Could we really pick something other than QB or o-line at 6?

[SmokinwithWilly]

16 minutes ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

If the board falls off that hard after pick 5, we aren't going to be able to trade down very well.  Just pick the best guy IMO.

I don't think it falls off that hard, it's just positional value. Franchise centers can be had in round 2. 

[rippadonn]

18 minutes ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

If the board falls off that hard after pick 5, we aren't going to be able to trade down very well.  Just pick the best guy IMO.

We've been BPA for years almost to detriment. Start over. Draft for need.

[LinvilleGorge]

27 minutes ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

If he's the best player on your board and you can't trade down for picks, you take him there. Don't worry though, we're taking Pickett. A rookie QB gets Rhule a mulligan for year 3. 

Positional value matters. A lot. There's a reason very, very few IOL are taken in the top 10. I can't ever recall a center drafted in the top 10.

In the top 10 you're looking for impact players at high value positions. IOL doesn't qualify IMO. The two relatively recent top 10 IOL picks were also ironically both busts.

[Verge]

37 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Kyle trask is in a qb battle with Blaine Gabbert down in Tampa.  Blaine Gabbert

Blaine Gabbert is better than every QB on our roster. I am going to go cry now.

[SmokinwithWilly]

2 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Positional value matters. A lot. There's a reason very, very few IOL are taken in the top 10. I can't ever recall a center drafted in the top 10.

In the top 10 you're looking for impact players at high value positions. IOL doesn't qualify IMO. The two relatively recent top 10 IOL picks were also ironically both busts.

I don't disagree with you there, it's just who do you take and who do you trust Rhule and company to take? None of the QBs are worth pick 6. Linderbaum feels like the safest pick unfortunately and I don't want to hamstring the next coach if we somehow manage to get rid of Rhule. 

[LinvilleGorge]

7 minutes ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

I don't disagree with you there, it's just who do you take and who do you trust Rhule and company to take? None of the QBs are worth pick 6. Linderbaum feels like the safest pick unfortunately and I don't want to hamstring the next coach if we somehow manage to get rid of Rhule. 

Oh, we're gonna hamstring the fug out of him. I fully expect future draft assets to get traded away and our salary cap getting shot all to hell. Rhule has already proven to be in over his head at the NFL level and now he's desperate. That's scary.

[rippadonn]

1 hour ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Kyle trask is in a qb battle with Blaine Gabbert down in Tampa.  Blaine Gabbert

Blaine is about to get smacked down by a second rounder like the third rounder he should have been.

[SmokinwithWilly]

30 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Oh, we're gonna hamstring the fug out of him. I fully expect future draft assets to get traded away and our salary cap getting shot all to hell. Rhule has already proven to be in over his head at the NFL level and now he's desperate. That's scary.

That's what I'm really afraid of. If/when we ever do get rid of Rhule, how in the world are we ever going to entice a promising HC candidate with no draft picks, cap, or assets. 

[LinvilleGorge]

8 minutes ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

That's what I'm really afraid of. If/when we ever do get rid of Rhule, how in the world are we ever going to entice a promising HC candidate with no draft picks, cap, or assets. 

Bingo. Hence why I've been saying that as bad as it looks currently, with Rhule still here and still weilding full control it's bound to get uglier.

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Bingo. Hence why I've been saying that as bad as it looks currently, with Rhule still here and still weilding full control it's bound to get uglier.

Power and desperation are a really really bad combination.

[rippadonn]

By the way. 

Pickles

Pickett

Pickles

Pickett.

No thanks! Heck Naw!

[frankw]

I just don't see the favorable trade down opportunities in this draft others are hoping for. All I know for sure is if it's another defensive player I will go ape.

[pantherj]

We may not have a 6th pick at all if we trade for Watson, and that just became more realistic with today's news.

[@bonafidebanter]

I can see yet another defensive player, easily. We've seen how this regime loves to pick defensive players and trade away from good players that they need.