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Pretty happy that Snake got in BTT's pocket with the Needs Preaching leading up to the draft. Noone really knows if these guys will boom or bust as rookies, but Snake's preaching was that if TT aka BTT (Big Time Ted) eschew FA and trades (and he does for the most part) he MUST go get us the NEEDS/starters lacking day 1 with his draft to do better in 2009.
I (Snake) and 90% plus of other Rats felt he did that in day 1 and day 2.
BJ will be a HUGE fucking boost to our shitty ass run D...and eventually be a Warren Sapp with size (scouts say BJ is the best passrusher at NG in the NFL right now and can also blow up runs.....man, anyone ever envy seeing how the Vike's just KILL it at the point of scrimmage in the middle of their DL with the Williams dudes in there...hopefully, and Snake suspects the same after seeing BJ in college and his hilites....really looks the part...
Snake hasn't been this excited about a pick since the Vikes took AP as a difference maker and hates the Vikes)....Just saying, this dude will be a HUGE beast that peeps across the NFL will associate with the Pack....aka..
"Play the Pack, you better be ready to get beasted by Raji. Can't move him."
Clay Matthews...lots of opinions, but this kid just keeps getting better week by week. At no worse AJ Hawk...potentially better cuz of his work ethic (floored by his timings...aka combine numbers) and bloodline. He'll be the player we thought Hawk was gonna be, yet maybe this is what helps Hawk out..Snake hasn't given up on him as a playmaker.
Here's the deal. WIth BJ drafted. He will start at NG. So will Pickett...but at DE....(TT, MM, scouts, assistant coaches have said the same in quotes, blogs, etc.) as he's 30/31 and declining and a FA after 2009. Do we move BJ for one year...Hell naw. Pickett moves.
Here's the potential D (and back to topic) that makes Snake shake.
CB: Woodson (beast ass mofo...huge gamer..love this guy).
SS: Bigby (many Rats are divided, but damn he's a playmaker/gamer/and most importantly a HITTER as we have no others at starter).
FS: Collins (real happy with him in 2008.....let's wait to pay him till we have to, might be a fluke year, but see some good stuff from Ole St. Nick in 2009).
CB: Al (and think Travon could step in, but wow was Al better than EVER in his last few games in 2008). Speed is so overrated. Snake loves guys who can beat the fuck outta WR's. That shit wins games.
OLB: Kampy (Would excel at DB if he had to, lol, this guy can play).
ILB: Hawk (Would think he's ready to take off.....)
ILB: Barnett (Snake really loved this guy the last 2 years...hopefully he's back from his knee injury, but think Bishop needs some snaps..love that guy).
OBL: Clay (we wouldn't have given up so many picks if he wasn't a starter....so much upside to Clay. Hate Poops as a starter, but serviceable beast potentially as a ST/backup).
DE: Pickett (many will be shocked, but he moves well laterally...not fast, but a very good run stuffer at a 3-4 DE....very good move and expect it).
NG: BJ (will prove to be a force day 1 and define our team as a leader, but as a face of the franchise...perennial All-Pro....will be our best player in a year or two potentially). Huge upside.
DE: Jenkins (hopefully he recovers, as when he's healthy he plays at a Pro-Bowl level...if not Jolly or JH).
So basically, our 20th plus ranked D last year got 3 upgrades with 2 picks. BJ makes us immediately a force at NG......moving Pickett to DE...upgrade to the run again....and Clay is much better than Poops. The secondary was moot, and the guys getting better (Collins, Rouse, Bigby) negate the aging of our corners (Al, Wood) with Travon reaady to step in in 2009.
Great D on paper. Insane really. Let's see how it get worked out, but that looks like an imposing D player-wise for our day one 2009 starters.
I (Snake) and 90% plus of other Rats felt he did that in day 1 and day 2.
BJ will be a HUGE fucking boost to our shitty ass run D...and eventually be a Warren Sapp with size (scouts say BJ is the best passrusher at NG in the NFL right now and can also blow up runs.....man, anyone ever envy seeing how the Vike's just KILL it at the point of scrimmage in the middle of their DL with the Williams dudes in there...hopefully, and Snake suspects the same after seeing BJ in college and his hilites....really looks the part...
Snake hasn't been this excited about a pick since the Vikes took AP as a difference maker and hates the Vikes)....Just saying, this dude will be a HUGE beast that peeps across the NFL will associate with the Pack....aka..
"Play the Pack, you better be ready to get beasted by Raji. Can't move him."
Clay Matthews...lots of opinions, but this kid just keeps getting better week by week. At no worse AJ Hawk...potentially better cuz of his work ethic (floored by his timings...aka combine numbers) and bloodline. He'll be the player we thought Hawk was gonna be, yet maybe this is what helps Hawk out..Snake hasn't given up on him as a playmaker.
Here's the deal. WIth BJ drafted. He will start at NG. So will Pickett...but at DE....(TT, MM, scouts, assistant coaches have said the same in quotes, blogs, etc.) as he's 30/31 and declining and a FA after 2009. Do we move BJ for one year...Hell naw. Pickett moves.
Here's the potential D (and back to topic) that makes Snake shake.
CB: Woodson (beast ass mofo...huge gamer..love this guy).
SS: Bigby (many Rats are divided, but damn he's a playmaker/gamer/and most importantly a HITTER as we have no others at starter).
FS: Collins (real happy with him in 2008.....let's wait to pay him till we have to, might be a fluke year, but see some good stuff from Ole St. Nick in 2009).
CB: Al (and think Travon could step in, but wow was Al better than EVER in his last few games in 2008). Speed is so overrated. Snake loves guys who can beat the fuck outta WR's. That shit wins games.
OLB: Kampy (Would excel at DB if he had to, lol, this guy can play).
ILB: Hawk (Would think he's ready to take off.....)
ILB: Barnett (Snake really loved this guy the last 2 years...hopefully he's back from his knee injury, but think Bishop needs some snaps..love that guy).
OBL: Clay (we wouldn't have given up so many picks if he wasn't a starter....so much upside to Clay. Hate Poops as a starter, but serviceable beast potentially as a ST/backup).
DE: Pickett (many will be shocked, but he moves well laterally...not fast, but a very good run stuffer at a 3-4 DE....very good move and expect it).
NG: BJ (will prove to be a force day 1 and define our team as a leader, but as a face of the franchise...perennial All-Pro....will be our best player in a year or two potentially). Huge upside.
DE: Jenkins (hopefully he recovers, as when he's healthy he plays at a Pro-Bowl level...if not Jolly or JH).
So basically, our 20th plus ranked D last year got 3 upgrades with 2 picks. BJ makes us immediately a force at NG......moving Pickett to DE...upgrade to the run again....and Clay is much better than Poops. The secondary was moot, and the guys getting better (Collins, Rouse, Bigby) negate the aging of our corners (Al, Wood) with Travon reaady to step in in 2009.
Great D on paper. Insane really. Let's see how it get worked out, but that looks like an imposing D player-wise for our day one 2009 starters.
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