Favorite..Least Favorite

[CJD]

Favorite pick: CTB in the 2nd. This is a fast, athletic press man corner who can also play zone who should challenge for CB2 by mid season. Dax is a great player too, but I was still reeling from Linderbaum and Karlaftis coming off the board and I wonder who we would have picked had those two still been there. CTB, on the other hand, was clearly the best CB available and easily the best pick we could have made in the 2nd round (Gordon and McCreary were the only 2nd round CBs I liked more, but they were long gone and would have cost a lot to go get via trade. Capital that we, frankly, did not have). And, while CTB has to develop, Gordon and McCreary both had physical limitations that CTB just doesn't (Gordon is slow for a CB, especially considering how much we emphasized speed in this draft and McCreary is a T-Rex).

Least favorite pick: This is a tough one because I think all 6 players have potential, but taking Volson over guys like Tom and Kinnard has me a little bummed, but if he is anywhere near as good as Pollack thinks he is, I'm sure it will work out.

Also, taking Carter over Winfrey is something we'll have to track. Going into the pick, I was all in on Winfrey, Carter wasn't even on my radar. So I'd be lying if I said I wasn't surprised and disappointed by the Carter pick. But after looking him up, he seems to have a similar athletic profile to Winfrey and had more production so...who knows. We'll see how these players all develop. I have faith in Marion Hobby, who has turned in quite the performance as our Dline coach over the last few years (career years for Hill and Ogunjobi, developed Hubbard, utilized Hendrickson etc). If he wanted Carter over Winfrey, I'll trust him over media scouts.