DE, DT, or CB?

[Kettle]

It has been said by many on the board that with the 1st round pick we get for Pep we should address one of these three positions. I totally agree. Mayock's top prospects for the three positions currently are:

Defensive ends

Rk Player School

1 Robert Ayers Tennessee

2 Tyson Jackson LSU

3 Everrette Brown Florida State

4 Paul Kruger Utah

5 Michael Johnson Georgia Tech

Defensive tackles

1 B.J. Raji Boston College

2 Peria Jerry Mississippi

3 Evander 'Ziggy' Hood Missouri

4 Ron Brace Boston College

5 Fili Moala Southern California

Cornerbacks

1 Malcolm Jenkins Ohio State

2 *Vontae Davis Illinois

3 Darius Butler Connecticut

4 Alphonso Smith Wake Forest

5 *D.J. Moore Vanderbilt

*notes underclassmen with special eligiblity

I think that whatever pick we get, that the needs of other teams should leave some of these guys available for us. I don't follow college a great deal, and am wondering who some of you who do follow college think we should go with. Stated another way. Who will be left for us?

[manwithcake]

Peria Jerry or Evander Hood. Either trade up in the 2nd or hope that Connor Barwin falls to us.

[Cardiac Cats86]

i Say DE or CB, probably the 1st rounder will be Peps replacement. we are good enough @ DT for one more season. go Kemo!

[carpanfan96]

if we get a first, I say DT first. (I don't really like any of the DE's in the first)

Go DE in round 2

and de and CB in round 3

Assuming we get a 1st and 3rd for pep.

[TerriblePizza]

I say we go DL in the first then see if we can't get DJ Moore in the second or third. I like his "big play" ability on both defense and special teams.

[Kettle]

People don't seem to care so much about this thread. i guess i should have thought about it a little more, and put it in the nfl draft section. i'd move it if i could. oh well.

[HSCBandit07]

If we can get a huge DT like kemo I'd say take him before an end - but we need quickness on the end spots bad. I wouldn't mind seeing how marshall does as lucas' replacement IF we cut him for cap room before drafting one in the first two rounds. We could def get Everette Brown with green bays pick...

[carpanfan96]

It depends on where in the draft we pick as to who's available in the first round, it also depends on exactly what we get for peppers and how our fa pickups look like.

As for actual players. With this I'm assuming we get around the 15-17th draft pick in the first.

1st - Perria Jerry will be probably be there, if not we could go with Vontea davis at CB or Brown at DE. I would go with Jerry myself here.

2nd round - Barwin could be there at our pick, if not I would say Kruger or Ron brace. My pick would be Connor Barwin if he's there.

3rd round - (i'm also assuming we get a third in the peppers deal)

3rda - Alphonso Smith or Johnson if he falls.

3rdb - BPA, I doubt anyone on the above list will still be there and we've at this point filled our holes so I say BPA. we might be able to get another steal like we did last year with Connor.

[mantal]

People don't seem to care so much about this thread. i guess i should have thought about it a little more, and put it in the nfl draft section. i'd move it if i could. oh well.

Well you did point out the 3 most immediate needs. Now it just comes down to BPA per usual. In the early rounds, that formula has worked pretty well for us over the last several years...

[unicar15]

IF we get a high enough pick I want the best available QB (either Sanchez or Stafford) and if those guys are gone then I want either Malcolm Jenkins or Vontae Davis. If those two corners are gone then we should trade down. None of those DTs are even on the same level that Dorsey and Ellis were last year...they are OVERRATED. The DE class is really weak this year as well. Gotta go with BPA which actually as crazy as it sounds might be WR this year with guys like Harvin and possibly Maclin hanging around. I have a feeling unless we get one of those two QBs, Davis, or Jenkins in the first round I'm not going to be happy.

[HSCBandit07]

IF we get a high enough pick I want the best available QB (either Sanchez or Stafford) and if those guys are gone then I want either Malcolm Jenkins or Vontae Davis. If those two corners are gone then we should trade down. None of those DTs are even on the same level that Dorsey and Ellis were last year...they are OVERRATED. The DE class is really weak this year as well. Gotta go with BPA which actually as crazy as it sounds might be WR this year with guys like Harvin and possibly Maclin hanging around. I have a feeling unless we get one of those two QBs, Davis, or Jenkins in the first round I'm not going to be happy.

so you think we should handle our D-line situation in free agency?

[Chan Fan]

I guess i'm in the minority, but I really don't see cornerback as a first round need. Ken Lucas is probably gone, but Richard Marshall gave us great play his first couple seasons. He regressed some in 2008, but I still think he's capable of great things.

[mantal]

I guess i'm in the minority, but I really don't see cornerback as a first round need. Ken Lucas is probably gone, but Richard Marshall gave us great play his first couple seasons. He regressed some in 2008, but I still think he's capable of great things.

If we fix the line, our cornerbacks are fine as they are right now. You don't get a pass rush you put them out on an island and bad things happen. Pass rush and they can have success. I'm not part of the group that thinks Lucas has lost it, but he can be burned when there's no rush. I do think he may end up a cap casualty without a serious restructure however...

I know I said before that CB is one of the top concerns, but that is only because it's a weak class in DL, both in FA and the draft...

[HSCBandit07]

speaking of the draft and well off topic - am I the only one that thinks shonn greene is the best rb in the draft? If we didn't have stewart....