re: James Laurinitis

I'm not a big fan of his but wouldn't mind him. He looks more like an inside guy but probably could handle WLB. When considering a first round pick however, changing a guys position and hoping for improvement may be possible but usually not the most prudent idea to get the most out of your pick. In this year's case I think we are looking for immediate impact more than project type picks.

I would feel a whole lot better about him at #20 or so downward. I don't see the impact projection to justify #14. A CB like Davis, Smith, or Moore would be much better risk/return picks IMO. The only LBs who grade in the first half of the 1st Rd to me are Curry and Maualuga.

On JL- Go visit some Packer boards. They think Hawk is a wasted pick. Generally rated as "okay" but nowhere near Top 5 status.
I'm not much on using football stats to justify player status either. Running up numbers against Big 10 schools doesn't mean much. Ya gotta use your eyes. Graham Harrel ran up some big numbers but looked pathetic last night against all upper crust competition.

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I didn't realize Florida, LSU, USC, Texas, Michigan 3 times, Penn St., Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, & Mich. St. were pitiful opponents

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uh, the only thing is in those games (when playing top competitors) they lost 41-14 FU, 38-24 LSU, 35-3 USC, 24-21 TX, 13-6 PNST. Michigan HAS turned pitiful to rebuild. Ill, Iowa, Wisc, Mich St, couldn't compete with the big boys either. More like SC, Kentucky, ot TN in the SEC the last few years.

Trading down really seems ideal this year. best case value falling meeting need to me would be if one of the Top 4 OT's made it to #14. Raji might be a cannot say no choice there too. Ellis 'n he could have Vikings Williams x2 or former jags duo of henderson/Stroud potential.