SmittyBacall Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 This is always a fun exercise to do a few weeks before the draft. Who goes higher than they are commonly mocked, and who goes lower? Higher than anticipated: Nolan Smith - Wouldn’t surprise me to see him go as high as 10 to Philadelphia. Darnell Wright - I have heard numerous sources that he will go top 15 and has an outside chance to be the first OL taken. Bijan Robinson - Positional value aside, I think he goes in and around the top 12 and not in the 20s as is commonly mocked. Lower than anticipated: Will Levis - I just don’t see it with him, and don’t think he goes top 10. Myles Murphy - Closer to pick 30 than pick 10, IMO. Just a hunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squanchy Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Everyone seems to think Kancey is going to go a lot higher than people think. As far as who goes lower I’m going to stay with DT and say Bresee drops to mid to late rd 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter2_1 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Yeah, nice idea @SmittyBacall. This happens every single draft. Cole Strange, Nakobe Dean, Arazia third punter taken...etc Higher than anticipated: Keion White - Athletic big man with scheme versatility Ricky Stromberg - didn’t allow a single sack in 398 snaps in pass pro Israel Abanikanda - freak, and people always expect RBs to fall now. Lower than anticipated: Dalton Kincaid - So many of us have him as the best TE. I think he's a mid second round pick. Jack Campbell - See it every year. "Intelligent" linebackers drop Bryan Bresee - Seen him mocked in top 15. I think he'll be picked 2nd round Drew Sanders - Mocked too high. Has too many limitations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfishwars Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Higher than anticipated: Every offensive lineman you see mentioned in rounds 1 and 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayRaider Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Levis outside the Top 15 and possibly out of the first round entirely. I could see Jalen Carter fall all the way to 9. Witherspoon out of the Top 15 Deonte Banks Top 20 or even Top 15 OT’s all go higher than expected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 3 hours ago, goldfishwars said: Higher than anticipated: Every offensive lineman you see mentioned in rounds 1 and 2 2 hours ago, BayRaider said: OT’s all go higher than expected Do people finally like the OT class? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWil23 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Higher: Darnell Washington. I think he goes R1 and is the 1st TE off of the board. Lower: I think Levis goes into free-fall mode. We've actually seen the last few years teams start to get mid to low tier veterans to "not tank, but tanking wouldn't be bad" instead of over-drafting a QB in R1, and I think that continues this year 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Higher Clayton Tune Israel Abanikanda Rashee Rice AT Perry Luke Schoonmaker Darnell Wright Tyler Steen Luke Wypler Keeanu Benton Zacch Pickens Moro Ojomo Isaiah Foskey Jack Campbell Deonte Banks Julius Brents Darius Rush Ronnie Hickman Lower Will Levis Zach Charbonet Jordan Addison Quentin Johnston Tucker Kraft Broderick Jones Dawand Jones Bryan Breese Siaka Ika Myles Murphy BJ Ojulari Trenton Simpson Kelee Ringo Clark Phllips Brian Branch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfishwars Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 58 minutes ago, Daniel said: Do people finally like the OT class? I mean, I’m indifferent to it - but there’s a notable drop off in day two at tackle and enough team needs at that position to know they won’t want to wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmittyBacall Posted April 14, 2023 Author Share Posted April 14, 2023 1 hour ago, MWil23 said: Darnell Washington. I think he goes R1 and is the 1st TE off of the board. Really, eh? I think he's the classic combine warrior that goes middle of 2nd (a la DK Metcalf). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWil23 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 16 minutes ago, SmittyBacall said: Really, eh? I think he's the classic combine warrior that goes middle of 2nd (a la DK Metcalf). Perhaps so. I personally also like his tape. I don't think he's "JUST" a combine warrior, I think he's got really solid tape to match. He's a very high floor TE2 run blocker with a virtually limitless untapped ceiling. Worst case scenario he's a 6th OL/3rd OT who is an eligible safety valve that will create personnel mismatches. JMHO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teen Girl Squad Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Meyer sticks out for me. Meh athlete at a position where elite traits matter to be a top end player (and anything less isn't worth a first). I think he falls to day 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetana34 Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 The receivers are all going lower than some people expect. It's not a good class and yet there's still four (JSN, Addison, Johnson, Flowers) routinely being mocked in the 1st. JSN will be the only one selected in the 1st, and maybe one more. I'm saying no more than two received tops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetana34 Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 14 minutes ago, Teen Girl Squad said: Meyer sticks out for me. Meh athlete at a position where elite traits matter to be a top end player (and anything less isn't worth a first). I think he falls to day 2. A 1st round TE never returns the value. You have to go all the way back to Greg Olsen to find one that did, and he didn't flourish until getting into Carolina. Hockenson is on his way, but I want to see a repeat in Minnesota before believing into it. None of these TEs should be going in the 1st; TEs never should if I'm being honest 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teen Girl Squad Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 3 minutes ago, smetana34 said: A 1st round TE never returns the value. You have to go all the way back to Greg Olsen to find one that did, and he didn't flourish until getting into Carolina. Hockenson is on his way, but I want to see a repeat in Minnesota before believing into it. None of these TEs should be going in the 1st; TEs never should if I'm being honest I wouldn't say never. I was fine with Pitts or a healthy Gronk but like runningback you need above average-elite traits+elite production (ala Bijan) for me to want to go there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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