Quote:Same here. Never really understood all the hype and mocks pushing him off on us at #3.. Now Beasley on the other hand.. I can see him with his build and athleticism being a beast year in and year out- 15 sacks per season type guy, especially in our defense. Dave's comments would lead one to believe that they either really like Williams or one or two of the receivers.


A trade back seems very likely. I personally would love to see us trade back and grab Parker if they go receiver. Kinda feel like his body type and skillset would add the most to our receiving corps and benefit Blake the most with his ability to attack the ball, adjust to it and extend for it in traffic situations

If we draft Beastley (which I'd love), the best thing for him his first year would be to give him around 400ish snaps max in my opinion. Keep him fresh with a lot of rotation (they do that anyways on the DL) and don't expect him to be "the man" his first year. Make sure he's always on the field in obvious passing situations, but let Clemons continue to be the starter for this season (possibly his last year with the team anyways).

 

Beastley has to develop some stuff, but he has everything you cannot teach. Caldwell said that now they don't necessarily have to look at their top picks as drafting somebody who has to start right now. I think Beastley fits that perfectly. Let him mainly be just a pure pass rusher his first season.

 

I would not be upset at a LEO rotation of Clemons, Branch, Beastley and Chris Smith for next season. Smith is always the forgotten man and I'd like to see a lot more of him this season. He flashed a number of times last season, despite only having around 90 snaps on the year. Ryan Davis can LEO also, but he's more of the inside rusher.

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