Khyber53

The best wide receiver on any team is a fully active participant in about 55% of a team's offensive plays. A tackle, a guard, a QB, a running back, DT or DE, LB, pure edge... they are often times involved in 100 percent of the snaps on defense or offense. When you've got a high draft pick, take one of those positions where they can have access to and the chance to affect more plays. Later in the first round, I personally believe that wide receivers come back into play in a cost effective way around pick 20 or thereabouts. And tight ends, really depends on how you use them. A really great one can be involved dynamically in 80 - 95 percent of an offense's plays, from blocking to receiving, especially in the modern NFL. The right one(s) I think can be a cost effective choice from picks 5 - 15, but that's really a maximum of one player like that every couple of seasons.

If we threw a 1 year prove it deal to him, I'd be all in. But we won't and he wouldn't. Someone will overpay for him and maybe we'll get that team's second choice and be better off for it.

Pay the guards while the QB is young and on the cost effective contract. Develop your tackles along with him at similar rates. When the QB and tackles are reaching their contract years, it's time to swap out the guards for cheaper draftees that can be coached up by the (now)vets alongside them. And you grab the best Center you can find, whenever and wherever you can find them. Or so to the way I was taught.

Wouldn't hate either pick.

Okay, I understand. I originally was defense only because, well, it's frikkin obvious we need it. He's literally the only offensive player I'd take first, simply because of how he could vastly improve our entire offense. That's why I've been pounding on the table for him to be our pick... I really believe this guy is going to be a generational talent at the position. Also, look at the defensive depth in this class, particularly on the line and at LB. I think we can make this move to give Bryce that extra tool in the bag AND still improve on a defense that needs to get younger AND more aggressive.

If Tyler's there at 8, sprint to the podium, take him and roll on. Of not, go back to taking the best DE in the draft.

Hard pass. Time to build from within.

I always hate to see a team spend big bucks on a free agent safety. I just think it's a position that's more cost effective to build in house.

I mean, I don't really hate it. I just think there will be a real game breaker sitting at 8.

Well, umm, errr. Okay. Good luck to him.

Do you feel that shedding linemen can be a taught skill?

This ^. I think he has the chance to be something special and he might have the insight that you need in leading a defense. Maybe not quite what Luke had, but then again, he grew up with his Dad being a DC at the college level -- he's going to see the game from a different angle than others, he will understand the strategies. Me, I'm hoping he's there for us in the second round. Or if we trade back late in the first because some of our bigger hitters are gone at 8. I think this guy has a chance at being a long-time, leadership type piece for whatever team grabs him. Smart, high character, student of the game players always, always make good draft picks.

So, we've got a new video up. This one is a tough one, but I needed to write it so that it got across the message as to just how flimsy protective orders are. I also wanted to show how one of the police officers did everything he could for all of the people involved, truly embodying the "Protect and Serve" credo. Let me know what you think of it. We put a lot of work into these.

One of our best tacklers last season was Jaycee Horn. Yeah, that Jaycee. The fragile guy. Only guy sometimes on that defense that was trying.

We just desperately need someone who can wrap up and tackle. And 10 more of them. We had damn few of them last season.