Draft day one
2001 is done.� I think the FO is to be
congratulated for their work today.�
Moving down in the 1st and up in the 2nd got to
where value is located this year.� I
like Hampton; after Warren and Seymour, Casey was #3 on my 3-4 list.� Kendrell Bell is a high quality MLB; had the
Stillers stuck at #50, I�m fairly confident that the 49ers would have taken
him, rather than Jamie Winborn at #47.��
Following is an outline of some prospects still on the board; the needs
here are strictly from my wish list.
4th
round: Players who
carried higher ratings but fell through.
OT/G:�
A need position with a lot of depth remaining.
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����������� Elliot Silvers, Washington:� 19 reps, too weak.
����������� Marques Sullivan, Illinois
����������� Kenyatta Jones, South Florida:
Combine wonder.
����������� Brandon Winey, LSU
����������� Chad Ward, Washington: a road-grader
whose stock has fallen.
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����������� Note:� OC Robert Garza is still available.
SS:�
Hakim Akbar, carried a 2nd/3rd rating but this is
not a position of need.� 15 CB are gone;
the rest are fairly marginal prospects.�
At this point, if the Stillers draft a CB, it will be to replace
Simmons, not DW, in 2002.� Note: Last
night, I thought I saw that Arizona had taken DT AL Wilson in the top of the 3rd.� Evidently not, SS Adrian Wilson was the
Cardinal pick
D-line:
����������� DE Cedric Scott:� I still don�t see this player.
����������� DT Mario Fatafehi:� Good value at #112.
����������� NT Mario Monds:� Maybe 5th but won�t be there.
����������� DE Ennis Davis:� A long fall.
Run-stuffing
MLB:� 3 of 4 of the top Stiller MLB are coverage
players.
MLB
Carlos Polk:� Would be a 4th
round value but depth at OLB might be a larger issue.
����������� MLB Brandon Spoon:� As Polk.
OLB:� It�s
a long way from Porter/Gildon to Clark Haggans.
����������� OLB:� Orlando Huff:� Does
project as a strong-side player.
����������� OLB/DE: Karon Riley, rush-backer.
Speed
late:
WR:�
Jon
Carter, Troy State.
Alan
Bannister, Eastern Kentucky
����������� Kevin Kasper, Iowa
����������� John Capel, FSU.
CB/ST:�����������
����������� Curtis Fuller, Texas Christian� (4.44 at the Combine)
����������� Corey Hall, Appalachian State (4.47
at the Combine)
����������� Harold Blackmon, Northwestern (4.51
at the Combine)
����������� Jimmy Williams, Vanderbilt (4.58 at
Combine)
����������� Scott Carey, Kentucky State� (poor 4.62 at the Combine)
����������� Kenneth Grant, Kentucky����� (4.53 at the Combine)
Dyshod
Carter, Kansas State. (no invitation to the Combine)
OLB:
����������� Chris Edmonds, WVU
����������� Brady McDonnell, Colorado
����������� Roland Seymour, FSU
����������� Monty Beisel, Kansas State.� Poor 40, good shuttle, makes plays.
DE late:
����������� Fred Wakefield, Illinois
����������� Daleroy Stewart, Southern Miss. A
workout warrior with a single digit Wonderlic.