Watch Cunningham from Vandy

[JeffGollin]

Without being more specific, I have good vibes about Cunningham as a run defender. But not at #13; maybe at #45 or #77. I was kind of surprised that the initial reaction on this board was so negative (Later comments seemed to rate him more positively. Guess we'll have to do more research on him).

 

[Mitch]

Without being more specific, I have good vibes about Cunningham as a run defender. But not at #13; maybe at #45 or #77. I was kind of surprised that the initial reaction on this board was so negative (Later comments seemed to rate him more positively. Guess we'll have to do more research on him).

Tackles way too high...all arms. That style is not going to work in the NFL. He will have to get his pad level down.

 

[overseascardfan]

Don't think so, not in the first round. They may kick the tires on the Northwestern ILB, Anthony
Walker Jr., who would be a good fit here, imo.

I am actually hoping ARZ can land him in Round 4. His main problem last year was he put on too much muscle which caused him to look slower and sluggish, he should be playing around 230. But overall I like his ability and potential to become a 3 down LB.

 

[Jetstream Green]

Warning: Don't fall in love with a single draft prospect. You're likely to be disappointed. There's roughly a 1 in 16 chance he'll be there when we pick as well as a decent chance our scouts will set their sites on some other dude.

Judging by comments here, Foster sounds like "the man" but if he's that good, he could vault into the Top 5 - 10.

Better have a Plan B, C, D etc.

Of late with Keim, I have had no idea who we are drafting and refuse to fall in love with any one guy and slowly removing my admiration for Kizer and will just become a draft ***** with no emotional ties but if we draft a guard in the first round I will go off lol

 

[oaken1]

I have been on the ZC train for a few months now.... would love to get him with our 2nd but he likely comes off the board between 20-25....the kid can ball.....and didn't have the benefit of SEC coaching

 

[Bodha]

BTW - here is one of his videos - I only watched the first quarter to experience a few missed tackles - ugh. I don't even want to draft this guy:

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Cunningham stinks but Alvin Kamara is a beast, dang he would make a helluva 1-2 with David

 

[JeffGollin]

Of late with Keim, I have had no idea who we are drafting and refuse to fall in love with any one guy and slowly removing my admiration for Kizer and will just become a draft ***** with no emotional ties but if we draft a guard in the first round I will go off lol

If you bend the definition of BPA to = Available Athlete Who Can Best Help Us Win (AAWCBHW?) - it builds "position-need" back into the equation.

The right QB would easily rank very high on this list, but the wrong QB or even a meh QB wouldn't even be considered (because he couldn't help us win).

To set up a hypothetical example: Suppose we're weak at CB. A so-so corner might not help us win all that much, so why waste a high pick him?

Visualize our current roster and try to imagine how much or how little the addition of each prospect would best help us improve our W&L and that player should be our guy.

I could see Howard, Davis, M Williams, Hooker, Adams, Peppers, Foster, Reddick or, (under the right circumstances), Ramczyk, Bolles or Feeney or one of the elite edge rushers being that guy. It will all depend on how BA&SK view each prospect within the context of how they view our roster within the even bigger context of what we need to beat specific opponents. (I don't think they're especially forthcoming sharing that sort of information with us).

Bottom Line - I understand your concern about drafting another OG at #13, but is the problem that we drafted a guard or that we drafted the wrong guard? (The Steelers have had pretty good results drafting DeCastro (sp?) and Pouncey, no?)

 

[WisconsinCard]

It's just crazy talk to say a third or fourth round pick. ZC goes in the first round IMO. If he was there at 45 it would be a gift.

 

[WildBB]

If you draft another G that high again he'd better be the next Jonn Hannah, not happening. Starting in the 2nd Rd. if you can find a sure starter then sure it's justifiable.

QBOF, CB, S, ILB, WR/TE. That's a lot of pretty premium positions the team needs help in.

 

[JeffGollin]

If you draft another G that high again he'd better be the next Jonn Hannah, not happening. Starting in the 2nd Rd. if you can find a sure starter then sure it's justifiable.

QBOF, CB, S, ILB, WR/TE. That's a lot of pretty premium positions the team needs help in.

We also need a RG.

But that's not the point - We need a good player whatever position we pick.