[Direckshun]

CB Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, Oregon -- The question becomes, knowing what you know now, where would you have drafted Brandon Flowers in 2008? Ekpre-Olomu projects to essentially play as his twin in the NFL, except that he's exceptionally more battle-tested. Ekpre-Olomu is the same diminutive size (5'9, 190 lbs), has the same speed (looks 4.3 in short spaces, but 4.5 otherwise), plays with the same intensity and features the same enthusiasm against the run. Ekpre-Olomu spends a lot of time in the slot, but has the ability to play outside, although he is not ideal in press man. Flowers' game is more physical, but Ekpre-Olomu is in no way a soft, finesse corner. His talents clearly suit him more as an aggressive corner in a zone scheme. He may have the best ballskills in the upcoming draft class, as his ability to turn his head, block out a receiver and field the ball has notched him a handful of interceptions every year he's started, with another one already this year. The Ducks almost never send him into the backfield, so he will need developmental time as a blitzer. But this is a defensive captain in the making, so the question for NFL teams will be: will you use your prejudice against short CBs to pass on Pro Bowl talent in the 1st round, just like you did in 2008 with Flowers? I hope the Chargers' success with Flowers and Jason Verrett change that, but the way size at CB is being fetishized right now, who knows.