I think next years class has better OT's than this one did.....I suspect to see alot of OT's, DE's a couple WR's.....

Maualuga and JL will go in the first...Brian Cushing likely will also but I can see Beckworth and Spikes dropping because their 40's aren't quite as good even though they are actually better in coverage.

Rivers went 9 and Mayo went 10 when was the next LB like them taken, when I say that I mean a traditional non 3-4 rush backer.

Early second round with Lofton with Atlanta I think.

It's just like this, I'd never take a LB with a top 10 pick unless I was a 3-4 team drafting LT or something like that.

I'm pretty sure Duke Robinson is going to be a 10 time pro bowl guard but I'm not taking him with a top 10 pick either.

I'd give my left nut to have another will shields for another decade. Just saying.

Guards just aren't worth that high of a pick even if you know he's gonna be that good.....you can get a good guard in the middle rounds.

I got fleeced for pissing on the Albert pick.

But if we end up with the #5 pick next year again, and Oher or Smith falls in our lap, and we have to move Albert to OG or RT... I pretty much will have been vindicated. We will have a spent a #15 pick on a nonvaluable position.

Eh if they moved him to RT it wouldn't be a huge deal you'd just have 2 awesome book ends and well with this emphasis on pass rushers even heavier than it was with the Giants winning and all the 3-4 teams that wouldn't be a bad thing to have...

By the way....I'm up to about 10 DE's I think can be very good NFL players that will almost certainly be in next years class.....I think next years DE class will be very good.

I still like the risk:reward we got for Albert. I mean, he projects to LT and even if he fails he will still be an excellent guard. Maybe it's just me, though.

Talk. Share. Illuminate us. We've all got nothing else to do.

It was a middle of first round pick, guard wouldnt be ideal but Steve Hutchinson was taken in that range and he is probally the best guard in the NFL. Now if it was at #5 then I would throw a hissy fit.

Oh, it's definitely not just you. LOL

If it's that deep there could be some real value in the early third, imo. especially following this year's class.

Oh man, I've already done the rounds on Albert.

I'll just say what I said then: if Albert turns out to be a stud LT, I am a horse's ass. If he holds his own, I'm wrong. But if he struggles and they have to move him elsewhere, I think that's a lousy-ass pick that could have gone to Rodgers-Cromartie, Mike Jenkins, or Devin Thomas.

Ok I'm going to split them because some of these guys would have to be strong side DE's and wouldn't be first round picks but would be real nice players to have.....

Firstly on the pass rush side we have...

Michael Johnson
George Selvie
Eric Moncur
Greg Hardy
Maurice Evans
Lawrence Wilson-this guy along with Moncur are the ones I see with huge breakout potential this year.

On the strong side we'll have
Greg Middleton
Kyle Moore