DE targets for this draft

[KB_fan]

3 more DEs I'm curious about as they could have been available in 3rd - 4th rounds of the draft on some of the mock drafts I was playing with yesterday were:

YANNICK NGAKOUE, Maryland.

JAMES COWSER Southern Utah, and

RONALD BLAIR, App State.

Any thoughts on these guys?  I was just reading profiles.  Know nothing about them other than what I read.

[JawnyBlaze]

added Calhoun

[unicar15]

How did Nkemdiche end up off the list? He's being mocked in the late teens. I think there is almost an impossible scenario where he falls to us. But goodness. He'd probably be in my top 5 players. Idc about the character issue. Stick him in our locker room and he'd be fine.

[JawnyBlaze]

6 hours ago, unicar15 said:

How did Nkemdiche end up off the list? He's being mocked in the late teens. I think there is almost an impossible scenario where he falls to us. But goodness. He'd probably be in my top 5 players. Idc about the character issue. Stick him in our locker room and he'd be fine.

He's a DT. This thread is about DEs. 

[JawnyBlaze]

4 hours ago, carolina-chuck2 said:

Anyone like Yannick Ngakoue? He's a sack master but smaller build. Probably better fit as a 34olb. 

6'2 255?  No thanks. 

[JawnyBlaze]

3 minutes ago, carolina-chuck2 said:

13.5 sacks 

 

gain another 15 more lbs. why not?

 

addison is 6'3" 270

I don't like them that short.  Addison is just a situational UDFA.  Sign this guy as an UDFA?  Sure.  Spend a first or second day draft pick?  Nope.  6'4 is my preferred floor, unless he has disproportionately long arms for someone that short.

[MV%doe]

IMO arm length >> height

 

 

[JawnyBlaze]

Yea, I've only watched one video on him so I didn't wanna do my write up yet, but he looks very impressive.  Size wise, 6'3, 271 is skirting the edge of my "too short" rule, but he doesn't look short in the video.  His get off is very quick and I didn't see anyone push him around really.  My initial impression is I would also really like him at 30.

[ncfan]

Nassib and Dodd.  Are my 1a and b right now so far watching the combine.

Ogbah just shot his self out of range and some have said some question his drive taking some plays off.

 

Still Nassib reconfirms as possibly my top choice at our spot.  Getting high praises at the combine 6'7 277 and just ran a faster 40 than Bosa and one the fastest 10 yard split (fastest among DL until Ogbah).  

[Swaggasaurus]

After today. I like Nassib, Bullard, Lawson, Dodd as first round guys. Mid round guys that I like, Tapper, Blair, Kaufusi.

[SOJA]

I think it's safe to assume unless there is an absolute future All-Pro available at pick 30- the pick is going to be DE

 

[The Lone Panther]

Dodd, Ogbah, Tapper, and Bullard are my favorites for DE's.  Ogbah/Dodd in the 1st & Tapper/Bullard in the 2nd.  DT in the 4th and we're set for the d-line. 

[KB_fan]

Over on the Panthers forum, I posted a thread with a consensus ranking of all the top DEs using the 7 more recent Fanspeak site Big Boards, plus a big board I created using the grades at NFL.com's draft tracker (sorting all the players from highest grade, to lowest grade.)

Here's the table:  (I took the top 20 DEs from each board and then sorted the players, calculating an average ranking for each from each of the different rankings on the various boards).  Here are 24 players who showed up on at least 3 of the draft boards among the top 20 DEs, sorted by average rank, best to worst.

[KB_fan]

Also, here are NFL.com's current grades for the top DE's (graded 5 or higher):