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Cheesehead
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Since it's generally accepted by those on the board that Ted can do no wrong, and we had a great draft, I thought I'd ask two questions sort of as a devil's advocate type thing, and give thoughts on what I would've done either in the draft OR with UFA deals to upgrade the team.
1.) Who is our backup Center in case EDS doesn't pan out or gets hurt?
2.) Who is our Donald Driver across the middle posession type receiver?
Solutions:
And before I'm told yet again 'my love for players is a bit to Notre Dame centric', I'll admit that they're the only team that I like that I get to watch weekly. Other teams I get to see sporadically.
EDS' Back up: IF I were drafting I would've spent a 3 or 4 and picked up Notre Dame Center Braxston Cave. Started alot in his career, and this past year when they went to the BCS title game he did it primarily with a Redshirt Freshman QB, so you know the Center had to help out a lot on the line calls, as well as what the Center saw the defense in. To me he could fill in for EDS early, and take over the job due to either injury or ineffectiveness toward the end of his rookie season. Where we stand now, I don't even know who the back-up is.
Posession/Across the middle receiver: Another Notre Dame player. I would've drafted Robby Toma. He's not afraid to go across the middle. He's a guy that alot of defenses didn't account for, and because of that made alot of key catches for ND over the last 2-3 years. To me looking at him, the only differences between he and driver is that Robby is 15 years younger, and he's a Hawaiian white guy. Otherwise to me, they're the exact same receiver.
I'd be interested to hear what the actual answers are to these questions from anyone who may have them. This is something that has bothered me since our last selection yesterday.
1.) Who is our backup Center in case EDS doesn't pan out or gets hurt?
2.) Who is our Donald Driver across the middle posession type receiver?
Solutions:
And before I'm told yet again 'my love for players is a bit to Notre Dame centric', I'll admit that they're the only team that I like that I get to watch weekly. Other teams I get to see sporadically.
EDS' Back up: IF I were drafting I would've spent a 3 or 4 and picked up Notre Dame Center Braxston Cave. Started alot in his career, and this past year when they went to the BCS title game he did it primarily with a Redshirt Freshman QB, so you know the Center had to help out a lot on the line calls, as well as what the Center saw the defense in. To me he could fill in for EDS early, and take over the job due to either injury or ineffectiveness toward the end of his rookie season. Where we stand now, I don't even know who the back-up is.
Posession/Across the middle receiver: Another Notre Dame player. I would've drafted Robby Toma. He's not afraid to go across the middle. He's a guy that alot of defenses didn't account for, and because of that made alot of key catches for ND over the last 2-3 years. To me looking at him, the only differences between he and driver is that Robby is 15 years younger, and he's a Hawaiian white guy. Otherwise to me, they're the exact same receiver.
I'd be interested to hear what the actual answers are to these questions from anyone who may have them. This is something that has bothered me since our last selection yesterday.