Carriker very good fit

i thought okoye's strength was stopping the run? hes only 19, he will add weight as he gets older

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Strengths:
Extremely strong...A solid athlete with good measurables...Stout against the run and is able to take on multiple blockers...Gets a good push and will collapse the pocket...Is able to shed blocks and clog up the middle...Shows great instincts for the game and is still developing...Smart player who is mature beyond his years and wants to improve...Quick and will penetrate and rush the passer...Still has a ton of potential and he could really be physically molded by a pro strength coach.

By the time that Okoye reaches his ultimate potential, do you really think that Griffin will still be on the roster?

no, but i also believe that our drafting should impact our immediate needs, if you are always looking to the future, you will never succeed in the present. If we start building for a future team, then we are just throwing this season away.

i thought okoye's strength was stopping the run? hes only 19, he will add weight as he gets older

from nfldraftcountdown

Strengths:
Extremely strong...A solid athlete with good measurables...Stout against the run and is able to take on multiple blockers...Gets a good push and will collapse the pocket...Is able to shed blocks and clog up the middle...Shows great instincts for the game and is still developing...Smart player who is mature beyond his years and wants to improve...Quick and will penetrate and rush the passer...Still has a ton of potential and he could really be physically molded by a pro strength coach.

I guess, but it should be a while before fills out his body and adapts to it, and by then Griffin will be too old to be a pass rusher, and we will probably want him there.

no, but i also believe that our drafting should impact our immediate needs, if you are always looking to the future, you will never succeed in the present. If we start building for a future team, then we are just throwing this season away.How can you fill immediate needs with draft picks? A rookie is roughly 50% of the total player he will be in his prime. Even in his 2nd year, he's going to roughly be between 70 and 75% of the player he will ever be. This goes for pretty much all prospects.

It seems that a team would be much better off going to get a vet to fill immediate holes.

I mean, if you end up getting a historically great player, then playing him at 50% of what he will be wont hurt your team. But historically great players are impossible to predict, and don't occur very often.

If we had built in the past, we would be succeeding now. You can't pick a guy who is going to help the team now, you just can't. Almost certainly anyone we pick will be no better than the guy we already have at the position as a rookie. So we have to look at our future needs. We can't pass on a great player like Okoye because a guy who won't be here in two years doesn't compliment him well. See what I'm saying?

I much rather draft Jamaal Anderson over Adam Carriker, I think Carriker fits more in a 3-4 defensive scheme.

Actually, the more I think about it, if we end up staying at #6 I could see us drafting Jamaal Anderson. Since Carter is a lighter, speed rusher who doesn't really specialize in run-stopping, Anderson would compliment him nicely. He's 6-6 290 and ran a 4.75 at the combine. That's the size that can be very effective against the run, and that's the great speed it takes to be a good pass rusher. And from the highlights I've seen and the scouting reports I've read, he's really quick off the edge.

Jarvis Moss, Justin Harrell, Justin Blalock, and CJ Gaddis. Can we make that work :)


I like that Smooty, I believe that would be a nice draft for us, getting both Moss and Blalock will defiently take some keen manuvering by our front office, but I don't think they have the savvy to do so, but I like where your going with it.

I do agree he's versatile but I don't think he's worthy of being picked that high. I've read that in a 4-3 D he would probably be better suited for DT.

Agreed, but he looks like he may be the strongest of the defensive lineman, the benefit for taking AC would be that we could trade down and help other areas, there probably is not that much of a drop off between him and Okoye, he would fit nice on the strong side.

Carriker is not worth a # 6, in the first round.Carriker has character though. And that will increase his value. He's better than Daniels is now that's for sure. If Blache is happy with Golston, Griffin, and Montgomery (6'5" 300lbs), Carriker fits the bill. So does Jamaal Anderson. We need to aquire another first day selection since we do not have a lot of success scouting and/or developing late rounders so, trading down seems likely. Who's going to fall into our lap is the real question. What moves will the FO have to make to get the guy they need. Look at the position we were in last year when we seemingly almost lost out on drafting McIntosh (and they were others LBs we had rated above him). Branch, Okoye, Anderson, Adams, Harrell and Carriker are said to be future NFL stars but, which of these guys falls to 31st overall barring a trade with CHI (I used the briggs trade only because it's the likely team with a late round pick willing to trade, therefore the 'worst case scenario')?

I like that Smooty, I believe that would be a nice draft for us, getting both Moss and Blalock will defiently take some keen manuvering by our front office, but I don't think they have the savvy to do so, but I like where your going with it.We'll have to trade down from 6th overall and trade away our next year's first rounder to get Harrell, Moss, and Blalock or any two top 10 DL (take your choice) and a top 5 OL. FO doesn't hesitate to deal away future picks. That's why we're in the position we're in. Imagine having the 6th overall pick and the 38th overall pick (which we traded) this year. Who would we be drooling over now?