The Draft: First Primaries

Is Maualuga. I want his leadership and intensity more than anything, and I think he’ll be a top-quality ILB. But mostly, I want a guy who plays hard and fast, and makes other guys do that too. I’ll stick by my other picks as I wrote in a comment a few days ago. I even projected their Bronco jersey numbers so you can imagine them in the blue and orange.

1) Rey Maualuga, ILB, USC. #58
2) Patrick Chung, S, Oregon. #25
3) Fili Moala, DE, USC. #75
4) Terrance Taylor, DT, Michigan. #99
5) Rashad Jennings, RB, Liberty. #30
5) Sammie Lee Hill, DT, Stillman. #97
6) David Johnson, QB, Tulsa. #9
7) Wopamo Osaisai, CB, Stanford. #37
7) Dallas Reynolds, C, BYU. #60

that rather than Xanders taking a much larger role in player evaluation, the increase in authority may actually fall to Jedi McD and his coordinators instead.

I think that Maualuga is a good start to building a tough defense like those in Pittsburgh and Baltimore. He is a guy that isn’t afraid to smack you in the mouth similar to what Al Wilson used to do, and what Ray Lewis has been doing. We still need to get a NT to take up some of those blockers, but I don’t think that Raji is the answer.

Then we can draft some guys we can use as future replacements for D. Graham and C. Bailey with what we get in return. We can draft Cushing there move DJ to the middle and have our linebackers be Cushing, DJ, WW, and free agent like Canty or Peppers.

I’d hate to see him go to San Diego.

Like you said, Papi, I think he’ll bring intensity to the defense. I want a scary defense like what Baltimore, Pittsburgh, and to a lesser extent, NE have. NE used to be scarier, but they’re getting older now, and just seem…less…somehow. I want teams to be beaten before they even get to town because they are psyched out by the altitude and the attitude.

Go Broncos.

Rey has the leadership we desperately need but Cushing has the versatility to play all LB spots and DE in a 4-3 which we also desperatley need and he is a better pass rusher. I went with Cushing because we could trade down to low 20’s and still get him while aquiring another third or most likely fourth.

Need more Samoans. Plus, I think we need an inside linebacker who has size, speed, and leadership, with some playmaking abilities.

what are the odds, 3%, looks like rey is coming to town!!

[drum roll]… draft Moreno. He’s a top ten talent that might slip into the second half of the first round!

In a perfect world we’d trade down in the draft and get Cushing late in the 1st and an extra pick later in the day. :)