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Originally Posted by CupidStunt
Other things I like/agree with in this mock, or have comments on:
- Harmon, Emmanwori early (someone is taking that athleticism thinking they can mould it)
- Barron, Starks going a bit later
- Golden as a surprise early pick ... but I'd have Burden being the surprise early pick and 1st WR taken
- I wonder if Graham falls a bit ...
- and Ezeiruaku, Zabel, and especially Winston go earlier. Maybe Stewart too, you know the NFL.
- And Sanders. There aren't THAT many desperate teams. And I wonder if teams have finally soured on these low-upside QBs, the Kenny Picketts and Mac Jones, guys who get artificially propped up. If I was an NFL team, I wouldn't even bother wasting an early 2nd on him, never mind anything close to a top 15 pick, but at least pick 33 to Cleveland they might stomach after getting a stud at the top.
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Awesome feedback.
I also wonder if Graham falls. Personally, I wouldn't have him as DT1. I think I'd have Walter Nolen and Derrick Harmon ahead of him. Nolen slides a bit due to perceived character, but he's still the higher-updside player. I have to give some credence to the opinion of the masses but I absolutely don't disagree with you.
I can't shake my disdain for Stewart's high ranking. I'd have him in the 2nd round. He's high upside, but the floor is incredibly low. That doesn't scream top-15 pick to me. Though, we saw with Travon Walker how teams can fall in love with traits alone.
Ezeiruaku is a bit of an enigma for me, much like Mike Green. They look really good but only one good season of production. I'm not sure how much stock to put into that. I could see either or both going top-20 and I could see both falling towards the bottom of 1, early 2.
Zabel, I feel like he's getting a bit pumped up. He's a good player. Teams don't usually take OC prospects high in the draft. Even the best ones usually settle into the mid-2nd range. Now, could he go really early? Sure, it happens from time to time. I dont' know if I could personally slot him in round 1, especially factoring in the level of competition component.
I'd probably still have TB take Winston at 53 if they didn't trade down with us. I don't know that he's going to go much higher than that. Maybe, though I don't assign a ton of value to safeties early. The league averages 4 over the first 2 rounds (1-2 in 1 and then 2-3 in 2) and then about 3 per round after that.
Sanders has some major flaws I don't like but he also does some things I do really like. He does read the field pretty well and he's accurate. You'd like to see more arm strength and speed up that processing. Many guys have gotten by on accuracy over arm strength in the right system. I think he can learn to accelerate the clock a bit. I think he's one of those guys where you can see him in the 1st but he has to go to the right situation. Is he a top 10 QB for me? No, not really. He's Teddy Bridgewater with a bigger frame for me. He should go more towards the end of the round than the beginning, but teams these days overdraft the shit out of QBs.