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On if Odrick was who they were targeting all along) - "Well you have your board set. He was the guy that - we stay with our board I'll just say that. We stay with our board. When we moved down to 28 one of the things we wanted to do obviously was get our second round pick back. That was important to us. That was something we were looking to do, but if the player that we were targeting was there at 12 we were potentially going to take that player too. So it kind of worked out that we were able to move down and get another player that we also liked."


On if acquiring Brandon Marshall eliminated taking an offensive player in the 1st round) - "Absolutely not. It did not. I think you pick good players. Like I said in my other previous press conferences, you're looking to add good players on this roster and whether that's offensively or defensively you're just looking to do that. And there were some offensive players in this year's draft in the 1st round that we were considering. It just didn't fall the way we would take them."

On if anything surprised him in the first round) - "Not really. Not too much. All the players that were taken were all deserving of it. So nothing really surprised me."

On if knowing there was good depth in the draft made it easier to trade down) - "I think there is still good depth. We still have good players on the board, obviously. Like I said in my previous press conference, I do feel like there is good depth in this draft. I think we felt if we moved from [the 12th pick] we would still have good players. We looked at our board, there wasn't a whole lot of difference from the players that we were considering at [number] 12 and the players we would considered at [number] 28. There wasn't a huge jump in caliber of players. That is one of the reasons you drop down as far we dropped down."

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(On if he goes home feeling good about tonight overall) – "I do. I feel great about Jared [Odrick], I feel actually fantastic about him. He really fits the kind of guy we are looking for. I feel great about getting [Tim] Dobbins as well as part of this package. We are not going to be bored in the first part of the day tomorrow. We need some other pieces to help this team. The [number 40 overall pick] will help that. I feel great. We kind of accomplished a couple of our goals and the plan we set out. I feel really good about it."


(On what he thinks tomorrow before the draft will be like during the day) It is pretty much the same. Sometimes the phone is ringing a lot and sometimes it is not ringing at all. Obviously when you have a pick in the top 10 of the day you are going to get some action pretty quickly... I think there will be a lot of action in the top of the second round, I think there will quite a bit of action actually."

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On if it is safe to say that there wasn't one particular outside linebacker that stuck out to them) – "They were all the kind of the same kind of guy...

(On if the addition of Jared Odrick creates a situation with multiple players at similar positions) – "Not necessarily because I think we have some versatility with those players; that you could utilize those players in different spots."

I wouldn't be surprised at all to see us move back in the 2nd to regain the pick we gave in the dobbins deal.

Its nice to see some positives about this....
Been listening to 560 & 790 down here and they are just trashing this pick..

I just dont get how these "experts" on the radio arent building championship football teams the way they go about trashing the way the Fins pic...

On if acquiring Brandon Marshall eliminated taking an offensive player in the 1st round) - "Absolutely not. It did not. I think you pick good players. Like I said in my other previous press conferences, you're looking to add good players on this roster and whether that's offensively or defensively you're just looking to do that. And there were some offensive players in this year's draft in the 1st round that we were considering. It just didn't fall the way we would take them."

It really makes you wonder if they were considering Spiller at 12? Who else that was drafted in the top 11 was someone we would have taken? I don't think they would have gone offensive line, and they weren't going quarterback.............. Spiller is the only one I can think of.

I wouldn't be surprised at all to see us move back in the 2nd to regain the pick we gave in the dobbins deal.

I don't get it.

We lost a 6th round pick when we moved down in the 1st, did you miss that?

We lost a 6th round pick when we moved down in the 1st, did you miss that?

You don't like late round picks? Really? Look at this list of a few later round choices, how did they turn out?

Zach Thomas - 5th round
Rodney Harrison - 5th round
Terrell Davis - 6th round
Al Harris - 6th round
Tom Brady - 6th round
Shannon Sharp - 7th round

The more picks the better.

First off, let's eliminate the 5th rounders. Not talking about them. We were talking about 6th's. And while your list is impressive, do I really have to jot down all the 6th round failures and guys that were cut in training camp?

Point is, we already have 5 picks between the 6th and 7th rounds. That's enough. It was never a matter of "liking" 6th round picks. Just how many guys do you want to invite to TC this year? LOL.

It really makes you wonder if they were considering Spiller at 12? Who else that was drafted in the top 11 was someone we would have taken? I don't think they would have gone offensive line, and they weren't going quarterback.............. Spiller is the only one I can think of.