Just a thought about Earl Thomas and one of our division foes...

Just ran a 4.37 at the Texas Pro Day today. Even better than his 4.48 at the combine.

If we could get Thomas with the 11th and still grab Pouncey with the pick we get for Marshall I am all for this. He would be an upgrade over most of the dbs on our roster

So if we were going to use the 11 pick on a CB, I’d prefer it be Haden, the naturally better CB

Get berry and move mcbath or bruton to corner

Because the league has become such a pass happy affair teams are starting to look for “safeties” that basically are corners. Drafting Thomas wouldnt be a bad idea for the Broncos, you could play him in nickel; and then figure out where he fits after that.

If he didnt work as a CB he can surely play FS, him and Dawk might give you the best tandem in the league. The problem is safeties are overrated. A pass rusher or a CB is much more likely to directly effect that out come of a game, than a safety. Its just a sexy position like RB. You really dont need someone sexy toting the rock (ask Shanny he’d put any scrub back their), but that doesnt stop fans from wanting first round RBs

Very very few players go from safety to corner FYI, its almost always the other way around (Im talking like 99 percentile here)

Pro-bowl center for the next decade in a new type of run system that we’re switching to, thats my kind of playmaker…..start in the trenches baby, then worry about “fringe” playmakers. If we still suck we can get safteys and cb and ILBs later in high rounds. At least our trenches will be solid. Thats my philosophy.

I don’t know if he will be durable to last 16 games consistently.

I’m kidding, I get what your sayin. And football teams are built in rounds 2-5, however, I think we should draft elite linemen first…..then worry about BPA when the lines are built. But I won’t be screamin at the tv when/if either of these two are drafted by the broncos.

Eric Berry and Earl Thomas are fasinating specimen’s of football players. They would both be in the top 5 in the draft if teams didn’t have greater needs at different positions. Drafting a Safety in the top 10 is even a riskier business. There is a reason why teams draft in the top 10 and if they didn’t trade up to that position, then they were terrible at certain positions along both sides of the line. Usually those positions are quarterback, defensive linemen or offensive line. Teams that don’t address those positions early often keep losing at the same level. if we see a team taking a Safety at one of these positions we can pobably see them picking early again next year. Teams that make sound decisions will often rebound from their past. In a real world Berry and Thomas should be there at 11, but the draft has often shown us that some teams don’t live in the real world. Thiers is a fantasy world enamored to a prospect that won’t impact the teams needs.

Berry blows me away. He should blow everyone away. I’d scream my lungs out for joy if we somehow got him. That said, we have very good depth at safety for at least the next year, and reasonably for 2 years in Dawk, Hill, McBath (who was exceptional at times last season), and Bruton (who could stay on the roster just as a special teams player).

IF Thomas can play some corner as well, and do it better than the guys we already have, it’d be an excellent pick that would most likely solidify us for the next 7-9 years. I love Thomas… But is he a better value pick than McClain, Weatherspoon or a trade down for Pouncey or Iupati considering our depth at his position?

I think there’s a reason the FO hasn’t worked out that many safeties or d-backs. Jackson and McCourty were the only ones as far as I know. I do think we’ll take a d-back in the draft, but not in the first – unless it’s Berry. Hey, one can dream right?