A Simple Question About Impact

[Roy P]

Originally Posted by idymoe

I'm going to ask you to answer without regard to value of position. But, assume we cannot trade down.

Would the upgrade to center have greater impact than the upgrade to outside linebacker?

I've never heard a center described as a play-maker, but if our third and short percentage was significantly increased, that would be very important, imo.

Nick Mangold was probably the best OC prospect I've seen, and to that end, I'm not sure how much impact he made by himself. The Jets also drafted Brick Ferguson in that same 1st round.

While improving our 3rd and short percentage would be very important, I'm not sure how much credit would go towards Unger/Mack/Wood. Also, there is a good possibility to get Wood at #45 or even Anoine Caldwell at #77.

If we can't trade down from #15, we should not draft any OC and expect them to make an impact more than we could expect from one drafted in the 2nd or 3rd round.

If Kubiak is hell bent on getting a "difference maker" on the defensive side of the football that won't be easily matched later on in the draft, I'd suspect he's looking at Vontae Davis or Malcolm Jenkins.