03-16-2017, 04:47 PM
(03-16-2017, 02:04 PM)Crowe Wrote: Round 1 Pick 13 (ARI): John Ross, WR, Washington (B+)
Round 2 Pick 9: Christian McCaffrey, RB, Stanford (A-)
Round 2 Pick 13 (ARI): Pat Elflein, C/OG, Ohio State (B-)
Round 3 Pick 9: Gareon Conley, CB, Ohio State (A-)
Round 4 Pick 9: Jake Butt, TE, Michigan (A)
Round 4 Pick 31 (COMP): Elijah Lee, OLB, Kansas State (B+)
Round 5 Pick 9: D.J. Jones, DT, Ole Miss (C-)
Round 5 Pick 32 (COMP): Ifeadi Odenigbo, DE, Northwestern (D)
Round 6 Pick 9: Damien Mama, OG, Southern California (C-)
Round 6 Pick 33 (COMP): Josh Malone, WR, Tennessee (B)
Round 7 Pick 9: Zane Gonzalez, K, Arizona State (B+)
Round 7 Pick 33 (COMP): Pita Taumoepenu, OLB, Utah (D)
I look at these picks and the ones in bold are the ones I'm ok with, I really like the Elflein and Mama picks.
I'm guessing you fell in love with Ross's combine performance as so many others have? Personally, if we go WR, Davis or Williams would be my pick, but the only way I go WR in 1 is if Davis is there and they don't have their DE available. McCaffery would be nice, but he's weak and if you're drafting him to be your starter you might want to draft a big back to help carry the load if you don't think Hill can handle it. Conley is good, but is it really a need especially above LB and DE? Which leads me to my next issue, you wait too long to draft a LB and DE which are 2 of our 3 biggest needs outside of Oline and when you draft a LB and DE they are more projects or non-starters. They need to be impact players, our DE's outside of Dunlap are bad and the only impact LB we have is Burfict. Lee to me would be more depth instead of impact starter so I wouldn't draft him as my first LB, he'd be a nice second pick at LB though.
Overall I would be very disappointed if the draft were to fall this way.
If you watched Ross during the season, he was a beast. The one thing that really surprised me about him was how effective he was in the red zone. He's not just a fast 40 yard dash guy, he's a big play machine and he runs good routes and knows how to get open.
He's a little bit of a stretch for me at #9, but if you think he's the #1 or #2 WR in the draft, you might have to take him there.
