New Year Draft

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1 Trent Murphy, DE, 6-6 #265 Stanford

2 Kelcy Quarles, DT, 6-3 #295 South Carolina

3 Calvin Pryor, FS, 6-2 #210 Louisville

4 Yawin Smallwood, ILB, 6-2, #250 Connecticut

5 Wesley Johnson, OG, 6-5 #295 Vanderbilt

7 Kevin Norwood, WR, 6-2 #200 Alabama

7 Chris Burnette, OG, 6-3 #315 Georgia

7 Ryan Hewitt, FB, 6-4 #245 Stanford

 

[cmd34]

all solid players. first 4 would contribute on (and improve) the Defense immediately.

Starting D could look like:

LDE Trent Murphy
LDT Tyrone Crawford
RDT Kelcy Quarles
RDE Demarcus Ware (restructured)
SLB Bruce Carter/DeVonte Holloman
MLB Sean Lee
WLB Yawin Smallwood
LCB Brandon Carr
SS JJ Wilcox/Barry Church
FS Calvin Pryor
RCB Mo Claiborne

 

[dbair1967]

I think most smart franchises would invest a fairly early pick in a QB, especially considering your starter will be 34 and coming off two back surgeries in less than a yr and the backup will be in the final yr of his deal.

That said, "smart franchise" doesn't apply to us, so I'm sure we'll ignore it.

 

[dbair1967]

all solid players. first 4 would contribute on (and improve) the Defense immediately.

Starting D could look like:

LDE Trent Murphy
LDT Tyrone Crawford
RDT Kelcy Quarles
RDE Demarcus Ware (restructured)
SLB Bruce Carter/DeVonte Holloman
MLB Sean Lee
WLB Yawin Smallwood
LCB Brandon Carr
SS JJ Wilcox/Barry Church
FS Calvin Pryor
RCB Mo Claiborne

I don't think Carter is going to be here. I strongly suspect they will try to trade him.

Even if Carter is here, Holloman appears to be an upgrade anyway at this point.

 

[cmd34]

I don't think Carter is going to be here. I strongly suspect they will try to trade him.

Even if Carter is here, Holloman appears to be an upgrade anyway at this point.

I don't agree and am not ready to give up on Carter. That being said, I moved him to SLB which is the first spot off the field for passing downs.

 

[dbair1967]

I don't agree and am not ready to give up on Carter. That being said, I moved him to SLB which is the first spot off the field for passing downs.

Don't get me wrong, I really hope he works out here. He has off the chart athletic ability and was really good at UNC in a similar type defense as to what we play now. But for whatever reason, he just isn't getting it.

If somebody like Jimmy Johnson were coaching him, he wouldn't be like this.