[MIJB#19]

General Manager Notes: Class of '93, first look
WR, check! QB, check?

Going into the draft, we had a truckload of draft picks, with 4 picks in the second round. After some wheeling and dealing, we moved up in the first round, turned two second round picks into next season's draft second rounders and tripled up on sixth and seventh round picks. It's simply: it's the top three and then the other 7 guys. The score:
1.16 WR Ed Schulz
2.02 C Robbie Zinn
2.27 P Doug James
5.27 LT Byron Irvin
6.07 CB Bob Reese
6.22 TE Pat Kipps
6.27 DT Caleb Domis
7.16 QB Lorenzo Emerson
7.23 RB Benjamin Kapp
7.27 S Gabriel Cromer

Did we really need a new wide receiver? What about Rickey Lyle, George Stuckey, Branden Sandlin? Well, I think we do. Schulz looks like he could be the WR1 successor to Theodore Bondy. The staff was ecstatic, claiming Schulz to be very underrated. It was pointless to wait at the #27 overall and expect a kid like this to drop much further, once we got offered the #16, it was a trade I had to take. Harris Wilkerson has left the team as a free agent. He was a crucial member to our special teams unit, but it is what it is.

Robbie Zinn will step into the big hole on our offensive line, left behind by the retired Butch Pearson. Doug James will take over from Doug Guynes.

The other seven kids? It's up to them to prove they deserve a roster spot. With 51 players signed, they all have a shot at making the 53-roster, but it's not unusual for us to bring in a bunch of undrafted rookies that end up making that final list. There are some free agents that are still technically on roster until training camp begins, some are worth considering to re-sign. But, cap space is an issue, we're $5.9M over the cap right now, we need to clear that up before the camp, that's mandatory.

Moe Sheldon? Let's wait and see. His demands have somewhat gone down, but his agent still has an absurd number in his head. And we still are without any cap room to make him an even remotely fair offer...