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Another year, another draft thread.

Verge

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45catfan Grand Master

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Here's a simulation that I could live with:

7: R1P7
DL DERRICK BROWN
AUBURN
38: R2P6
C TYLER BIADASZ
WISCONSIN
69: R3P5
DL LEKI FOTU
UTAH
110: R4P7
OT EZRA CLEVELAND
BOISE STATE
152: R5P6
EDGE ALTON ROBINSON
SYRACUSE
184: R6P5 
S JULIAN BLACKMON
UTAH
221: R7P7 
TE JARED PINKNEY
VANDERBILT
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MHS831 Grand Master

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15 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

Here's a simulation that I could live with:

7: R1P7
DL DERRICK BROWN
AUBURN
38: R2P6
C TYLER BIADASZ
WISCONSIN
69: R3P5
DL LEKI FOTU
UTAH
110: R4P7
OT EZRA CLEVELAND
BOISE STATE
152: R5P6
EDGE ALTON ROBINSON
SYRACUSE
184: R6P5 
S JULIAN BLACKMON
UTAH
221: R7P7 
TE JARED PINKNEY
VANDERBILT

Very solid.   You picked two OL who have potential to be special.

I have one point---and I realize you cannot meet all needs in one draft---but what happened with a WR?  Strong draft for it---what was your intent?

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5 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

Very solid.   You picked two OL who have potential to be special.

I have one point---and I realize you cannot meet all needs in one draft---but what happened with a WR?  Strong draft for it---what was your intent?

Just that, without more picks I couldn't hit every area of need.  In my view, WR is waaaay down the needs list.  In fact, it could be a target for a preferred undrafted free agent kinda like Godwin last year.

My targets are (in no particular order): OL x2, DL x2, TE, S and LB.  

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Verge

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On 2/8/2020 at 12:18 PM, Jared Patterson said:

Verge, if Simmons and Brown are there at 7 who do you see Hurney taking and what does your friend think Hurney will do?

I would imagine Brown? I don't really know Hurney's thought process though. 

11 hours ago, Jared Patterson said:

Verge, what's your guys CB rankings? It's such a stacked class and we could get a first round talent like Bryce Hall or Jeff Gladney in the second? Im leaning for us going CB in round 2

1. Okudah 
2. Henderson 
3. Diggs
4. Arnette 
5. Fulton

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7 hours ago, 45catfan said:

Here's a simulation that I could live with:

7: R1P7
DL DERRICK BROWN
AUBURN
38: R2P6
C TYLER BIADASZ
WISCONSIN
69: R3P5
DL LEKI FOTU
UTAH
110: R4P7
OT EZRA CLEVELAND
BOISE STATE
152: R5P6
EDGE ALTON ROBINSON
SYRACUSE
184: R6P5 
S JULIAN BLACKMON
UTAH
221: R7P7 
TE JARED PINKNEY
VANDERBILT

Replace Brown with Andrew Thomas and replace that round 4 OT with a DT and i'd be over the moon 

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10 hours ago, 45catfan said:

Just that, without more picks I couldn't hit every area of need.  In my view, WR is waaaay down the needs list.  In fact, it could be a target for a preferred undrafted free agent kinda like Godwin last year.

My targets are (in no particular order): OL x2, DL x2, TE, S and LB.  

As we need to fill more than 7 positions, my way is to trade down so we have more than 7 picks. I hope we get a WR if one drops to us around 4th or 5th round.  

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On 2/5/2020 at 5:39 AM, Verge said:

You guys know me by now, if you do not I have a friend who is a scout in the NFL, and I also do my own scouting work on the side (I have a twitter and all that junk hoping to turn it into a career at some point). It's fine if you believe me, it's fine if you don't, I do this thread every year and some of you guys seem to enjoy it, so here are some tidbits for the draft his year. 

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Whats your handle?

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12 hours ago, GoPanthers123 said:

As we need to fill more than 7 positions, my way is to trade down so we have more than 7 picks. I hope we get a WR if one drops to us around 4th or 5th round.  

We are in rebuilding mode.  We need to take talent not 7 positions which is stupid anyway.

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Verge - the talking heads keep saying TE is a really weak position in this draft (perhaps the weakest one overall).  What are your thoughts on that?  If not TE, which position do you see as the weakest (ie, least depth of talent overall)?

Good thread as always.

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11 hours ago, manu4t said:

Verge - the talking heads keep saying TE is a really weak position in this draft (perhaps the weakest one overall).  What are your thoughts on that?  If not TE, which position do you see as the weakest (ie, least depth of talent overall)?

Good thread as always.

I guess? There is not really a clear cut number one, but there is a handful of guys that will probably hit the late second through early fourth rounds. Interior o-line would probably be up there too.

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7 hours ago, Verge said:

I guess? There is not really a clear cut number one, but there is a handful of guys that will probably hit the late second through early fourth rounds. Interior o-line would probably be up there too.

Interior OL up there as a weakness? If so, SMH as we take tackles in a weaker tackle draft and go after interior OL in a weaker draft instead of drafting interior OL the past two years when they were deep and talented and take tackles in this stronger class. Little would probably be a late 3rd/early 4th this year. We traded up 47 and 77 to get him. So frustrating.

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46 minutes ago, stbugs said:

Interior OL up there as a weakness? If so, SMH as we take tackles in a weaker tackle draft and go after interior OL in a weaker draft instead of drafting interior OL the past two years when they were deep and talented and take tackles in this stronger class. Little would probably be a late 3rd/early 4th this year. We traded up 47 and 77 to get him. So frustrating.

Yet, predictable.

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