Quote (draino @ May 2 2013 06:38pm)
kiko alonso > bostic and brown
Quote (Hako @ May 2 2013 08:59pm)
2) Luke Joeckel, OT, Texas A&M
#2 is high for a RT, but if he is everything everybody says he is, then we'll have 2 high level bookend tackles. So
33) Johnathan Cyprien, S, Florida International
Not a lot really needs to be said here that most of us don't already know. He'll step in at SS from day 1. Is solid in coverage, but will spend most of his time up and in/around the box. He will be the big hitter on the Defense. I told multiple people not to be surprised if he was our pick at #33 before the 2nd round started. I loved the pick of course.
64) Dwayne Gratz, CB, Connecticut
Me and Draino were talking about this last night and I'll just post here the same thing I said to him.....
101) Ace Sanders, WR, South Carolina
I love the Ace Sanders pick. He will compete with Shipley for time in the slot, but Ace will have full Punt Return duties from day 1. I'd have to imagine he'll be the other person on Kick Returns with Denard.
135) Denard Robinson, Who The Fuck Knows, Michigan
I did not like the Robinson pick then and I still don't. I think Caldwell has a bit of a man crush on him. He should be one of the main Kick Returners, but after that its up in the air. I'd have to imagine they plan on playing him at RB, like they said, but it will be interesting to see how they work him into the Offense.
169) Josh Evans, S, Florida
Trying to watch game cut up of Elam and Evans flashed just as much as him. The thing that stood out about Elam vs Evans though, is when Elam hit somebody, you knew it. Evans is a 3rd-4th round talent and we got him in the 6th. Caldwell said that if we didn't get Cyprien, that Evans was the next guy on his board to play that position. I see Evans helping on ST right away, while being the back up to Cyprien. I don't think he'll beat out Dwight Lowery at FS. Lowery can flat out play and will fill the Earl Thomas, Single High "role" perfect. Of course he isn't on Thomas' level, but he's still a good safety.
208) Jeremy Harris, CB, New Mexico State
Harris I don't know much about. Big, long corner. 34 inch long arms, 6'2 182 lbs. Ideal looking corner for Bradley's Defensive scheme.
210) Demetrius McCray, CB, Appalachian State
The McCray pick I got a kick out of. I really liked this pick. McCray really caught my eye at the Combine. Same build type as Jeremy Harris. Big, long corner. 34 inch long arms, 6'1, 190 lbs. Although what caught my eye at the combine, was for a long guy, he had pretty fluid hips. He also caught the ball very well. He looked good in all of the drills.
Quote (teh_knob @ May 3 2013 03:54pm)
Disagree on the following:
Travis Kelce - Great pick in the 3rd round. Could be Jason Witten 2.0. Top-3 blocking TE in this class, one of the top 40s at the position, great size, showed he can catch the ball. Fasano's a nice #2TE and Moeaki can't stay healthy. Andy Reid liked Celek alot, Kelce's going to be better than Celek ever was/will be. Kelce was my #2TE behind Eifert in this draft.
Tyler Wilson - Career back-up? Lots of people are expecting him to be the 2nd straight Wilson to send Matt Flynn to the bench before he gets a chance.
Keke Mingo - Had a ton of pressures compared to competition and was asked to play far too much contain. Best pass rusher in this draft, though offers nowhere near the versatility of a Dion Jordan.
Matt Barkley - Why not keep Andy Reid if you're running the same scheme? I'll ask you why didn't we keep Ken Whisenhunt when we hired Bruce Arians who admitted 90% of the offense will be the same aside from some verbiage. Andy Reid and the Eagles needed to separate. Chip Kelly's more known for his tempo than a running QB as well, Matt Barkley is one of the most knowledgeable QBs to ever come out of college football, he'll do fine in an up-tempo offense, obviously Chip Kelly believes he can run it and made it clear he would alter to suit his players, it makes sense.
As for the Cardinals;
Cooper - Reach at 7 but biggest need filled at G. Don't love it, don't hate it because of who went in front. Would've been Star if I got to choose
Minter - Would've rather stayed put and taken Geno, but Minter was always a great option in the 2nd, trade-down was nice to add another pick. Happy until Geno Smith outplays Palmer this season.
Mathieu - Why draft him to play S over actual safeties? Why sign Jerraud Powers and now acquire Javier Arenas, 2 CBs who thrive in the slot. I'm a big fan of Tyrann Mathieu as a nickleback, but we've got 2 other guys who are quite solid there already and I would rather have Josh Evans playing S than Mathieu. Take Powers off this team and don't cut Kerry Rhodes and I love this pick, but with the decisions we made, I'm not a big fan.
Okafor - Can he play rush LB? I have my doubts, but we could have a 4-2-5 nickel look this year which would help Okafor get on the field, he's good value here as a 9-tech. Still a major need at rush LB though, not a starting-caliber player on our roster at this point.
Watford - Free pick and opportunity for Harold Goodwin to show he's got a clue how to coach the OL. Good time to take a risk on div 2 player and good position because Colledge should be cut next year if he continues to play like a sub-par guard when getting elite money.
Taylor - love the pick, expecting him to be our leading rusher this season. Great vision, faster than he timed, plays bigger than he is.
Swope - Solid potential replacement for Roberts if he's too expensive to keep as a #3. Concussions are a concern but its the 6th round. Knew Arians was going to draft a sub-4.4 receiver, though Swope doesn't show that speed on tape.
Ellington - Williams can't stay healthy and Powell can't learn the playbook. Solid 3rd down back similar to Mewelde Moore who played in this offense. Free pick again so value > position.
Jefferson - I don't know him either, and disappointed we waited till the 7th round to draft a TE when Arians says he wants to run 2TE sets and the only competent TE we had can't play inline(Housler). Granted he's called DC because people compared him to Culpepper, maybe he's going to be our wildcat QB.
You know what they say. Opinions are like assholes, they all stink. Mine included.
With that said, I really don't have anything to say about anything to you guys here. We've all argued over prospects for months now so we can only wait and see how they turned out.
I know I'm definitely not anywhere near right all the time. Two great examples were last year. I had Marvin McNutt as one of my top overall receivers ready to make DJax and Maclin a couple of forgotten receivers in Philly. If McNutt even on an NFL team now? lol. Counter to that, I had Russel Wilson as one of my biggest steals and ready to succeed players. Sometimes we hit, sometimes we miss.
Quote (xnozx. @ May 3 2013 06:54am)
225) Eric Herman, G, Ohio
Herman fits this range and could compete for a starting guard job if they use Pugh at tackle. That’s good and bad news.Good news they got a potential starter this late, bad news that their current is so bad he could be pushed out by a prospect selected this late.
What? Who?
Our guards Snee and Boothe are excellent. Snee had a down year but Boothe was solid. You're probably thinking of Diehl who plays RT and is on his last legs.
No I didn't see Boothe was resigned and it was just the wrong wording. If Boothe wasn't resigned then their starter would have been who? Mosely? In that case yes, but I just completely whiffed it and missed Boothe being resigned.
Quote (Kellie @ May 3 2013 11:20am)
I'm so amazed nobody posted inbetween all those posts...
Not everyone is a giant asshole.
Quote (Terps @ May 2 2013 07:54pm)
Read about 3/4 of your entire analysis, was gud.
Questions:
1) The Ohio St. DE we drafted, John Simon... I head a lot of people compare him to Jarret Johnson, but I thought Simon was more of a rush the passer kind of guy who wasn't good vs the run. Are people just comparing him to JJ because he's a white DE that we might move to Strong-side LB? lol, or am I just wrong about him.
2) The FB we drafted, Kyle Juszczyk... is he more like a FB/TE? I thought I remembered him getting a lot of catches at Harvard (for a FB). Just wondering if you might see him as a guy who will line up in the slot at all as a TE.
I think these were pretty much answered but honestly, I don't know too much about Simon. I liked what I saw, but overall, I really don't know. I think he could stand up but not succeed right away, there'd be some growing pains as an OLB.
As for Juszczyk, yes, he's more of a tight end who is an incredible blocker. He was announced as a FB so that's what I listed him there. Usually what they're announced as is what the teams has in mind for them.
Quote (Lil_Rowdy @ May 3 2013 12:32am)
blah...
Arkansas State not Arkansas!!!
either way nice write up. just giving u shit.
No one cares Jeff. I think Jeremy already eluded to that.
