Elite Eight

[NeonDeion21]

Nope. This isn't a March Madness thread, but instead this thread will breakdown what I call the Elite Eight.

I feel like there are 8 Blue Chip Players in this draft. They are as follows:

Patrick Peterson CB
Nick Fairly DT
Marcel Darieus DT
Blane Gabbert QB
Da'Quan Bowers DE
Von Miller OLB
A.J. Green WR
Cam Newton QB

The Dallas Cowboys draft at #9 and I believe they will covet one of these players because of their abilities and they potential for maximum trade value.

So the first thing to find out is what players need to be selected before #9 that do not fill a need or fit the system for the Cowboys.

Blane Gabbert and Cam Newton are the first two players who need to be drafted before #9 because of Tony Romo. I believe this will happen.

A.J. Green does not help the Cowboys because of their talented WR's in Miles Austin and Dez Bryant. I also believe he will be gone before #9.

Nick Fairly does not fit a 3-4 well so he is most likely to be out of the equation. I believe it is highly likely he is gone before #9.

Marcel Darius does fit the need of a 3-4 DE however, I believe he will be gone before #9.

Patrick Peterson is the best player in the draft. He fills a major need for Dallas but I don't believe he will make it to #9.

So that leaves Von Miller and Da'Quan Bowers. Von Miller has potential suitors in Arizona and Buffalo is as clean as anyone off the field. He will most likely go before #9.

Da'Quan Bowers has some injury concerns but was a demon this year. I believe he is the most likely to make it to #9.

So how do we get one of these players to fall to us? Who could potentially be drafted in the top 8 to push one of these players to us?

I believe Julio Jones has the best chance to do this. He has suitors in Cincinnati, Cleveland, & Tenneesee. Julio is on the rise and has the best chance to know an Elite 8 down to #9.

A dark-horse to do this in my opinion is Jake Locker. 6 of the top 8 teams need QB's and not to mention teams like Washington, Minnesota and Miami all in the 10-16 range. QB's are the most valuable position in football and it would not surprise me to see him in the top 8.

 

[Garland powerplay]

sounds like Peterson is a must for this team

 

[funkytown]

I agree with your idea that there are 8 elite players in this draft....But i would say that you have to remove DaQuan Bowers and put Robert Quinn in there.

Bowers could slip due to a huge medical issue.

Quinn is looked at as an elite pass rusher. He could go anywhere in the top 10

The only chance Dallas has that one of the "elite 8" falls to them is a team believing Bowers is healthy enough to warrant a top 8 pick. If not, he is the guy that makes it to us.

But with all that being said, there is always a suprise in the top 10. Look for a guy like Cameron Jordan, J.J. Watt, Tyron Smith, or even Prince Amukamara being picked ahead of us...Causing one of the elite guys to slide to us.

 

[Bigdog]

In my humble opinion, I do not think that Cam Newton is an elite prospect. I am just not that high on him. I believe that he has accuracy problems that need to be corrected.

 

[funkytown]

In my humble opinion, I do not think that Cam Newton is an elite prospect. I am just not that high on him. I believe that he has accuracy problems that need to be corrected.

He does have accuracy problems, and lacks the experience. But his upside has carried him into the elite prospect level (Top 10).

I just dont see 10 or 15 teams passing this guy up. He needs a year or two of seasonning before he's ready though.

I fear a team like Washington, Buffalo, Arizona, Minnesota picking this guy and starting him day one. Bad mistake for them.

 

[NeonDeion21]

In my humble opinion, I do not think that Cam Newton is an elite prospect. I am just not that high on him. I believe that he has accuracy problems that need to be corrected.

But I believe he will be consider an elite prospect because of the value of a quarterback come draft day.