Most of the FA signings were short term. This looks like they are planning ahead for when those contracts end and looking for intelligent guys who can contribute early.

It does seem odd, but I’ve been posting that I believe that we do not have all of the information the coaches are using to evaluate current players and draft pick players. Yes our front seven has been horrid the last two years, but we’ve also had holes in other areas on our team.

A strong secondary makes the front seven that much more effective — if you look at yards per game given up, our pass defense ranked 26th, our run defense was 27th. Both areas obviously needed work, so it appears to me that the coaches picked players who could help improve the team, even though they weren’t what we expected.

Running backs make sense, given the horrible time we had with injuries last year, and the many different roles that running backs will be expected to fill this year. Someone pointed out that we only had 3 healthy running backs for the mini-camp.

This is all a long winded way to say that I believe we have to have all of the parts of our offense and defense functioning effectively at the same time to win games. It appears to me that the coaches are attempting to take the BPA at the moment of our pick to fill in where they’ve evaluated our greatest needs

They’ve just traded out of the third, picked up an extra 4th. Some of the value players there are names like Terrance Taylor, Sammie Lee Hill.

Also Brinkley may be a possibility? Who knows but I’m just thinking that this seems like a draft where they’ve known all along who they want and they’re making it happen. And maybe the same will go for the D-line. They see players being there that they want and they’re willing to wait.

And perhaps they know that no matter which lineman they get, they’ll be a project. So why spend a high pick? Pay for some potential in the middle rounds?

I dunno mate. But there’s a few theories for you!