Thread: Alabama Offensive Lineman Fluker Meeting With Bears Friday Night

If he can play OT, grab him at 20, if not pass; one of these top G's will fall to us in the 2nd w/out question.

Originally Posted by Riczaj01

If he can play OT, grab him at 20, if not pass; one of these top G's will fall to us in the 2nd w/out question.

There are three top guards, and Fluker is one of them. The rest of the pack are far, far, far far below those three in talent, upside and performance. There is a glut second tier guys like Warfard, Aboushi, Pugh, Thomas and the like who could be there, but we need sure first-tier talent on our interior. At the same time, the two MLBs who may be at 20 are VASTLY better prospects than the OLB-to-MLB conversion guys we will be staring at in the second. Too hard to say right now which impact player at which position to grab without pick 20 on the board in front of us.

Originally Posted by Jimmors

Yeah, but Fluker could also turn into a 10 year starter. According to NFL.com, he came in the Combine 15 pounds lighter then expected, showing that he knows (and is willing) to work on his main weakness...his athleticism (needs to be quicker). If the Bears draft him and get him to an ideal weight, he could be a very solid RT, dude still has 36.75" wingspan...that is just freaky.

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Originally Posted by lklrlolnlilklsox

There are three top guards, and Fluker is one of them. The rest of the pack are far, far, far far below those three in talent, upside and performance. There is a glut second tier guys like Warfard, Aboushi, Pugh, Thomas and the like who could be there, but we need sure first-tier talent on our interior. At the same time, the two MLBs who may be at 20 are VASTLY better prospects than the OLB-to-MLB conversion guys we will be staring at in the second. Too hard to say right now which impact player at which position to grab without pick 20 on the board in front of us.

Sox, are these 3 guys w/out question the top talent, sure I won't argue that point, but sorry if I disagree that there are no guys that are day 1 starters outside of these the top 3 at that position. Of the top G's last in last years NFL most were got in the middle rounds. And this year is supposed to be deep w/OL talent so I see no reason why history will again not repeat itself and you'll be able to find G's that can play at a high level in those rounds also. It's like like I'm saying don't grab a top teir guy, I just disagree w/the line of seperation.

I'm cool w/Fluker if the idea is he can be a T, and if nothing else could play G, it's why I'm okay w/the resigning of Scott and letting Brown/Carimi fight out the G spot. But I'd also look to trade back to to get more picks, and then take him since no other team is expected to go T/G after the Bears; depending on how the draft looks on draft day, if more teams behind them are looking to go G/T come draft day, then I'll happily change my opinon then.

Meanwhile there are something like 10 lb's expected to go in the 1st alone. So by shear volume that tells me the better option for top talent at both need positions(T/G, and LB) is LB at 20, and G at 50. I'd rather have a top 10 LB and a top 10 LG, then a top top 3 LG and a not top 10 LB; ecspecially since top LB's(in the nfl) rarely make it out of the mid first, and top LG's(nfl) are regularly found in the mid to later rounds.

Even worse is the idea that we need to get a C in the 2nd, b/c you really can get a top 5 C in the 4th. And much like the G's, the top 10 Centers in the NFL tend to come again from the mid rounds.