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Offense or Defense with our first pick?


panthers55

Defense or offense? Need or BPA?  

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  1. 1. Defense or offense? Need or BPA?

    • We pick the BPA no matter the position
      17
    • We pick offense- QB or Rec based on who is left
      9
    • We pick defense- DT,DE or Linebacker maybe corner
      6
    • We move up to take a player at a need position
      11
    • We move back to get more picks.
      3
    • None of the above- pass the pie.
      3


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Whether we stay pat. move up or move down- do you think we go for a need position or best player available. Both Otah and Brown were not the best players available but the best players at their position who were left. We picked both to fill specific needs at the time.

So given we have a need for a backup quarterback, a wide receiver or two and help on the defensive side at Dline and linebacker (cornerback if Marshall isn't kept, which do we do? Pick the awesome safety who clearly dropped and is truly the best player available but not needed, the next best quarterback because there are slim pickings as you go deeper in the draft, or a good receiver of which there will be several good choices.

You be the GM, what do we do.

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