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Yeah, I don't particularly like him having to play 4-3 DE and don't think he'll be a 3-down player early in his career unless he sorts out his issues against the run. He doesn't set the edge in the run game which is why I branded him my favorite pass rusher. From what I've watched of the top pass rushers so far, he has the best hand usage.

I'm mistaking leverage and hand usage for straight line speed and bend? K den.

Elephant would have been the perfect role for him.

Like the technique which Gregory has by the bucket load

Hence why he's my favorite pass rusher, not edge defender. Not a 3-down player from Day 1. Not convinced by his slowing after putting on weight. If he manages to put on 15 lbs of lean muscle his speed won't be altered at all.

Couldn't agree more.

Gregory's my favorite Pure Pass Rusher in this class. I put 0 stock in to the combine.

When I watched him he played Defensive End as you'd expect a Nose Tackle to. An athletic Nose Tackle, but not an explosive pass rusher that's going to be a double-digit sack player.

Depending on player availability, the Colts are looking to trade up. That's right, I may want to trade UP.

So I KO'd thanks to the flu and kinda missed the end of DL Free Agency. Anyone with overpaid players, feel free to offer them up to me and my 40 odd star cap space.

Glad to land 4th, 5th and 7th round picks for Arthur Jones who didn't really figure in to my plans.

I was surprised to see a bid on him.

Didn't think Pass Rushers/Edge defenders would get quite as much attention given the strong draft class

Free agency this year be like:

You misspelled Cory Beerman's name in the bidding thread too. You've slipped in my absence.

I cri evrytiem

Some owners are throwing around more money than Adam Jones in a strip club.

I may or may not have been consulted on the Wilkerson/Megatron trade.

I've been getting caught up on the entire process and my brain is just fried.

I've been gone a long while, but this Draft game always intrigues me. If anyone wants an adviser with pretty extensive experience, I'm here if you need me.

Chelsea have sold David Luiz to PSG for £50 Million. Have fun with your freelancing liability, Parisians.

On the point of trading back, I should've probably made it clear that I meant I personally think he would have still been there and that it wouldn't have been that big a deal if he wasn't. I obviously don't know for certain whether he would have been there or not, but if it were the latter then you just take the next guy on your board. I didn't know the full details, but that still likely would have put a few teams off. I was purely referring to how we run things currently. It could always change, yeah, but I don't see him as a Nose Tackle or 5-tech.

I've been mulling this draft over for a while and here's my overall thoughts on each player: Mosley, ILB, Alabama - I didn't like this pick because I think inside Linebackers, in today's NFL, have a limited impact compared to a lot of other positions. We finally had a relatively high pick and we took a guy I feel we could have taken in the 25-32 range after trading back and loading up on picks. I did have Mosley as the clear cut #1 ILB in the class, to be fair to him, but his medical red flags, the fact that he's an ILB and that I think we could've moved back for him, I don't like the pick. Jernigan, DT, Florida State - He's a pretty good football player, but he failed the drugs test at the combine and was the only player to do so that didn't fall at least a couple of rounds. I don't like the value, again. I think we took him in the range he should've gone in pre-combine failure. I genuinely think that we could have moved back or waited until the third to take him. He's also an odd scheme fit for us. Quite like the player, don't like the value or fit. Brooks, FS, Florida State - Good player, right range, good fit and filled a need. There's nothing I dislike about this pick. This is the sort of pick I'm used to seeing from our front office. Gillmore, TE, Colorado State - Just, blegh. A #3 blocking tight end that we likely could've grabbed 2 rounds later. Completely indifferent on the player, completely disagree with the range. I feel there were better Tight Ends available so did not enjoy seeing this pick. Urban, DT, Virginia - Another pick I don't like. Pedestrian player who I don't think was the best available at his position, much less the best player available. This, like the Gillmore pick and the following pick, irked me. I felt we were taking inferior players earlier than they should have gone. Taliaferro, RB, Coastal Carolina - Haven't seen tape on him because he played for such a small school. I feel there were better backs available if we had the position earmarked for this pick. Nothing I like about this pick, much like the previous two. Urschel, G, Penn State - Solid value, solid interior lineman, versatile. Solid pick. Wenning, QB, Ball State - Again, think there were better options and frustrated to see us take a prospect that I was totally indifferent towards. Campanaro, WR, Wake Forest - Like the pick. Solid slot receiver prospect. Don't like our receiving corps on the whole and was frustrated this was the only receiver we took. My overall thought is that we had a decidedly average draft for where we were picking. Likely going to have a limited impact. I feel we could have still left the draft with our likely impact players (Mosley, Jernigan, Brooks) with a MUCH better supporting cast.

The Highland Irn-Bruers: Offense: QB - RB - TE - WR - WR - WR - LT - LG - C - RG - RT - Defense: LE - LDT - RDT - RE - LOLB - MLB - ROLB - CB - CB - FS - SS -

I like this debate (not being sarcastic or facetious, I genuinely enjoy debating with someone who has a contrasting view) , so here we go. I highly doubt Mosely's, or any Linebacker for that matter, ability to man up on one of those tight ends and remove them. Limit them slightly, perhaps, but not that big of an impact. It's much more likely to get a slightly bigger safety that can go toe-to-toe with these tight ends. The fact remains that some teams didn't clear him and it's not just him. For another example, I would have hated Easley because of his medical red flags. I just have a general dislike for prospects that are potentially damaged goods before playing a down. This is more of a personal preference. I don't think ILBs are that important and have a limited impact compared to a lot of other positions. It's nice to have a great one, but it doesn't make a huge difference overall to the team. I'll definitely concede that there's a big drop off, but for me Inside Linebacker is one of the least impactful/important positions. I hope I'm wrong in regards to Mosely, it's just my view of the position. My last point leads on to this one in why I didn't have Mosely as a first rounder. His position. I think there were at least 32 other players that, due to talent or position, could have come in and made more of an impact from day 1, which is what I'd expect from a 17th overall pick. I was pointing out that the school has a habit of producing overhyped players that aren't as good as advertised. How much of it is surrounding talent and system is definitely debatable, but the track record for his school is still shoddy at best. I get that he's Mosely, he isn't any of the others, but (again, personal thing here) I don't trust Alabama players to be anything more than solid role players. I'm comfortable taking them in the mid rounds as contributors, but not as star players. As often as not Saban's already eeked every bit of potential out of the player before they hit the pros. It's like Iowa and their offensive linemen. It's still a valid point. That sort of failure to find a quality talent over that length of time is worrying. Yeah, it means that we've found solid contributors, but that lack of one or two exceptional young talents coming through showed at numerous points last year. It was a point made to show that the front office isn't perfect. They're human, they make mistakes. They're very good at what they do, but they shouldn't be blindly followed. I agree that everyone has the right to their opinion on the pick, whether they like the pick or not, hence the "You can have a different opinion on players". In context it may have seemed like I was saying "everyone should hate the pick" but I assure you I wasn't, I just didn't know why some people were getting lambasted for having a differing opinion.