I'm definitely excited, it's been years since we picked top 5, and IMO, there's a lot of good looking prospects for us to choose from.
I'm also beginning to lean towards Alex Smith, I don't like the idea of trading an arm and leg to move up 3 spots, but the thought of what he can do in Grudens offense in a couple years is exciting. He's an incredibly smart QB, great footwork, very good speed and very accurate. Only knock is his arm strength and we won a Superbowl with noodle arm, Brad Johnson. I also don't see Griese ever leading us to a Superbowl, he looked very good some games but really blew it for us in other games. Simms, I don't know what to think of, he can potentially be a good QB, but he hasn't done nearly enough to even earn much PT in Grudens eyes, so that says a lot to me about what he thinks of him.
All 3 RB's look like they could be something special, and I also read somewhere that Pat Kirwan believes it's a possibility Tampa makes a draft day deal for Edge which would allow them to select BMW, Smith or Edwards. With our cap situation, i'm not so sure it's possible, but I wouldn't count Bruce Allen out at all, he's worked miracles before.
Anyway you look at it, it looks like it's going to be a very interesting day for Tampa on April 23rd and IMO, Gruden has to make the right pick.
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Calvin Johnson or BUST!
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