Von Miller up to 246...can he play MLB?

[Shananahan]

Originally Posted by Kaylore

There's a lot of people that look really silly from this thread. Even Footsteps said we shouldn't take him at number 2 and he was advocating for him. Shanahanan and Alchemical...lol

I'll be honest, the thought of the team whiffing on that pick terrified me. I probably advocated A.J. Green more than anyone else for that reason.

Pleased to be wrong.

[Kaylore]

Originally Posted by footstepsfrom#27

I don't know if that makes me look silly or not, since I was just asking whether the guy could also play the middle, hardly a criticism to ask if a guy is versitile. I also said that while I preferred Peterson, I'd take Miller a few picks later. This is pretty much the same situation as the draft that had Deon Sanders and Derrick Thomas in it. Which one would you want? In retrospect it's tough to say but it probably come down to what your defense needs most at the time. In hindsight I'm now glad (obviously) that we went with Miller because he's supplied a pass rush that we havne't had before and it's changed the face of the defense, but Peterson is also a stud corner who will be in the HOF one day if he stays healthy, not to mention he has Sanders-like return ability. If the draft were held again I'd take Miller first but that's why we have these debates anyway.

Well this was pretty early in the evaultation. By the time the draft came, Miller had moved up a lot of boards. That's why digging up old threads like these is a bit unfair. We've all looked stupid at some point.

That said, it's looking like the 2011 draft is one of the most epic ones in a long time.

[Kaylore]

Originally Posted by Shananahan

I'll be honest, the thought of the team whiffing on that pick terrified me. I probably advocated A.J. Green more than anyone else for that reason.

Pleased to be wrong.

Green, Peterson, Dareus, Julio Jones, Aldon Smith, JJ Watt, Fairley, Pouncey, Kerrigan - There were a lot of really, really good players we could have taken that year. We picked a good year to pick high.

[baja]

Originally Posted by Kaylore

Well this was pretty early in the evaultation. By the time the draft came, Miller had moved up a lot of boards. That's why digging up old threads like these is a bit unfair. We've all looked stupid at some point.

That said, it's looking like the 2011 draft is one of the most epic ones in a long time.

If Irving Thomas and Green continue to progress it will be EPIC ++++

http://broncotalk.net/2011/04/22307/...draft-results/


Who were our undrafted free agents that year?

[DBroncos4life]

Originally Posted by Kaylore

Green, Peterson, Dareus, Julio Jones, Aldon Smith, JJ Watt, Fairley, Pouncey, Kerrigan - There were a lot of really, really good players we could have taken that year. We picked a good year to pick high.

I've wondered what the team would like if we traded back into the first to get Fairley.

[FearLanier]

2011 was a very good class.

I think the 2013 class could be a very good group too that can compete with 2011.

There are a ton of really good defensive prospects all accross the board in 2013. I think there could be a lot of really good pass rushers and safeties coming out.

[Kaylore]

Originally Posted by DBroncos4life

I've wondered what the team would like if we traded back into the first to get Fairley.

He's been ok, not awesome. Can you imagine if we got JJ Watt, though...

[Agamemnon]

Originally Posted by errand

You sure you're not a hater? Because the past year and a half that's what you labelled people who had well founded doubts and concerns about another player.

God you are such a dip****...

[errand]

Originally Posted by Agamemnon

God you are such a dip****...

Haters gonna hate....

[Rohirrim]

Look at Aaron Curry.

[broncocalijohn]

What is Dave Razzano doing today?

Good for us I would think.

http://www.colts.com/news/article-1/...8-dd4ef69a3341

[R8R H8R]

Originally Posted by delany

The person that should get respect is John Elway. People over time will forget that Von was not the slam dunk pick that people will think he was.

Everyone will say we had the 2nd pick in the draft. Von was great in college. They will say it was a no brainer pick. It really wasn't.

Beyond this thread there was also a tremendous amount of talk at the time about Von being a great player...but not for our system. There was a lot of doubt. There was a lot of other great players worthy of that pick.

Many, many, many teams would have screwed it up. John didn't.

Executive of the Year and Bronco for Life.

No love for Brian Xanders? j/k

While I don't disagree with anything you said, this pick has John Fox written all over it. He would've been the one to convince Elway that Miller could be used effectively in his 4-3, and would have more impact than drafting the "safe" pick that was Marcell Darius.

[DBroncos4life]

Originally Posted by Kaylore

He's been ok, not awesome. Can you imagine if we got JJ Watt, though...

That would be a sick combo!

[Tim]

Miller is the dpow for the second time this year

[baja]

How many DPOW does JJ Watt have?

JJ Watt what a great football name.

[TheReverend]

Fun bump.

One thing that's gone unmentioned: some props to JDR for coaching him up in the phases of the game that aren't natural to him and how flawlessly he's being utilized. Night and day from that scrub Dennis Allen.

[Kaylore]

Dennis Allen is floundering in Oaktown and whispers of his dimissal have already begun to emerge - right on queue. He would have benefited from a few years under Fox.

[DBroncos4life]

Originally Posted by Kaylore

Dennis Allen is floundering in Oaktown and whispers of his dimissal have already begun to emerge - right on queue. He would have benefited from a few years under Fox.

Honesty if we had a need for a secondary coach I would bring Allen back to Denver. He did some good things with the Saints secondary.

[baja]

Originally Posted by DBroncos4life

Honesty if we had a need for a secondary coach I would bring Allen back to Denver. He did some good things with the Saints secondary.

He'll get another DC job somewhere.