Is this really a deep draft?

[Dee Dub]

Elite talent at specific positions has nothing to do with depth. Those are two different things. Every year the draft has depth in certain positions. I think this year there is depth at WR, OLB/DE, and CB.

I think you are wrong about no Darelle Revis in this draft. I think Dee Milliner and Desmond Trufant are going to be special at the next level. And have you forgotten, no one really knew Revis was going to be as good as he turned out. He went 14th overall.

And I will say it over and over and over. Matt Barkley is going to be a franchise QB. He may not get drafted as one but not long from now he will be a franchise QB. Prediction: on his pro-day he is going to show the NFL that his arm is a lot stronger that what many had thought. He is a better QB at this point than Matthew Stafford was.

[steelerkeylargo]

Fantastic depth in OT, DT, CB, WR, TE, OLB. Eddie Lacy will be a top 20 RB. Cordarelle Patterson will be a top 15 WR. Dee Milliner is a top 8 CB.

[lloydroid]

Elite talent at specific positions has nothing to do with depth. Those are two different things. Every year the draft has depth in certain positions. I think this year there is depth at WR, OLB/DE, and CB.

I think you are wrong about no Darelle Revis in this draft. I think Dee Milliner and Desmond Trufant are going to be special at the next level. And have you forgotten, no one really knew Revis was going to be as good as he turned out. He went 14th overall.

And I will say it over and over and over. Matt Barkley is going to be a franchise QB. He may not get drafted as one but not long from now he will be a franchise QB. Prediction: on his pro-day he is going to show the NFL that his arm is a lot stronger that what many had thought. He is a better QB at this point than Matthew Stafford was.

You are somewhat correct that elite players and depth in draft are not the same thing. However, top, top players SHOULD be included in a draft that has supposed depth. If all a draft did was provide so so players, but a lot of them, I do not consider that to be a draft with depth. And even if Barkley is better at this point than was Stafford, I am not convinced that proves all that much; Stafford has been a mediocre QB so far; last season was not very impressive at all. And also, Revis was considered to be potentially very special, just not by everyone. A CB going 14th still indicates a fairly high evaluation. The QB class looks really ragged and so do the RBs. And, put it this way: Having the #1 pick is a burden this year, not a blessing. Even the supposed top pick is now being downgraded.