defensedefensedefense Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Just about every mock site i have been to for the last 4 months has us drafting Brohm in the top 7 of the 2008 draft. This surely has to change now, and im wondering where they will mock Brohm to go, and how much later in the 1st they predict him to go... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSalmon Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 http://www.nfldraftdog.com/Mock_Drafts/200..._mock_draft.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jidady Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 That's a mock from December 5, so it's exactly the sort he is talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSalmon Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Read it again. the date is wrong. Read the Falcons pick and then comment. Talks about Petrino leaving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jidady Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 My fault entirely. I just looked at the date. It looks like they modified the wording to allow for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSalmon Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 LOL, no prob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott24falcs Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 I would love to draft a guy like James Laurinaitis, especially if we were to hire Mike Singletary as our next head coach. Imagine what he could do with Boley and Laurinaitis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSalmon Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 I don't think that one is happening. Not this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
defensedefensedefense Posted December 13, 2007 Author Share Posted December 13, 2007 To be honest, that mock is a pretty bad one IMORichardson in the 1st?? Highly unlikely and would be a monstrous reach...I honestly dont think McKay would let DMC slip by for Brohm. We need to go BPA at all costs!Also i agree with the other poster. If we hire a defensive coach and DMC is gone, i think Rich will draft either Dorsey(if still available), Laurinaitis or try and trade down a couple of spots for Ellis...The defense is almost there, the offense is years away from doing anything grand... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carter Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 defensedefensedefense (12/13/2007)To be honest, that mock is a pretty bad one IMORichardson in the 1st?? Highly unlikely and would be a monstrous reach...I honestly dont think McKay would let DMC slip by for Brohm. We need to go BPA at all costs!Also i agree with the other poster. If we hire a defensive coach and DMC is gone, i think Rich will draft either Dorsey(if still available), Laurinaitis or try and trade down a couple of spots for Ellis...The defense is almost there, the offense is years away from doing anything grand...Agreed 100%... we need to go BPA.Though I believe Ellis is currently graded higher than Laurinaitis... neither would be a reach in any form if McFadden and Dorsey are off the board. Jake Long should not be ruled out... but I am much more in favor of taking Ellis or Laurinaitis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Libid21 Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 If we happen to sign and hire Mike Singeltary as our head coach, I hope you guys realize that we will be drafting Laurinaitis first in the draft. 49ers defense is anchored by Mike Singletary's very own tutored, bred, tamed, whatever you want to call it, linebackers, and the kid who stands out the most in his finished products is Patrick Willis.Laurinatis is a better prospect coming out of the draft than Willis was, and he is much more versatile with his pass coverage. I'd just like to know what you guys would think if we draft Laurinaitis considering McFadden, Dorsey, and Jake Long are drafted past us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSalmon Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Libid21 (12/13/2007)If we happen to sign and hire Mike Singeltary as our head coach, I hope you guys realize that we will be drafting Laurinaitis first in the draft. 49ers defense is anchored by Mike Singletary's very own tutored, bred, tamed, whatever you want to call it, linebackers, and the kid who stands out the most in his finished products is Patrick Willis.Laurinatis is a better prospect coming out of the draft than Willis was, and he is much more versatile with his pass coverage. I'd just like to know what you guys would think if we draft Laurinaitis considering McFadden, Dorsey, and Jake Long are drafted past us.I will go out on a limb here and say you are 100% incorrect on this one. If there is one position that we at least have talent at it is the LB position. Boley is a stud. DMO has great talent as does Nicholas (who can play MLB btw), and one might argue that Brooking will exel if moved back to WLB. Regardless, w/ all of the holes there are too many BPAs that fill needs other than a LB.Tops among list will be QBs. It's obvious we don't have a QB on the roster that we believe in and the FAs arent' that plentiful. If McFadden slipped to us, I could see us taking him as he is a BPA and position of need. Dunn is past his prime, regardless of system.At the worst (which isn't bad), even if Singletary is coach we draft Jake Long w/ our pick and either trade up back into the first for a QB or nab one falling w/ the second pick.BTW i think it's safe to say we won't see Brennan here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busboyisback Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 defensedefensedefense (12/13/2007)I honestly dont think McKay would let DMC slip by for Brohm. We need to go BPA at all costs!Also i agree with the other poster. If we hire a defensive coach and DMC is gone, i think Rich will draft either Dorsey(if still available), Laurinaitis or try and trade down a couple of spots for Ellis...The defense is almost there, the offense is years away from doing anything grand...The fact that the defense is almost there would make it an even bigger joke if we used our 1st pick on anything other than offense.On offense we desperately need an OT, QB, and could use another RB.Why on Earth would we not address that side of the ball? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSalmon Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 See also: last year's Chicago Bears.--See also this year's Chicago Bears. Balance is the way to go. Draft on both sides, and get a machine going. right now, the defense is way better than the offense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busboyisback Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 grendel (12/13/2007)Because a team that's mediocre on both sides of the ball tends to end up with records like 4-12. If you have one dominating unit, that team can take over the game and win it for you, even if the other side of the ball isn't doing much.Our defense isn't mediocre.We have a playoff caliber D.It's the O that goes 3 and out and hurts our D.It would make no sense not to fix that with our strongest pick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
defensedefensedefense Posted December 14, 2007 Author Share Posted December 14, 2007 Our defense is hardly playoff caliber... Suspect DT's, suspect safeties and not much depth doesnt = playoff caliber to me...Why not utilize this draft and put the defense in the upper echelon of the NFL, and also draft some beef for the OL... That will go a long way for stabilization on the offensive side of the ball... We then use the 2009 and the 2010 drafts for more OL and offensive playmakers(QB,RB,WR etc) whilst bolstering depth on both sides of the ball(esp. the OL/DL) with the later rounds of the drafts...It is not always necessary to draft for weaknesses... In just one draft we can have topflight defense, we need 2-3 to have the same effect on the offense... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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