I am happy with the first and second round picks.
First round: DT Casey Hampton from Texas
probable NT to replace Joel Steed, allowing Kimo Van Oelhoffen to shift to DT. That’s very good, Kimo is better suited as a DT than a NT. I have very high hopes for Hampton.
Second Round: LB Kendrell Bell from Georgia
Everything I’ve read about this guy makes me very anxious to see him in the black&gold. We lost Levon Kirkland in the off season, Even though Kirk is in the latter stages of his career, he was a leader and I’m sorry to see him go. I’m hoping that this Bell can at least fill part of his shoes.(We also signed Mike Jones from the Rams – Any St Louis fans care to offer up any opinions on this guy? I gotta admit I don’t know a while lot about him, other than his TD saving tackle in the super bowl.)
Also, we signed DB Mike Logan from Jax. Good move, I gotta say that having Brent Alexander as a starter on our club didn’t exactly thrill me.
Our defense is going to be BRUTAL this year. More so than last year now that we can play the 3-4 the way it is supposed to be played, instead of having a DT try to play NT. Better front line, better secondary, LBs – well, the verdict is still out. But even if this Bell turns out to be a bust (which I doubt) Earl Holmes, Jason Gilden, and Joy Porter can still hold their own. If this Bell proves to be a player… Oh man, we are gonna decapitate some offenses this year.
The rest of our picks, I’m not so sure about. Another LB, DL, 2 OL. We’ll have to see on those guys.
We have some new OL also. Namely, we signed Jeff Hartings from Detroit. Losing Dermonti Dawson hurt, but he was injured for most of last year anyway, and this Hartings is going to be a huge step up from Tom Myslinsk.i
We also have an assload of running backs. HBs Bettis, Fuamatu-Ma’afala, Richard Huntly, Amos Zeroue, and FBs Dan Krieder and Jon Whitman. I’d be surprised if we didn’t try to unload Huntley before the season starts. He’s a good, strong, pounding runner – but has fumble problems.
Our WRs are solid (assuming that our problem area is improving…)
Problem Area (surprise, surprise): Kordell, Are you going to do something this year? :mad: