I was doing some research into the draft and I found something that I think is interesting.
While many people are vying for us to draft Alan Branch, AP, QB, Leon Hall or some line help (pick either line here), my opinion is that we go safety with the first pick. Landry or Nelson would be fine by me.
Two reasons for coming to this conclusion:
1. Rick Smith and Kubiak have stated before that there goal is to build a championship defense first. If that is there goal then we must take that for what it is worth.
2. On ESPN, leave all ESPN hatred out of this, they use Scouts Inc. for their scouting of all NFL players. The top ten safeties in the NFL are
1.Ed Reed
2. Troy Polamalu
3. Roy Williams
4. Rodney Harrison
5. Sean Taylor
6. Brian Dawkins
7.Bob Sanders
8. Tony Parrish
9. Michael Lewis
10. Mike Brown
Out of the top ten safeties in the league based on this list 7 made it to the playoffs this year. The only three that did not are Polamalu, which his team won the Super Bowl last year, Taylor and Parrish, Redskins, who can ever understand the Redskins?
My observation is that it takes a great leader and athlete at the safety level for your team to succeed.
Thoughts? Questions? Arguments?
While many people are vying for us to draft Alan Branch, AP, QB, Leon Hall or some line help (pick either line here), my opinion is that we go safety with the first pick. Landry or Nelson would be fine by me.
Two reasons for coming to this conclusion:
1. Rick Smith and Kubiak have stated before that there goal is to build a championship defense first. If that is there goal then we must take that for what it is worth.
2. On ESPN, leave all ESPN hatred out of this, they use Scouts Inc. for their scouting of all NFL players. The top ten safeties in the NFL are
1.Ed Reed
2. Troy Polamalu
3. Roy Williams
4. Rodney Harrison
5. Sean Taylor
6. Brian Dawkins
7.Bob Sanders
8. Tony Parrish
9. Michael Lewis
10. Mike Brown
Out of the top ten safeties in the league based on this list 7 made it to the playoffs this year. The only three that did not are Polamalu, which his team won the Super Bowl last year, Taylor and Parrish, Redskins, who can ever understand the Redskins?
My observation is that it takes a great leader and athlete at the safety level for your team to succeed.
Thoughts? Questions? Arguments?