Smonroe

Venturi said he was taught that you want a guy who can put the ball in the endzone or a guy who can knock down their QB. Not my idea of a sexy pick, but we haven't had a true edge rusher that teams had to worry about in a long, long time.

All that thought we could have traded down - it takes another team who wants to trade up. With so many QBs and O players taken, I’m guessing a lot of teams knew they’d get someone high on their board without having to give something up. More importantly. Even though we had a to of sacks, how did we rank with pressure?

Not very bold - but we trade with either the Steeler or Eagles to get an extra second rounder. Our pick is Thomas Jr. (although I'd be happy with Worthy). Get a CB and interior OL in the 2nd. But here's a really bold prediction: The line for the number of draft picks is 7.5. I'm taking the under.

I figure it’s a PA team. Steelers or Eagles.

I'm hoping your second one comes true. Which PA team do we trade with?

Then pack their bags and high tail it out before the pitchfork mob catches them!

No pick is a guarantee, just ask the Jets (and you can look at a lot of 1st rounders picked before ours who've busted). I'm not trying to defend CB, and I'll give you Hooker. Even though at the time everyone thought it was a steal, but injuries did him in. So what if Buck was a 49ers pick, we got him cheaper than they did as far as draft capital. Bottom line, "First round grade" is subjective and hindsight is... I'll still take CB's draft success over most GMs.

I guess it depends on your definition of “first round grade”. IMO, it’s someone they believe can start day one and make a positive impact on the game. Ballards #1’s have been Hooker, Q, Buck (in a way), Kwity and AR. Pretty good track record when you think about it.

They do a good job with that series. The one after the draft is a must watch!

No, the NFL allows them to work out with the team prior to being taken off the list.

I couldn't agree more with the bolded statement. Once a player is on the team, the only thing his draft position does for him (aside from the money) is maybe give him a little more time to develop. Mainly because teams are reluctant to admit that their research didn't pan out and they want to see their guy succeed. As far as defense, I feel the number one responsibility of the GM and the coach is to help the franchise QB be the franchise QB, if you get what I mean. And until that's proven, if it means sacrificing a need on defense in order to enhance the QB's arsenal, so be it. But that's just me...

Third and fifth round picks….just for reference. While I’d love to see what Shane would do with Bowers, I feel the TE room as a collective is pretty good. I’m hoping for a breakaway WR like Thomas Jr. That room is pretty thin.

I’d prefer Verse over any CB, unless Sauce is reentering the draft, lol! A better pass rush means the DBs don’t have to be superstars. But if I were to guess, I’d say when it comes to our pick we’ll hear “The Indianapolis Colts have traded their pick to….”

A rookie CB is a crap shoot. Wilson, Rock, JuJu - none were very productive their first season. (I understand they weren’t #1s but they were high picks) Bowers or a WR like Thomas Jr will make immediate impacts IMHO. We can get a veteran CB to work in with Juju, Flowers and Jones.

No problem, I was probably off on a tangent anyway. I also do not want us to take a CB at 15, or even trade back for one. I want a receiver, either Bowers or Thomas Jr. Second choice would be an edge rusher. Pick up a veteran CB and let JuJu, Flowers, and Jones learn from him.