MU's Gabbert Goes Pro/Year of the QB-- NFL Draft Thread 11

Revis would've been nice, but Timmons has really turned into a good player. It's not like they missed on Revis and drafted Huey Richardson. And in the second round, the Steelers drafted LaMarr Woodley.

 

Timmons is a nice player, but that defense would have been a hell of a lot better off with a stud cornerback. My understanding was that the Steelers liked Revis better, but passed on the opportunity to trade up to get him because they thought Timmons was a good enough consolation prize.

After watching quite a few quarterbacks tear that secondary to shreds the last couple of seasons, it certainly looks to me like they made the wrong call, though they made up for it to a point by making a great pick with Woodley.

Latest rumor is they might trade up so they can reunite the Pouncey brothers. Because heaven forbid they do something about that secondary.

 

I set the bar low, but you can see that there have been few "bargins" in the second round.

 

If you're Carolina, how tempted are you to take A.J. Green? Especially considering the situation with Stevie Haymaker, who apparently cleaned out his locker and suite at the stadium recently?

 

Wasn't Keyshawn the last WR taken number one? And before that Irving Fryar? Both had solid careers, but were hardly franchise-turnaround players. Without a QB, a WR is just a guy getting paid big money to run wind sprints.

 

Yeah. Carolina not having a 2nd round pick this year hurts. Could have addressed both the QB and WR spots. Hope Armanti Edwards works out for them!

 

The Cardinal wide receivers agree.

 

Just find it interesting that Newton has skyrocketed up the draft charts while Mallett and Nick Fairley have both plunged.

Fairley, at one time, was considered a lock at the No. 1 pick while Mallett was generally considered the second best quarterback available after Stanford's Luck.

Now Fairley could very well go at tail end of the first round, while Mallett is likely out of the first and maybe even the second round. It seems that with both, teams are looking for an excuse not to take either.

While Newton, who has a load of legal troubles and other issues, is getting talked up to the point that teams think they have to take him with the first pick.

 

Who has said Fairley will go at the tail end of the first round? Most predictions I've seen have him going 8th to Tennessee.

 

Newton has HAD legal troubles, but they have been adjudicated. He still faces NCAA jeopardy, but nobody in the NFL cares about that in the slightest. Being involved in an actual crime? Yes, teams factor that in and they should. Breaking NCAA rules? So what?

 

Fairley's issues are character-related, but not so much his dirty play or anything off the field as much as he takes plays off and has a history of questionable conditioning habits.

 

He declined bench press test at combine which speaks volumes about his conditioning.

That said, he could end up being the next Warren Sapp.