2011 Draft Thread Rounds 2-3

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by Shadowbyte

I stand corrected. Kerrigans overall Combine numbers are superior to Jordans. So he's a better athlete on paper.

Why the hell are you so in love with a 3-4 DE? They are more plentiful than 3-4 OLBs.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by SirClintonPortis

Why the hell are you so in love with a 3-4 DE? They are more plentiful than 3-4 OLBs.

Not really good ones.

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by Lotus

Not really good ones.

A guy like Justin Bannan can be put on the D-line for cheap. If we had picked Jordan, we probably would have told him to fatten up and become a space eater. I don't think that a space eater is worth burning a 1st rounder on.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by SirClintonPortis

A guy like Justin Bannan can be put on the D-line for cheap. If we had picked Jordan, we probably would have told him to fatten up and become a space eater. I don't think that a space eater is worth burning a 1st rounder on.

Justin Bannan would not provide the pass rush abilities that Jordan would. Average 3-4 ends eat space; good ones make plays, too.

Look at the Jets, Steelers, and Ravens: they often spend first round picks on guys you pejoratively termed "space eaters."

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by Lotus

Justin Bannan would not provide the pass rush abilities that Jordan would. Average 3-4 ends eat space; good ones make plays, too.

Look at the Jets, Steelers, and Ravens: they often spend first round picks on guys you pejoratively termed "space eaters."

Wrong, bud. I said spend 1st round picks on 3-4 DEs. Please provide the 1st round 3-4 DEs(not NTs) they have that such beastly pass rushers.

Pitt rarely spend 1st round picks on 3-4 DEs. Hood was the only DE picked by Pitt recently. Hampton is a NT, not a DE. Hood also was the very last pick in the first round.

Same with the Jets. Gholston was initially picked to be an OLB, but he failed at that, so they tried him at DE. Ellis is the only 1st round DE they picked that didn't fail out of the NFL. There are two other guys who flamed out.

Same with Baltimore. In fact, Ngata is the ONLY DL in their ENTIRE HISTORY that they took in the first round.

So, where are these 3-4 DEs being snatched out of the first round again???????????