He's listed as 6-5, 310 and is one of the better OL prospects out there. If he shows enough athletic ability to play RT why not draft him and give him one year to prove himself there. If he's good we have our RT of the future, if he's bad next year will be Moore's last year so he will be able to slide in his more natural OG role. We are in dire need of a RT but I don't think Reiff makes it to #16...
Can he? Yes. Should he, I don't think so. Putting him at tackle eliminates the best thing he does as a guard, and that's pull/block in space. I'd rather not question the gift we'd be given if he's available and let him just start his career where he'll be a pro bowler, we'll worry about getting a RT after (or hopefully before) that.
DeCastro is as good a Guard prospect that has come out in years. He will be a perennial pro-bowler and would be able to step in and hold his own at either LG (between Ferg and Mangold maybe for a year to become accustomed) or RG right away. He will not last until the 2nd round. No chance. DeCastro is about as close to a sure thing in this draft as there gets. If we're going on skill alone, he is IMO among the top 4-5 in this draft class, which by the way is pretty strong. If a player of his ability was playing a position of "more importance" he would be long gone by pick 16. DeCastro is target #1 for me in the draft this year. It won't be the sexy pick, there will be people clamoring for a player that will yield more visible results ala Floyd (who I might just have #2 on my Jets big board), or one of the linebackers (Ingram, Mercilus, Upshaw) but make no mistake, he will have just as much, if not more of an impact than almost anyone else on the board at #16.
thanks - i didn't think so....only thing its a bit unusual to get a guard selected higher than 20 or so. if he squeaks past 25 i could see some team that already picked coming back into the 1st round.
decastro is the safest/best pick the jets to get he might be gone players i like in my board order 1s decastro OL upshaw OLB 2s Levy Adcock OL Lavontie david OLB/SS 3s McNutt WR Toon WR
I would love DeCastro on this team. He would step in and be better than Slauson, would provide needed youth on the right side and tremendously help our run game. Only thing about this pick, is that we REALLY need a RT. Wayne Hunter just can not start at RT next year... I wouldnt mind something like- 1st- Decastro 2nd- Nick Perry/Vinny Curry 3rd- Matt Reynolds/Ricky Wagner 4th- BJ Cunningham/Juron Criner/Jeff Fuller 5th- Devier Posey/Tavares King This would tremendously help our OL for years to come. It would be young and put us as a top 5 OL once again. We would get the needed passrush at OLB in the 2nd, and the help at WR in the 4th and 5th.
DeCastro would step into Moore's spot. Moore is sliping quickly, and while still effective in pass blocking but no where near the run blocker he was even a year ago. Yes he was hurt, but at his age that will quickly become mroe then norm then an odd occurance. No this would not fix the RT problem, but it would be a big up grade to the Oline.
So how would you go about fixing the RT position? I really dont think FA is the way to go, I'd rather not get older and sign a 33 year old Kareem Mckenzie. To me, that would just be another stop gap player that is gone in a year or two. He's the name this forum is throwing around, do you know of any other FA's that would be an improvement at RT while still providing some infusion of youth? IMO, RT should be filled through the draft... But if we draft DeCastro in the 1st like this thread insists, I think it would be hard to draft OL back to back with the wholes we have. This is how i came up with this scenario, and I would be more than happy if this is the way it played out
Just because they have holes all over doesn't mean that they can't go OL 1-2. Drafting a player doesn't fill a hole, it just puts a young player in a position of need. Getting DeCastro then an OT in Rd 2 would actually be their best bet to get 2 starters in the first two rounds. It's just like when the Jets took DBrick and Mangold (or last year with Mo Wilk and Ellis), taking one player on the OL (or DL, or LB, or DB, etc.) doesn't mean anything. If there are two holes there then there are two holes. If the value is there it would be moronic to pass on it.
I think a stop gap type RT may be the way we lean unless we target a guy like Osemele in the fist to play at RT. I think a pick and a FA may be brought in to fill the need. A guy like Mckenzie for a eyar or two while another Pick and Ducasse battle it out for the long term job. If we were darftign later in the first a few more options at RT would make sense, but in the mid teen's there is going to be way too much talent at WR and OLB to consider it. They only reason I value DeCastro up there is the kid will be a complete stud for a power running team and is more than adept as a pass blocker. Sadly, he may not even make it to 16.
