2012 NFL Draft: TST Community Round 1, Pick 6

Love this pick!!

Just the ongoing shitfest of our glorious editing software.

We have to protect Bradford. That should have been the main objective in the 1st round with either Martin or Reiff

Just not as pressing of a need as o-line

I still think we have much bigger holes at other positions.

Not saying he isn’t good but we have some decent corners, we need an offense that can score and we won’t do it by wasting top picks on corners.

Cb is not our biggest need and right here since Blackmon is gone we would be better served getting Reiff. We have to get either a person to protect Sam or catch the ball for him in the first round. Not a good pick..

If Claiborne is still there, you take him. Sorry, I’ve been burned too many times on the “need pick”.

We needed another bookend tackle to compliment Pace, so we drafted Barron.
We needed a corner, so we took Tye Hill.
We needed a DT, so we took Jimmy Fucking Kennedy. Then Carriker a few years later.
We needed Pace’s replacement, so we drafted Jason Smith.

Whatever the reasons- poor coaching, injuries, blah blah, those guys never panned out and the team suffers today because of those decisions.

With Claiborne, you’re assuring that your team has at least one CB slot locked down for the next 5-7 years. Not to mention, since it appears virtually every one of our current cornerbacks bears a striking similarity to Sam Jackson’s character in “Unbreakable”, you can even classify CB as a position of need; but make no mistake about it- Claiborne is the best player available at this spot.

Rather not “reach” for the 2nd rated OT or WR when we can “steal” the best play maker on D in the draft.

As much as the offense needs help, I don’t believe you can pass up on such a talented player at a position where there are the quick and the dead. Also with the health concerns lingering over our current CBs it’s obvious we’ll need to add a legitimate starter. This is a low risk pick that should pay off immediately.

Sure our needs at OL and WR are huge but a sure way to screw up is to by pass superior talent to try and force an inferior prospect just to fill a need.

but I think CB will be addressed in FA and the OT position would be addressed here. Claiborne brings a lot to the table since he was a great shut down corner and return man but it would be cheaper to address the CB need in free agency since CB’s don’t cost as much as offensive tackles do and with the rookie wage scale getting a rookie OT here wouldn’t break the bank like Barron or Smith. Our CB situation isn’t bad enough for us to be using top ten picks on it.

As far as need goes, there’s little to be said- taking Fletcher off the field is not our problem, and that’s what this does. As far as player value, this guy might be my choice for most overrated. He will probably get some Champ Bailey comparisons given his wiry frame, good quickness, good speed, good hands, but he’s not as smart or technically flawless like some of the best CB’s to come out these passed few years.

I think the offense is where the deficiencies are most prevalent, as well as presenting the most value in this spot. Jonathan Martin, Reilly Reiff, Alshon Jeffrey, Michael Floyd, or even Kendall Wright would be ahead of him on my board. Great for discussion’s sake though :)

Ok I know being the rookie I should just keep my mouth shut but I think there a lot of great points above so let me put my two cents in on why this pick.
First thanks for those who thought it was a good choice.
As I think about the team I have followed for the past 35 years of my life I have seen us draft maybe a handful of truly talented league changing players. (Dickerson, Pace, Bettis, add your favorite here) If Kaill falls here I take him, but to be honest I don’t think any of the top 3 Tackles in this Draft are Orlando Pace Type players. WR- Russian Roulette would be safer with this class. I don’t look at any of them and see a player that is a game changer. I would prefer we go get a solid FA in the WR spot and trust our new coaching staff to coach up the players we have to the next level. Honestly If Trent Richardson is here I have a hard choice because as much as I love SJ, he is at the end of his rope not the beginning and Richardson I think has a chance to be special in this league.
Claiborne provides us with an exciting multi-dimensional player that can have impact in todays league immediately. I did not discount that our offensive filed position could be dramatically better with his return skills. I predict that there will be special moments in his rookie season where he gets the entire crowd off their butts in STL.
Looking forward o filling more needs later in Draft. Two more picks to play with.

The kid is dynamic in the return game.

Tye Hill. Not saying Mr, LSU is going to be another Hill, but I am wary of this position ever since we picked that guy years ago.

I get it, he is the sexy pick, the BPA kind of mentality. I do think that spending that kind of pick on this position at this point in the draft is way too risky and there are better options out there. No, I am not going to list them, we all know what is still on the board, just look at the link provided in the article.

First, I really think we should be looking at need here. How the hell is drafting a CB this high going to help out our most glaring need which is help on offense?

Second, drafting the LSU product with #6 pushes the envelope and leaves us with the risk of having to go with need vs BPA with the second round picks we got in the trade.

Call me crazy but I would rather spend that 1st round pick on the player that matches the need of the team, then focus on BPA afterwards.

I guess my point is that we don’t need a rookie corner when there are people we could bring in via free agency like Cort, Porter, Carlos Rodgers, and Brent Grimes. Even with the new rookie wage cap we would spend a lot less on signing one of these guys versus signing a CB with a top 10 pick.

Just my opinion.

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