Mitch
Crawled Through 5 FB Fields
1. Either a trade for Boldin involving a first round draft pick happens in the next two days or it most likely won't happen. Reason? Any team that makes a deal for Boldin would have to give him a physical first in order to allay any concerns about his hip, etc. And the team would have to initiate talks with Drew Rosenhaus about the perameters of a new deal and how feasible it would be to get him signed asap.
The fact that there have been no offers yet, just inquiries, further casts a doubt as to whther any draft day deal will be made for Boldin.
The wheels of a trade should already be in motion by now for the same reasons mentioned above. This is why it looks like no trade is going to happen.
2. Rumor has it that the NY Jets are prepared to give up their 1st, 3rd and 4th round picks to move up to draft QB Mark Sanchez..and that the Redskins might offer something similar.
Funny that Sanchez in just 16 starts and no National Championships at USC is garnering this kind of interest when Matt Leinart slid down the draft boards three years ago and no team this off-season, especially teams like the Jets who have serious QB problems, has expressed an interest in Leinart. This is how far Leinart has fallen in the eyes of NFL scouts...or at least off their radars.
Brady Quinn is mentioned as a QB some teams might be interested in...but no Leinart. I would take Leinart over Quinn any day, wouldn't you?
Some posters praise Leinart for accepting his current role as backup and his avowal to keep "competing"...but really, one has to wonder how badly he wants to get his career started when the QB market is as high as it is right now and the draft is so thin on QB talent. Leinart is heading into his 4th year...one would think he would jump at any chance to play sooner rather than later.
I was thinking the other day that if Detroit were to offer their third round pick (#65) for Leinart, it would take the entire pressure off them in this draft. They wouldn't have to feel the pressure to draft Matthew Stafford at #1, and they could us the #1, #20, and #33 picks to draft the likes of LB Aaron Curry, T Michael Oher and WR Darrius Heywood-Bey...all three of whom would start immediately.
The #65 pick, BTW, is a plum pick because it's the first pick Sunday morning and the team that has it can spend the night deciding on the BPA.
3. This draft is going to feature a flurry of trades. It will be interesting to see for example what the Patriots do, seeing as they have the #23, #34, #47 and #58 picks on the first day. I think they will use two of the second rounders to move up to the tail end of the first round if a player they like is stil on the board. It's even posible that the Cardinals might swing such a deal with them, if the Patriots want to move in front of the Steelers.
Philadelphia gave up a couple picks, a first and a fourth, already to acquite T Jason Peters, but they still have the #21, #53 and #85 picks to go along with 4 5th rounders...which gives them plenty of maneuverability on draft say, which they thrive on. Sal Pal (ESPN) was saying that the Eagles are willing to package an array of picks to move up to draft RB Knowshon Moreno.
The hot spot in the draft is #8 where Jacksonville picks...they want to move out of that pick and will likely get several offers to do so, especially if one of the two QB is still on the board.
That QB won't be Mark Sanchez...expect him to be a Ram or Seahawk on Saturday, unless a team moves up to #1 or #3 (in the event the Rams take a tackle as most expect they will).
Both the Rams and the Seahawks want to draft a tackle...but because this draft is quite deep in tackles, both of them will be tempted to take Sanchez...and it wouldn't shock me entirely either if Sanchez is taken by the Rams that the Seahawks turn around and draft Matthew Stafford.
Every NFL West team is envious of what the Cardinals have in Kurt Warner...and how a top-flight passing attack can skyrocket a team into the Super Bowl. Thus, it wouldn't suprise me at all to see the top two QBs in this draft both in the NFC West next year prepping to get their chance when Marc Bulger and Matt Hasselbeck fade.
4. The BPA factor...this is what is going to make the Cardinals' draft so interesting...because there will be some top names on the board when they pick in the first three rounds.
I can't help thinking that because the Cardinals were all over the USC Pro Day that the #31 pick will be one of the USC LBers if one of them slides. The odds of Rey Maualuga sliding to #31 are slim to none...that would mean Brian Cushing or Clay Matthews.
Can't help it but I have such doubts about both Cushing and Matthews...I think they are way over-rated, and I don't see either one of them as a good fit for our defense. Dave Pasch loves Cushing and thinks he would "up the tempo" of the defense. Maybe he's right. But, is he the pass rusher that Larry English is? Is it even close?
For some reason, I think the Patriots are going to move up ahead of the Cardinals to get English. He's their type of OLB34. And I am sure they are not going to gamble that English will be available at #34...although I would be curious to know what their thoughts are of OLB Paul Kruger, who is, IMO, a Mike Vrabel all over again, only with better feet.
The fact that there have been no offers yet, just inquiries, further casts a doubt as to whther any draft day deal will be made for Boldin.
The wheels of a trade should already be in motion by now for the same reasons mentioned above. This is why it looks like no trade is going to happen.
2. Rumor has it that the NY Jets are prepared to give up their 1st, 3rd and 4th round picks to move up to draft QB Mark Sanchez..and that the Redskins might offer something similar.
Funny that Sanchez in just 16 starts and no National Championships at USC is garnering this kind of interest when Matt Leinart slid down the draft boards three years ago and no team this off-season, especially teams like the Jets who have serious QB problems, has expressed an interest in Leinart. This is how far Leinart has fallen in the eyes of NFL scouts...or at least off their radars.
Brady Quinn is mentioned as a QB some teams might be interested in...but no Leinart. I would take Leinart over Quinn any day, wouldn't you?
Some posters praise Leinart for accepting his current role as backup and his avowal to keep "competing"...but really, one has to wonder how badly he wants to get his career started when the QB market is as high as it is right now and the draft is so thin on QB talent. Leinart is heading into his 4th year...one would think he would jump at any chance to play sooner rather than later.
I was thinking the other day that if Detroit were to offer their third round pick (#65) for Leinart, it would take the entire pressure off them in this draft. They wouldn't have to feel the pressure to draft Matthew Stafford at #1, and they could us the #1, #20, and #33 picks to draft the likes of LB Aaron Curry, T Michael Oher and WR Darrius Heywood-Bey...all three of whom would start immediately.
The #65 pick, BTW, is a plum pick because it's the first pick Sunday morning and the team that has it can spend the night deciding on the BPA.
3. This draft is going to feature a flurry of trades. It will be interesting to see for example what the Patriots do, seeing as they have the #23, #34, #47 and #58 picks on the first day. I think they will use two of the second rounders to move up to the tail end of the first round if a player they like is stil on the board. It's even posible that the Cardinals might swing such a deal with them, if the Patriots want to move in front of the Steelers.
Philadelphia gave up a couple picks, a first and a fourth, already to acquite T Jason Peters, but they still have the #21, #53 and #85 picks to go along with 4 5th rounders...which gives them plenty of maneuverability on draft say, which they thrive on. Sal Pal (ESPN) was saying that the Eagles are willing to package an array of picks to move up to draft RB Knowshon Moreno.
The hot spot in the draft is #8 where Jacksonville picks...they want to move out of that pick and will likely get several offers to do so, especially if one of the two QB is still on the board.
That QB won't be Mark Sanchez...expect him to be a Ram or Seahawk on Saturday, unless a team moves up to #1 or #3 (in the event the Rams take a tackle as most expect they will).
Both the Rams and the Seahawks want to draft a tackle...but because this draft is quite deep in tackles, both of them will be tempted to take Sanchez...and it wouldn't shock me entirely either if Sanchez is taken by the Rams that the Seahawks turn around and draft Matthew Stafford.
Every NFL West team is envious of what the Cardinals have in Kurt Warner...and how a top-flight passing attack can skyrocket a team into the Super Bowl. Thus, it wouldn't suprise me at all to see the top two QBs in this draft both in the NFC West next year prepping to get their chance when Marc Bulger and Matt Hasselbeck fade.
4. The BPA factor...this is what is going to make the Cardinals' draft so interesting...because there will be some top names on the board when they pick in the first three rounds.
I can't help thinking that because the Cardinals were all over the USC Pro Day that the #31 pick will be one of the USC LBers if one of them slides. The odds of Rey Maualuga sliding to #31 are slim to none...that would mean Brian Cushing or Clay Matthews.
Can't help it but I have such doubts about both Cushing and Matthews...I think they are way over-rated, and I don't see either one of them as a good fit for our defense. Dave Pasch loves Cushing and thinks he would "up the tempo" of the defense. Maybe he's right. But, is he the pass rusher that Larry English is? Is it even close?
For some reason, I think the Patriots are going to move up ahead of the Cardinals to get English. He's their type of OLB34. And I am sure they are not going to gamble that English will be available at #34...although I would be curious to know what their thoughts are of OLB Paul Kruger, who is, IMO, a Mike Vrabel all over again, only with better feet.
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