Maybe not the 2nd from next years thats pushing it..but their 1st, 2nd, and 4th pick is realistic as John has stated.

If he waits till next year he will be the number 1 pick.

and I know. The best quarterbacks are chosen first (Surprise huh?). But this post contradicts with that post you told me to read. One is saying Seattle has a rare chance at getting a very good QB, but this one is saying we should trade down because players picked in the top 10 are worse.

But I do agree that we should trade down, there are several positions we need to address.

I thought he’d be fairly good, like top 10 QB in his peak years (and that’s yet to be seen, but seems likely at this point), but I certainly didn’t think he’d be this good this quick.

Same for Thomas.

but what do I know. I’m just some guy who comments on blogs.

Like to see how fast players can run, how much they can bench, even what their wonderlic tests are.
It’s more fun for the NBA though, because you get these small guys with 40+ inch verticals, or you get everyone with body fat % under 6% and then you have Kevin Love at 12+% even though he lost 15 or so pounds in the 2 months prior to the fat test.

Stafford probably rates as a first class quarterback assuming he declares. I’m really on the fence about the guy.

However, that doesn’t directly imply that the entire draft is weak.

As for this draft, the QB position looks by far the weakest. Unless McCoy and Bradford declares, it looks like Stafford is the only “franchise” QB prospect.

I’m partial to QBs that put up big time numbers from mid-tier schools against decent competition. Phillip Rivers was a guy that I was very high on because he played on a very mediocre NC State team with mediocre talent surrounding him yet put up great numbers. While there certainly have been exceptions (Palmer, P. Manning), I’m inclined to steer clear of any QB from the monster college programs. For instance, Miami produced Jim Kelly, Vinny Testeverde, and Bernie Kosar when they were an up-and-coming power but once they were an established powerhouse they produced Steve Walsh, Gino Toretta, and Ken Dorsey.

Of John’s list from one of his other blogs – Matt Ryan, Joe Flacco, Jay Cutler, Aaron Rodgers, Jason Campbell, Eli Manning, Philip Rivers, Ben Roethlisberger, Carson Palmer (why is Campbell on this list?) – I would only classify Palmer as being from a monster program.

almost disregards 40 times and focuses more on the inital 10 or 20 yards. I’m not sure if they even kept track of this 10 years ago, but obviously one can see why they woudl now, since nfl players almost never run 40 yards, and if they do it’s rarely in a straight line in full sprinter form.

Do they do the same thing for bench press or other strength measurements? I know they reps of 225, but do they do something like max, or reps of 315 or 405, or max squats or squats of ~500? It seems like there are so many more ways to measure strength then just reps of 225, which is too light for an offensive lineman, and doesn’t tell you much since they have to push guys that are 300+ pounds sometimes, and obviously it’s even more weight since the guys are pushing at the same time.

The only thing better than speculating as to what we’ll do with the #4 pick is imagining striking it rich with a late round pick.

Here’s a question, if there’s a RB who we think is good, do we draft him with a 3rd or 4th rounder. One guy I have my eye on is ‘Tyrell Sutton’, who can run, catch, and pass block. He’s a bit underesized, but I saw him in person last year against Iowa, and he was clearly the best athlete on the field. We’ll have to wait on the Mo situation.

On one side, he isn’t even mentioned among the top prospects at WR between Crab, Maclin, Harvin, and Hey-Bay, possibly because of his program. That could make him fall anywhere from late second to late fourth. But scouts might catch on to the fact he looks a lot like a more durable Crabtree/Boldin and shoot up his stock to the point where he’s a late first a la Jerry Rice, because he certainly has the resume to do so.

But from what I’ve seen, this guy could be a goldmine even in the second round. He runs tremendous routes that gain separation quickly, magnet hands, strong jump ball ability, great size and strength, and is potentially a very adept YAC threat.