Solomon Thomas (2-1)
This might surprise some people but it really shouldn’t. At the end of the day most teams go with a player in the top five they feel has the best shot to have a productive, long NFL career. Somebody who can impact games. Solomon Thomas is that sort of player. He’s a pass rusher, so that means a pick that high would be warranted. He has no injury history and squeaky clean character questions.
To top it off he’s a Chicago native and comes from Stanford, a place where Vic Fangio was defensive coordinator in 2010. So he’d have a good idea of the player type he’d be getting. Thomas didn’t have many of the advantages guys like Adams, Hooker and Allen did in the Big 10 and the SEC. He wasn’t surrounded by great talent, but he dominated anyway.
That’s a testament to what he can do. So imagine if he’s in the same front seven with Leonard Floyd, Pernell McPhee and Akiem Hicks.
