Where all my "BPA" peeps at? I dont think its "Ideal" that you pick O-line, but if you get a great player, ,why not? we could do anything we wanted to do offensively when we had 3 all pro players on the line. I think the thinking is that Albert is a very good LT learning the position. If you can get a player who is a natural LT already experienced there and Move Albert to RT or RG where he was projected as a probable Pro bowl player, you can improve 2 positions with 1 pick, not just add a RT or G.
Just sayin thats the argument. Will Shields wasnt exactly a detrement at RG and he was making some serious bank most of his career. 2 great players is > than 1.

That being said, I'd love to see Curry. That kid is a beast with pro-bowl potential. Look what Merriman did for SD. team him with Peppers and we have a serious Defensive upgrade.

Fitz seems alot faster than 4.68, damn.

But id rather have J-Mac over crabtree. Not just because Im a Mizzou homer, but because we need that speed guy on the other side of D Bowe. Plus he will improve our return game greatly, and I can get a Maclin Chiefs jersey.

all right.
when I requested planet feedback on the subject, I wasn't necessarily asking who we should draft. (maybe i did but if I really wanted to here a bunch of stafford, sanchez, crabtree, etc I could reference any number of draft threads all over nfl boards)

Remeber when we drafted gonzales? in the teens, i believe? right off the bat he was HOF potential. If we had known a HOF TE he could have been a top 5. see where I'm going?
so, let me rephrase:
Is there a player who is a man amongst boys at their position who would be worth a number 3 pick?
Is there a position that is so rich with talent, for instance OG, a safety even, or... , that wouldn't normally draft at #3 but the dude is a can't miss?

I'm not sure there's ever a "can't miss" dude...

If we don't get Cassel, it has to be Sanchez or Stafford.

Michael Crabtree is not Larry Fitzgerald this non sense needs to stop, if anything he's more like Boldin and that's saying he hits better than most think. Crabtree is similar to Bowe, it's a shitty WR year it's helping him and Maclin aswell, neither are worth a top 5 selection to this team.

This team needs 1 of the QB's more than anything, a WR is an exception position in the top 5, these guys aren't the jaw droppers it requires to be a top 5 WR.

Sanchez reminds me of Plunkett. Would rather Sanchez be here than at Oakland.

Tony Gonzales didn't have HoF potential right off the bat.

His rookie season he had so many areas that he needed to improve on that he played behind Keith Cash.

His blocking was marginal at best, and his hands were very inconsistent.

In the end, I have three words for you.

Make that four.

Get a ****ing clue.

We've all seen this line of thought. 1 speed guy. 1 possession guy.

Look at the Cards. They have the best WR tandom in the league and both guys are relatively the same.

What we just need are two really good guys starting. I don't care what type of WR they are.

And why does D-Bowe get the rap as a slower guy? The dude ran a 4.4 at the combine. That's fast! Blazing? No. But pretty fast.

Actually, he played behind Ted Popson.

That's right.

Thanks for the correction.

i can agree that this team doesnt need a wr in the top 5, but to say that crabtree isnt in the same league as fitzgerald at this point in their careers is a little crazy. most peopel have crabtree rated REAL high. walter foolball has crabtree at a 4.48 40 he's 6'3" 214. fitzgerald ran a 4.68 40 he's 6'3" 220, pretty similar right and their college #s are pretty similar also. on macklin he has a hard time getting up every time he's tackled in college so i dont think hes going to get better at that in the nfl

I'd take Percy Harvin over Jeremy Macklin in a heartbeat.

Some pro football rumors guy who has a blog associated with the Houston Chronicle was on Petro's show a day or two ago. His last name starts with Z and his dad is an OL coach for the Steelers (in case it helps anyone figure out who I'm talking about). His description of this year's draft class was that it is extremely thin on elite talent across the board. He had trouble coming up with an answer for Petro's question about who the best player to come out of this draft would end up being. After a long pause, he reluctantly predicted that it would be Eugene Monroe, OT Virginia. He also said, earlier in the interview, that he thought the Chiefs should consider going OL and taking Andre Smith, OT Alabama, so I gather that he thinks OT is the best of what's available.

like i said it sure seems macklin is somewhat of a pussy

Fitz was at another level coming out of Pitt than Crabtree is right now coming out of Tech. Mecca is exactly right, this comparison is ridiculous and needs to stop. Crabtree is getting hype because he's coming out of an offense that heavily inflates offensive stats; if Crabtree played at a program like Pitt, no one would be talking about him as a top 5 pick.

Fitz had amazing ball skills and body control coming out of school, and was an extremely crisp route runner. The only knock on him was timed straight-away speed, and anyone that actually watched him play could see that wasn't a legit concern. On the other hand, Crabtree has spent the past two years primarily running bubble screens and slants, and is going to have to spend some time perfecting pro routes.

I don't want to knock the kid, as he is a solid WR prospect, but he's nowhere near the prospect Fitz was coming out of school.