@dab7291993 said:

Yeah,

Jarvis Jones, Barkevious Mingo, or Geno Smith for me.

This

@vaportrail said:

I'd be okay to trade out of #1 (which is where I'm assuming we'll finish) if someone really wants Geno Smith.

The more I think about this and read about Geno Smith, the more I'm in favor of picking Geno at #1 overall, telling McCoy/Weeden to fight amongst themselves to be the backup, play Winn as the starting LDE, and rotate Hughes and the other DE's more than we have in the past to keep Rubin/Taylor fresh for Q4. I would like to play Winn all 3 downs, rotating him in as the DT for clear passing downs.

Geno Smith has the velocity on his throws, the mental makeup, and the running ability to be next year's RG3/Newton.

@unsympathetic said:

Top 4-3 DE's are athletic freaks like Jason Pierre-Paul or JJ Watt. Winn is not at that level. The 3-4 DE is a glorified DT; Winn would start and do well at that role. But even though he's not a starter quality 4-3 DE, Winn is still a good player and the combination of Winn and Hughes will allow us to keep Rubin/Taylor fresh the whole game.

If we don't go Geno Smith at the top of 1 next season, we need to draft a DE.

Yeah,

Jarvis Jones, Barkevious Mingo, or Geno Smith for me.

If we don't go Geno Smith at the top of 1 next season, we need to draft a DE.

@clevelandbigdawg said:

Anyone think Winn has the potential to play DE? or is he just a DT? We still need a DE across from Sheard. Rucker and Parker have been playing well, but they are both pretty old I believe...

Winn has looked great, and I am liking the Hughes pick quite a bit too.

In a 3-4... yes...

4-3.... not so much...

@clevelandbigdawg said:

Anyone think Winn has the potential to play DE? or is he just a DT? We still need a DE across from Sheard. Rucker and Parker have been playing well, but they are both pretty old I believe...

Winn has looked great, and I am liking the Hughes pick quite a bit too.

Parker is 34 but Rucker is 29, should have a few years ahead of him yet.

Winn did play DE a couple of times for Boise, think he might not be quite explosive enough to do it in the NFL. Doing a great job at DT though.

@vaportrail said:

We may indeed draft another DE next year, but good lord, our interior rotation is going to be nasty once Taylor comes back.

I think DE/OLB is one of our biggest needs, we need a true game changer to solidify this line. We need to fill holes and solidify parts of our team one by one.

Sure Rucker and Parker are solid, but we need true talent to help maximize the production of our other players.

Winn has looked great, and I am liking the Hughes pick quite a bit too.

@dab7291993 said:

Yeah Winn has been really, really good for a 6th rounder.

I think he's better than Hughes.

Actually I think they have been performing about on par with each other. Hughes has 1.5 sacks but Winn has been forcing a lot of holding penalties.

@dab7291993 said:

Yeah Winn has been really, really good for a 6th rounder.

I think he's better than Hughes.

Combined with The Sausage King I think the two of them make a good rookie pair. But yes, when Taylor returns it should provide more depth and talent to the D Line.

I think he's better than Hughes.

The best value in our entire draft.