Shaken and dismayed
 

If that is true then we could have traded back and gotten Wilfork/Carroll and Darryl Smith with the two Patriots picks.

Shaken and dismayed
 

from espn.com


http://sports.espn.go.com/nfldraft/d...len&id=1789271

Shaken and dismayed
 

Think outside the box for a minute. Will Smith is the prototype of the next big defensive trend. It was Terrell Suggs before him, and Willie McGinest before him. He can help a defense provide many different looks that will confuse an offense, which is what Haslett wants. He builds his D off of multiple schemes. Someone like Smith can play nearly every down in some capacity ALONG WITH the other DEs. We have what we have so it\'s no use pissing and moaning about it now.

When they say \"he was too good to pass up\" HE\'S TOO GOOD TO PASS UP! They were considering Wilfork, but I can guarantee you no one had Wilfork rated ahead of Smith on their boards.

Shaken and dismayed
 

Haz employed a similar strategy in Pittsburgh called the 9 technique. Don’t ask me to explain that one in detail, I just figured out the 1 and 3 technique. But I hear he also did it here with Clemmons and Mitchell early with good success. You basically move Howard just inside the LT and split a LB or DE outside of him for 1 single purpose. RUSH the passer. The Raven do it quite often with Suggs, and I think the Pats also do it.
The LT MUST play Smith, leaving Howard to beat a guard, and possibly a blocking back to the QB. Delhomme, Vick, and Brad Johnson are not happy with our pick.

As I calm down from my CB hissy-fit I’m starting to think we did exactly the right thing in drafting Will Smith. We couldn’t get a good trade-down and why reach for a 2nd round CB with the 18th pick? We landed the best DE in the draft. I was thinking we should have picked Wilfork but his negatives were weight control and taking plays off. That sounds a bit too familiar to me.