04-28-2023, 02:30 AM
(04-28-2023, 01:45 AM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: From Dane Brugler's Beast:
He was the #5 edge defender, #21 overall.
If you played Paul Dehner Jr and Jay Morrison's mock draft games, you would not have been allowed to pick Myles Murphy because he was rated too highly on the board.
Brugler had him going #12 to Houston in his most recent mock draft.
On top of all that, he just sounds like a Lou defensive end. 6'5" 270lb, high effort, vicious against the run with extreme power in his pass rush. If there's one thing I trust, it's Lou and Marion Hobby to teach him pass rush moves, which was his biggest weakness by far.
For all the talk about his lack of production, he has more TFL (37), more sacks (17.5), more forced fumbles (6) and more PDs (6) in fewer games (38 GP/27 GS) than Tyree Wilson (32, 17, 1, 1, 43/28 respectively) and Nolan Smith (21, 11.5, 3, 4, 46/23) and he had more stats than Lukas Van Ness on a per game basis for everything but sacks (19.5, 13.5, 0, 1, 27/0 respectively. LVN's sacks would have been 19 had he theoretically played 38 games). That's 3 of the 6 other DEs drafted in the first round that he outproduced in college. He was more productive than BJ Ojulari and Keion White, and Derick Hall as well.
The only players that outproduced him that were considered first round talents were Will Anderson Jr, Will McDonald and Felix Anudike-Uzomah, who they could have taken but chose Murphy over (and essentially every mock draft and prospect list agrees with them on that as well).
I know this wasn't the pick we were all expecting. My personal top 10 for who I thought would be there were:
1. Darnell Wright
2. Calijah Kancey
3. Deonte Banks
4. Emmanuel Forbes
5. Michael Mayer
6. Dalton Kincaid
7. Anton Harrison
8. Bijan Robinson
9. Jahmyr Gibbs
10. Zay Flowers
This was slightly before Wright's stock took off like a rocket.
I did not list Nolan Smith or Myles Murphy in this list because there was no mock draft or prospect list that made me think we had a shot at getting either of them.
So my list was decimated anyway. Only 1 player remains for me on that list and, honestly, I only put him there out of peer pressure haha. I don't think tight end is a value pick in the first round, whereas DE definitely is.
I know a lot of people wanted the home town kid and TE is technically a need for this team, but there are a lot of tight ends in day 2 that will upgrade our roster, but there likely wasn't going to be an impact DE at 60. The best case was Isaiah Foskey and he isn't nearly as athletic or bendy as Murphy is.
Once the shock wears off, I think people will be very happy with this pick.
And, for those curious, Brett Kollman had Myles Murphy ranked as a Tier 1 edge rusher in this class, along with Anderson, Wilson and Smith.
https://youtu.be/7GY9mlEUQYI?t=725
He expected him to be gone within the top 15 picks. He said:
If you eliminate the OLB types (Anderson, Smith, McDonald) and talk about true 4-3 DEs instead of "edge" guys, Murphy was #3 among DEs at worst and some had him above Van Ness for #2 (Kiper, for one).
He is not the complete package yet. He needs some refinement & development. But the physical traits are elite. He is big, fast, and strong. His character is excellent as a team captain. He is only 21. And he is very coachable. And has some positional versatility. He fills a need (pass rush). He plays a high value pisition. And we paid our starting DEs $25 mil last year to finish bottom 5 in sacks. Future cap savings is a factot too, as Hendrickson & Hubbard are both on 2nd contracts. A third might be pushing it.
It is not a home run, but it is a double with HR potential with his upside. We have a great DL coach and great vets in the DL riom in Hendrickson, Hubbard, Reader, and Hill. It is a good situation.
Brighten up everyone, I did a mock on PFN and got:
Rd 2: Brents, CB, Kansas State
Rd 3: Washington, TE, Georgia
Rd 4: Miller, RB, TCU
Rd 5: Zavala, OG, NC State
Rd 6: Strange, TE, Penn State
Rd 7: Brooks, DT, Bowling Green
Their board has Brooks & Strange WAAAAY too low. That is just stealing. Zavala, too. Realistically, probably some WR help later instead.
