Our weaknesses and the draft

InGibbsWeTrust · Post by **InGibbsWeTrust** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 7:38 pm

Blache has some good points...To win football games teams need to be able to run the football. If the skins D was horrible against the run but able to get pressure on the pass then teams would just run all over us all day and we'd all be saying how we need a run stopping DE or DT. I say in the draft we look for a DE or two that are great pass rushers in the later rounds and use him specifically for passing downs. As for the rest of the draft, I dont understand those of you saying our OL needs help, maybe depth but the starters we have we need to keep for a long time.

thaiphoon · Post by **thaiphoon** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 8:04 pm

OL depth. Samuels, Jansen and Thomas will not play forever. They are also not guaranteed to stay injury-free. and truth be told, Samuels has consistently underperformed since shortly after his first 2 years or so. Finally, Dockery is a mockery at guard so he needs to be on the bench. We need quality OL depth here. Remember during gibbs first go round when Russ Grim was injured the line played so well when he got better he had to ride the bench?? Thats the type of OL depth we need---> when a future HOF'er can't break back into the line-up.

We need a dominant DE (just one will do to pair with Griffin and the others we have on the line) and some DL depth.

1niksder · Post by **1niksder** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 3:20 pm

Moved to 06 Draft Section

griffyatl · Post by **griffyatl** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:48 am

Better yet, why don't we get a DE that can pass rush and stop the run?? I want an Everydown Lineman, not a guy that plays 2-3 times in a series.

Hooligan · Post by **Hooligan** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 2:57 pm

Why fix what isn't broken? More of a pass rush would be NICE, but our Defense has been fantastic. Our offense in comparison needs some help, and is paper-thin. A better pass rush isn't going to help the offense do something with the ball when they get it back.

ChiefPowhatan17 · Post by **ChiefPowhatan17** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 1:47 pm

We need to draft a DE and a TE, we should pick up a WR in FA, unless we can get that kid from Notre Dame who is big. I forget his name right now.

Countertrey · Post by **Countertrey** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 8:05 pm

Personally I wish they wouldn't have made that trade, I don't think Campell is any good

Ahhhh...

The genius of Manfreda. :lol:

SkinsFreak · Post by **SkinsFreak** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 8:31 pm

Personally I wish they wouldn't have made that trade, I don't think Campell is any good

Ahhh..what? :hmm:

Based on what? Wait... did I read that right...oh...I did. ](*,)

Did you actually watch any Auburn games? They went undefeated and... oh forget it! :roll:

GoSkins · Post by **GoSkins** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:29 pm

Look at our season ending active roster and see how many Guards we had on the team. Two (2) Dockery and Brown (who has since retired). Thomas was on IR. So we now have only 2 guards. Hmmm....We need at least 2 OL in FA and/or the draft. And I mean quality OL.

Wingman · Post by **Wingman** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 11:27 pm

The offensive line (all positions) is fairly deep in the 06 draft. We could get some help there if we can get in front of the other teams looking to do the same thing.

jlanders3 · Post by **jlanders3** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 2:00 pm

My top 7 Skins needs in the draft are: DT, DE, WR, DT, DE, OG, and WR.

GoSkins · Post by **GoSkins** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 3:09 pm

I'll just flip yours backwards:

1. WR
2. OG
3. DE
4. DT

Williams has gotten what he wanted the last 2 years and the D is in darn good shape. Our O needs help, at WR and on the OL.