On the Hole(s)...

I think we need to stick to the offensive side of the ball. That was our problem last year so lets look at our offence and see where our needs are the greatest. I feel we need a fast WR with good hands to help open up the offense and allowing Portis more room to run. I do not follow college ball so I can't comment on who we pick.

I'm with Schneed on this one. I don't feel as though anything is "gaping", I just feel like I'd be HAPPY with a WR with our first round pick. The more I think about our corners, the more I think age is an issue, but hey, isn't that why we have a rookie CB in Wilds?

the only problem we have we trading down is that we could use a WR or DE, but ONLY if they're going to be good (yeah yeah, no gaurantees)... we have a huge pool of average DEs, WRs, LBs, Ss, etc already... if we do trade down, we'll probably go for a CB, since we'll need an extra backup and eventually both our starters will be gone, so finding the eventual #2 now wouldn't be a horrible idea.

Most definitely. If our "top 2" WR picks are gone, I could see trading down for a CB and some picks. We could just leave the WR core "as is" and see how the season goes.

I don't think we have enough depth holes to make us trade down. If the right deal comes along I think it is possible but our options at 9 would have to limited. Williams, Jones, Edwards and Rolle would defintily all have to be gone it would seem. At that point I think you start targeting specific players and move back to get them like we did with Ramsey a couple years ago. I'd loev to move back to about 20 and get a 2nd rounder but I don't think value wise that is possible.

That does clear things up a bit. However, I did read in Sporting News' Draft publication how PHI has five day one picks and could possibly trade up to draft Mike Williams or Mark Clayton. PHI has selections at #31 in the first round and #35, and #63 in the second round. Would that satisfy anyone? Our #9 overall for PHI's #31 or #35 and #63? :oink:

I would doubt we'll ever make a deal of that magnitude with Philly. I might go into serious depression if we traded Philly our pick and they took someone who ended up beign a pro bowler.

I would doubt we'll ever make a deal of that magnitude with Philly.

Are you serious? Division rivals don't trade picks? :oink:

Well we did it already...*cough* Trotter *cough*...if Williams didn't land in our laps at #1, I would welcome that kind of trade. It's not like the Eagles are empty of Pro Bowlers and that if they drafted another it would make them unbeatable.

We didn't trade Trotter. We released him. We did trade for Thrash though. Thats a low level deal in comparison though.

Although value wise it is close it may not be enough. I think the general rule of thumb is that to move up into the top ten the lower team has to pay a premium in terms of value. Simply looking at the value chart(which is of course not the only factor but oh well) it ends up being 1426 for us vs. 1350 for them. I think to move up we'd need to get close to 1500 in value. What the hell do I know though!?