Greg Cossel's Mock

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

And if the QB audibles into an inside run, you're one missed assignment inside from having a guy split your defense for 20 yards.

You can say the same thing about any blitz or aggressive defense package.

It's not a formation I'd be real excited about running on 1st or 2nd down.

it would be more of a passing down formation

And I am once again not a fan of taking a 'sub package' player with a 1st round pick - hence my reluctance to get excited about Ingram or Mercilus.

I just hate the idea of taking Kuechly when I think a guy like Hightower can give you 90% of what Kuechly can do in space and do a much better job with 'Ted backer things' like sticking his nose up into the gap or re-routing a TE over the middle. Further, I think you can get Hightower 10 spots lower (or perhaps more).

once again we are looking at the options

DeCastro - too high for a guard
Kuechly - too high for a ILB
Barron - too high for a SS



if we can't trade down then what are we going to do? Take a 2nd round player at another position just to avoid taking a position not normally ranked high?