The NFL Thread

Hard to say mate without knowing the full extent of certain players injuries etc. I would say the most obvious candidates would be.........

Cody Whitehair
Kevin Dodd
Myles Jack
Reggie Ragland
Mackensie Alexander

Whitehair would be a great pick. We could pair him up with Stanley on the left side of the offensive line and that's that part of the team sorted for years.

Can Dodd play as a 3-4 end? If he can, we should take him. I haven't seen him play though so I don't know. If he's a 4-3 end then I'd probably pass as he doesn't really fit what we do.

Myles Jack - just how bad is that knee? Total steal if it's not too bad.

Reggie Ragland - how much will the heart thing affect him? Maybe wouldn't be the best pairing with Mosley as both struggle with pass coverage.

Mackensie Alexander - we do need a corner but he's kinda small.


Dodd or Jack seem like the best picks to me. Dodd fills a big need if he can play in the 3-4 and Jack is by far the best player of the five, it just depends what the Ravens evaluation of his knee is like. Imagine taking Jack in this round and his knee turned out fine? Talk about winning a watch!

Who are you looking at in Round 2?

 

Same as you mate, I'm not sure about what Dodd can play, so I'd take Jack with the risk but I think he might be gone. Noah Spence is still a great pick too.

Whitehair is a really underwhelming pick, but it's a Ravens style pick.

 

Good pick Cowboys. Jaylon Smith. Some player, with an injury risk. Cowboys have balls and it will pay off.

 

The * Ravens have traded two spots back with Jax... Ozzie loves draft picks but we could miss out on another playmaker.

 

Aaaaaand traded back another 4 picks with Miami...

 

Jacksonville are going to be some team next year.

 

* sake.

 

Hmm. Don't know much about Correa. Just gutted to miss out on Spence and Jack!

 

Wow! Didn't expect Saints to take a WR. I thought all of our first 4 picks would go on defensive players. Glad to see Brees getting another weapon though

 

Bucs traded up, giving away a third and fourth round pick to draft a * kicker! I'd be fuming if I was a Bucs fan!

 

Youd be fuming already

Patriots take another QB in mid rounds. Not crazy about it

 

Hmmm, surprised Connor Cook hasn't been picked yet. Was expecting the broncos to take him if they didn't get Lynch and he would probably be in a better position to start this season where as the consensus is Lynch will need some time.....Sancherz or Simien in n 2016 then...

 

Happy enough with the Ravens draft. Could have been more star power but we filled some gaps with good talent and Ozzie loves diving into the undrafted pot.

 

Quite happy with the Ravens draft in the end, day 3 was fantastic.

OT Ronnie Stanley - Definite starter from the beginning and the next few years.

LB Kamalei Correa - Surprised by the pick at the time, but moving kind of makes sense now after yesterday. Says he wants to play like Clay Matthews, I'd be happy with that kind of player.

DE Bronson Kaufusi - I think he will be a starter. Real hard worker on the field from what I've seen.

CB Tavon Young - Finally a CB, but not the one I wanted. Small and probably won't make us any better in the position.

WR Chris Moore - Another weapon for Flacco. Should be a fun season with lots of deep threat targets. This guy apparently can't catch or run routes, but send him down the field in a straight line and he will compete for the ball and win it.

OT Alex Lewis - One for the future. Will compete with Hurst and maybe start if Wagner wants too much money next year.

DT Willie Henry - Worked with Jim Harbaugh at Michigan so we must know a lot about him. Could compete to be a back up and maybe a future starter.

RB Kenneth Dixon - Most exciting pick for me. We are loaded with RB's with Forsett, Richardson, Taliaferro, Allen and West. Forsett is the starter but his numbers were down last year, Richardson is boom or bust, Taliaferro is injury prone, Allen showed promise and West is probably getting cut. Dixon could start if he impresses, says he does it all and is compared to Forte.

OLB Matt Judon - Went to a small school but the guy is a monster, had like 20 sacks. Hope he can deal with the step up. Could be a steal.

WR/QB Keenan Reynolds - Really exciting pick, look this guy up if you haven't heard of him. Plan is to play him at WR but he's just an all out offensive weapon and will probably return kicks. Drafted from Navy so might have to serve some time with them.


CB Maurice Canady - Don't know much about him. Will come in and compete no doubt in a much needed position.

 

I'll believe it when I see it. I've spent the last decade where the offseason has been the only season we can compete in, but hopefully this will be different as that draft was * incredible.

 

Who did the Giants draft?

 

1. 10: Eli Apple, CB, Ohio State
2. 40: Sterling Shepard, WR, Oklahoma
3. 71: Darian Thompson, S, Boise State
4. 109: B.J. Goodson, LB, Clemson
5. 149: Paul Perkins, RB, UCLA
6. 184: Jerell Adams, TE, South Carolina

Their class didn't stick out as being over- or underwhelming.

 

He was a very interesting pick for the Raiders given how Carr is firmly entrenched as the starter. Although McKenizie does have previous from his Green Bay days of drafting QB's behind a firmly entrenched starter as both a good back up and as someone that devlops into a good trade bait in future years. So it would seem that might have been the thinking behind this move.

 

Just ordered £200 worth of shirts from Aliexpress for the new season.

Now it's the waiting game but I've paid £18 worth of shipping so they say they should be here in two weeks.

 

They came today and the quality of them is top class!! Not bad for £18 each