Double Dip Drafting

[Mr. Scot]

If you went back and read the boards from this past April, you'd find a lot of people who were apoplectic after our second round pick was announced.

Fans were in utter disbelief when GM Dave Gettleman "double dipped" by taking another defensive tackle (Kawann Short) in the second round after drafting DT Star Lotulelei in the first.

Fast foward to today though, and people generally aren't so that said about that. Especially not after seeing Kawann make a critical play on Monday night by forcing a fumble from Patriots running back Stevan Ridley.

So let's suppose Gettleman were to apply that strategy again in this year's draft.

What position would you want to see "double dipped" this time?

Offensive line

Wide Receiver

Cornerback

[CatfanMO]

The word of the day is "apoplectic".

[beckersteen]

1. overcome with anger; extremely indignant.

 

No, sir. I was not!

[hepcat]

Offensive line.  For the love of god, offensive line.  As fun as it is to watch Cam do is Hoodini scrambles, it scares the crap out of me.  Cam needs to stay upright and not have to wriggle out of pressure 10 times a game.  

[Beast_3000]

Based on how our team is built I wouldn't be mad if Gettleman went O-line or wide receiver twice....

I am confident that if Gettleman went that route the picks would be the highest rated players on his board. I am also confident he would address the other needs in the latter rounds or through the second tier of free agency.

[Argus Plexus]

BPA regardless?

[Lumps]

'Doubling dipping' isn't what I did not like. It was more for the fact we had to double dip. We had to because of the FO's imcomepetence in their last, double dip, for the same position, Fua and Mcclain. So it was more like a quad dip, which is unacceptable. The fact we have a hole so big on our team that double dipping helped us so immesley just highlighted the incompetence to me. No position should be that desperate where this has to be done. I'd prefer to take what we need while also being able to build for the future, take BPA players no matter the position, and have the luxury of taking chances on players with very high upsides, given the team can actually develop a project type player and no, I don't mean players like AE when I say project. Projects have very high natural upsides, not a position change on a local hero/disaster.

 

Had we just had one DT turn out when we drafted them, we could have Star and had one of the many good LTs that came out and started building for Gross to be gone. What scares me is there is no future oline on our team besides Amini and no future at all at WR either. Ginn shows promise but I think a drafted WR to go with Cam, that has more natural potential would be ideal.

[xclr82xtc]

o line.  the game lives and dies in the trenches.  a quarterback with a good oline can make garbage receivers look good....and they cost less.  (sorry guys but its true)

[MichaelNewtonII]

Wide Receiver

[Beast_3000]

I have always been a little envious of the wide receiver depth of teams like the Packers, but a tough line would make us sooooo hard to beat with our stable of backs.

[carolina-chuck]

Up between "OL" and "WR".

 

Definitely WR since that's probably our weakest position right now, but as of right now we wont likely find any top tier receivers that late in the draft. Unless a guy like Jordan Matthews move up his stock. So it'd probably make more sense doubling up on OL.

 

I'm a huge fan of the corner class next year (Verrett), but I believe we can fill that through FA. Love Alterraun Verner.

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

falcons and bucs are likely to take top notch pass rushers. we really need to improve this line

[Darth Biscuit]

As much as I'd like to saw WR it has to be OL.  Cam is key to the future.

[csx]

OL without a doubt. However I see no reason to determine draft picks in November. We have no idea where we will pick or how the draft will set up.