2010 draft needs

[DSH_97]

Hmmm....This might be another case of trading back for a better return on talent.

McCoy is going to be just fine by the time the combine comes around. No later than a mid 1st rd pick, if you ask me. He'd be a nice addition to a team like New England, with an established but aging QB that had his share of down time (Brady is 32, believe it or not...).

On the subject of DBs, I honestly think, behind Berry, Allen is the best safety coming out. I don't think the Steelers have a chance in hell to secure Berry on their roster. It would be a miracle on 1 Art Rooney Dr, if they pulled it off. I don't know much about the kid from LSU, only that he's virtually the same size as Mays, whom I'm not that high on. Mays seems to be stuck on stupid when it comes to his own talent, rather looking for the killing blow, than to make plays. And there's no reason at all to expect Darrell Stuckey in Pittsburgh. They need a Free Safety back there that can cover ground quickly, without delay. Not a hitter, a playmaker. At corner back, I'm still in the Brandon Ghee camp. I still like him as a player, as I do Myron Lewis, who I think can be a FS as well. The only thing that bothers me about Ghee is the number of INTs he's had during his career. A crap load of deflections though, which is alright by me. And he covers well too. However....

Earl Thomas is the 2nd best safety. And if Colt McCoy is a first round pick in April, then the end of the world can't be far behind.

I'm trying not to be a homer here Thomas is very good, I just think Allen is better.

The reason why McCoy is going in the 1st rd, some of these scouts and GMs place too much value on the QB position. It's the same exact reason why Jay Cutler was picked as early as he was in the draft when he came out. The assumption always been, there has to be at least 2, if not 3, QBs to go in the 1st rd. And with QBs like Tebow, I wouldn't be shocked at all to see McCoy go early to a team desperate for a pick at that position.

[BigCurt]

If a team is desperate for a QB, they can draft Tony Pike or Jevan Snead or Sean Canfield or Zac Robinson. I see no scenario where a team is so desperate for a QB they draft McCoy in the first. We'll find out in a few months.

As for Allen/THomas, I hope some NFL team feels like you do, and reaches for Allen in the first, so there's a better chance Thomas falls to the Steelers. As it stands now, it'll be hard to get him in the first.

[vrabinec]

If a team is desperate for a QB, they can draft Tony Pike or Jevan Snead or Sean Canfield or Zac Robinson. I see no scenario where a team is so desperate for a QB they draft McCoy in the first. We'll find out in a few months.

As for Allen/THomas, I hope some NFL team feels like you do, and reaches for Allen in the first, so there's a better chance Thomas falls to the Steelers. As it stands now, it'll be hard to get him in the first.

I really like Pike (maybe it's just that he carved up my Panthers with such ease).

By the way, looks like Mays is struggling big time:
http://www.nfl.com/seniorbowl/story?id= ... nfirm=true

[BigCurt]

If a team is desperate for a QB, they can draft Tony Pike or Jevan Snead or Sean Canfield or Zac Robinson. I see no scenario where a team is so desperate for a QB they draft McCoy in the first. We'll find out in a few months.

As for Allen/THomas, I hope some NFL team feels like you do, and reaches for Allen in the first, so there's a better chance Thomas falls to the Steelers. As it stands now, it'll be hard to get him in the first.

I really like Pike (maybe it's just that he carved up my Panthers with such ease).

By the way, looks like Mays is struggling big time:
http://www.nfl.com/seniorbowl/story?id= ... nfirm=true

If a team can put aside how Pike played like dogs#%t in his bowl game, and how a freshman played in his place, he should be alright.


Mays struggling? Shocking...Thank Goodness there are people at the senior bowl watching a half speed practice to report such breaking information.

[DSH_97]

It's going to be interesting to see how Thomas and Allen performs though. I'm not counting out Thomas at all here....

Mays might as well convert to LB, and hopefully for him, he can do better at that than posing after a big hit.

[DSH_97]

Hey BigCurt,

You have anything on Alex Carrington out of Arkansas St.? I kind of envision him being another Woodley type, but I've never seen him play. But he does seem interesting....

[BigCurt]

Hey BigCurt,

You have anything on Alex Carrington out of Arkansas St.? I kind of envision him being another Woodley type, but I've never seen him play. But he does seem interesting....

Carrington is big. Like 285lbs big. He's almost certainly a 3-4 DE. Nice player though.

[DSH_97]

I'd have to find the article, but recently, somebody said that McCoy and Suh would have to be the Rams choices at #1.....?!?! Even I think that's over the top, to place McCoy so high. McCoy is a good player, and I still think he'll be there in the 1st, but nowhere near the first pick. Even I know better than that...

[Steeler7588]

Gerald, not Colt.