Quote:The one thing that I took from last year's draft class was that Dave likes his weapons. That may or may not prove out to be correct, but it's the impression that I got.

 

Yes, he took Joeckel at #2 and LT isn't really a sexy pick, but look at the rest of that draft. He took an uber-athletic in-the-box Safety in Cyprien, a long cover corner in Gratz, and then a dynamic slot WR in Sanders. Then he takes Robinson with his Fifth Rounder then goes to rebuild his Secondary with every pick after. He even bypassed a quality Guard in the Third just to get himself a DB that can affect the game.

 

He's stated that this is a deep draft for Offense, so that leads me to believe that he feels like there are weapons to be had in this draft. While I personally love the idea of Mack or Clowney playing LEO here for the forseeable future, I'd lay money that Watkins is the guy if he's there at Three.

 

I don't see this as a "get the big uglies" type of draft; I think it's a get all the weapons you can type.

 

I agree and Gus has mentioned a few times that being a defensive coach gives him perspective on who/what is hard to defend. I think he puts a slight emphasis on players/positions he deems hard to defend and puts great trust and leeway in Fisch to implement those elements into the offense.

 

As far as the DBs last year, I think we saw a lot of them picked because that was the area that required the most change in body type among the defense. 

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