Draft Day Chatter

[Mr. Scot]

A thread for various reports, rumors etc leading up to tonight.

Starting with...

 

[Mr. Scot]

Jeremiah's final mock: Mock Draft 4.0

Baker Mayfield at #1

Saquon Barkley at #2

Jets take Sam Darnold at #3

Bills trade up and take Josh Allen at #4

Bucs get Derwin James (@%$#)

Local kid Jaire Alexander goes to the Packers at 14.

Two TEs go in short order as the Ravens take Dallas Goedert and the Cowboys take Hayden Hurst.

Frank Ragnow goes to the Bengals.

Patriots take Lamar Jackson at the pick just in front of the Panthers.

And at 24, the Panthers take...Isaiah Oliver.

Still available at the Panthers pick: Harold Landry, Mike Hughes, Mike Gesicki, Isaiah Wynn and DJ Moore, who Jeremiah has falling out of the first. Local kid Mason Rudolph also doesn't make it to the first either (many have projected he could).

[LinvilleGorge]

I like Oliver and I wouldn’t be upset if we take him at #24, but in that scenario I’d rather have Moore or Landry. Norv seems to love Moore and lord knows we’ve needed help at WR seemingly forever. But, I think Landry is our blue goose this year. I think he’s the best pure pass rusher in this draft and you don’t often get a crack at a guy like that in the 20s. I think he needs to add some strength and weight to hold up against the run as a 4-3 DE but we would have the luxury of being able to use him in a rotational designated pass rushing role this year with Peppers and Addison as starters.

[AU-panther]

So Jeremiah has Hurst at 19 and Mayock has him at 29, but people around here are convinced there are 50 players rated higher than him this year. 

[trueblade]

Landry seems like a one trick pony to me. Every rush is dip and flatten. Can he develop a counter move? Can he bull rush if he can't out quick the tackle?

[Mr. Scot]

Here's Mayock's final mock for comparison.

NFL.com

Darnold is #1 here.  Both guys have Derwin James to the Bucs, Jaire Alexander to the Packers and Frank Ragnow to the Bengals. Mayock has Lamar Jackson being taken by the Ravens.

Panthers take Calvin Ridley over D J Moore (who goes to the Saints) and Hatden Hurst (Jags).

 

[Mr. Scot]

Jeff Garcia out as Bucs pick presenter (link)

Maybe they'll make the parrot do double duty.

[Mr. Scot]

Uh oh...

Offensive tweets made by Josh Allen in high school unearthed

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The tweets, all of which have since been deleted, were published by Yahoo Sports. Some contain some racially insensitive, and well, just stupid messages. The kind of things dumb high school kids say, if those high school kids grow up without realizing there are certain words they don’t get to say, even if they use the casual version that ends with an “-a” (though there were a few that include the full “N” word).

 

[mc52beast]

Rumors floating around that Payton likes Lamar Jackson from Louisville. Wouldn’t be surprised if the kid goes in the early teens.

Im trying not to remember that we have Hurney running this draft. Hopefully Turner has his ears and he is listening.

[Mr. Scot]

 

 

[KSpan]

6 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Jeff Garcia out as Bucs pick presenter (link)

Maybe they'll make the parrot do double duty.

Well yeah. I mean, the guy has a life, you know?

[Verge]

Payton likes Rosen and Lamar.

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, KSpan said:

Well yeah. I mean, the guy has a life, you know?

From the story...

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Although the NFL said it hoped Garcia would come to the event regardless of whether or not the Bucs actually had a pick for him to announce, Garcia wrote on Twitter that he sees no point.

“I took myself out,” Garcia wrote. “There’s not a pick & there’s not time for me to just hang out, Dad first. Proud of my time as a Buc, love the fans. I left everything on the field for that team, broken nose, broken back, a NFC South Div Title. No regrets. Hope that they have a great draft.”

Garcia also seemed to think that media coverage of his “could care less” remark painted him unfairly, writing, “the media grabs only what they see as controversial and exploits it without any repercussions.”

So...yeah.

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, Verge said:

Payton likes Rosen and Lamar.

Rosen seems highly unlikely unless they trade up (which there's lots of talk they're trying to do).

Jackson they could likely get without moving up.