A Pre-Draft Glimpse at the Roster
by abender20 on Apr 1, 2009 8:29 AM PDT
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PrintThe always handy Eric Williams at the TNT has the wonderful habit of occasionally putting together a look at the roster.
I'll mostly leave this up to you to browse, but:
Cornerbacks
Number kept last season: Four
Currently on roster: Seven
Average number kept since 2002: 4.5
Locks: Kelly Jennings, Marcus Trufant, Josh Wilson, Jordan Babineaux
In the hunt: Kevin Hobbs
Longer odds: Marquis Floyd, DeMichael Dizer
Comment – Seattle still may need another big body here, and could get a guy through the draft. Two bigger corners Seattle has sized up is 6-foot-3 corner Sean Smith from Utah and Don Carey out of Norfolk State.
We already knew that the Hawks kicked the tires on Don Carey, but apparently Sean Smith also has drawn some attention. Go browse through Williams' roster and see if anything else jumps out.
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Can't tell if his breakdown of Specialists was a joke or not
But calling both Kickers “locks” is questionable. I really hope this year they pick a guy and just go with him – and I’m hoping it’s Mare. Even if he doesn’t repeat his FG%, his TB’s are an awesome weapon to have. K’s like Coutu are a dime-a-dozen off the street, IMO.
Nothing too unusual.
Just confirmed that I liked most of our starters except for Brian Russell. I did find it interesting that he put Will Herring as a lock, but D.D. Lewis as ‘in the hunt’.
Why is Brian Russell still on the roster?
Honestly. The dude is terrible.
It's great to be a Florida Gator!
Because his veteran leadership and expertise in gritology are irreplaceable
It could also be the matter of Tim Ruskell being in utter shock of how incompetent this man is, he said to himself “Holy crap is he awful! I can’t believe my own eyes! I gotta see that again!”.
SSR's NFL Fun Fact: Andy Reid is the only coach in the league who uses the pass to set up the pass.
Russell owns a PhD. in Gritology.
He Mastered in Hustlenomics.
Because Russel used his famous veteran leadership and sheer grittiness
to get incriminating photos of Ruskell involving a sock, a hooker, a vacuum cleaner, and 2 anatomically correct life size Wolf Blitzer blow up dolls.
by Fear on Apr 1, 2009 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
"Forsett may get a look as a third-down guy"
Not a power back, right? But I like him for stunts or screens where he shows off his speed.
I think that's a common misconception about him.
He’s small, but not really that fast, at least for his 5’8" frame. This is his range, which is better than I thought after looking it up: 4.44-4.54-4.62 according to nfldraftscout. That 4.62 is his pro-day time in the 40.
I would be far more interested in seeing Forsett's 10, and 20 yard splits than his 40 yard time.
Some guys have very good functional speed during that first 10-20 yards. Beyond that, a RB is already into the secondary and his 40 yard breakaway speed is a bonus.
Barry Sanders is a great (well ok … the greatest) examples of all time. His 40 yard dash was anywhere from 4.42 – 4.49 but everyone could see he was the quickest guy to the hole every time as his 10 yard functional speed was unparalleled.
I'm not knocking the guy, but
most of his NFL highlights are vs. 2nd-4th stringers in the pre-season. I like Forsett, I just don’t have MJD visions for him.
And those were mostly all on power sweeps.
Don’t run those much in actuality.
"Part, fools!
Put up your swords. You know not what you do."
by Fearless Frog on Apr 1, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Still need to pick a reciever on the first day
after Branch, TJ, and Burleson, it gets pretty scary.
Has last years reciever debacle already been forgotton?
If one or, god forbid, two of them go down, I have zero faith in any of those others stepping up. TJ’s getting up there in age (but will make a great future slot receiver), Branch is getting more expensive every year, and I believe this is the last year on Nate’s contract, so yes, I think they need to. Receivers do tend to take awhile and this would give them the opportunity to spend at least the first year learning. This team has needed a #1 since as long as I can remember. Hopefully Ruskell has finally realized that grabbing late round receivers in hopes that one will actually produce, isn’t working.
I don't know. With that logic we need an OL in the first or second as well.
I see nothing wrong with getting an Iglesias from Oklahoma in the 3rd or Gibson from WSU in the 5th. Personally, I like our WR depth already.
except our OL played adquete with all backups
not great by any means, but serviceable. We should probably take one on the first day as well, if a good one is there. The backup WR’s? When they made it on the field, which wasn’t often, they were terrible. Obomonu was the only one during the preseason that I thought could play, and then down he went. Pretty bad when the best of our young group was an undrafted rookie out of WSU.
Also, I forgot that they changed the "first day" to be only two rounds
I mean a receiver in rounds one through three. dagnabbit.
Makes more sense now.
At first I read it as “We MUST draft a WR in the first or second.” Now it’s “Drafting a WR in the first three rounds should be one of our primary concerns.” Or at least that’s how my perception has changed.
How you figure?
OL can often come in and make an impact right away, I tend to think WRs mature…like fine wine!
"Part, fools!
Put up your swords. You know not what you do."
by Fearless Frog on Apr 1, 2009 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions
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