The anchor and my argument for Maualuga.

That’s why I have two mlb’s in my mock draft with maualuga @ #12. Our defense hasn’t been the same since the al wilson day’s and frankly, I’m not thrilled with DJ williams in the middle of our new 3-4

you helped out my case for why we should not draft Maualuga. Over peruses on a lot of runs, awful form tackling, missing a lot of tackles. i just see a decent football player benefiting from the good team around him. The only reason why some of you guys like him because of his size and speed, and agressiveness. He is too agressive(sounds dumb but its not). The play at 4:45 is on a highlight reel, my god i see nothing special.

We need an ILB as a face for this defense, i like Cushing here much better, hes not as showy with a lot of huge hits but he consistently gets the job done and is a total team player.

i love Brinkley and McKillop as possibe third or fourth round targets. Brinkley wont drop to the fifth tho.

Rey gives the Broncs something they sorely lack; an intimidating presence in the middle. Rey has his flaws but the same flaws were pointed out when Al Wilson was drafted and he turned out great. NFL coaches will improve his football savvy but his desire, size and thumping power can’t be taught. There has to be some reason he is highly regarded as the best MLB in the draft other than playing at USC.

Sorry. I suffer from Cyber Tourett’s.

1. and #74 pick (1st 3rd round pick) to Jacksonville for the #8 for B.J Raji

1. Knowshon Moreno

I believe we already have the two ILBs (D.J and Andra Davis)

The draft is always a gamble for success and I don’t see the need to take two chances, ability to play at this level and character, instead of one. At these high spots there are plenty of chances to find guys who have both.

I am Pro Rey Rey, But there are many valid points here. I definitely think that we absolutely MUST have a replacement for Al Wilson’s shoes.

Last year I was estatic to see our team place character as a priority in the draft. It was the most refreshing draft I’ve experienced in years.
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Keep in mind that for many days I thought Maualuga was a perfect solution and a great pick…in fact he was my choice at #12.
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However, in the last couple weeks I have read about too many questions adressing his character. Even a leader, when suddenley given access to a bunch of money, sometimes has troubles ajusting. If that leader has character issues—that spells trouble.
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In my humble opinion—I think we should look elsewhere.

If anything they are the opposites. Rey has misses tackles, uses his size to make plays and has maturity issues. Wilson was a consistant tackler who could play on THIRD DOWN, who used his intelligence and speed to make plays. Wilson was a leader with Peyton Manning at Tennessee and took up the same position with Broncos. Between the Video of him Dancing and the newspaper article give this guy a couple million and it will be a disaster.

…and where have the DBroncos been in the last three (or more) years?

We need the obvious… The old orage crush attitude!!!

1) On Raji: I can tell you from professional training and experience that a guy with B.J. Raji’s physical make up, he could test positive for a joint smoked as long as a year ago. Marijuana is fat soluable and does not clear the body nearly as quickly as was even recently believed. People getting around marijuana tests usually benefit from very weak tests, unspoken internal policies to ignore marijuana positives, and/or the age old practice of actually testing 1 out of 25 samples.

2) On MLB’s: I think the list linking good MLB’s with dominant defenses raises the compelling ‘is it the chicken or the egg that was first’ argument. I think in most cases its a solid surrounding cast that makes a MLB look good rather than vise-versa in most cases. I think the 2007 Broncos proved that you could have a super productive player there (Williams had almost 150 tackles) and still be bad. I’ve obviously made a case for Lauranaitis in the past— so I don’t undervalue the position— but I think Lauranaitis is a better leadership candidate than Maualuga. You got to tackle at all before you start worrying about making YouTube You have to do things right before you worry about how cool you look doing it. This team, if it goes ILB in the first round, needs a role model before it needs a rock star. Maualuga, in my opinion, can elevate certain defenses in ways a Top 10 pick is expected too. I just don’t think he fits this early in a rebuilding process.