Offense Or Defense In The First Round?

i say offense because there are more impact offensive players in themiddle of first round this year

 

Ditto

This draft looks to me like the ILB you get in round 1 won't be much different than the one you get in round 5. One way or another it looks like the guys is going to have some flaws which will keep him from being elite.

In addition, I think it is more likely that an offensive guy falls to us come draft day.

 

I want defense, but I believe they select offense to stick on their schedule.

 

defense. bottom line is we have to get faster and younger.

 

WR and CB are the biggest needs to me. Hopefully a good value at 15 in one of those appears. I like WR Lee from USC.

 

I see Watkins and Evans as guys that you probably can't pass over due to their ability to change the face of a game, but Lee may get some consideration. I'm not sure Lee is a guy you take at 15. If no one slips this year, we may actually try to add a pick by sliding back in the draft a couple of spots...maybe to 24/25 and get their 2nd round pick as well?

 

why would we want more picks?

they're all bust

JJ, Bell......


I picked offense

 

for defense we mean cb , because there are no other defensive needs worth a top 15 pick in this draft . yes there is mosley a lb but i'm not sold on him at cb there are two that can be worth dennard and gilbert ..but are they ready to make an impact immediately on our defense ?
on offense there are wr ,te, lt

 

I voted for offense
you cant win if you dont score

 

I would be okay with the pick either way as long as it's the best player available. Although they could use a good CB.

 

I voted offense. I hope we get a gift and Dennard falls to us, but the guy I think the Steelers will fall in love with is Marqise Lee. There really isn't anything he doesn't do well. Threat to score from anywhere on the field, is a good route runner, and a good blocker. If his knee checks out, he's probably gonna be our guy IMO.

 

Draft the best zone cover corner, or a ball hawk as a safety.
They can have immediate impact on what is hurting us most.

 

I completely agree.

 

Let me elaborate a little bit:
We are settled with starters at: QB, RB, TE, WR (Brown & Cotchery or Sanders) and OL (all of them recent high draft picks or FA pickups).
On D, I think our Coaching staff believes in their LBs (Woodley or Worilds, Jones, Timmons, Foote & Williams + Spence).
And I'm a true believer that in a passing league we need to settle up for handling passing offenses.
In order to do so, we need 3 quality front lineman, 4 lbers and 6 DBs

The natural choice for a 1st round seems to be DE (if they are not sold on Hood), NT or any DB.
We have Al Woods & McLendon as NT, and Hood/Kiesel at DE (one of them should be back).
We need to be able to have 5 or even 6 DBs on the field at the same time.

Clark will not be back, and W Allen is not the answer.

FS Shamarko's spot (1)
SS Polamalu / Draft Pick (2)
CBs C Allen (3), paired with W Gay (4) and I Talyor (5 or 6).
Nickel CB/ Hybrid LB/SS: Draft Pick / Polamalu (5 or 6)

Troy is aging and has been playing as a Nickel LB or 6th DB, which seems to be a natural fit to his skills.

If we get a capable Safety or CB, we'll be able to have 6 quality DBs.

That's why I say DB.

 

I voted for Defense, simply because I believe they have more needs.

 

I'm undecided at this point. I'll have more clarity as we get closer to the draft. I'm leaning toward Mike Evans if he's there in the first but if not, Nix or Dennard and try to pick up Benjamin in the second. Ebron may be another possibility in the first. I really think we MUST get better on defense and need a playmaking CB and a space eating NT, but you can't have too many weapons on offense either. Still pondering...

 

What difference does it make? What choice do we have? We need an infusion of young talent at CB. I don't see us signing a starting calibre FA, let alone one good enough to make an immediate impact on our defense. If either of those guys are as good as they're supposed to be, they should be able to make a huge impact in year 2, which is about all you can ask. That's worth a first round draft pick.

 

I picked offense. mainly the last piece of the puzzle for the O-line.

we also need a starting caliber wr for the #2 spot. I don't see TE as a huge need this year. more of a luxury.

frankly, two, really three, no make that four guys are being gone over with a fine tooth comb this offseason and will determine which way we go.

marcus wheaton and Curtis brown. can wheaton be the #2? can brown be the #2 or even #3?

safety is another concern where we may need someone added,but keeping ike will still be our ace in the hole, even though some are easily dismissing him.

I have a feeling a 3rd guy is being gone over in the offseason and that's shamarko Thomas. he was used a lot as more of a corner last year. do they feel comfortable with him as another corner with safety capability?

my first pick would be O-line though. we could finally get that true LG we have needed forever. this guy can, if the need arises play LT also.

if the ZBS is where they are headed, they have to have the players to run it. that's where the 4th guy comes in. ramon foster.

remember many players on the o-line are in the last year of their contracts.

a good offense will help the defensive deficiencies a lot. it keeps good offenses off the field longer and it makes them a lot more one dimensional.

 

Art II says that he's happy with the offense, and not so much with the defense, so I would assume that things being equal we'd go defense in the 1st. Besides, we're likely retiring a starter or three on that side of the ball.

 

Your defense can stop them from scoring
Your defense can score
You can win without the offense scoring

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