Trade Down With Philly?

[Roy P]

Originally Posted by Roy P

This is what happened after a trade down with Philly.

#21 LB Clay Matthews USC
#46 SS William Moore Missouri
#77 DE Lawrence Sidbury Richmond
#85 LB Gerald McGrath Southern Miss
#112 RB Cedric Peerman Virginia
#121 FS David Bruton Notre Dame
#122 DE Kyle Moore USC
#152 QB Stephen McGee Texas A&M
#188 RB Javarris Williams Tenn State
#223 CB Don Carey Norfolk State

I'd be quite pleased with this draft. I even get a QB to groom

I ran this scenario with DraftTek and was "working against myself" so to speak. Houston selected Matthews at #15 so he wasn't available at #21. Anyway, this is how it turned out.

#21 RB Donald Brown Connecticut
#46 FS William Moore Missouri
#77 SS Chip Vaughn Wake Forest
#85 TE Shawn Nelson Southern Miss
#112 CB Keenan Lewis Oregon St
#121 LB Scott McKillop Pittsburgh
#122 RB Javarris Williams Tenn State
#152 QB John Parker Wilson Alabama
#188 DT Roy Miller Texas
#223 DE Victor Butler Oregon St


I know that there is a lot of negativity towards a 1st round RB, but Matthews was off the board. Donald Brown would be a very good 1b behind Slaton and able to start if Slaton were injured. Moore and Vaughn along with Lewis gives a lot of help to the "back end" that Kubiak talked about. At #85, I didn't go looking for a TE, but Nelson was too good to pass up and should help out in the Red Zone. He's not exactly Mark Bruener in run blocking, but he looks sufficient.

I've discussed my 2nd day picks before, but just wanted to reinforce Butler's pass-rushing specialist skills. I see him as a similar player to UConn's Cody Brown, who is rated much higher. I also considered Pierre Walters here.