moocow007 wrote: Dee Miliner - by far the best CB and a potential game changer...enough teams needing stud CB for him to drop to 9.
Geno Smith - he might fall to 8, but no way he gets past Buffalo at 8...no way.
First and foremost good call on the Revis trade to Tampa before it happened 007. I was disheartened about losing our most dominating player of all-time (franchise wise) but it's simply insane to pay a CB of all positions, who's coming off a serious ACL injury; $16,000,000 per season. Mind boggling. We would've lost Revis for absolutely nothing come the offseason but instead we landed a 1st rounder in which we drafted a freak in Sheldon Richardson along with a 3rd rounder come next season. Not to mention all the cap-space we've freed up. Huge.
I understand you thought both Dee Milliner and Geno Smith would be gone by pick number nine during your original pick, but still, major props for even mentioning those two (current) Jets as quickly as you did. And without question you hit the nail on the head; we drafted the greatest college CB of this years draft class.
We may have lost Revis but we do feature our very own pro-bowl talent in Antonio Cromarite (who's not coming off a major ACL injury). With or without Revis we're one of only a few teams in which currently feature three first round CB's in Cromarite, Milliner and Wilson. Could be much worse to say the least. So stoked to see our trio of CB's take the field under a Rex Ryan led defense.
And with our draft selection of Sheldon Richardson, we've completely re-vamped our entire defensive line over the previous three drafts. Wilkerson as a 2nd year player along with Coples as a rookie both had outstanding seasons last year. Both first round talents as well. K.Ellis is nice for added depth within the trenches but Richardson is the reason why we've re-vamped. Another first round selection. Coples, Richardson and/or Wilkerson may not be elite pass rushers from the outside, but these kids will apply a boat load of interior pressure amongst opposing QB's for many of years to come. Wilk put up 5.0 sacks as a second year player while Coples put up 5.5 sacks during only his rookie season. Love our defensive line.
So many first round defensive players, we're young, and the immediate potential/future is strong as ever in regards to our defense under Rex.
And in regards to Geno Smith? Damn man. Wow. A freaking steal of a second round draft pick. He shouldn't have been there. Sanchez only had 1 year of starting college experience and was as raw as they came. No longer the case with Geno Smith. This kid is an NFL ready QB after 4 seasons of experience along with 3 years of full time starting. During the Revis thread on our Knicks forums I made it known I wanted one of only two offensive talents. 1A.) Geno Smith and 1B.) Tavon Austin. So excited we got my guy but instead of at number 9... At 7th of the second round. Remarkable. And yes Tavon is a special talent but Geno's the quarterback in which put him in position to make plays.
Senior Seasons:Geno S: 42 TD's/6 INT's, 71.2%, QB Rating of 163.9.
Manuel: 23 TD's/10 INT's, 68.0%, QB Rating of 156.0.
We without question drafted the greatest college QB of the Nation and not even Sanchez numbers of his 1 year of starting with USC can compare to Geno's. E.J Manuel looks to rush the football way too often, but Geno's a pure pocket passing quarterback with ability to take off but only when creating nothing into something. Such a gifted quarterback talent.