Quote:"smokescreen"

 

LOL...

 

It would be dereliction of duty not to do your homework on the top prospects.

 

To those against the idea... say for the sake of argument, we've preliminarily selected Mack.  The phone rings and in comes a trade we can't refuse, even though we're sold on Mack.  Maybe it's ATL, who missed out on Clowney and don't want to do the same with Mack.

 

You never know what scenario you may be facing.  If we were in the position to draft and he's available, they would need to have the information they need to make the right call.  We could certainly use him at RT, and with the rookie scale, his big contract would be the second where he would be paid as a RT.  So draft position isn't cost prohibitive if they think he's the BAP wherever we select.  He didn't play LT until his senior year when Joeckel left for the NFL, and played the previous three at RT.  He's certainly one of the top 3-5 guys available when we select, and may be the most "slam dunk" or "safe" of them all.

 

Mack, Watkins... Matthews could easily be the next guy on the list.  Who knows, may be at the top of it.  It would be hard not to get this pick right, there seems several ways to play it and still get it right.

I read one or two places about Matthews that his best position might be ......Center.  Caldwell clearly thinks the Center position is very important after the offer made to Alex Mack.  If we trade down to 6 (Atlanta trades up for K-Mack), I would not hate the idea of Matthews at #6 if Watkins and Evans were both gone some how.  I don't know if Caldwell would be brave enough to draft Matthews at #6 with a plan for him to start at Center and start Pasztor at RT.  Probably not, but would be a good O-line on paper, especially if a projected starting OG was also chosen early.

LT Joeckel - LG Beadles - C Matthews - RG Bitonio - RT Pasztor

 

1. HOU - DE J. Clowney

2. STL - WR S. Watkins

3. ATL - OLB K. Mack (from JAC for pick #37)

4. CLE - QB J. Manziel

5. OAK - WR M. Evans

6. JAC - OT J. Matthews

 

Round 2

37. WR A. Robinson

39. OG J. Bitonio

 

Round 3 - BAQB

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