Meet the Beast: Brian Orakpo

I could see Rak-attack sticking

Sounds too much like Zack Attack to me

How about torture Rak?

I don't know that any real smokescreen was in play with Sanchez, in my opinion. I know that Orakpo has been their true top choice for a while, and Vinny and co. had been going around saying "He's too good. No way he drops to us." Maybe his rep as a talent evaluator scared off teams ahead of him? And I also know that we should be happy that a) we had no 2nd round pick that we may have offered to move up to get Sanchez, and b) Cerrato is one guy who wasn't as keen as others in the organization on moving up to get Sanchez, this was Zorn and Snyder driven.

Zorn wanted Sanchez, as well?

Accidentally hit "d" when I saw the thread grade the skins draft...I thought this poll was for that....outside of orapko, I was quite a bit disappointed.
We definately needed Oline youth and depth.

I do like orapko...but I am concerned about his size a bit...I'd hate to have 2 small ends pushed around in the run game again.
Thats what hurt us last year

Accidentally hit "d" when I saw the thread grade the skins draft...I thought this poll was for that....outside of orapko, I was quite a bit disappointed.
We definately needed Oline youth and depth.

I do like orapko...but I am concerned about his size a bit...I'd hate to have 2 small ends pushed around in the run game again.
Thats what hurt us last year

Well, espn reported he benched 515 pounds during the draft. I doubt he will be pushed around that much, even being "undersized".

How about torture Rak?

Uhhh, i'm not the most politically correct guy in the world but no that doesn't sit well LOL...bad timing more than anything.

A few thoughts:

-The interest in Sanchez was legit, but they weren't going to trade up any higher than 8th to the Jaguars and they were relatively stingy in what they were going to give up. Plus, the deal would have had to have been coupled with a Campbell trade (or possibly someone else) for another 2nd or 3rd round pick

-A bit surprised that Orakpo fell, though not entirely (I had in my mock to the Skins a couple of weeks ago). His stock seemed to be falling recently through no fault of his own really. But this was the guy Vinny has wanted for a long time. He was definitely the driving force behind this pick. At the last minute I thought they might pick Cushing (he's another guy I know they liked), but I'm glad they went with Orakpo (Matty, sorry about the Maualuga text-my USC guy was messing with me)

-It is kind of funny though how we put so much focus on the dinner and private meetings they had with Sanchez, yet when a few of us pointed out the same exact stuff was happening with Orakpo...it was ignored.

-As for the pick itself, I think it's a good one. The knee issues obviously are something to monitor closely, but he has the ability to do all the things we envisioned for Jason Taylor (and he's a decade younger). He'll be exciting to watch.

You know that QB isn't the same as every other position. The fact that the FO was even thinking about it kind of makes you really wonder. I'm really looking for JC and the young guys to take off this year.

You know that QB isn't the same as every other position. The fact that the FO was even thinking about it kind of makes you really wonder. I'm really looking for JC and the young guys to take off this year.

It made me wonder too, but the team never tried anything with Sanchez. Had Sanchez been there at #13, we would have traded with the Jets. I'm glad the team didn't have to trade up to get Orakpo.

His news conference is on right now
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His news conference is on right now
ESPN Radio - SuperStream Player (http://sports.espn.go.com/stations/player?station=dc)
tuned in but it had nothing to do with it