Fairley Impressed me

[PhillyB]

I think everyone was impressed with Fairley. This game has showed that he is worthy of the #1 pick. This draft is going to be interesting, do we go Offense or Defense?

depends entirely on what we do in free agency before the draft. if we fill the necessary offensive needs, then drafting fairley at number one shouldn't be out of the range of possibility.

[Squirrel]

One thing that doesn't impress me with him is that he is considered a dirty player. I was going to look up player comparisons on Nick Fairley and when I went to type in his name the word dirty was the first recommendation after his name. I honestly like having dirty players but they can hurt us with penalties and suspensions. The NFL is very strick on dirty players and JR might decide not to get him based on this.

Some of that will be teached out of him. But really you want your defensive guys to have a little mean streak. As long as he doesnt get penalized I have no problem with it.

[KBRed]

He definetly slammed the RB's(?) facemask in the ground. I didn't like that, but he did look good this game.

[coxc63]

ha, wouldn't it be a slap in the face if he pulled a Luck and decided to stay in school.

If there is no rookie salary cap there is no way Fairly stays in school, he now has been a part of a team that won the top title in the NCAA, he has no reason other than his degree and possible heisman to return to Auburn. I particularly would not want him due to his character issues and cheap shots on the field. I will not lie and say he didn't impress me tonight, because he did. But I haven't researched him enough to tell if he takes plays off or would be a headcase like Haynesworth. He wouldn't be a bad pick in the draft, and from what I've seen from him the few times I've watched Auburn play this year, he doesn't seem to be a bust at the next level. I do not think he has the potential that Suh or McCoy had coming out of college last year.

Our DTs could very well be: Fairly, FA, Landri, FA (Ngata is a pipe dream for all of us and there is no way Baltimore let's him walk for no compensation/ so I left him off the list.)

I'd still prefer AJ in the draft depending on the Smitty situation.

[Squirrel]

One Fairley thread please.

[Jackofalltrades]

Fairley was pretty impressive, but I wasn't blown away like I hoped to be.