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[THE PISTONS]

(04-27-2019, 07:13 PM)Beaker Wrote: B+

I like drafting to fix the O and D lines.

I'm somewhere around a B or B+ too.

I really LOVED the Williams pick. I can't praise that enough. The teams above us did the right things to allow him to fall and then the team pulled the trigger on drafting him. Gotta love it when the top player falls at your biggest position of need. He should start Day 1 and be a huge upgrade to Hart. Getting an instant starter in the draft is good.

I think we reached on Sample some. I do think he can contribute right away as a blocker. I think he was underutilized as a pass catcher, so he may be a better Pro than a college player. Oddly, it seems like if you take TE's that are 1-dimensional receivers that it's nearly impossible to teach them to block like Chase Coffman. I think Sample can block, and he has pretty good hands. He'll just need to learn routes and tricks to get open which is teachable I believe. Maybe he will develop into a starting TE? Then a 2nd Round pick doesn't look so bad.

Pratt in the 3rd Round was a Safety and has coverage skills. That was a HUGE need. He should be able to play atleast situationally. I'm not willing to say that our LB issues are fixed. I'd still advocate that we sign a veteran LB if one is waived.

I like the Finley pick. We needed a young QB to develop as a backup. We saw how horrible Driskell was. Not going to anoint this guy our starter in 2 years though.

Then, some guys with potential. IF we hit on 1 pick from 4 on, we did well. Hopefully we have some quality special teamers in there too. I don't know a lot about most of those guys though, so I'll spare you analysis.