Two questions

[Tarlam!]

I would have taken the Browns up on their trade offer and I would hAVE DECIDED between Weddle,Harris,Irons,Rice,or Jarrett. I probably would have taken Weddle.

What bulldog said.

I wanted Weddle, the guy is an animal!

I would've also tried to trade the Pack 2008 pick for Turner and kept the Browns pick. I think we'll finish better than them.

That way, we'd have had a stud RB as well.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Two questions. Were you happy? One name?

[Tarlam!]

Two questions. Were you happy? One name?

I wasn't unhappy, cause I figured TT knows what he's doing! So, yes I was happy.

Still, if I had been TT........

[Brohm]

I was hoping for a trade down (16 is no man's land, trade down for a late first and pick up a second or third)...or a trade at all (take Quinn and trade Rodgers).

Surprised when they stood pat and took Harrel

[Spaulding]

Two questions. Were you happy? One name?

Harv, surprised at the pick as although I had researched the draft like a geek and had heard Harrell was rising, didn't see him being mid first round.

I honestly thought TT would trade down if Lynch or Revis was not available.

The player I'd have taken would have been Revis to add depth and insurance should Woodson or Harris go down.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Thanks for answering in an honest way, but Revis was off the board.

[Spaulding]

Thanks for answering in an honest way, but Revis was off the board.

Sorry, was thinking the player I wanted that I thought would be there at #16. Given the fact that he wasn't and no other gem dropped (Okoye, etc.) I'm fine with the pick.

My only other thought would have been to grab Quinn and either keep him and try to trade Rodgers as I honestly think Brady isn't overrated and actually elevated a mediocre ND team to a bowl game they didn't deserve. I think he'll be the real deal and possibly like old Boomer of the Bengals. Rodgers probably will be fine as a starter but my gut tells me Quinn will be the better NFL quarterback.

[HarveyWallbangers]

I'll mark you down for Quinn. Like I said, that will be the one choice that will be hard to grade--depending on Rodgers.

I thought Quinn was a little underrated too, but felt that he wasn't a sure thing and it would be awfully tough to draft two QBs (that were projected to go top 10 that dropped out of the top 20) in a three year stretch. Imagine how pissed the TT haters would have been over that one.

[woodbuck27]

I was very surprized that TT went with DT Justin Harrell. Who on this board was harreling him ?

He took almost all of his time on the clock to make that choice at #16, so it appeared to me that he wanted to trade down.

I never expected that TT would go offense with #16 ie at WR or Meachem or Bowe. Therefore I hoped for the player that I felt would be TT's BPA.

Leon Hall.

The draft thread backs this up.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Thompson said he was taking calls to trade down. He said the four teams behind him weren't interested. He said he didn't want to trade down any further because he feared he'd lose Harrell. Knowing that the Broncos likely would have taken Harrell, it seems he was spot with his assessment--although it wouldn't have been that hard to predict another team running the Jim Bates defense would be interested in Harrell.

[Packnut]

WR

Meachem

[retailguy]

I would have tried to trade down, and take Meachem. Barring that, I'd have stayed where I was and either taken Harrell, or traded with Denver.

But honestly, it would have been hard to resist Nelson. It was a little high, but more likely to solve the defenses woes...

I know the argument about "needs drafting", but, we really, really needed a safety, not another "project" that might become a safety.

[woodbuck27]

Thompson said he was taking calls to trade down. He said the four teams behind him weren't interested. He said he didn't want to trade down any further because he feared he'd lose Harrell. Knowing that the Broncos likely would have taken Harrell, it seems he was spot with his assessment--although it wouldn't have been that hard to predict another team running the Jim Bates defense would be interested in Harrell.

Yup.