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Knowing that 9/10 mock drafts have us taking Moreno, Wells, Brown or McCoy with our first round selection irratates me. I know we have a had a sour rushing attack for a long time. I also know that everybody (coaches/players/fans) wants a strong running game. However, us using the 31st overall this year is not going to do that IMO--or significantly upgrade the position enough to validate the pick--and I believe the team is thinking the same way as me.
Let me first say that if Wells were available I think he would definitely be the choice and the team could take Moreno without surprising me as well. Both of them will undoubtably be gone though IMO they aren't relevent unless we are talking trade-up circumstances (which I wouldn't put past Whiz). I saw 5 marquee guys last year in Stewart, McFadden, Jones, Jonson and Mendenhall. This year there are only two IMO.
Two years ago Whiz took over the team and his first big player personel move was to let Leonard Davis walk. It hurt, but I think the move was based on principles and setting a precedent that the team would not overpay underacheivers (yet they filled his spot wih Levi who was the highest paid and worst producing starting OT in the game over the past two years, but whatever). Anyway, we passed on Adrian Peterson who was regarded as the best RB to come out of college in a decade for the second to third best tackle in the draft at the fifth overall spot. Does that tell you anything about how this staff wants to build a team? Did the team draft a RB in the next round, or the one after that? Did they take any RBs anywhere in that draft?
Now lets look at last year's draft. Everyone and their mother said we were gonna draft Stewart, Felix Jones or Mendenhall. Stewart was snagged just before we picked and we opted to go defense because we thought there was a better option at the time (DRC) than Jones, Mendenhall, Chris Johnson or Matt Forte. We passed on Ray Rice, Kevin Smith, Jacob Hester and Jamaal Charles twice. We said no thanks to Steve Slaton three times and Tashard Choice, Jerome Felton and Ryan Torrain four times before liking the value of Tim Hightower in the fifth round.
Finally, we did seem to learn how to run the ball during the postseason where we averaged 92 yards a game. We also had 14 rushing TDs in the regular season which is almost double that of the year before.
I guess my point is that if we didn't think we needed to reach for a RB last year I really dont see us doing it this year. I firmly expect to see us go D in rd 1 and take either McCoy, Greene, Jennings or Coffee in the second or third round (barring movement from our current draft spots/aquisation of more picks). In fact, I expect us to go D in the first and OT in the second.
Let me first say that if Wells were available I think he would definitely be the choice and the team could take Moreno without surprising me as well. Both of them will undoubtably be gone though IMO they aren't relevent unless we are talking trade-up circumstances (which I wouldn't put past Whiz). I saw 5 marquee guys last year in Stewart, McFadden, Jones, Jonson and Mendenhall. This year there are only two IMO.
Two years ago Whiz took over the team and his first big player personel move was to let Leonard Davis walk. It hurt, but I think the move was based on principles and setting a precedent that the team would not overpay underacheivers (yet they filled his spot wih Levi who was the highest paid and worst producing starting OT in the game over the past two years, but whatever). Anyway, we passed on Adrian Peterson who was regarded as the best RB to come out of college in a decade for the second to third best tackle in the draft at the fifth overall spot. Does that tell you anything about how this staff wants to build a team? Did the team draft a RB in the next round, or the one after that? Did they take any RBs anywhere in that draft?
Now lets look at last year's draft. Everyone and their mother said we were gonna draft Stewart, Felix Jones or Mendenhall. Stewart was snagged just before we picked and we opted to go defense because we thought there was a better option at the time (DRC) than Jones, Mendenhall, Chris Johnson or Matt Forte. We passed on Ray Rice, Kevin Smith, Jacob Hester and Jamaal Charles twice. We said no thanks to Steve Slaton three times and Tashard Choice, Jerome Felton and Ryan Torrain four times before liking the value of Tim Hightower in the fifth round.
Finally, we did seem to learn how to run the ball during the postseason where we averaged 92 yards a game. We also had 14 rushing TDs in the regular season which is almost double that of the year before.
I guess my point is that if we didn't think we needed to reach for a RB last year I really dont see us doing it this year. I firmly expect to see us go D in rd 1 and take either McCoy, Greene, Jennings or Coffee in the second or third round (barring movement from our current draft spots/aquisation of more picks). In fact, I expect us to go D in the first and OT in the second.
