Thursday, March 1, 2012

The San Diego Chargers

The Chargers have based their team around Big Ten O-linemen for a while now.

And they could go that route here.

But they've always been a place where huge linemen play, too.

And while Mike Adams has the tackle resume Cordy Glenn has size and some experience inside.

I've never really seen that 350 lb tackle on the left side make it. It won't stop teams from trying. If Gaither comes back healthy maybe the big fella can move inside.


The Cincinnati Bengals

Jerome Simpson got arrested. Drug related. It's still the Bungles !

But this team is very talented. Every once in a while they get motivated too. They can be very good when motivated.

So you have Cedric Benson at RB and not a lot of depth there. You could use a WR to put on the other side of Green.

But really, Nate Clements (in his 11th year) and Pac Man Jones are your corners ? Leon Hall could come back and Kelly Jennings is pretty high quality depth.

But Claiborne is the only CB to go so far. And the depth here is pretty good. So big CB dre kirkpatrick, fast CB Josh Robinson, tiny QB Janoris Jenkins ?

Jenkins fits the the Bengals rep.

The New York Jets

The Jets have a lot of positives. They have a lot of negatives too.

One negative is leaving, Plaxico Burress leaves them short a big possession WR.
One positive is leaving, Bart Scott leave some intensity lacking in the middle.

So you go one of two ways.

Alabama ILB Dont'a Hightower - who gets the call because Courtney Upshaw seems to lack a little motivation.
Notre Dame WR Michael Floyd- who ran pretty well but doesn't do any of those silly quickness drills.

Rex Ryan's ego says he can make a LB.

Michael Floyd.

The Philadelphia Eagles

What do you give a team that thinks they have everything ?

Last year in preseason the Eagles were declared the champions of the NFL.
Talk is cheap.

Can you get a grind it out attitude that will infect the rest of the team at the 15 slot or do you draft another shiny piece of bling ?

If the eagles are smart they try Luke Kuechly LB Boston College and hope that grind it out attitude carries over.

Kuechly has the size and speed to play the middle or outside and even coming out as the number one rated backer in the country he may be under-rated

The Dallas Cowboys

Originally Morris Claiborne was a top 5 pick. He's still a good player. But when Josh Robinson, Stephon Gilmore and especially teammate Ron Brooks ran 4.4 of better. The slender football player CB stopped looking so special.

It was that Brooks thing that did it. See, usually a college QB sees that lock down CB on his prime wide receiver and checks down. But with Brooks, Mathieu, Taylor, Simon, Reid all back for LSU and the pressure coming fast - you just heave it.

Doesn't mean Claiborne's a bad player. He should go in the top 5. He probably won't because of a 40 time. But he should and dallas gets a deal here.

The Arizona Cardinals

They need to fill out their lines. Really the skill position talent isn't that bad.

The biggest question is "Is Larry Fitzgerald Content?"- if he's not move him. I'm sure the Bears would love to have him.

Now, shoring up the lines is rough at 13. You've seen the top two tackles go. The top guard is off the board. It's awfully early to grab Pete Konz. Best NT is gone. 3-4 ends (and lets be honest this team is too tied to that 3-4) come later and through free agency.

So where do you go ?

Jonathon Martin, OT, Stanford.

The Seattle Seahawks

All the QBs are gone. So the seahawks look to shore up the defense.

I'd probably go with a small quick CB. But there's a hole at OLB with Leroy Hill having legal issues and a guy from USC that looked very able to drop back and fill that hole.

Nick Perry DE/OLB USC.

The Kansas City Chefs

This team stays healthy last year and they win the west. This year could be different. They have some age and some free agent issues.

But the best player on the board is G David DeCastro. DeCastro will help a teams running game. He posted slow 40 times but 40 times don't mean much. I once knew a LB who could slide step faster than he could move forward. DeCastro can 3 cone faster than he can sprint.

That means he can pull. That means he can move his feet well enough to create seems on the inside and if you're running a little guy like Charles or McCluster the idea of a big man that can create seems or get out front and pull is awfully attractive.