Cardinals Draft Rumors: A.J. Green Should Not Be Counted Out
by Jess Root on Apr 25, 2011 2:01 PM MDT
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PrintWith the 2011 NFL Draft happening this week, rumors are flying everywhere. Last week, a somewhat new name popped up in mock drafts. In Pater King's mock draft last week, he projected that the Arizona Cardinals would draft Georgia receiver A.J. Green. For most, this was a surprise because of the pressing needs elsewhere (defense, offensive line, quarterback). However, in his latest Monday column, King gives us some insights about the Cardinals and the 2010 NFL Draft and how that might affect this year's selection
I was not aware of this, but according to King, in 2010 the Cardinals pushed hard to move up in the draft to take Dez Bryant, who ended up going to the Dallas Cowboys. And that was even when the receiver position was still considered a position of strength for Arizona. Larry Fitzgerald, Steve Breaston and Early Doucet were all under contract even after the trade that sent Anquan Boldin to Baltimore.
This year there are receiver questions. Fitzgerald is in the last year of his deal and both Breaston and Doucet are not under contract for 2011. Drafting a receiver is not too far-fetched an idea.
I certainly would not be upset if that were the route they took and players like Von Miller, Marcell Dareus and Patrick Peterson were all unavailable. If any of those three are still on the board, though, I want to see them in Arizona first before Green.
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Agreed on wanting to see those three before AJ
As far as Dez Bryant is concerned, I did not know that either. However, he is already having off-field issues and it is looking like trading up for Washington was a great decision (so far) and if we would have gone for Bryant, Washington would have landed elsewhere.
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Bryant was the 24th pick, Big Dan Williams was 26th
We wouldn’t have had enough to get back to early round 2 so it looks like Williams/Washington or Bryant. I’m glad that didn’t materialize
by cardinalbrown on Apr 26, 2011 9:21 AM MDT up reply actions
Assuming Miller, Dareus, and Peterson are gone and we cannot make a trade down with some team that wants
Can Newton or Blaine Gabbert – I would take Green if it was my call.
by Drullin'OverDaCards on Apr 25, 2011 2:55 PM MDT reply actions
You cannot take Green if Miller or Peterson is on the board
Drafting wide receivers at the top of the draft while ignoring other much more blaring needs led to 0-16. So unless fitzfan04 is the GM…
hold on man
You can voice your opinion fine. You can disagree and agree with other posters. Thats fine. But don’t go and call out and publicly disrespect a poster on this site. Thats just bad taste. Now if you and fitzfan04 are actually good friends and this was sarcasm, I apologize. But please keep it respectful, and take the bashing to a different site.
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by Scott Howard on Apr 26, 2011 2:45 AM MDT up reply actions
I have Green #1
on my Big Board. Talks of him have been over shadowed by the emergence of Julio Jones (who, though a tremendous athlete, leaves a bit to be desired for in terms of his receiving abilities). What people seem to forget about Green is, we haven’t seen a WR prospect like him since Calvin Johnson/Larry Fitzgerald. He is going to be a constant fixture in the Pro-Bowl for the next 10-15 years. He is only going to get better as his career progresses.
Put him in on the same field as Larry, and we have a scary offense again.
Horrible Move
I would probably throw up if we drafted Green at 5. It is a complete waste of a pick and would just be counter productive.
We have spent multiple seasons of producing 5 wins despite having two elite receivers. Receivers are the most dependant position in the NFL and are probably the worst way to try and build a franchise.
You don’t even need one elite WR to win rings in the NFL, it is a luxury to have one let alone spend two top 5 picks in 7 years on WR’s. The Lions have learned, maybe we should too.
I would rather reach on a pass rusher like Smith, or draft Amakumara than even consider Green. I would rather have Cam Newton who I have rated as a 3rd round prospect at a QB than AJ Green.
Positional value. This team would be dumb to spend a top 5 pick on another WR.
We did it when we drafted Fitz
They had drafted Anquan Boldin the year before, and he had a break-out year. But, with the #3 pick, they drafted Fitz, and he turned out to be a great, awesome, fantastic draft pick.
By drafting A.J. Green, we’d be going with the “BPA” (Best Player Available) strategy. Honestly, if Von Miller and Patrick Peterson are gone, I wouldn’t mind A.J. Green. Get a decent QB like Marc Bulger or Kevin Kolb, and it would be hard to mess up as QB.
And had we no
caught Lightning in a bottle with Kurt Warner where would it have taken us.
6, 5 and 5 wins the first three seasons despite Both Boldin and Fitz going for 100+ and 1400+ in 2005.
Hindsight being 20/20 I take Rivers over Fitz 100 times out of 100.
Alright, but let me ask you this:
If Von Miller and Patrick Peterson is gone, and there’s really not a good offer to trade down, you still wouldn’t go A.J. Green?
Gabbert
I go Gabbert. I see a lot of potential in him and I would rather gamble on a QB who has the potential to be an elite QB over Green who is probably going to be a top 10 WR in the NFL. If Gabbert pans out we have a Franchise QB to lead this team, If he fails we are a 4-5 win team who can still possibly get some real nice play from Skelton.
We draft Green and he pans out we are still a 5 win team until we get a QB.
by khodder on Apr 26, 2011 3:00 AM MDT reply actions 1 recs
but pretty much everything people are saying about
Gabbert is not that he could be elite. People say he could be very good. But, heck, he played in a big conference and I never once heard any buzz about him until the Insight Bowl. Maybe that’s because I don’t follow the Big-12 specifically, but even guys I know who do have never been wowed.
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I agree...
WR is an easy position to fill. You don’t need another top 5 pick on a WR. You can find starting WR in just about any round, especially in the 2-4th rounds! If you wanna get better another WR doen’t turn you into a 10 win team! A QB does… Gabbert has all the tools of a franchise QB. Will he become one? No body knows. But if Miller and Peterson are off the board you gotta take a shot on the QB! Give Gabbert a top QB coach to work w/ and I don’t see any reason he can’t be nearly as good as Ryan and easily as good as a Flacco.
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