As I type, I am on deck for round two of the rookie draft. We have traded away the two third rounders we had this season (to get our current QB-in-waiting, more on him later I reckon), so this is our last chance to get a guy who maps out as a meaningful impact player.
The top four guys in my draft queue are defensive front guys, so we'll likely just add another log to that fire here. Overall, I'm pretty comfortable with where we are on offense, so this is a good fit. From above, you can see that our current starting DL are in seasons 9,11, and 12. That's fine for now, but we do need some promising players behind them. Thus Broomfield above, and a couple more DL in my queue now. We're similary situated at LB right now, too:
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Klecko, Jeremiah 1354SILB 10 43 43 ---
Matthews, Caden 1355SILB 8 43 43 3 yrs.
Klinghagen, Korey 1350WILB 11 45 45 1 yr.
Emerson, Erick 1351WILB 3 38 52 1 yr.
DiGiacomo, Scott 1340WILB 6 35 35 1 yr.
Jenkins, Alvin 1447WLB 8 38 38 1 yr.
Lane, C.J. 1459WLB 2 20 21 3 yrs.
Klecko is pissed off and won't re-sign, Klinghagen might not make it to opening day, and Lane is a sack of monkey shit. So, we really only have three credible guys -- Matthews is a solid run-stopper inside, DiGiacomo and Jenkins are mixed-bag familiar guys who help with cohesion and chemistry, but really shouldn't be in major roles on a contending team. Emerson hasn't played a down yet, but probably could play for us at WILB this season, and earn a chemistry connection too. So...a ready-to-go LB would be a nice pull in round two of this draft as well. We'll be looking for free agent possibilities too, naturally.