TSN Mock 2/17

JKool · 02-21-2005, 01:44 AM

First,

Anybody think picking a QB first will change AB?

I don\'t know why but I just think AB isn\'t the kinda guy that would be motivated by this. In fact, I think he\'d rebel and demand a trade or slack off until his contract was up just to pout.

I agree with this in part. AB doesn\'t seem like one of those guys who would be greatly motivated by competition. I\'m not convinced, on the other hand, that he would fold the way Gator suggests. It is true that he doesn\'t take criticism by the press well, but it is not clear to me that he played worse when Blake got healthy or when Jake was here compared to this year when he had no substantial competition (in fact, he even trailed off some).

Second, I\'m not opposed to taking Smith, but ONLY IF we get an OT, an LB (or two) and one of either a Safety or Corner in Free Agency FIRST (I think it was Whodi who noted this the first time it came up, and I think I agree with him). Otherwise, since there should be at least one top two player from one of those positions left by pick 16, I\'d probably be a little cheezed with this pick. Furthermore, if we take a rookie, I\'d vote to keep AB one more year while our rook develops - rookie QBs taken around that pick number tend to be pretty poor in their first year or two.

02-21-2005, 01:44 AM	#10
JKool 1000 Posts + Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 2,423	TSN Mock 2/17 First, Anybody think picking a QB first will change AB? I don\'t know why but I just think AB isn\'t the kinda guy that would be motivated by this. In fact, I think he\'d rebel and demand a trade or slack off until his contract was up just to pout. I agree with this in part. AB doesn\'t seem like one of those guys who would be greatly motivated by competition. I\'m not convinced, on the other hand, that he would fold the way Gator suggests. It is true that he doesn\'t take criticism by the press well, but it is not clear to me that he played worse when Blake got healthy or when Jake was here compared to this year when he had no substantial competition (in fact, he even trailed off some). Second, I\'m not opposed to taking Smith, but ONLY IF we get an OT, an LB (or two) and one of either a Safety or Corner in Free Agency FIRST (I think it was Whodi who noted this the first time it came up, and I think I agree with him). Otherwise, since there should be at least one top two player from one of those positions left by pick 16, I\'d probably be a little cheezed with this pick. Furthermore, if we take a rookie, I\'d vote to keep AB one more year while our rook develops - rookie QBs taken around that pick number tend to be pretty poor in their first year or two.
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