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Meril Hoge on Blaine Gabbert

Ricky Spanish

By Ricky Spanish,
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XClown1986 Mentor

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Well it is apparent to me anyway that Rivera and Hurney chose the 3 QBs with the most upside to study intently in case one of them falls far enough to want to move up and snag him. I'm thinking that if Ryan Mallett is still there around pick 20 or so, Hurney will pull the trigger and go get him. I don't think they want to draft one 1st overall, but they would like to get one further along round one or two if one of these guys is there.

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the draft doesn't suck. the quarterbacks do. the draft is fine.

A number of the best prospects are one year wonders (Fairley, Bowers, Newton), and the consensus top players (Green, Peterson, and Dareus) don't play premium positions. Nobody knows where in the hell this Gabbert talk came from. To be more fair, this draft kind of sucks at the top. The depth is fine.

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I think the top of the draft is actually very strong when you look at from positions like cornerback, defensive tackle, defensive end, and wide receiver.

The problem is that the media wants to suck off quarterbacks, runningbacks, and linebackers. Because they are building up guys like Gabbert and Newton who don't look particularly safe, they make the top of the draft look thin. They downplay every other position because it isn't "flashy".

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I think the top of the draft is actually very strong when you look at from positions like cornerback, defensive tackle, defensive end, and wide receiver.

The problem is that the media wants to suck off quarterbacks, runningbacks, and linebackers. Because they are building up guys like Gabbert and Newton who don't look particularly safe, they make the top of the draft look thin. They downplay every other position because it isn't "flashy".

That's not fair. Everybody hates runningbacks in the nfl draft.

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I think the top of the draft is actually very strong when you look at from positions like cornerback, defensive tackle, defensive end, and wide receiver.

I think this is a pretty accurate description of the draft. For our purposes, I would say we can find a good DT--as good at DT as the top QBs are at QB--in the second and possibly into the third round. DE is very solid, but not so much the 4-3 DEs from what I can tell. CB has quality through the third round.

By the way, these estimates are based on projections I have been watching--who really knows where they will be drafted.

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