Chris Wells, Brandon Pettigrew, Larry English: IMHO the 3 guys on Cards wish list.

[Lomax to Green 84]

Chris "Beanie" Wells: As much as the Cards appear to like Tim Hightower, and as much as they would appear to like Donald Brown and Knowshon Moreno, I really think Wells is a guy that Ken Whisenhunt envisions being potentially a once in a lifetime talent. The thing about Wells that I find most intruiging is that just a year ago he was spoken in the same breath as Adrian Peterson. Scouts saw a rare combination of size and speed, so much that one scout described Wells as a "modern day Jim Brown". The injury bug and whispers about durability have tempered the AP/Jim Brown comparisons, but anyone who saw Wells run as a sophomore saw a guy who had that wow factor of great size, natural run skills, and scary speed/power combination.

I think Wells is the wild card in the Anquan Boldin situation. If Wells somehow falls to Philadelphia's spot at #21 which may very well happen if New Orleans realizes that you have to play defense to win games, I think the trade we have talked about for the better part of the last 5 months may actually happen.

As for Pettigrew and English, I think both guys fit the Pittsburgh Steelers mold of player. Pettigrew is in the Heath Miller (great blocker, solid pass catcher, big body) mold and English is a Lamar Woodley type "leverage the corner" pass rusher.

My off the wall draft scenerio that would allow the Cards an opportunity to land all 3 guys:

#1 Cards trade Anquan Boldin to the Eagles for the 21st pick in the first round and the Eagles 3rd round selection. Cards use the 21st pick on Wells.

#2 Cards select Brandon Pettigrew with the 31st selection. Pettigrew is rated much higher, but the one off the field incident scares enough teams to allow him to fall to us at #31.

#3 Cards trade their 2nd round pick and the 3rd rounder they received from Philadelphia to move up to the top part of round #2 and select Larry English.

Wishful thinking.

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

i like the thinking but i'd just take Wells at 21, English at 31 and bite the bullet,if they want a TE ,and take the best one left at 63. Shawn Nelson, James Casey, Chase Coffman,Cornelius Ingram and Jared Cook are all very good TE prospects. I think the 2 most like Miller are Casey and Coffman. Both guys catch everything and will probably need to improve their blocking skills like Miller had to. Pettigrew reminds me more of an Alge Crumpler type than a Heath Miller type.

 

[Unsterblich856]

Knowshon >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Beanie

 

[WildBB]

Wishful thinking.

Very wishful.

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

FTFY

 

[DoTheDew]

Knowshon >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Beanie

Question is whether you want a better runner or a better football player. Beanie is the best runner in this draft. Moreno might just be the best offensive player in this draft. Certainly the most versatile RB.

 

[Unsterblich856]

Question is whether you want a better runner or a better football player. Beanie is the best runner in this draft. Moreno might just be the best offensive player in this draft. Certainly the most versatile RB.

I want someone who can last a game in the NFL without being destroyed.

 

[Garthshort]

More and more it seems that the Saints will draft Wells. If the Falcons end up trading for Tony Gonzalez, Pettigrew might be there along with English. But I doubt that Q will be traded. Using the three guys (Wells, Pettigrew and English) I'm guessing English.

 

[lauraw]

I would love to have a chance at Either Moreno or Wells, but feel they'll be long gone at #21 also... Here's Praying that one of them is available to us when we pick. In whizz I trust! I can't wait to see how he has the team ready to play in '09-'10!!

 

[DoTheDew]

I want someone who can last a game in the NFL without being destroyed.

Guess you didn't want Peterson out of college either then?

 

[dreamcastrocks]

Chris "Beanie" Wells: As much as the Cards appear to like Tim Hightower, and as much as they would appear to like Donald Brown and Knowshon Moreno, I really think Wells is a guy that Ken Whisenhunt envisions being potentially a once in a lifetime talent.

The once in a lifetime talent happened a couple of drafts ago. There isn't one in this draft.

 

[Goldfield]

i like the thinking but i'd just take Wells at 21, English at 31 and bite the bullet,if they want a TE ,and take the best one left at 63. Shawn Nelson, James Casey, Chase Coffman,Cornelius Ingram and Jared Cook are all very good TE prospects. I think the 2 most like Miller are Casey and Coffman. Both guys catch everything and will probably need to improve their blocking skills like Miller had to. Pettigrew reminds me more of an Alge Crumpler type than a Heath Miller type.

Agree Wells at 21 then English at 31

 

[Shzm13]

Knowshon is the man.

Way more heart than Wells will ever have

 

[Unsterblich856]

Guess you didn't want Peterson out of college either then?

Beanie Wells had to leave half of his games after roughly 15 carries for some new problem popping up. Adrian Peterson's injury history was completely blown out of proportion.

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

Beanie Wells had to leave half of his games after roughly 15 carries for some new problem popping up. Adrian Peterson's injury history was completely blown out of proportion.

wells there's a stat you completely pulled out of your butt. In 2007 he carried the ball 274 times for 1609 yards. So, either he was a workhorse, or somehow, the Buckeyes played 18 games and i missed it.

In 2008 he did miss 3 games because of a foot injury.Injuries do happen in football. He still came back, wearing a boot, to average 21.5 carries the rest of the year.That includes sitting out most of the seond half in the 42-7 blowout of Michigan after 15 carries for 134 yards in,basically, the 1st half. I guess you must be judging his whole career on the Fiesta Bowl against Texas when he left early in the 3rd quarter after 16 carries for 106 yards and couldn't be contained by the Longhorns.

So,maybe you ought to rethink it, and say Wells's injury history is completely blown out of proportion.

 

[DoTheDew]

wells there's a stat you completely pulled out of your butt. In 2007 he carried the ball 274 times for 1609 yards. So, either he was a workhorse, or somehow, the Buckeyes played 18 games and i missed it.

In 2008 he did miss 3 games because of a foot injury.Injuries do happen in football. He still came back, wearing a boot, to average 21.5 carries the rest of the year.That includes sitting out most of the seond half in the 42-7 blowout of Michigan after 15 carries for 134 yards in,basically, the 1st half. I guess you must be judging his whole career on the Fiesta Bowl against Texas when he left early in the 3rd quarter after 16 carries for 106 yards and couldn't be contained by the Longhorns.

So,maybe you ought to rethink it, and say Wells's injury history is completely blown out of proportion.

Wells seems to be polarizing. Either you love him or hate him. I think it is because he is a big ten back. The "injury history" is just a lame excuse people use. Peterson missed more time than Wells to my knowledge. It was from a few major injuries rather than many minor ones, but the fact is Wells was a workhorse and was good whenever healthy.

Can't go wrong with either one IMO, but I just believe like Holian that Wells fits more what this team needs and Whiz wants. We don't need a 4th target in the passing game/finesse back nearly as bad as we need a workhorse.

 

[CardinalChris]

Beanie Wells had to leave half of his games after roughly 15 carries for some new problem popping up. Adrian Peterson's injury history was completely blown out of proportion.

a 6'3 RB who runs VERY upright, carried the ball a TON of times (600 in high school and 339 his freshman year), missed games his freshman year due to a separeted shoulder, had a bum ankle his sophmore year missing 4 games, a collarbone injury he claims he hurt his freshman year, but didn't snap until his Junior year and had some team medical staffs believe he will have the Charles Rogers broken collarbone syndrome is hardly overblown. He missed games every year he played in college and only played in 22 of 31 possible games in college.

 

[Mitch]

wells there's a stat you completely pulled out of your butt. In 2007 he carried the ball 274 times for 1609 yards. So, either he was a workhorse, or somehow, the Buckeyes played 18 games and i missed it.

In 2008 he did miss 3 games because of a foot injury.Injuries do happen in football. He still came back, wearing a boot, to average 21.5 carries the rest of the year.That includes sitting out most of the seond half in the 42-7 blowout of Michigan after 15 carries for 134 yards in,basically, the 1st half. I guess you must be judging his whole career on the Fiesta Bowl against Texas when he left early in the 3rd quarter after 16 carries for 106 yards and couldn't be contained by the Longhorns.

So,maybe you ought to rethink it, and say Wells's injury history is completely blown out of proportion.

Totally agree with you here, Cbus. Right on.

 

[Mitch]

Wells seems to be polarizing. Either you love him or hate him. I think it is because he is a big ten back. The "injury history" is just a lame excuse people use. Peterson missed more time than Wells to my knowledge. It was from a few major injuries rather than many minor ones, but the fact is Wells was a workhorse and was good whenever healthy.

Can't go wrong with either one IMO, but I just believe like Holian that Wells fits more what this team needs and Whiz wants. We don't need a 4th target in the passing game/finesse back nearly as bad as we need a workhorse.

Wells is a unique talent. If he's there at #31, I'd have Arthurraccoon sprint his name to the podium.

 

[DoTheDew]

Wells is a unique talent. If he's there at #31, I'd have Arthurraccoon sprint his name to the podium.