The NFL Draft, Day 1, Round 1, thread

what did Kiper have to say? I am watching NFLN.

Don't like Easley in the 1st rd at all...... hope he proves me wrong since he's a Pat now tho.

Love the Easly.

I can tell you right now Easley was "at the top of the board" for the Patriots. They love his versatility. Would have picked him earlier too

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BradyToAmendola said:

Marqise Lee isn't that good, that's not the reason I don't like it It's just that, really? The guy with 2 ACL injuries?

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2 Years ago when healthy and with a good QB. Would be the best WR on our team right now talent wise

I would have wanted Lee or at least Amaro. We need true weapons and all of our receivers seem good but not great. Not sure how we should feel but it's fun to watch the forum blow up in despair. He could be a stud. Could be a defensive Gronk w/all the injuries.

I still think Lee was the right pick and we passed because we seem to never have faith in drafting top receiving prospects. Small wonder we've never had a home grown stud at WR.

DefenseRules said:

Meh...never saw the kid play. The ACL stuff bothers me.

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You're in for a treat then, this kid is explosive! If people want a pass rush this guy will bring it (as long as he is healthy)

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I have a good feeling my guy Teddy B will be heading to the Broncos/ Texans within the next few picks."

Can we let the kid play before judging his knees and all that.? Iam sure pats did their research ,more than we do.

Marqui said:

Love the Ealy pick. Hopefully this is the near end of Ninkovich starting.

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Err. It's Easley not Ealy.

ausbacker said:

The Patriots drafted for need on the DL. Frankly, the player is inconsequential to me.

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Yep. I'm very very neutral. It's a good player, no doubt. But can his knees support workload of the NFL. after 2 ACLs? Can we really trust this Florida-New England conection?

GMs should never overreact. If you can add a player of same value after a trade down, they should do it

I strongly doubt there was a good trade available if they reached a little on Easley which it seems they did. But IF healthy he has Warren Sapp upside on 3rd down IMO..

scout said:

Says Mel................................Evidently, Mel doesn't learn from past mistakes. BTW, wasn't he supposed to cut off his hair?

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NFL.com projections projected him 3rd or 4th. Don't know where Mel had him projected.

This is a reach pick. Smells like Ras I/Tavon WTF pick. Hopefully he proves us wrong.

Marqui said:

Love the Ealy pick. Hopefully this is the near end of Ninkovich starting.

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Umm...what?

Roby to Broncos

SVN said:

Can we let the kid play before judging his knees and all that.? Iam sure pats did their research ,more than we do.

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What's there to judge? He's already popped them.

denver passed on a WR. Surprised.

Keyser Söze said:

such a ****ing reach at 29 ughh. Horrible knees and the one guy I didn't want.

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How do you know his knees are horrible unless you were his physician. He blew his ACL in 2012 and in 2013 he was playing his way into a top 10 pick. Again I'm not big on him in the first round but if he comes back into form, the Pats just got a force at DT where the Peyton Manning's of the world will no longer consistently have a clean pocket against us.

Hope we draft Abbrederis.

BradyToAmendola said:

Terrible pick..ughhhhhhhhhh. Why couldn't we trade down and take ASJ? We don't have a TE that can catch passes!!

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Rob Gronkowski says hello.

But thanks for the comedy.