2021 College Football/NFL Draft Thread

[-Hope-]

6 hours ago, Andrei01 said:

Our 3rd WR in snaps saw the field at a 25% snap count rate. We were fine.

Our 4th DB will likely see the field at an even lower rate, barring any significant injuries.

Landry played over 90% of the time for us, while Dupree, when healthy, constantly played over 80% of the snaps each week. Whoever is behind them, unless it's one of the top prospects (meaning, again, most likely a 1st round) will most likely not see much playing time.

lol yeah good thing we didn't suffer any key injuries at those positions over the past two years that crippled entire position groups because our depth sucked

[Daniel]

You’re right. Whoever heard of a non-first rounder playing as a rookie?

That hasn’t happened in almost a year.

And they always suck too. None of the best players on the Titans were drafted after the first either. Yep.

[Andrei01]

1 hour ago, Daniel said:

You’re right. Whoever heard of a non-first rounder playing as a rookie?

That hasn’t happened in almost a year.

And they always suck too. None of the best players on the Titans were drafted after the first either. Yep.

What does that have to do with anything? lol

If it were so easy to find starting-caliber players in the mid to late rounds, probably some NFL team would have figured out by now before you to trade out of the 1st each time, pile up on day 2 and 3 picks and win the Draft. 

Banking on later round picks to win for you is not a strategy. Picking the best value whenever possible is.

[615finest]

 

[Daniel]

Someone remind me how many of the guys we drafted were ones we had official visits with.

[KingTitan]

34 minutes ago, Daniel said:

Someone remind me how many of the guys we drafted were ones we had official visits with.

There was a good streak of 1st round guys that visited and we ended up drafting them.

I forget the one that broke it. But with Robinson it's almost around 80-90%(or better) chance that we will draft someone that we visited with in the first round. But again that was physical visits.

I'd say we will draft at least 2-3 of those guys. 

[ttitansfan4life]

Did a quick mock simulation and came away

1st - Terrace Marshall(Bateman was gone)

2nd - Joseph Ossai

3rd - Elijah Molden

3rd - Spencer Brown

Molden likely won’t fall that far and I doubt Ossai does either but those first 4 would be a great haul to start off. Big fan of Brown. Small school kid(Robinson seems to take one every draft), a need long-term(and now), aggressive as hell, etc.

[Airness McNairness]

17 hours ago, ttitansfan4life said:

Did a quick mock simulation and came away

1st - Terrace Marshall(Bateman was gone)

2nd - Joseph Ossai

3rd - Elijah Molden

3rd - Spencer Brown

Molden likely won’t fall that far and I doubt Ossai does either but those first 4 would be a great haul to start off. Big fan of Brown. Small school kid(Robinson seems to take one every draft), a need long-term(and now), aggressive as hell, etc.

thats not what i have been reading.. Dude probably goes on day 3. From reporters who have sourcing in the league that i have read and are pretty accurate.. they all say the media is higher on Molden that actual NFL teams are.. he's pretty  much only a slot and offers no versatility and ran a 4.60 forty... in a year when everyone's 40 time is juiced up... they said dont be suprised if he's a 4th or 5th round pick...

also, i think thats Ossai's range too. Him or Tryon could be the pick at 53.. have had multiple intervies with both based on reporting..

Edited April 23, 2021 by Airness McNairness

[Airness McNairness]

im really wondering if Onwuzuriki could be the pick at 22... heavily doubt CB and WR are the picks at 22.. so much 2nd-3rd round depth there.. horrible depth at DT after the early 1st.. that was Robinson's logic in going wilson at 29 last year.. he said he didnt like the depth after the first wave of tackles and wanted to address it with what he thought was a top tier talent. if the reports of them wanting to solidify the interior dline as a priority are true,(the sourcing is very accurate) then they have to take a DT in the 1st, or maybe trade back to do so..

[Airness McNairness]

On 4/20/2021 at 5:27 PM, ttitansfan4life said:

BRING ME BARMORE!!! Been saying that the iDL class is absolutely garbage outside of the very top guys. Autry is good and all but he gets annihilated in the run game. Barmore can do it all. Kind of surprised he’s not being talked about as a top 15 pick. He’s not perfect by any means but with the way a lot of Alabama players get overrated, I’m surprised he’s not talked about going much higher.

you dont want barmore.. same reporting source has said that team scouts and even alabama coaches say he is lazy, not self motivated and not responsible... sounds like someone we know?

[Airness McNairness]

On 4/19/2021 at 3:54 PM, Andrei01 said:

So, we need WR help but you would be against trading up for a Devonta Smith or Jaylen Waddle, we need CB help but you would be against trading up for Jaycee Horn or Patrick Surtain, we need a RT but you would be against trading up for a Slater, Jenkins or Vera-Tucker, and we need EDGE help but you would oppose trading up for, say, a Jaelan Phillips?

That makes absolutely no sense, to me. Around 5 QB prospects are expected to go somewhere in the top 10-15 range, which makes it a special opportunity for some of the better prospects to fall some more they would in a typical class, but yet you would be against the idea of trading up to secure one of those prospects because we could somehow reasonably expect to fill all those needs at once with day 2 and 3 prospects?

I'm not even that big of a fan of trading up, but to see the same people citing all these 'big' needs say they would rather settle for 2nd or 3rd round picks to fill those needs is indeed pretty crazy to me. 

its not crazy. thats what the draft is... most teams are filled with day 2 and 3 prospects.. you dont mortgage your future for uncertain prospects.. we are paying for the lack of depth on this team for how we handled the  2018 draft.. that draft we drafted 4 guys.. really on two give us any play time, landry and evans, even though we draft cruishank and luke faulk. so doing that again and having a 4-5 man draft or trading away prime draft capital aint it.. IMO..

[Daniel]

59 minutes ago, Airness McNairness said:

also, i think thats Ossai's range too. Him or Tryon could be the pick at 53.. have had multiple intervies with both based on reporting..

Yeah, with as many pass rushers ranked above Ossai, I wouldn’t be surprised at all if he was there at 53. I mean, for the last three years, we’ve landed players in the second round that no one thought would be there. Fulton, Brown, and Landry.

And so far, all have been great picks too.

 I would prefer Tryon because he’s like my favorite Edge in the class, but I would be happy with either of them at 53.

Dupree, Landry, Ossai/Tryon is an infinitely better look than Dupree, Landry, Roberson.

[615finest]

 

[SerenityNow]

My best prediction for how things are going to play out right now for the early picks would be:

1st. Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah-ILB

2nd Ossai/Tryon/Jones-EDGE

3rd Molden or a Nickel back of some sort. 

3rd Amari Rodgers/Demetric Felton

I don't really see Molden being there in the third, but if we're drafting a CB in the earlier rounds I see it being a nickel back because it sounds like we feel comfortable on the boundaries. I like Molden a lot if we go for a nickel, but I'm also a big Paulson Adebo guy if we go for another boundary corner. Not sure which edge we'll grab, but I think we'll do that in the 2nd. Also see us playing into the depth that this WR class has to offer and waiting until the third for our guy unless we absolutely have fallen in love with Bateman or Elijah Moore which could also be a strong possibility.

[KingTitan]

Bateman, Elijah Moore and Newsome on  the board at 22. What you do?