about JT? =)
oh, and, i don’t want to follow your format.

;-)

i don’t really like where we are right now with OLB, and am pretty sure that the Triad’s first pick will be at that position. Otherwise, I would have to believe that they would have re-signed JT as a stopgap, just in case a later round pick didn’t develop.

But if we have to pick @ 12, i would go with Morgan, just from a safe pick standpoint – kinda like when they took Jake Long. Morgan will at least be serviceable and should be able to step right in and produce as a rookie.
He has the size to hold up against the run and is reasonably quick, and a good tackler. He is still very young, which means he should be able to improve his technique with good coaching and practice, and he still has some room to develop physically (he just turned 21 a couple of months ago) strength-wise. And everything I have read about him indicates that he is a leader and good teammate.
He might not be a flashy pick, but you are almost guaranteed that he will be a good-very good player at worst.

I just think that, as a team, we are not yet at the point where we can afford to swing for the fence with a first round draft pick. That is probably for next year, depending on how well we come out of this draft.

I think if we pick Morgan, we do not get a FS from the draft that will contribute much this season. That would probably need to be a 2nd round pick at least, and unless we trade down, the best we could do is pick up a safety in the third… where i am rather hoping we grab a NT.

OLB and FS are about equal in my eyes right now. If we get either one in round 1, and an effective NT in 3, we can work with the guys we have at the remaining position, IMO. But I think there may be less risk picking OLB than trying to pick a FS to start this season.

… it’s also a higher value position than Safety or NT.

I’d say Morgan in the first round. But if something different happens, I’d say Koa Misi in the third.

Fun post Talya….. ;-]