Talking Yellow Jacket NFL Draft Potential
by Winfield Featherston on Jan 14, 2010 12:30 PM EST
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We decided to go to our resident NFL Draft experts, Mocking the Draft, to learn more about the Jackets' draft potential.
As for where they should go, I'd say any 4-3 team would want Morgan. He's an outstanding pass rusher. If he gets taken in the top 10 picks I wouldn't be surprised. Buffalo could use another pass rusher if Aaron Schobel retires. Jacksonville has failed so many times at taking defensive ends that he could be a possibility there.
In October I projected Burnett to go to the Jaguars, so I'll stick with that.
Dwyer, I think, could go as early as San Francisco's second first round pick. I could also see teams like Houston and New England giving him a look.
Thomas is in a unique situation. So many teams need big receivers. The Jets and Ravens at the back-end of the first could take receivers. The Buccaneers, Rams and really any of the top five teams at the top of the second round could take receivers. Even with all the other junior wide out that came out, it was a wise move for Thomas to enter.
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He's ok
But we have plenty of WR talent considering we get Douglas back next year and how Weems stepped up. We have the 19th or 20th pick depending on the outcome of a coin flip, so we could easily get Dwyer to back up Turner. Or, it is possible that Morgan could drop to us and then we would have a suitable end rusher opposite of Abraham.
I think most places have us taking a corner since we had the 28th pass defense.
"Big Ten can have this challenge. Duke loses, we all win..."
-Marcus Ginyard, G - UNC
Falcons don't need Dwyer
with Snelling and Norwood. But I do see Morgan possibly falling to the Falcons. I think we’ve seen a lot of “over-hype” for Morgan and a lot of sandbagging for Dwyer. I bet when combine numbers come out and people see how fast and strong Dwyer is, he’ll be first or second RB taken.
I kinda have a feeling the draft is gonna be disappointing for Tech fans. We’ve got a lot of guys but A LOT of juniors declared. There’s gonna be a lot of speculation and hype from everywhere. Wouldn’t be surprised if we don’t have a first rounder or two first rounders.
I guess the atmosphere that I've tried to create here is that I'm a friend first and a boss second, and probably an entertainer third.
Norwood is a FA so might not be back.
Also Snelling is a solid three but not quite the game changer you want for a two.
This was my thinking as well
Besides the fact that Norwood is a FA, both he and Turner have been having injury problems of late and Snelling isn’t the youngest of the three. Dwyer would be a solid pick to secure the RB spot for the future. Add in the fact that Turner’s contract is extremely back-loaded and it’s easy to see why Dwyer would make a viable choice from a business standpoint.
"Big Ten can have this challenge. Duke loses, we all win..."
-Marcus Ginyard, G - UNC
The Falcons primary concern is DE. I believe Abraham is on a down swing, and Jamal Anderson is the defensive equivalent of Mike Jenkins. Suh will be long gone, and I’m not too familiar with all the other DE prospects. I would like to get D Morgan, but its still a stretch that he’ll drop to 19. Bird is right, we don’t need a running back. Plus, you can always find serviceable RB’s in later rounds (I’m thinking as a Falcons fan, I still love Dwyer).
They also need a corner back. The secondary seemed to come around near the end of the season, but we also played crappy teams with nothing to play for. My wet dream would be to get Eric Berry, but that won’t happen.
Agreed
RB isn’t the priority for the Falcons, I simply mentioned Dwyer because the topic was the possibility of GT players getting drafted by the Falcons. With as many players that are declaring, Dwyer and Morgan both have the possibility of being available in the first round when the Falcons pick comes up, and Dwyer moreso than Morgan because last night they were saying Morgan is projected to go around the eighth pick.
DE should be the Comrade’s priority. If Morgan were to drop to us, I think we should take him if he’s the best DE available. While the Falcons did end up with the 28th pass defense, a very large part of that was because we had little to no pass rush and BVG’s retarded zone blitz packages. Abraham had no one on the opposite side that could put pressure on the QB in the first half because JA98 was playing the end. BVG’s scheme also had Abraham dropping back into coverage roughly 10+ times a game. Sending your best, and only pass rusher into coverage ten plus times a game is just plain stupid. However, around the fifth or sixth game, they moved JA98 inside to DT and let Beerman and El Sid rotate the end spot and things got better. JA actually got pressure on the QB and I believe he got his first sack of the year from that position.
The secondary was improving late in the season and I believe they will get better. They fired the secondary coach and Houston was supposed to be that stub corner, so while I do think we could use some help in the secondary, I think we would be better served fixing the pass rush through the draft and letting the secondary get better with the return of many of our injured players and through experience.
"Big Ten can have this challenge. Duke loses, we all win..."
-Marcus Ginyard, G - UNC
Dwyer to San Diego
I think San Diego would be a great fit for Dwyer. LT only has a few years left on his legs and they have Sprolles to be the quick/speedy 3rd down back. Dwyer would work great getting 3 yards up the middle a few plays in a row then breaking a 20 yard run. He would also work great in all the underneath draws they like to run taking advantage of Gates and their WRs downfield.
by FuzzyB17 on Jan 15, 2010 9:23 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
they'll look at a pass catching RB
one of the drawbacks of our playbook, the FB doesn’t get many (effective) screens or underneath route running.
I guess the atmosphere that I've tried to create here is that I'm a friend first and a boss second, and probably an entertainer third.
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