NFL.com Draft Class Power Rankings

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Draft picks: Washington DT Vita Vea (No. 12 overall), USC RB Ronald Jones (No. 38 overall), North Carolina DB M.J. Stewart (No. 53 overall), Auburn CB Carlton Davis (No. 63 overall), Humboldt State OG Alex Cappa (No. 94 overall), Pittsburgh S Jordan Whitehead (No. 117 overall), Pennsylvania WR Justin Watson (No. 144 overall), Wisconsin LB Jack Cichy (No. 202 overall). 

Analysis: One of the reasons that I like the Bucs' draft so much is that they clearly had a vision to make their team tougher and they drafted accordingly. Vea is a potentially dominant interior defender, but I was also a fan of adding strong, aggressive cornerbacks like Davis and Stewart in the second round. On offense, Jones offers a slashing playmaker at running back and many teams see Watson as a potential fifth-round steal.

 

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Draft picks: Maryland WR D.J. Moore (No. 24 overall), LSU CB Donte Jackson (No. 55 overall), Tennessee DB Rashaan Gaulden (No. 85 overall), Indiana TE Ian Thomas (No. 101 overall), Mississippi LB Marquis Haynes (No. 136 overall), Maryland LB Jermaine Carter (No. 161 overall), North Carolina LB Andre Smith (No. 234 overall), Miami DT Kendrick Norton (No. 242 overall). 

Analysis: There's no doubt that Carolina's draft picks within the first four rounds are in need of much more development. However, Moore and Jackson have very high upsides, while Gaulden and Haynes are good players that will just have to work around speed and size limitations, respectively.

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Draft picks: Alabama WR Calvin Ridley (No. 26 overall), Colorado CB Isaiah Oliver (No. 58 overall), South Florida DT Deadrin Senat (No. 90 overall), Southern Mississippi RB Ito Smith (No. 126 overall), LSU WR Russell Gage (No. 194 overall), Yale LB Foyesade Oluokun (No. 200 overall). 

Analysis: Ridley was the top wideout in this draft and adding him to a roster where he doesn't have to play the role of WR1 should benefit him. Oliver is long, athletic and a solid value in the back half of the second round. I love the trade up for Gage in Round 6, as he's a plus special-teams performer and underrated receiving option.

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Draft picks: UTSA edge rusher Marcus Davenport (No. 14 overall), UCF WR Tre'Quan Smith (No. 91 overall), Florida State OT Rick Leonard (No. 127 overall), Wisconsin S Natrell Jamerson (No. 164 overall), Boston College DB Kamrin Moore (No. 189 overall), Louisiana Tech RB Boston Scott (No. 201 overall), LSU C Will Clapp (No. 245). 

Analysis: Clearly, I wasn't a huge fan of what the Saints did this year after really loving their draft last season. Trading a future first-rounder for Davenport seems very risky to me because he still needs plenty of development. Trading future first-rounders is something you do for guys likeDeshaun Watson, not a defensive end in the middle of the round. Teams seemed to be split on their opinions of Smith, whom the Saints added in the third round, but I was very surprised to see theSaints add Leonard in Round 4 given that he's such a project at this juncture and will need time to develop.

 

 

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[saints4lifeagain]

Oh no! 

[The Huddler]

This is like looking at a random infant and trying to predict if the baby will be morbidly obese at 35 years old or not. 

 

Theres same factors that might raise the probablility...  otherwise its a blind crap shoot

[Carolina Cajun]

I'll say, I have absolutely nothing to defend this opinion, but I just have a feeling that Barkley is gonna bust.  Something about him just reminds me of Trent Richardson, especially his line play in college.  Those guys were blowing people off the ball in many of the highlights I saw, which is why I'm high on the guard (he played LT) we got from there.  We shall see.

[Rags]

Lol the saints had very few holes and basically got 3 first rounders last year and got the most atheltically gifted DE in the draft. Even if he busts they still have nothing but talent from last year that they'll eventually have to resign in the future.

They could play risky tbh.

[My Goodness My Guinness]

Atlanta must have the most stacked WR rotation in the league. I really hope Moore works out for us as he has a lot of upside, but I feel like Ridley will put up solud numbers from the get go.

[FuFuLamePoo]

Stopped reading after the fuging GIANTS were #1 after passing on a franchise QB to draft a fuging RUNNING BACK

[CPF4LIFE]

1 hour ago, Rags said:

Lol the saints had very few holes and basically got 3 first rounders last year and got the most atheltically gifted DE in the draft. Even if he busts they still have nothing but talent from last year that they'll eventually have to resign in the future.

They could play risky tbh.

4 if you count Marcus williams, went back and watched his college tape and dude definitely could have went in the first. Hell, he probably would have been the top safety in this years class. We should have took him over Samuel. 

[Popsickle]

1 hour ago, The Huddler said:

This is like looking at a random infant and trying to predict if the baby will be morbidly obese at 35 years old or not. 

 

Theres same factors that might raise the probablility...  otherwise its a blind crap shoot

The odds are in favor of being morbidly obese. But yeah, I get ya. 

[Cpt slay a ho]

 Nfc is super competitive, puts pressure on coaches, players and the fo to be on point each year 

[CPcavedweller]

18 hours ago, Carolina Cajun said:

I'll say, I have absolutely nothing to defend this opinion, but I just have a feeling that Barkley is gonna bust.  Something about him just reminds me of Trent Richardson, especially his line play in college.  Those guys were blowing people off the ball in many of the highlights I saw, which is why I'm high on the guard (he played LT) we got from there.  We shall see.

Richardson didn't have vision. Barkley has great vision behind the line and an underrated ability to run routes.