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The Franchi5e:
Probably going to be the next player we kick ourselves for not drafting. Dude will be the best slot receiver in the league in a few years. Maybe we can make a trade into the end of the 1st round again to draft him like we did with Martin last year? Come on Schiano...I know you love you some WVU players.

BucBalla85:
I like him but I feel we really need to focus on the d this offseason. If we do a lot of that in FA then Id agree it go get him or at TE. I think if we solve a lot of our problems on defense then the team will be in a very solid position to make playoffs.

lyronmewis:
The more I'm thinking about it, the more I think about just going offense in the first two rounds.

The new NFL is just about scoring points, crappy defenses can win games as long as they get turnovers (which we did earlier in the year).

Imagine if we drafted Eifert and Austin, Freeman or his replacement would break records.

It's not like we've been neglecting defense in the past few drafts. Just in the first 2 rounds since 2010 it's been: McCoy (D), Benn (O), Price (D), Clayborn (D), Bowers (D), Barron (D), Martin (O), David (D). That's 6-2 in favour of defense.

We need CBs, but those can be had in FA, and we could always trade back up into the 2nd and pick up a guy like Logan Ryan.

Eifert, Austin, Ryan would be a great draft imo.

BucBalla85:
I dont think we should be adapting our team to the NFL of today because our team isnt good enough on offense to play with the best on offense. Freeman is way too inconsistent to make this about the offense. They need to make the defense respectable again or this team is going nowhere with Freeman at QB. Not with the crappy pass defense they have had.

lyronmewis:

--- Quote from: BucBalla85 on January 11, 2013, 01:48:07 PM ---I dont think we should be adapting our team to the NFL of today because our team isnt good enough on offense to play with the best on offense. Freeman is way too inconsistent to make this about the offense. They need to make the defense respectable again or this team is going nowhere with Freeman at QB.

--- End quote ---

I would at least set the pieces so that no matter who is the QB, the offense can score a lot of points. If Freeman can throw 27 TDs with the current roster, he could probably throw 35+ with Eifert and Austin. I don't know the stats, but if you pass for that many TDs a year, then you're probably going to the playoffs.

You could bring in a game manager like Alex Smith, and he would keep the turnovers low, while still scoring a lot of TDs.

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