Are we going to waste another first round pick on defense?

[nosuchthingasapanther]

if said defensive player is bpa...yeah.

[emhoward]

I don't mind if it's a DE or a saftey. Anything else I shoot someone.

[LinvilleGorge]

Just now, GoobyPls said:

Garrett is not in the same stratosphere as Peppers as prospect.

I would take a any OT really, since it would be a MAJOR of what we got now

OTs like Matt Kalil, Luke Joekel, and Greg Robinson? There have been a ton of highly touted rookie OTs bust in recent years.  Probably more busts than hits. Not sure why, because an OT used to be one of the safest high picks you could make, but that seems to have pulled a 180 recently.

I wouldn't complain about either Garrett or Peppers as the pick, but honestly, they're probably the only two defensive prospects I wouldn't complain about with our 1st rounder.

[Kakarot]

I could be wrong, but we've got to take a shot at an OT. Every year it seems like "there's just no OT to choose from this year." See, instead of taking 3 damn CB's last year, the tag should've been applied to Norman and some other depth could've been drafted; maybe an OT.

[party_animal]

Leonard Fournette come on down.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

1 minute ago, LinvilleGorge said:

OTs like Matt Kalil, Luke Joekel, and Greg Robinson? There have been a ton of highly touted rookie OTs bust in recent years.  Probably more busts than hits. Not sure why, because an OT used to be one of the safest high picks you could make, but that seems to have pulled a 180 recently.

I wouldn't complain about either Garrett or Peppers as the pick, but honestly, they're probably the only two defensive prospects I wouldn't complain about with our 1st rounder.

there was already a steep learning curve but OTs are coming out of college programs less and less prepared to play in pro offenses every year

[Dilla]

6 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Not sure why, because an OT used to be one of the safest high picks you could make, but that seems to have pulled a 180 recently

This is because of non-NFL offenses becoming the focal point of college teams, so more OTs come out not prepared for the typical NFL offense.

[Swaggasaurus]

9 minutes ago, Growl said:

remember in a few months when people are saying "there's just no OT this year" that they said the same thing this year about the two rookie OTs that just ran over us.

oh, and every year before that.

What does that say about our talent at DE?

[Cookie Lyon]

Of course we're going to waste it on defense.

Hell, when the Panthers drafted Cam, they probably thought he was a damn DT instead of a QB. All they care about is defense.

[WOW!!]

We do need a pass rushing DE and Safety 

[FuFuLamePoo]

In this stacked egde rusher class I wouldn't blame them.. If they take a CB though I'll riot

[LinvilleGorge]

Just now, The NFL Shield At Midfield said:

there was already a steep learning curve but OTs are coming out of college programs less and less prepared to play in pro offenses every year

I agree and I think it's pretty obvious.  Seems like more and more college offenses focus on getting the ball out of the QB's hand as quickly as possible with a spread passing attack, so most of these OTs are big maulers who honestly have poo for technique, they're just ideal physical specimens because in college their main focus was run blocking and the ball was gone so quickly in the passing game that they could just get away with pure physical dominance in that aspect.

[LinvilleGorge]

2 minutes ago, Dilla said:

This because of non-NFL offenses becoming the focal point of college teams, so more OTs come out not prepared for the typical NFLoffense.

Agreed. See the last post I just made.

[LinvilleGorge]

1 minute ago, FuFuLamePoo said:

In this stacked egde rusher class I wouldn't blame them.. If they take a CB though I'll riot

Given our defensive scheme, I agree.

But... we're assuming Ron will be the coach.

If he gets bounced and we bring in a coach and a DC who wants to play man up, I could absolutely understand a CB.