Analyzing the 2011 Cardinals Draft:

[Catfish]

The best idea for drafting before free agency (although with free agency expected) is that you take players at positions where there won't be a glut of talent once free agency happens. Will there be starting-caliber WRs and OGs available in free agency? Yes--there always are. Will there be starting-caliber QBs and rush linebackers available in free agency? No. We can talk about Alex Smith and Marc Bulger, but there are more teams looking for starting QBs than there are starting QBs available on the open market.

I have no idea why we're investing another draft pick in a running back when we don't use the backs we have. LSH doesn't need more than 5-8 offensive touches a game.

Colin Kaepernick is being supremely overrated. He's a fourth-round talent at best.

K-9, One of the reasons that I have Kaepernick rated so highly is because I heard Mike Mayock specifically say to someone on one of the players analysis programs that "I promise you that he, (Kaepernick), will go somewhere between 34 and 64 in this draft. Of all the analysts covering the draft that I have watched in the past two years years, Mayock has been by far the closest in his analysis, and with many players, has been spot-on.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

K-9, One of the reasons that I have Kaepernick rated so highly is because I heard Mike Mayock specifically say to someone on one of the players analysis programs that "I promise you that he, (Kaepernick), will go somewhere between 34 and 64 in this draft. Of all the analysts covering the draft that I have watched in the past two years years, Mayock has been by far the closest in his analysis, and with many players, has been spot-on.

But Mayoch does not have him rated above Locker and Mallett who may be available at the end of the first or early second round.

 

[WildBB]

Clay isn't as good as you are making him out to be. He falls down too easily for a guy of his size. He's slow as mud. His conditioning is so bad the Badgers were hesitant to run him 3 plays in a row. His stats are inflated because he ran behind the Badgers O-Line. He's had a bad attitude when it comes to rehabbing numerous knee and ankle injuries. He's just a mess. Stay away.

Fair enough. But that OSU game was all Badger OL? They played great but so did Clay.

 

[WildBB]

Your right, but the difference is Quinn would be getting 10 or more sacks every year and punishing runningbacks with his 270 pound frame. As much as I like Wilson I don't think he will be here three years from now. I think Quinn would be a serious upgrade in both passrush and run defense over Wilson.

The Cards should get a very good player where they sit. Quinn is a viable option and one of the better ones, IMO.

Lawrence Taylor - me likey.

 

[john h]

We do not have a 7th rounder this year. We traded Wells to Philadelphia and have there pick thru TB.

If I were taking a QB in the later rounds it would be the Alabama QB mentioned by Mitch. I watched him play many times and he sure looks like what it takes to be an NFL QB. Smart guy who is also agile but most of all a winner. Alabama has been awesome in the SEC in recent years and this guy has not received the credit he deserves. Unless the combines rate him real high he will probably be there in round there but someone is going to draft him.

Lets not forget the statistics that show first round QBs have a far superior record of success in the NFL than in other round. If you expect to find a great QB in the later rounds you are really rolling the dice.

 

[john h]

This is along the lines of what Id like to see the first 2 rounds. Newton you have to worry about the off the field issues and only 1 yr played; for such a high pick maybe too much of a gamble. Gabbert, though solid potential, 5 maybe a bit high, and yards per attempt not as good this year. Kaepernick made nice improvement over 4 yrs especially in completion % up to 64% and a lot of mobility; seems like he offers a lot of value for where we can get him. As for round 7, I think someone named Derek Hall will give us too many bad memories from last year

I just see no future for Hall in the NFL. Why do we bother keeping him on the active roster. Draft some QB in round 6 and hope you get lucky. Hall, I think, was undrafted which should give us a clue besides his play. We are headed to hell if we start the season with Anderson, Skelton and Hall. That will positively insure the loss of Fitz and insure our finish in last place so we can draft high again next year. We are indeed a strange team. As fans we must be brain crippled to have stuck with this team from Chicago, St Louis and now Arizona. What kind of fans does it take to stick with the worst franchise in professional sports? People like us.