Matt reputedly doesn’t like 1st round QBs. He went to BC, Clausen goes to ND, and there is that whole “Holy War” thing.

pick a QB at 6. Be it Clausen or Bradford, he’ll pick one. I am hoping for a Left Tackle at 14 and a Defensive Tackle to complement ME-BANE! with the early 2nd round pick. I am cold on FA’s this year as our more recent pickups simply haven’t done enough to pique my interest in another high name recognition/low performance check casher.

But that’s the potential kink in the plan.

for truthiness

Rams can select Suh first overall and easily move back into the first and grab whatever quarterback falls. The league is fickle and I’m sure a few have noticed that Josh Freeman has, so far, been the best quarterback of his class.

Of course, not only could the Rams select Clausen, but another team could trade up and select him.

Maybe they think this is the year Bulger turns it around.

but it’s, well it’s more a good starting point than tool. Football kind of defies statistics. There’s too much interdependence.

Doug Farrar once used an Aerosmith lyric to make a point, that too many prospects arrive in the pros to find they have “the right key baby but the wrong key hole.” Some guys bust, and that proves they couldn’t make it in the pros.

Some guys bust, and all you can be sure of is they didn’t make it in the pros given the dynamics and circumstances of the one opportunity they had (if you count a short tenure of a handful of years to only be one opportunity).

Some that are probably worth mid to late first round picks, but LT is so over hyped right now that the good ones will move into the top 10 just because they are LTs. I wouldn’t mind a LT at the 14th pick, but I don’t think the value will be there.

What about McIntosh? Sure he’s old and isn’t likely to improve but he seemed an improvement over Locklear to me. Granted, I haven’t pored over the games like some have but… I mean McIntosh didn’t scream mediocrity to me like Locklear did. Idk, what’s the general consensus here?

The point of that question being: If McIntosh/Locklear can be an improvement over Locklear/Willis on the line and if there are no great LT draft options then mightn’t we conceivably not even address O-line until later rounds?

From what I understand Alex Gibbs is a master at making stud O-lines from mid- or late-round talent.

His command of the shotgun spread, and recent shoulder injuries? Bradford is a stretch at 14 and a disaster at six. Clausen or bust.

Smokescreen Bradford, end up with Clausen. Is it one S’s or two in Claussen btw..?

I was totally thinking George Achica, Pete Adams and Erik Affholter myself!

it’s diabolical sorta.

Statements like that should probably be best taken with a grain of salt.

4th is a tough call.

Holmgren brought in a veteran (Kitna) when he first started in Seattle to establish his offensive credibility in a new city. Quinn has struggled and is entering his 4th season and is now moving to a WCO.

If Favre does another retirement circus again this year I could see him in Cleveland too. How crazy would that be?

Or 2008 Flacco?

It’s immaterial.

But more importantly I prefer not seeing #8 behind center the sooner the better.

Suh? Null?

I’ve only seen him play twice, but I saw the same things, granted I’m not an expert, this is just IMO. His throwing motion will be an issue if he is getting a lot of tips and int when the competition is good enough to exploit it. With that said, there is a lot of evidence that he is a great athlete and could very easily fix it if the real experts think he needs to.
I completely think that his numbers are inflated though. He doesn’t play in a spread, but most of his passes are one read and dump it to my playmaker in space. He didn’t walk down a progression much and didn’t throw the ball effectively deap. He did throw up some moon shots that the UW safeties had fun with.
He may be the number one in this year, but I’m just not convinced that he is enough of a sure thing to take him in the first round. I think for sure things, that would be worth the first round money, we should look at Lupati, Haden, Morgan, McCoy or some others.
While on ND, I think we should look at Golden Tate. He is going to shoot up draft boards here pretty quick and end up in the middle of the first round.

I do hear a whole lot about us staying with a cover-2 4-3 that isn’t much different than what we’ve been running.

A desire in this case; not reality.

Dan LeFevour play in the bowl game this year, and he led his team down the field time after time and didnt crumble under pressure at all… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xpg7_yR448&feature=related … notice the speed, and strength when he runs, and the accuracy, and velocity of his cannon of an arm…. im looking for more videos that show him throw the ball, but he is the real deal!!

Dan Lefevour put up worse numbers than Clausen against inferior competition. Clausen put up his numbers in a pro style offense, Lefevour put up his in a spread option. His arm is fine but his speed wouldn’t translate to a BCS conference, let alone the NFL.