Jess
Movement!
I know, I know, wait 3 years and then you can grade a draft properly. But if USA TODAY is going to rate people then so am I.
I give it an A. I think we filled every need I can think of, if the kid from Georgia can play D-End that is, and I think we filled those needs with quality. I love Raji. I can't get enough of that highlight ESPN keeps showing where he pushes a Notre Dame linemen back into the running back for a tackle. I think he fills a very big need, and I think with so many great RB's in our division a run stopping DT was a very necessary first pick. I'm not going to say he's our Haynesworth, but from watching and reading about Raji, there's some nice similarities. Matthews is a very good do-it-all backer as i've said repeatedly here. He can do anything you ask him to and he can do it well. I'll defer to TT on the T.J. Lang pick. He knows how to draft from small schools so I trust he did it well here. I like the sound of the kid from South Carolina though. Sounds very versatile and i've already seen him on a couple of sleepers lists. I like taking a new fullback, Quinn Johnson or whatever, he sounds like he'll punish anybody foolish enough to take him on. And as far as the last linebacker goes, as McCarthy said in his presser, you can't have too many linebacker type guys on a team. I'd hope that the last guy we took is a solid special teams contributor.
I give it an A. I think we filled every need I can think of, if the kid from Georgia can play D-End that is, and I think we filled those needs with quality. I love Raji. I can't get enough of that highlight ESPN keeps showing where he pushes a Notre Dame linemen back into the running back for a tackle. I think he fills a very big need, and I think with so many great RB's in our division a run stopping DT was a very necessary first pick. I'm not going to say he's our Haynesworth, but from watching and reading about Raji, there's some nice similarities. Matthews is a very good do-it-all backer as i've said repeatedly here. He can do anything you ask him to and he can do it well. I'll defer to TT on the T.J. Lang pick. He knows how to draft from small schools so I trust he did it well here. I like the sound of the kid from South Carolina though. Sounds very versatile and i've already seen him on a couple of sleepers lists. I like taking a new fullback, Quinn Johnson or whatever, he sounds like he'll punish anybody foolish enough to take him on. And as far as the last linebacker goes, as McCarthy said in his presser, you can't have too many linebacker type guys on a team. I'd hope that the last guy we took is a solid special teams contributor.