Rebuild Trenches! Please!

[LarryCanadian]

Rather have oline and dline over and over this draft than anything else.
Otherwise, I see 2 other pressing needs:
safety and backup RB.
BUT, I do NOT want a TE or SAFETY round 1 - if at all possible.
This teams biggest glaring weakness is the trenches, especially with the oline and dline in disarray from injury and legal issues and a pure lack of YOUNG talent.
Oline/Dline rinse and repeat. Solid mid-round safety if possible. RB for value, but there are a few stop-gap veterans that can play RB for us if really needed (although I'm almost positive we'll draft one somewhere).
LarryCanadian

 

[MonsterD]

We are taking a fullback in the 1st and you will like it.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

We are taking a fullback in the 1st and you will like it.

:laugh2:

 

[burmafrd]

would not bother me a bit if all 6 choices were O line and D line

 

[DFWJC]

We are taking a fullback in the 1st and you will like it.

I keep hearing a German accent with that:laugh2: ...and a whip....and spikes.
Oh, forget it.

 

[igtmfo]

Durable players please.

Maybe try to establish a rule like:

- Draft no players recovering from season-ending injuries as a senior and that would likely miss upcoming OTA, mini-camps etc.

- And pick a benchmark and stick to it: Say if a player has missed a cumulative full college season of 10/11 games over his four years due to one or various injuries, he gets pushed down 50 spots on our draft board. If a player had one great season but was nicked up the other three with worsening production, he gets pushed down 50 spots or off the board entirely.

We pick injury-prone players. We avoid players with chronic injuries (R Leary) which is good, but rationalize picking injured ones with talent. I heard Cowboys scouts (anonymously) tell Norm Hitzges last year as we picked Johnson and maybe some others during the draft right after picks were taken: "Hundreds of players have this surgery and recover fine to play in the NFL etc. ... He'll be good to go."

Our FO has sought a competitive advantage by drafting guys dropping a round or two or three because of injury history.

We draft them anyway. Don't do this anymore.

 

[Nation]

I have no problem with the team taking risks in the 2nd rounds and later on players recovering from injury. If a player possesses first round talent or difference-making talent they are always worth the risk than a safer guy with a lower ceiling.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

Rather have oline and dline over and over this draft than anything else.
Otherwise, I see 2 other pressing needs:
safety and backup RB.
BUT, I do NOT want a TE or SAFETY round 1 - if at all possible.
This teams biggest glaring weakness is the trenches, especially with the oline and dline in disarray from injury and legal issues and a pure lack of YOUNG talent.
Oline/Dline rinse and repeat. Solid mid-round safety if possible. RB for value, but there are a few stop-gap veterans that can play RB for us if really needed (although I'm almost positive we'll draft one somewhere).
LarryCanadian

With an owner/gm that is obsessively attracted (or distracted?) by shiny objects, I see disappointment in your future. Good thing that the shiny objects are few and far between in this particular draft.

 

[pugilist]

i'm so sick of the abysmal safety play that has plagued this team the for the past 9 or so years. I would be happy with an elite safety in Rd 1

 

[pupulehaole]

i got some Bart Scott in me cause i CANT WAIT!!!!!!!

 

[blackbull]

i'm so sick of the abysmal safety play that has plagued this team the for the past 9 or so years. I would be happy with an elite safety in Rd 1

Elite in who's eyes? Smh

 

[pugilist]

Elite in who's eyes? Smh

subtle i have no idea how a 4-3 defense works post

 

[KDM256]

I agree with the OP, Lets get back to the basis and revamp the Trenches.

 

[LarryCanadian]

I'd love an elite safety, but nothing I've read (I fully admit to not watching Vaccaro play) says there is one in this draft?!

Stronger Dline play helps put more pressure on QB or allows fewer RB's to get that far where a safety needs to make the tackle - so I see stocking the Dline as a help to secondary in that manner.

Any receiver in NFL can get open with enough time. I don't think any elite DB can cover forever, that is why I want the trenches.

Same goes for Oline. Oline will help Romo stop needing to be the gunslinger all the time. Oline will help Murray and running game. Oline will help offense stay on field longer (better/more consistent drives). This, all in turn, helps the defense stay off the field!

I think the trenches will improve the play of the skill players we have. We have some of those, we lack the toughness/muckers/nastiness to get over the hump. Protect Romo, and scare the oppossing offense! We have Ware/Spencer, now fill that middle of dline. Or get Ware/Spencer some help...Rat is older and beat up.

I'm not against a 2nd tier safety, which I do hear represent better value anyway. Just don't want one 1st round if possible to get a stud big guy for trenches!

As someone pointed out. Jerry is enamoured with the flashier players, so I might have to temper hopes......

I think Jerry and Redball should sure as heck recognize the value of a stronger Oline though - they had one in the glory days, not to mention a SOLID Dline......

 

[SportsGuru80]

I happen to agree...

 

[ghst187]

Rather have oline and dline over and over this draft than anything else.
Otherwise, I see 2 other pressing needs:
safety and backup RB.
BUT, I do NOT want a TE or SAFETY round 1 - if at all possible.
This teams biggest glaring weakness is the trenches, especially with the oline and dline in disarray from injury and legal issues and a pure lack of YOUNG talent.
Oline/Dline rinse and repeat. Solid mid-round safety if possible. RB for value, but there are a few stop-gap veterans that can play RB for us if really needed (although I'm almost positive we'll draft one somewhere).
LarryCanadian

I agree, check out my mock below