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I assume we'll take the BPA at 16. Which won't be a LB unless DJ slips. So, that leaves a plethora of LB's to chose from with our 40th pick. There seems to be a ton of them projected as 2nd rounders so just for kicks, lets say there all there except DJ and Merriman.
Who would you pick at 40?

MLB
Barrett Ruud
Channing Crowder
Odell Thurman

OLB
Burnett
Boley
Blackstock

If all 6 of these guys are there, who do you want, and why?

[Edited on 29/3/2005 by Danno]

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A plethora? Definition please!!! :D Anyway, I think I would go with either Ruud or Crowder. Why? Because I have read their names more than any other on this board...otherwise, I don\'t have a clue. It would be really nice if we had some videos to look at before choosing.

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I don\'t think we will have this pick. I think we will trade up to the number four slot. The Bears need players not one great player. I still think DJ is the best player in the draft for us. He would be the BPA at four and would fit our need.But if I am wrong and the FO stays put, I would take Rudd.

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from discussions here OT, DT, and CB seem to be the most realistic and hopeful choices at #16. add an outside chance of alex smith that couldnt be turned down and count thomas davis at SS which is seems the front office here doesnt go for. if a OT or DT is taken at #16 i think a much better combination of better player available and need will be a CB at #40. as much as i have preached LB help is needed i think a marlin jackson, for example, at corner could have as much or more impact than some of those LB\'s. so i could see and not be disappointed if a top 5-6 corner was chosen.

as for those, i do like the idea of keeping watson inside. if a top veteran had been attained like hartwell it would be different. to add a rookie with the already thin on experienced LB crew it would be better to not move watson. those names are generally found at the top of most lists/projections. for #40 i think crowder and burnett are most likely to be gone already. i like burnett more. he has had a knee operation already but crowder has had several. other than that crowder is a mean machine too.

the most likely and best available of the other 4 imo is blackstock. he looks like a great pick. i think both thurman and ruud project in the #40 range. they might be gone but could slip a little past that too. thurman seems the higher rated pure talent wise but ruud is raved about character wise and his motor. (i could see him as the patriots #1)

boley would seem like a stretch up at #40 to me. he is more like a lower 2nd round at best. he would be a great pick at #82. i also think McCune and Lance Mitchell would be solid 3rd rounders.

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Ahhhhhhhh, thanks. I needed my draft junkie fix today.
I am now comfortably numb. :rauch06:

DT\'s after lunch. ;)

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Chris Henry -- WR --West Virginia

or

Fred Gibson -- WR -- Georgia

Henderson isn\'t going to lock down the #2 spot during the offseason workouts.

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I thought Donte was #2.
Is he already hurt again? ;)

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if we go Wideout this early I will piss myself...I just think that like cornerback..there are alot of guys who will develop nicely..

but then again..who knows....I\'m starting to get on the cambell bandwagon...just to make sure we get a quality pick.

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[/quote:3d7f82d651]I thought Donte was #2.
Is he already hurt again? ;) [/quote:3d7f82d651]

Oops, little rusty. I was thinking #3.

I guess that I would basically look at whoever Kiper suggests and pick something totally different.

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blackstock says he talked to saints in his draft diary...

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/3491568

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I think we go cambell...I\'m not sure I like this pick..but somehow I just feel it..

I think OT in the first round.

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haslett at fla st pro day-

The workout took place at 9 a.m., not Noon as originally planned because of inclement weather. All 32 teams were represented among the 100-plus player personnel in attendance. Notable attendees: Head coaches Bill Cowher and Jim Haslett along with Dolphins GM Rick Spielman.

Players ran outdoors on a very, very fast rubber Tartan track. Many players ran their 40s with shoes that had nubs, which helps get better traction and lends to faster times.

Alex Barron OT Barron was 6-7½ and 320 pounds at the combine, but he weighed in at 312 here. On the fast track, he ran 4.86 and 4.83 in the 40, which is remarkable for a guy his size. He added a 38-inch vertical jump, a 4.62 short shuttle, did not do the cone drill and put up 19 strength reps. He supposedly has 38¼ inch arms, which would be the longest I\'ve ever seen.

Travis Johnson LB Johnson (6-3 7/8, 296) ran his 40s in 4.90 and 4.95. He had a 34-inch vertical, an 8-foot-7 long jump, a 4.41 short shuttle, a 7.50 cone drill and 23 strength reps.
Craphonso Thorpe WR Thorpe (6-0 7/8, 187) ran his 40s in 4.37 and 4.50. Had a 35½-inch vertical jump, 9-foor-10½ long jump, 4.31 short shuttle, 7.15 three-cone drill and did 15 reps.
Xavier Beitia K Beitia (5-10, 235) looks taller than his 5-foot-10 stature.
Jerome Carter S Carter (5-11¾, 217) had a 36½-inch vertical jump.
Chauncey Davis DE Davis (6-1 7/8, 274) ran his 40s in 4.81 and 4.84. Had a 37-inch vertical jump, 4.30 short shuttle, 7.75 three-cone drill and did 22 strength reps.
Charles Howard DT Howard (6-2 5/8, 259) ran his 40s in 4.87 twice. Had a 34-inch vertical jump, 9-foot-2 long jump, 4.37 short shuttle, 7.25 three-cone drill and did 22 reps.
Bryant McFadden CB McFadden (5-11 3/8, 188) ran his 40s in 4.41 and 4.50. Had a 39½-inch vertical jump, 11-foot-3 long jump, 4.16 short shuttle and 6.90 three-cone drill.
Eric Moore DE Moore (6-4 1/8, 261) ran 4.72 twice in the 40s. He had a 34½-inch vertical, a 4.49 short shuttle and an 8.70 in the three-cone drill.
Chris Rix QB Rix (6-2 1/8, 216) ran his 40s in 4.59 and 4.67. Had a 36-inch vertical jump, 10-foot long jump, 4.63 short shuttle and 7.15 three-cone drill.
Dominic Robinson WR Robinson (6-0 ¼, 212) ran his 40s in 4.59 and 4.65. Had a 35½-inch vertical jump, 9-foot-4½ long jump, 4.16 short shuttle, 6.74 three-cone drill and put up eight reps.
Leroy Smith S Smith (5-10, 183) ran his 40s in 4.50 and 4.53. Had a 38-inch vertical jump, 9-foot-10 long jump, 4.22 short shuttle, 7.15 three-cone drill and did 9 reps.
Chauncey Stovall WR Stovall (6-0¼, 217) ran his 40s in 4.68 and 4.65. Had a 33-inch vertical jump, 9-foot-5 long jump, 4.37 short shuttle, 7.24 three-cone drill and did 13 reps.
B.J. Ward S Ward (6-2 3/8, 211) ran his 40s in 4.43 and 4.48. Had a 39½-inch vertical jump, 11-foot-0½ long jump, 4.09 short shuttle and 7.03 three-cone drill.
Ray Willis OT Willis (6-5 3/8, 325) ran his 40s in 5.15 and 5.21. Had a 25½-inch vertical jump, 7-foot-11 long jump, 5.06 short shuttle and 8.56 three-cone drill.

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Yeah..i posted that earlier...I\'m not sure I like travis johnson (1) and (2) I think he will be the first DT taken...and probably by us at 16.

see basicaly we need another late first/early second type pick..because the players I want will go in the late first/early second.

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Toss up between Rudd and Blackstock..since we need a MLB more i would go with Rudd

Allen,Rudd,Watson???

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also we are shopping thomas and rumored to be letting ambrose go...


why can\'t we just package all of them together with howard and sullivan for say clevelands\' third-give them a whole defense and give us a decent pick? hey-i can dream can\'t I...

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Hey LT I love the pick of Johnson at #40. I think he is going to be a real sleeper and have an immediate impact if we can get him along with Johnson in the first round.

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from his pro day--interesting.