Just at a glance I believe you may have had the best draft as far as filling needs and drafting talented players (not saying my opinion matters). Donte is ranked in my top 4 of best receivers in this draft (Watkins, Benjamin, and Richardson are the other 3). He doesn't have the eye popping #'s but practically every time he's faced NFL caliber DB's _ he burned them. He's the "Andre Johnson" of this draft but unlike Dre he has top end speed.
Besides blowing their 1st round pick on a ball dropping receiver I think the Philly GM had a great draft as well.
Couldn't disagree more. OBJ is my number two, behind Watkins. WR is loaded with talent this year. I like a lot of them, Lee, Cooks, Matthews and Lattimore especially. But leaving OBJ out of your top 4 is ridiculous imo.
I agree Phi has had a good draft, in part because the have snagged players I was hoping to get later in the same round (especially Attaochu... he is going to be a monster).
Just because I don't have OBJ in my top 4 doesn't mean I don't think he will be good. But OBJ was on the field with another top rated receiver in this draft so it was hard for opposing defenses to key on him. Plus LSU has an excellent running game. As fast as Cook is _ he has trouble getting separation when facing top corners. Evans played with Johnny and Johnny scrambles a lot giving him time to get open (and if Johnny can't read defenses _ Evans probably can't either). I just believe the receivers in my top 4 are plug and play guys and have less bust potential than the others. It's several receivers in this draft I like but receiver is the biggest bust potential position in the NFL IMO..
San Francisco may need to draft an OLB... I wonder if the Texans would have drafted Smith if he fell to them and passed on J.J... Scary thought.
With the 117th pick, the Bears select Loucheiz Purifoy, CB, Florida Spoiler Round 1 1. Houston Texans - Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville 2. St. Louis Rams - Sammy Watkins, WR, Clemson 3. Jacksonville Jaguars - Jadeveon Clowney, DE, South Carolina 4. Cleveland Browns - Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M 5. Oakland Raiders - Jake Matthews, OT, Texas A&M 6. Atlanta Falcons - Greg Robinson, OT, Auburn 7. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Khalil Mack, LB, Buffalo 8. Minnesota Vikings - Blake Bortles, QB, UCF 9. Buffalo Bills - Taylor Lewan, OT, Michigan 10. Detroit Lions - Anthony Barr, LB, UCLA 11. Tennessee Titans - Justin Gilbert, CB, Oklahoma State 12. New York Giants - Eric Ebron, TE, North Carolina 13. St. Louis Rams - Calvin Pryor, S, Louisville 14. Chicago Bears - Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, S, Alabama 15. Pittsburgh Steelers - Mike Evans, WR, Texas A&M 16. Dallas Cowboys - Aaron Donald, DT, Pittsburgh 17. Baltimore Ravens - Zack Martin, OT, Notre Dame 18. New York Jets - Darqueze Dennard, CB, Michigan State 19. Miami Dolphins - C.J. Mosley, LB, Alabama 20. Arizona Cardinals - Derek Carr, QB, Fresno State 21. Green Bay Packers - Ryan Shazier, LB, Ohio State 22. Philadelphia Eagles - Marqise Lee, WR, USC 23. Kansas City Chiefs - Odell Beckham Jr., WR, LSU 24. Cincinnati Bengals - Bradley Roby, CB, Ohio State 25. San Diego Chargers - Louis Nix III, DT, Notre Dame 26. Cleveland Browns - Jason Verrett, CB, TCU 27. New Orleans Saints - Kony Ealy, DE, Missouri 28. Carolina Panthers - Kelvin Benjamin, WR, Florida State 29. New England Patriots - Stephon Tuitt, DE, Notre Dame 30. San Francisco 49ers - Brandin Cooks, WR, Oregon State 31. Denver Broncos - Ra'Shede Hageman, DT, Minnesota 32. Seattle Seahawks - Gabe Jackson, G, Mississippi State Round 2 1 (33). Houston Texans - Cyrus Kouandijo, OT, Alabama 2 (34). Washington Redskins - Stanley Jean-Baptiste, CB, Nebraska 3 (35). Cleveland Browns - Morgan Moses, OT, Virginia 4 (36). Oakland Raiders - Jace Amaro, TE, Texas Tech 5 (37). Atlanta Falcons - Timmy Jernigan, DT, Florida State 6 (38). Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Kyle Fuller, CB, Virginia Tech 7 (39). Jacksonville Jaguars - Jordan Matthews, WR, Vanderbilt 8 (40). Minnesota Vikings - Dee Ford, DE, Auburn 9 (41). Buffalo Bills - Xavier Su'a-Filo, G, UCLA 10 (42). Tennessee Titans - Tre Mason, RB, Auburn 11 (43). New York Giants - Allen Robinson, WR, Penn State 12 (44). St. Louis Rams - Joel Bitonio, OT, Nevada 13 (45). Detroit Lions - Lamarcus Joyner, CB, Florida State 14 (46). Pittsburgh Steelers - Dominique Easley, DT, Florida 15 (47). Dallas Cowboys - Scott Crichton, DE, Oregon State 16 (48). Baltimore Ravens - Jimmie Ward, S, Northern Illinois 17 (49). New York Jets - Donte Moncrief, WR, Ole Miss 18 (50). Miami Dolphins - Cameron Fleming, OT, Stanford 19 (51). Chicago Bears - Carlos Hyde, RB, Ohio State 20 (52). Arizona Cardinals - Marcus Smith, DE, Louisville 21 (53). Green Bay Packers - Deone Bucannon, S, Washington State 22 (54). Philadelphia Eagles - Jerry Attaochu, OLB, Georgia Tech 23 (55). Cincinnati Bengals - Kareem Martin, DE, North Carolina 24 (56). San Francisco 49ers - Keith McGill, CB, Utah 25 (57). San Diego Chargers - David Yankey, G, Stanford 26 (58). New Orleans Saints - Marcus Roberson, CB, Floria 27 (59). Indianapolis Colts - Martavis Bryant, WR, Clemson 28 (60). Carolina Panthers - Antonio Richardson, OT, Tennessee 29 (61). San Francisco 49ers - Weston Richburg, C, Colorado State 30 (62). New England Patriots - Austin Seferian-Jenkins, TE, Washington 31 (63). Denver Broncos - Cyril Richardson, G, Baylor 32 (64). Seattle Seahawks - Davante Adams, WR, Fresno State Round 3 1 (65). Houston Texans - Troy Niklas, TE, Notre Dame 2 (66). Washington Redskins - Christian Jones, LB, Florida State 3 (67). Oakland Raiders - Jarvis Landry, WR, LSU 4 (68). Atlanta Falcons - Demarcus Lawrence, OLB, Boise State 5 (69). Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Jimmy Garoppolo, QB, Eastern Illinois 6 (70). Jacksonville Jaguars - Aaron Murray, QB, Georgia 7 (71). Cleveland Browns - Jeremy Hill, RB, LSU 8 (72). Minnesota Vikings - Dion Bailey, S, USC 9 (73). Buffalo Bills - Terrence Brooks, S, Florida State 10 (74). New York Giants - Kelcy Quarles, DT, South Carolina 11 (75). St. Louis Rams - Jaylen Watkins, CB, Florida 12 (76). Detroit Lions - Trent Murphy, OLB, Stanford 13 (77). San Francisco 49ers - Will Sutton, DT, Arizona State 14 (78). Dallas Cowboys - Kyle Van Noy, OLB, BYU 15 (79). Baltimore Ravens - Cody Latimer, WR, Indiana 16 (80). New York Jets - Carl Bradford, OLB, Arizona State 17 (81). Miami Dolphins - Bishop Sankey, RB, Washington 18 (82). Chicago Bears - Ego Ferguson, DT, LSU 19 (83). Cleveland Browns - Chris Borland, LB, Wisconsin 20 (84). Arizona Cardinals - Craig Loston, S, LSU 21 (85). Green Bay Packers - Ju'Wuan James, OT, Tennessee 22 (86). Philadelphia Eagles - Ed Reynolds, S, Stanford 23 (87). Kansas City Chiefs - Dakota Dozier, OT, Furman 24 (88). Cincinnati Bengals - Billy Turner, OT, North Dakota State 25 (89). San Diego Chargers - Bashaud Breeland, CB, Clemson 26 (90). Indianapolis Colts - Paul Richardson, WR, Colorado 27 (91). New Orleans Saints - Marcus Martin, C, USC 28 (92). Carolina Panthers - Kevin Norwood, WR, Alabama 29 (93). New England Patriots - Daquan Jones, DT, Penn State 30 (94). San Francisco 49ers - Pierre Desir, CB, Lindenwood 31 (95). Denver Broncos - Shayne Skov, LB, Stanford 32 (96). Minnesota Vikings - Andre Williams, RB, Boston College 33 (97). Pittsburgh Steelers - Adrian Hubbard, OLB, Alabama 34 (98). Green Bay Packers - Justin Ellis, DT, Louisiana Tech 35 (99). Baltimore Ravens - C.J. Fiedorowicz, TE, Iowa 36 (100). San Francisco 49ers - Yawin Smallwood, LB, Connecticut Round 4 1 (101). Houston Texans - Telvin Smith, LB, Florida State 2 (102). Washington Redskins - Trevor Reilly, LB, Utah 3 (103). Atlanta Falcons - Phillip Gaines, CB, Rice 4 (104). New York Jets - Charles Sims, RB, West Virginia 5 (105). Jacksonville Jaguars - Antone Exum, CB, Virginia Tech 6 (106). Cleveland Browns - Bruce Ellington, WR, South Carolina 7 (107). Oakland Raiders - Rashaad Reynolds, CB, Oregon State 8 (108). Minnesota Vikings - Trai Turner, G, LSU 9 (109). Buffalo Bills - William Clarke, DE, West Virginia 10 (110). St. Louis Rams - Brandon Thomas, OT, Clemson 11 (111). Detroit Lions - Aaron Lynch, DE, USF 12 (112). Tennessee Titans - Jack Mewhort, OT, Ohio State 13 (113). New York Giants - Jackson Jeffcoat, DE, Texas 14 (114). Jacksonville Jaguars - John Urschel, G, Penn State 15 (115). New York Jets - Ahmad Dixon, S, Baylor 16 (116). Miami Dolphins - Anthony Johnson, DT, LSU 17 (117). Chicago Bears - Loucheiz Purifoy, CB, Florida 18 (118). Pittsburgh Steelers - Donald Hawkins, OT, Texas 19 (119). Dallas Cowboys - Anthony Steen, G, Alabama 20 (120). Arizona Cardinals - Colt Lyerla, TE, Oregon 21 (121). Green Bay Packers - Tom Savage, QB, Pittsburgh 22 (122). Philadelphia Eagles - Dontae Johnson, CB, N.C. State 23 (123). Cincinnati Bengals - Jordan Tripp, LB, Montana 24 (124). Kansas City Chiefs - E.J. Gaines, CB, Missouri 25 (125). San Diego Chargers(UtilityPlayer) 26 (126). New Orleans Saints(K-Low_4_Prez) 27 (127). Cleveland Browns(Joshfast) 28 (128). Carolina Panthers(AnHero) 29 (129). San Francisco 49ers(NewRoxFan) 30 (130). New England Patriots(mhch20) 31 (131). Denver Broncos(dc1985) 32 (132). Seattle Seahawks(K-Low_4_Prez) 33 (133). Detroit Lions (compensatory selection)(rezdawg) 34 (134). Baltimore Ravens (compensatory selection)(Sir Geving) 35 (135). Houston Texans (compensatory selection)(FLASH21) 36 (136). Detroit Lions (compensatory selection)(rezdawg) 37 (137). New York Jets (compensatory selection)(M.G.) 38 (138). Baltimore Ravens (compensatory selection)(Sir Geving) 39 (139). Atlanta Falcons (compensatory selection)(thething) 40 (140). New England Patriots (compensatory selection)(mhch20)
Pittsburgh Steelers select Donald Hawkins, OT, Texas They need help on the right side of the line and will get it with an athletic tackle in Hawkins. Next up Dallas Cowgirls (Anhero)
I agree with you on Evans, I didn't include him myself. Not saying he won't be good, by he is a boom or bust player to me, and I'm leaning towards bust. I understand that he had help, but from watching tape on these receivers, I think OBJ got the whole package. Great route running, good hands, quick and athletic. From watching tape, I thought he was fast, but I doubted his top speed. But he showed me otherwise in the combine. Creates after the catch. Very fluid and reliable overall. He improved every year, which is what you want during their time at the college level. I think he can start from day one and be a differencemaker. Well, that's it for my lovefest. lol
I know... seems that the timing of the Smith news didn't work very well for me (I had my eyes on Murphy, but misjudged where he would go.. I also considered Will Clarke afterwords). I have a few possibilities still to come, but another position that could use a pick in R4 or R5 is QB...
Going to take a chance on... Colt Lyerla. He is a first or second round talent but can't seem to stay out of trouble.
http://empirewritesback.com/2014/04/02/new-york-jets-brandin-cooks/ His worst regular season game was against Stanford (a good defense) and still had 80 yards and a TD. You could say he had a bad game against Boise State in the Hawaii Bowl with only 60 yards off 8 catches, but he also had a TD reception. So... pretty happy with him at 1-30, and I have a hunch he goes earlier in the round.
I liked my Steelers draft more so than my Texans draft. I admit I was having fun and choosing a few guys on a whim for us. Doubt we take Teddy 1st overall and Cyrus may not be our 2nd pick. Should have taken Lawrence in the 3rd tho. That really hurt that Atlanta scooped them up soon after the Niklas pick. Evans at 15 is a steal no way he drops that low. And their defense and offensive lines improved exponentially with the draft. They always find good talent in later rounds.
