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This draft is loaded with so much edge talent. If they can't find some pass rush help in this draft I would question their scouting.

Dallas Turner is a freak and I would hate to have him go to a rival.

Chop had a decent day

Verse is freaking solid

Harrell is a good depth guy

Just to name a few 

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1 hour ago, detfan782004 said:

And last I looked Mazi was the top rate DI of the first round after week 16 so I'm sure Dallas is glad they took the best one of the trio

Mazi Smith is a back-up DT.  https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/depth/_/name/dal

Mazi Smith had a PFF rating of 49.8:  https://www.pff.com/nfl/players/mazi-smith/101419

Mazi Smith started 3 games, tallied 1 sack and had 13 total tackles:  https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SmitMa06.htm

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1 hour ago, Just Want A Title said:

Mazi Smith is a back-up DT.  https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/depth/_/name/dal

Mazi Smith had a PFF rating of 49.8:  https://www.pff.com/nfl/players/mazi-smith/101419

Mazi Smith started 3 games, tallied 1 sack and had 13 total tackles:  https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SmitMa06.htm

Doesn't detract from what I said about being the best of the trio of 1st rounders.

Not talking Carter in this scenario 

Shrugs....

Also Mazi was asked to lose 30 lbs and play out of his natural position. There is a reason the coach was fired and new staff wants lbs back on Mazi.

 

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He has some injury concerns but LB Payton Wilson had a really good first day.  His triangle numbers look like he should play safety.  If he does will in his 3-cone that could really back up his stats.  Medicals will be big for him.  The only negative is that he is a bit short-armed.  

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1 hour ago, detfan782004 said:

This draft is loaded with so much edge talent. If they can't find some pass rush help in this draft I would question their scouting.

Dallas Turner is a freak and I would hate to have him go to a rival.

Chop had a decent day

Verse is freaking solid

Harrell is a good depth guy

Just to name a few 

I’m actually pretty underwhelmed with the edge talent in this draft.  There’s some talent but it’s limited.  OL, WR, QB and possibly CB seem to be the strengths.  

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30 minutes ago, BigC421/ said:

I’m actually pretty underwhelmed with the edge talent in this draft.  There’s some talent but it’s limited.  OL, WR, QB and possibly CB seem to be the strengths.  

Depends what you are looking for. I would like for them to find a rotation. So not looking at everydown type guy like Hutch. That would be nice but the cost to land one in draft over other needs like CB isn't there 

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10 hours ago, BigC421/ said:

I’m actually pretty underwhelmed with the edge talent in this draft.  There’s some talent but it’s limited.  OL, WR, QB and possibly CB seem to be the strengths.  

The combine is confirming how a lot of folks saw this EDGE group.  It has some good players at the top but the it is a significant drop after that.  Still, there are a fair number of prospects that would be solid rotational players.  Marshawn Kneeland is building on a strong Senior Bowl week and doing pretty well.  Darius Robinson had a solid combine has shown what most expected.  Robinson should still be in the mix at 29 but that seems high for Kneeland.  Kneeland should land solidly in the 2nd round assuming his medicals check out.

I was kind of surprised that Bralen Trice weighed in at 247 Lbs.  He probably cut weight to get faster for the combine but it didn't seem to produce eye-popping results.

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11 hours ago, detfan782004 said:

Depends what you are looking for. I would like for them to find a rotation. So not looking at everydown type guy like Hutch. That would be nice but the cost to land one in draft over other needs like CB isn't there 

I know the Lions are looking to add depth UCONN DE Eric Watts had a really good combine.  He checked in at 6'6 and 274 Lbs with 35-inch arm length.  All of his movement drills were pretty good.  He seems like a toolsy-developmental D-Lineman that might be worth a look.

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34 minutes ago, detfan782004 said:

Payton Wilson looking to have a RAS that puts him in top 50 LBS out of 2650 ish since 87.

Insane numbers 


 

He is really athletic but has had some significant injuries.  If his medicals check out, he could be a really interesting player.

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3 minutes ago, Just Want A Title said:

They found a broken bone in Koolaid McKinstry's right foot during his medicals.  Hopefully, this won't affect his readiness for the NFL off-season and training camp.

https://www.nfl.com/news/alabama-cb-kool-aid-mckinstry-dealing-with-jones-fracture-in-right-foot-won-t-work-out-at-combine

That could knock him down quite a bit. He's not going to do any combine drills either. I think the normal procedure is a screw in his foot. He might actually be available at 29 if we're interested.

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3 minutes ago, nagahide13 said:

That could knock him down quite a bit. He's not going to do any combine drills either. I think the normal procedure is a screw in his foot. He might actually be available at 29 if we're interested.

He was already dropping a little bit.  There were some articles that mentioned questions about his long-speed.  Hopefully, he will be able to run before the draft to answer those questions.  That may be one of those things where people have been looking at him so long that they are magnifying his weaknesses/flaws.  I would have no issues if the Lions took him at 29, assuming the rest of his medicals check out.

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