I wonder who leaked the failed drug test stories. Were they teams that wanted these players to fall so that they could pick them up lower and wouldn’t have to trade up to get them? I wouldn’t put it past some of the GMs around the league.

I just like controversy. Its fun

Seems a little immature off-the-field, and was woefully unprepared for pre-draft scouting events such as the Senior Bowl and combine.

I was @ the Senior Bowl and I thought he looked pretty solid. Ya, he was clownin’ around on the sidelines a bit, but we’ll see. AJ usually doesn’t go for the immature types.

(damn right my gut can think!)

Maualuga – He seems like the “safest” pick. But maybe not in the way that you would think. It seems to me if you pick him he won’t be worse than what we got, but his attitude/work ethic might hurt him from being the star/playmaker you’d for.
Cushing – He strikes me as a bad fit for the 3-4. I picture him playing in a defense where he is a “chaser”. A cover-2 OLB if you will. I could be way off, but what do you expect from a gut. It has no brain!
Jackson – Risky. I don’t like most first round DEs. They all seem risky to me. And the 3-4 DE position seems like a somewhat complicated position to fill.
Jenkins – I don’t think he wants to be a FS. He may go there eventually, but my gut tells me that guys like this want to see if they can hack it at CB first. We have 3 of those already, it doesn’t make sense to use your 1st rounder as your 4th CB.

Chris Wells – My gut keeps fighting with my brain on this one. My brain says “No RB!”, my gut says that this guy could be a stud if he is LT and Sproles caddy for a year or two.

My gut also says to trade down. There’s just not a guy that looks like he has a good chance at being a future playmaker and we have enough spots with issues that we should just throw some bodies at them.

My gut also tells me that whoever we pick will get an almost indifferent reaction from me. This is one of the reasons I like 2nd round picks. You get a second talented guy that makes the first pick look better somehow (unless he’s a total reach). The first rounders have all been re-hashed so many times and their flaws pointed out over and over that until they get on the field it’s hard to get excited about them, especially at #16. I’m almost more excited about how we use our 3rd and 4th rounders.