Welcome, DG.
You might be the first poster from Down Under on this forum.
Many of us fans agree with you about ridding us of the OL and OC, but Pete might think that they helped win us a Super Bowl as well as got us there the next year, too so it's the players.
We'll see how it turns out.
One thing that's for certain is our Offensive Line productivity has gone steadily downhill the last 3 years.
As far as picks go, this draft is deep at RB, and GM John Schneider likes to traded down. Since we don't have a 2nd or 3rd round pick this year, it seems tailor made for him to do the same to recover those picks.
It's frustrating to watch some real good players that look to me as the type that could really help get passed by as we trade down, but Defensively at least they do their homework.
One thing that seems to happen a lot with their first pick is it leaves a lot of us scratching our heads about who the player is. It doesn't mean it's a bad choice as some of the Defensive players have been pretty good, but they aren't
talked about much prior to the draft. Maybe this year it will be a little different.
I see our first selection at late 1st or early 2nd round and I'm hoping it's a dominating RB. It's the key to our Offense.
Nick Chubb is a guy I talked about a few months ago and he showed well in the Rose Bowl game, but another guy being talked about is Damien Harris from Alabama if he decides to leave college early.
Those are just 2 of possible RBs.
Pass rushers are always in play - no team can get enough of them and Offensive Linemen should also be considered.
Check out the Mock Drafts for players. They may not be who we select, but those mocks will help familiarize you with some of the players that people are talking about.
Jimmy Graham's contract is up so it's his choice of where he plays and it wouldn't surprise anyone if another team offered more money.
Sherman coming off of an achilles tear would be hard to trade for much just because of the doubt and Kam might retire if his neck injury is endangering his long term health.
It's partly about Cap relief, but it's also about getting old.
As well, Pete talked about not being as fast as the Rams, so that might be something they focus on in this draft.
I use NFLDraftScout to get a bit of information on players. It isn't complete by any means, but it gives an idea of players to look at and do some research on.
I was looking at some of the Junior RBs that might declare for this draft. You can find it here as well as other positions and years.
http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/pr ... &order=ASC