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What he said!!If Oakland takes Young or anyone else if Williams is already gone, I will have to dismemenber several members of Oakland's front office.
Diesel...curious about your comment re: "least important position." Linebacker has been a premier position in many drafts, just not the last few years. Certainly LB has been a more coveted position high in the draft than TE and S, at the very least.
I think a lot of people think that way. I know that the your Eagles are one team that definitely believes that. Andy Reid does not believe that LB talent is a huge need in his defensive system. I'm sure that there are other coaches/teams that feel the same way. They seem to feel that the one position that you need talent at on defense is at the CB position. I think they view the defensive line as the most important area, but believe that having lots of fresh bodies to rotate in and out is more important that pure talent (although Reid obviously recognized the need for talent at the DE position to get after the QB).
No question that Jimmy Johnson (not Reid) feels that way about the LB position, but as an Eagles fan I've always viewed the Birds as a minority in that respect. Certainly Bill Belichick would beg to differ on the value of LBs...they are the lynchpin of his scheme.I would agree that LB isn't perceived to be more important than QB, DT, DE or OT...but it's certainly (at least historically) been given more priority in the draft than safety or tight end, and certainly ranks higher than fullback, center, offensive guard, place kicker and punter.
I don't disagree. I do think that OLB is generally seen as less important than ILB though. I don't know diesel's post was due to his personal feelings on the position rather than the general belief around the NFL, I was just pointing out that there are people in the NFL that do feel that way as well. I would think that it is in the minority, but then again LBers do seem to go later in the draft than QBs, RBs, WRs, OTs, DEs and CBs.
I'm working on an article where we mock draft up to #14 (it's a Philly based website)...I think that the Eagles should go OLB, but I just can't see it happening.There's so many good strong side LBs in the draft, but I don't see the Eagles taking one in the first round. I think they would in the second round ( Remember the Incredible Vanishing Matt McCoy? )...Maybe Thomas Howard is still there?
Belechick menttioned either last year or the year before (because everyone prdicts them to take a LB every year in the first 2 rounds), that he simply hadn't seen one had the skill set to do what he wanted his backers to do that warranted a pick where he was selecting. LB is very very system dependent. If they can't do what you want them to do, and you have a set system, then they have little value. I think many teams FA to fill LB need, as they have a better read on how a player can play at that level.
