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after reading alot of the mock drafts around here they all start the same 1) rey rey or BJ raji. 2) ron brace and so on. So why not shake it up and go a little more radical with it ?
1) trade UP for malcom jenkins : looking at picks 1-11 ahead of us 5) Cleveland 8) Jack 9) GB are the most likely to look for CB help with the other teams either having a selection that is too high for jenkins ( STL @2) or already have invested in a 1st round corner recently ( cincy, Oak, Buf) SF just dumped loads of cash on nate clements so they are out. My proposed trade: Trade this years 1st and 3rd with next years 3rd to jacksonville for the 8th overall to grab Jenkins here.
- after securing Jenkins trade Bly for a 5th rounder (or a 4th if you can find a team desperate enough, but assume 5th for now )
- then use that 5th to trade for Gregg Kelly from baltimore - with the emergence of Ngata the old starting NT for the ravens might just be the odd man out. Pick him up for veteran experience in not only a 3-4, but a hybrid 3-4.
2) Shonn Greene - break away from the tradition need on defense here to pick up a stud of a RB for an otherwise suspect RB core - too many injuries and inconsistent play to feel completely comfortable with what we have, Hillis i still think can do well running the rock, but alot of that can happen with fullback options. Plus it adds versitility by allowing him to swing out in the passing game forcing the defense to keep eyes on our back field for the running game and passing out of the back field. if we use singleback with hillis too much, our offense will become a little more predicitable. with both greene and hillis back there it adds versitility to our O.
4) Chris Baker - shows good size and ability to get to the QB. A grooming project here, but with the vet Kelly coming in hopefully that will speed up his developement
rounds 5-7 will be taking the best safeties and LB's on the board.
FA: 1) Chris Canty 4-5 year deal, what ever gets him here
2) Darren Sharper ( the surprizes keep coming ) to a 3 year deal - a ball hawk of a safety
Depth Chart :
qb- cutler
hb - greene, ( after him the chart depends on the situation, with a strong camp torain moves to number 2)
fb - hillis
wr - marshall
lt- clady
lg - hamilton
c - wagner/lichtenstien ( if wagner retires)
rg - kuper
rt - harris
wr - royal
te - graham, schefleur
3-4 Hybrid defence
LDE - canty
NT - Kelly, Baker or Powell
RDE - thomas
LOLB - pass rusher/run support on the line - doom
SILB - Webster ( i dont like him, but can work on that next offseason)
WILB - Larson - let him prove his worth this season
ROLB - run support and coverage - DJ williams - might be a little small for this, but hey we dont have many other options
CB- Champ
CB- Jenkins
FS - Sharper
SS - Barrett
NEXT seasons priorities : Linebackers and Safeties
Now i am ready to get slammed for this Mock, but hey i was tired of seeing the same ideas and I thought, why not shake it up a little ?
Have fun ripping into it
1) trade UP for malcom jenkins : looking at picks 1-11 ahead of us 5) Cleveland 8) Jack 9) GB are the most likely to look for CB help with the other teams either having a selection that is too high for jenkins ( STL @2) or already have invested in a 1st round corner recently ( cincy, Oak, Buf) SF just dumped loads of cash on nate clements so they are out. My proposed trade: Trade this years 1st and 3rd with next years 3rd to jacksonville for the 8th overall to grab Jenkins here.
- after securing Jenkins trade Bly for a 5th rounder (or a 4th if you can find a team desperate enough, but assume 5th for now )
- then use that 5th to trade for Gregg Kelly from baltimore - with the emergence of Ngata the old starting NT for the ravens might just be the odd man out. Pick him up for veteran experience in not only a 3-4, but a hybrid 3-4.
2) Shonn Greene - break away from the tradition need on defense here to pick up a stud of a RB for an otherwise suspect RB core - too many injuries and inconsistent play to feel completely comfortable with what we have, Hillis i still think can do well running the rock, but alot of that can happen with fullback options. Plus it adds versitility by allowing him to swing out in the passing game forcing the defense to keep eyes on our back field for the running game and passing out of the back field. if we use singleback with hillis too much, our offense will become a little more predicitable. with both greene and hillis back there it adds versitility to our O.
4) Chris Baker - shows good size and ability to get to the QB. A grooming project here, but with the vet Kelly coming in hopefully that will speed up his developement
rounds 5-7 will be taking the best safeties and LB's on the board.
FA: 1) Chris Canty 4-5 year deal, what ever gets him here
2) Darren Sharper ( the surprizes keep coming ) to a 3 year deal - a ball hawk of a safety
Depth Chart :
qb- cutler
hb - greene, ( after him the chart depends on the situation, with a strong camp torain moves to number 2)
fb - hillis
wr - marshall
lt- clady
lg - hamilton
c - wagner/lichtenstien ( if wagner retires)
rg - kuper
rt - harris
wr - royal
te - graham, schefleur
3-4 Hybrid defence
LDE - canty
NT - Kelly, Baker or Powell
RDE - thomas
LOLB - pass rusher/run support on the line - doom
SILB - Webster ( i dont like him, but can work on that next offseason)
WILB - Larson - let him prove his worth this season
ROLB - run support and coverage - DJ williams - might be a little small for this, but hey we dont have many other options
CB- Champ
CB- Jenkins
FS - Sharper
SS - Barrett
NEXT seasons priorities : Linebackers and Safeties
Now i am ready to get slammed for this Mock, but hey i was tired of seeing the same ideas and I thought, why not shake it up a little ?
Have fun ripping into it
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