Say goodbye to the West Coast Offense, Tampa Bay

there is something there, and its good, but still has all these holes.

Blount’s forte isnt short yardage situations or lead blocking… Erik Lorig is doing fine. Trent and Blount would make a highly dynamic duo that would be unlike any other 2 headed attack in the league due to the fact we would have 2 power physical runners in stead of one powerback and one speed back.

The whole problem he had was that he wanted a long term contract if they are stupid enough to tag him again he’ll lose his mind this season.

he’s that good Any of those safeties and linebackers would be welcome additions but I doubt we get Wright in the second.

We can argue all day about the talent at this position or that, but IMO what truly has broken our back time and again is our appalling lack of depth. We need to sign and sign smart; we need to bring in real competition for training camp; and we need some veteran leadership in our locker room to complement Free and Schiano (starters or otherwise).

This guys talent is off the charts, but he has some serious issues. He is not the type of guy that Schiano wants his team associated with.

They could stand to play better — and we could use increased depth behind them — but I’d like to see Free get rid of the ball quicker. That’ll depend on the play calling, options, and ultimately whether or not he has the capacity to make those quick reads. I just can’t put all the blame on the OL. But depth behind those two is key, and I’d especially like to see someone in camp push Trueblood at RT.

Are we completely giving up on him?

Vincent Jackson seems to overvalue himself(even though the chargers owner is one of the dumbest people in the NFL right now IMO) asking for a bunch of money and then holding out for so long when he could have taken the tag and kept playing on his super-bowl caliber team seems a bit too diva like for me, plus doesn’t he have multiple DUI’s? i could be thinking of someone else.

But you make it sound like he’s a run oriented coach?

Is that it probably won’t be possible for us to trade back. There’s not really any talent outside of RG3 that people are going to want to trade up for, and if someone trades up for him then they’ll have to try and trade into the #2 or #3 spot since the Browns will be likely to take him with their own pick if he drops to #4.

Who else is someone going to trade way up to the #5 to pick? Claiborne? You can trade into the lower top 10 and still get Kirkpatrick. Richardson? Most teams don’t like to take RBs that high.

I’d rather see us take Claiborne or Blackmon with the #5 pick, take the best available with our 2nd rounder, and trade back into the mid- or late-2nd round to take LMJ rather than risking him being gone by our 3rd round pick. He and LGB together will be a dynamic pair in the backfield.

That means no one has traded up for RG3 yet, and we’d have a good shot at being able to trade back lol.

5th overall is too high for a RB in today’s NFL. Most teams have changed to a RB by committee because the game is brutal enough that it’s hard to keep even a great RB healthy throughout the entire season.

IF Blackmon, Claiborne and Kalil are all gone at #5 AND we’re not able to trade back….I wouldn’t be terribly angry if we took Riley Reiff. He can be an immediate starter at RT, and give us a legitimate option to replace Penn at some point in the future. He’s expected to be a top 10 pick, so 5th overall is only a little bit of a reach. I still think this is a very unlikely scenario though, as one of those 3 players mentioned will be available, or we’ll be able to trade back. I just don’t want us taking a RB 5th overall.