Actually I really wish they would post 10 yard dash times. You run 10 yards or less in football a hell of a lot more than you do 40.

This is the same thing BCF and I were going on about yesterday.

We're talking about making a difference with ONE pick. A pass rush comes from more than one person, in most cases.

Manny Lawson is the guy we should take. He has the potential to be a Derrick Thomas-like player, a guy that can be a pass rush all by himself.

However, if Lawson is not there, there's NO REASON to throw picks at the d-line just because we think we need a better pass rush. A stud like Jimmy Williams in the backfield is a much better use of that pick.

I endorse that line of thinking because we still fill a need, with a player of value. That being said, I think we have more of a shot of Lawson being there, than Williams. CBs, that are 6'2", 213 lbs, that can run a 4.4 40 yard dash, who kicked ass at the collegiate level don't grow on trees. I think Williams easily goes in the top 15.

I think you're probably right. But you never know.

ROFL I knew there was a reason I liked you.

This reminds me of what I said last off season about Mitchell. At some point you have to expect some return on these youngs guys that haven't shown anything thus far. You can't draft a MLB every other year, while ignoring other positions of need. I think this year you could say that about a lot of positions. We're going to have to hope for something from guys like Battle, Hodge, Thorpe, Siavii (yea right) or Sims.

You just can't replace every bad player in one off-season, so you have to put some faith into our young prospects.

Wilkerson and Carlos Hall fit in that category too.

The only position on defense where we don't have any youth that MIGHT be able to step up is at safety.

I think you make some strong points. I would say that those sack numbers are kinda wishy washy, because you look at a team like Denver, and they don't rack up a lot of sacks but they definitely get in the backfield and wreck a lot of havoc. I bet if you looked a pure QB pressures they'd be up there.

My only argument would be, that Herm has a pretty good track record of drafting safeties in the later rounds. In New York last year they had two middle round picks with a combined 1 year previous experience starting. And they didn't do a bad job. I'd probably take Erik Coleman over Greg Wesley... he started as a rookie on a pretty good defense that almost carried them to the AFC title game. Then last year Kerry Rhodes started pretty much the whole year alongside him.

We do have a coach who can evaluate DB's pretty well, maybe we should use that to our advantage and let him steal somebody in the later rounds. I don't know, I get the feeling that there are going to be some good DB's too tough to pass up at our pick though.

http://fantasyfootball.rotoworld.com...=NFL&column=26

This mock has Jimmy Williams sliding out of the 1st entirely.

Wow, that would be surprising...

Cromartie and Wimbley have been doing some climbing this week.

Wimbley sure would look good in Dallas. :p

Indeed.

Maybe we could use Williams as our nickle/dime corner, like what they did with Woods in '03 when our defense actually DID something (until Maz went down). Yes, I know it was a Robinson defense, but they found ways to most effectively use their personnel.

good ... i hope they get taken in the top 15 and push some other guys down to us.