I like where we are.........

[Deano1818]

Been off the board for awhile.......

Getting a person in late round 2 that could probably start at 4 of the 5 positions is brilliant

(I don't believe that he is good enough to be a full time starter at LT in the NFL, but could be a backup)

He will probably get Thortons spot this year, but is insurance if any of the 4 go down with injury.

If history is any indicator, we will have someone on the OL injured for part of the year

The difference between he and Gabe is that he can also play RT, and may even be the long term answer at the spot. He also can play center as well .

Luck got killed last year,

We needed help and depth at the OL....... We got it.

The wr pick is also a great pickup. A fast receiver with size that can be groomed to be an eventual starter

This is a win so far

Now...... In the 5th and 6th, I would go for small college DBs that could develop

The odds are extremely low that more than 1 or 2 picks and UDFA even make the team from the 5th on

As I see it, we still have holes at NT , pass rush LB, and at Safety for depth.... Maybe a FA, maybe a later trade to fill

Still not sure we are that much better than we were from last year on defense, to make a difference

[bestQBever]

yeah same. Now that I've had time to simmer my expectations down and look at the people we've drafted and analyze why we drafted them, This is a very nice draft so far for us. Like many of you have mentioned, Mewhort can be depth this year for every position on the line and will probably start next year. Moncrief has huge potential to become our #1 when Wayne retires and it's always nice to have depth at the WR position. If Nicks pans out and Wayne retires our WR corps won't stutter one bit given moncrief has a year to develop.

[Deano1818]

On a team that went to the playoffs last year we are a stronger team today

Return of an excellent TE from injury

Removal of the worst center in the NFL

Removal of one of the worst Guards in the NFL

Return of a solid guard from injury

Return of a very good WR (maybe HOF) from injury

Addition of D. Jackson at ILB - a significant step up from last years ILB

Addition of a new DL - A. Jones - A significant step up from last year

Bethea being gone...... Mixed feelings on Bethea, but let's be honest, the guy was not good last year

We have multiple, VERY viable options to replace the extremely poor G and C play.

Da'rick will have a full camp to learn the offense

Richardson will have a full camp to learn the offense and may actually get the football without someone hitting him at the same time

We get Bradshaw back (he was doing VERY well behind this pathetic line before he was hurt)

To summarize

This year over last year improvement

QB - better with experience/better line

RB - better than last year (maybe slightly)

OL - better than last year

TE - better than last year

WR - better than last year

DL - better than last year

ILB- better than last year

OLB - Same as last year....... No improvement

CBs. - Same as last year .... No improvement

Safety - maybe same, maybe worse

K/ P. Same as last year - good

This team seemed MUCH better than last year, if we have injuries anything could happen, but......

We should be in the AFC championship game this year......

SB the next year