Resign Gore and Culiver
Justin Smith comes back for another year
Let Iupati and Crabtree walk
Round 1 (15) Traded with Eagles for their first round (20) and third round (84) picks.
Round 1 (20) Melvin Gordon RB Wisconsin 6'1 210- A top 10 talent and the BPA, but naturally he falls a little bit in the first round because teams continue to devalue the running back position. We pair him with Hyde to have one of the scariest running back tandems in the league for the next 8 years. He also gets to learn behind a future hall of famer in Gore. Can never have enough running backs and with the emphasis on getting back to running, why not have Gore, Hyde, Gordon, and Hunter all splitting carries. Also don't know how Hunter will be coming back from the injury.
Round 2 (46) Dorial Green Beckham WR Oklahoma 6'5 225- Another top 10 talent. Falls far in the draft in my wishful scenario because teams are frightened by another possible Josh Gordon type of case. However, he could be another Alshon Jeffery, Dez Bryant, Randy Moss, type of case as well. I'd be more than willing to pull the trigger on a guy with a ceiling this high in the second round.
Round 3 (79) Arie Kouandijo OG Alabama 6'5 318- Possible replacement for Iupati. Big and athletic.
Round 3 (84)- Henry Anderson DE Stanford 6'6 295- Big upside. Good with hands. Can learn behind Justin Smith and him and Carradine can wreak havoc at the end positions for years to come.
Round 4 (123)- Ladarius Gunter CB Miami 6'1 200- Big corner that will compete with Brock, Johnson, Ward for playing time.
In the later rounds, I'd grab a pass rusher, another offensive linemen, and another defensive linemen.
Our offense would now have the potential to be a straight up nightmare for opposing defenses. You're talking about two guys that have Adrian Peterson and Calvin Johnson like potential. Not saying they will necessarily be anything near those players, but they have a ceiling that is close to that. Imagine having a dynamic running back in Gordon and a huge super athletic receiver in DGB to stretch the field. We could do so much as an offense if the two were to pan out and if we used them correctly.
I'd try and go for the homerun on offense if I were Baalke. We can draft defense later because we are much better at finding defense later and developing those positions.
[ Edited by pwillis52beasty on Feb 9, 2015 at 9:19 AM ]
You must not realize how special of a talent Gordon is. I'd take a Marshawn Lynch, Adrian Peterson, Jamal Charles, Lesean McCoy, etc. all day every day with the 15th pick in a draft, especially on a team that's already as talented as us. See the type of impact Marshawn has had for the Seahawks? Exactly..
don't get me wrong Gordon is real good, but you don't draft a RB at 15 to touch the ball 10x a game. I mean do you plan on running the ball 40+ times a game? What teams have 3 workhorse RBs? Perfect example is Stewart and Williams in Carolina, they spit carries and the running game blows. Once Williams got hurt and Stewart got all the touches their running game improved a lot, RBs need touches and splitting them 3 ways makes zero sense.