Biggest Question About This Draft...

[Kemp17]

Originally Posted by flwelshman

I'd much rather find one dominant player. We have plenty of "second tier" players already.

Agreed. My preference is to find one impactful player (hopefully an OT), and that means only trading down if we're certain that we'll have a shot at the player we want, as the Vikings did to land Kalil a year ago.

[HeadTrip]

Originally Posted by chargersfan85

I have never said that a high draft choice means a guaranteed better prospect but it gives you more options. You dont have to reach for a position you need like teams do, it just opens the draft. If your going after a tackle and youre at 13 there is the possibility that you dont get a top 3 tackle but if you are at 6, which is where we have the chance to be at if we lose this week, you have the possibility to get the top tackle, top CB, or whatever you are after and it also gives you the option to trade with someone who is after one of the top players that you arent after. Higher draft pick equals more option and more choices of the guys you are after

I still believe Lewan is going to be the guy win or lose this week. It's the other 6 rounds that we will be at a disadvantage if we win.

[EDUBfan]

Free agency will be where it's at this year. And creative trading.

[MrNAFTA]

The gap between Lewan and Fisher is going to decrease more and more as the draft gets closer. We might not be getting the best OT in the draft, but we will have the chance to get a very talented LT in round 1 regardless if we win or not.

[BoltsfanNYC]

We will know better after senior bowl... And combine I guess 3 top 20

[BoltsfanNYC]

Originally Posted by MrNAFTA

The gap between Lewan and Fisher is going to decrease more and more as the draft gets closer. We might not be getting the best OT in the draft, but we will have the chance to get a very talented LT in round 1 regardless if we win or not.

Or get chance wommack

[MrNAFTA]

Originally Posted by BoltsfanNYC

Or get chance wommack

Even DeCastro wasn't taken as high as we are going to pick. We need a tackle.

[HeadTrip]

Originally Posted by MrNAFTA

Even DeCastro wasn't taken as high as we are going to pick. We need a tackle.

Yeah, the only way I see us getting Warmack is if some team offers us an attractive enough package to trade up for a QB and Lewan, Fisher, and Mathews are off the board. I will say that he would be a nice consulation prize and I would entertain deals that include a 2014 1st rounder.

[Boltjolt]

Originally Posted by JammerHammer23

Meaningless to you, not to the players... and it is the Raiders....

Agree. If it werent the Raiders, id be all for losing it. If we win, ill be happy to beat them, but if we lose, ill take solace in a higher draft pick.

[physicsgeek]

On Tuesday if Lewan dominates vs Clowney, the pick maybe should lean that way. I'll be highly disappointed if Clowney wins the battle.