Mike Pennel, up and comer backup on DL. Undrafted FA. You get guys wherever you can get them. You don't have to use high draft picks on them. Same with OL. Bahk, Lindsley, Tauscher Also look at Datone Jones, no better than Pennel if even as good and he a 1st rounder.
Sorry, but no sale. You can get Pro Bowl players from UDFA as well as the 1st round in any position probably except QB. But then again, Bart Star wasn't taken until like the 17th round...in today's draft, that pretty much equates to UDFA.
You take the player that has the best possible chance of being an immediate impact player in round 1. Preferably, at a position you have need in. It doesn't always work out that way, sometimes I wonder if it happens half the time. Last year we hit the jackpot. We will get value again this year, the questions on everybody's mind is, who and what position? And after last year's draft, we all should know by now, TT doesn't think like Mel Kiper and the rest of the Draft Guru's out there. He's in a universe all by himself.
Lastly, even if the ILB isn't a Brian Urlacher level of talent, as long as he improves the position good enough to get CM3 back outside, then not only did we upgrade the ILB position, we also upgraded our OLB position as well, all in one pick.
In the end, nobody knows until the name is called on day 1. When we get that name, we'll have a blast ripping it or praising it or once again, stare at the screen and wonder what just happened again like last year. Until then, keep on putting it out there Sunshine, good debate is good for the off season!! Go Pack