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Second and Third day Defensive Tackle Prospects

Broncsbuffshomer28 — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:27:51 -0000

Defensive Tackle is considered one of the deepest positions in this years draft. Seems to be a great year for the Broncos to draft a DT early….. Or is it?

The Top three players at DT on most of the gurus draft boards are Star Lotulelei , Sharrif Floyd , and Sheldon Richardson for good reason. No one truly believes any of these three will drop to the Broncos at pick number 28 come draft day. I believe the next group of DTs predicted to be taken in the late first through third rounds are not the type of playmakers you should expect early in the draft …. Maybe with the exception of Kawann Short who will probably also be gone before pick 28..... Johnathan Hankins , John Jenkins , Jesse Williams , Sylvester Williams , and Akeem Spence are all very good at what they do and I’m sure they will have good NFL careers, but In my opinion they are not an improvement on the roster over Bannon, Unrien, or Vickerson .

Where are the playmakers after the top 3 or 4 DTs in the draft? Over the last month or so I’ve been reading and watching as much video as I can find and MY favorite Playmaking Defensive Tackles that will be available on the second or third days of the draft are;

***Brandon Williams, Missouri Southern***…..

at 6’2" 340 Williams is a huge run stuffing 1 or 3 technique DL he showed up at the senior bowl as a relatively unknown small school guy and is now charging up draft boards and is on most sleeper lists for this years draft. From what I read The Broncos could pick him up in the 4th or 5th round.

Check him out here…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEJeUILylZQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_y7aBGs97c

***Montari Hughes, UT Martin***

…at 6’4" 330 Hughes is another huge NT type from a small school. He looks to be more agile than Williams but not as strong. He also should be available in the 4th or 5th rounds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ngG5CpuQbc

***Jordan Hill Penn St***

…. at 6’2 295 Hill is my favorite prospect besides maybe Lotulelei or Floyd at DT in this years draft the only real knock on this guy is his size but in my opinion he would fit in great at 3 technique along the Broncos D-line. He gives Guards fits with his athleticism and non stop motor with excellent use of hands and very good power. As a redshirt freshman he rotated with three NFL-caliber players in Jared Odrick, Ollie Ogbu, and Devon Still. Now the other three have moved on to the NFL and I’m sure helped Hill become the player he is today. Did I mention Hill is a high character guy and leader through example on a very high profile team and a UNiversity going through major drama

Here is my guy check out the video....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWFZ2PKWJ8s

Watch Hill take on Wisconsin in the last game of the year with 12 tackles and 2 sacks..dont forget Wisconsin has the first or second ranked center in Travis Fredrick …. gaurds Kyle Costagan, and Dallas Lewallen are still having nightmares of Hill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJcbDCuStPs >

Defensive Tackle is considered one of the deepest positions in this years draft. Seems to be a great year for the Broncos to draft a DT early….. Or is it?

***Brandon Williams, Missouri Southern***…..

Check him out here…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEJeUILylZQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_y7aBGs97c

***Montari Hughes, UT Martin***

…at 6’4" 330 Hughes is another huge NT type from a small school. He looks to be more agile than Williams but not as strong. He also should be available in the 4th or 5th rounds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ngG5CpuQbc

***Jordan Hill Penn St***

Here is my guy check out the video....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWFZ2PKWJ8s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJcbDCuStPs >

My dream of a perfect orange and blue offseason

Broncsbuffshomer28 — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:16:15 -0000

**FREE AGENCY**

First things first re sign;

-Ryan Clady-

……Some say, put the tag on him and make sure he’s healthy. I say, This aint New England we take care of our guys here and no one on this roster deserves our commitment more than Clady

-Britton Colquitt-

…...With the conservitive stye of John Fox we need a great punter, Colquitt is one of the NFLs best

-Kevin Vickerson-

……The big man did a better job playing within the scheme this year. I don’t think we’ve seen Vicks best football yet.

-David Bruton, Tony Carter, Mitch Unrein, Jason Hunter, Chris Clark, Brandon Stokley, Chris Gronkowski

…… These guys deserve another year in the orange and blue

Unrestricted Free agent signings

-Dashon Goldson-SF 6’2" 200 FS

……At 28 years old Goldson is one of the leagues hardest hitting safties, he is the kind of play making intimidator we need on the back end of our defense. He might be pricey but if we only make one big signing I hope it will be Goldson.

……After we re sign Clady and sign Goldson there wont be much room left under the cap but for super bowl favorites in great cities like Denver there will always be veterans willing to take a pay cut for one more shot at a ring. Guys like Brian Urlacher or soon to be cut Richard Seymour will help some of our young guys take the next step.

So Sorry but

...Don’t let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya…Lance Ball, Dan Koppen, Justin Bannan, Keith Brooking, Tracey Porter, matt willis, ty warren, and Jim Leonhard

** NFL DRAFT 2013**

If you are like me this is one of my favorite yearly events in sport, my two favorite sports (college football and pro football) merge into the human meat market known as the combine/NFL draft. Also this time of year is filled with crazy speculation and wishfull thinking. I will try to keep my feet on the ground for now and hope my favorite college players run a bad 40 at the combine or pull a hammy right before their pro day so they might slip to my Broncos who will get a steal in all 7 rounds of the draft. I also believe it’s pointless to predict trades both in the draft for picks or current players for picks, as of right now based only on what I have seen of their college careers and available game tape I am only sure of 2 players who I would pick at no.28, that is, if they are still there.... In the 1st round of the 2013 NFL draft with the 28th pick overall the denver Broncos select....

-Johnathan Banks CB Mississippi St.

At 6’2" 185lbs this guy is big time. In todays NFL you can’t have too many talented young corners. the mainstream "experts" don’t yet have him inside the top 25 and the only knock I’ve heard about him is not having elite speed, I don’t see a lack of speed on film, this dude can fly. If he runs well at the combine he will be off the board early.

If Banks is gone I want…..

-Eddie Lacy RB Alabama

.....At 6’ 220lbs Lacy is a beast we all saw him in the championship game trampling the vaunted Notre Dame Defense, I know his O- line might be one of the best in NCAA history but his acceleration through the hole is unbelievable I think besides Adrian Peterson no one either college or pro has a better burst when he sees daylight than Lacy. As of now, almost 10 weeks before the draft not many of the draft "experts" have Lacy in the first round…We shall see.........

.........then as i drifted back to sleep I had a horrible nightmare in which we traded our 1st round pick for Alonso Smith....... Again

**FREE AGENCY**

First things first re sign;