Pats Draft Board Exercise

[yopats]

Was reading this great article in regards to how teams prepare for the draft and came across this interesting tidbit about the Pats.

Not just throwing darts: A behind-the-scenes look at the NFL scouting process, and how players ultimately land on each team's draft board - SBNation.com

Considering the process that goes into making each grade, sorting the order, and coming to a consensus on the hierarchy of players, that seems extreme compared to most team's standard of 150 or so. "In New England, it's even less. It's 75. It's 75 guys, so when you think about how many guys are picked in the Draft, they only have 75 guys that they want to take,"

“The last two years at the Patriots, when it came down to stacking the board, Bill and I were getting frustrated with the stacking because the game had changed and evolved,” Pioli said. “We were talking about how the value of the third corner (is) really (that of) 60 percent players. And someone who is a 60 percent player was… the third corner is the starter in today’s game. And it was back then. We were talking about guys who could be third corners and not ranking them high enough. They weren’t given high enough grades.”

Also taking into account's Top 50 board earlier this year.. I thought it would be a good exercise to get into the head of Bill and draw up our Top 75 board.

In the simplest terms, BB wanted to categorize the prospect as a "starter", "potential starter", "backup" or "camp body", no Round grades.

Rich Hill's Patriots Top 50 Draft Big Board - Pats Pulpit

Taking into account the physical profiles Bill looks at as well as the type of players they are i.e solid leaders, team captains etc.

Let's take a crack at it!

Really looking forward to Manx, OTG and MayoClinic's thoughts.

 

[mayoclinic]

My top 75 Big Board for the Pats looks roughly something like this:

1. Aaron Donald, DT, Pittsburgh
2. Dominique Easley, DT, Florida
3. Eric Ebron, TE, North Carolina
4. Anthony Barr, DE/OLB, UCLA
5. Ryan Shazier, LB, Ohio St.
6. Ra’Shede Hageman, DT, Minnesota
7. Zach Martin, OL, Notre Dame
8. Timmy Jernigan, DT, Florida St.
9. Stephon Tuitt, DE/DT, Notre Dame
10. Kyle Fuller, DB, Virginia Tech
11. Austin Seferian-Jenkins, TE, Washington
12. Brandon Thomas, OL, Clemson
13. Joel Bitonio, OL, Nevada
14. Marcus Martin, OC, USC
15. Weston Richburg, OC, Colorado St.
16. Deone Bucannon, SS, Washington St.
17. Calvin Pryor, SS, Louisville
18. Christian Jones, LB, Florida St.
19. Jordan Tripp, LB, Montana
20. CJ Mosley, LB, Alabama
21. Jimmy Ward, S, Northern Illinois
22. Jace Amaro, TE, TCU
23. Troy Niklas, TE, Notre Dame
24. Will Sutton, DT, Arizona St.
25. Brent Urban, DT/DE, Virginia
26. Dee Ford, DE/OLB, Auburn
27. Marcus Smith, DE/OLB, Louisville
28. Jeremiah Attaochu, DE/OLB, Georgia Tech
29. Demarcus Lawrence, DE/OLB, Boise St.
30. Antone Exum, DB, Virginia Tech
31. Phillip Gaines, CB, Rice
32. Louis Nix, DT, Notre Dame
33. Scott Crichton, DE, Oregon St.
34. Kareem Martin, DE, North Carolina
35. Kony Ealy, DE, Missouri
36. Bashaud Breeland, CB, Clemson
37. Keith McGill, DB, Utah
38. Trai Turner, OG, LSU
39. Gabe Jackson, OG, Mississippi St.
40. Dakota Dozier, OG, Fordham
41. Travis Swanson, OC, Arkansas
42. Caraun Reid, DT, Princeton
43. Kevin Pierre-Louis, LB/S, Boston College
44. Telvin Smith, LB/S, Florida St.
45. Kyle Van Noy, LB, BYU
46. Justin Ellis, DT, Louisiana Tech
47. Zach Kerr, DT, Delaware
48. Xavier Su’a-Filo, OL, UCLA
49. David Yankey, OL, Stanford
50. Billy Turner, OL, North Dakota St.
51. Cameron Fleming, OL, Stanford
52. Jake Murphy, TE, Utah
53. Richard Rodgers, TE, Cal
54. Logan Thomas, QB/TE, Virginia Tech
55. Larry Webster, DE/TE, Bloomsburg
56. Terrance Fede, DE, Marist
57. Dontae Johnson, DB, North Carolina St.
58. Russell Bodine, OG/C, North Carolina
59. Tyler Larsen, C, Utah St.
60. Bryan Stork, C, Florida St.
61. Bishop Sankey, RB, Washington
62. Devonte Freeman, RB, Florida St.
63. Storm Johnson, RB, UCF
64. Ben Gardner, DE, Stanford
65. Will Clarke, DE, West Virginia
66. Aaron Lynch, DE, USF
67. Trey Millard, FB/H-Back, Oklahoma
68. Gator Hoskins, FB/H-Back, Marshall
69. Trey Bruton, WR/H-Back, Florida
70. Jonathan Dowling, DB, Western Kentucky
71. Jerrick Mackinnon, RB, Georgia Southern
72. Taylor Hart, DE, Oregon
73. Deandre Coleman, DT, Cal
74. Joe Don Duncan, TE, Dixie St.
75. Crockett Gilmore, TE, Colorado St.

These rankings are rough, and reflect to a large degree my thoughts on what the Pats need, and who would fit those needs. WRs and CBs are essentially ignored. The rankings don't necessarily reflect pure prospect rankings (for example, I have Deone Bucannon ahead of Jimmy Ward based on schematic fit for a Cover 3 SS given what we already have at DB).

 

[everlong]

These rankings are rough, and reflect to a large degree my thoughts on what the Pats need, and who would fit those needs. WRs and CBs are essentially ignored. The rankings don't necessarily reflect pure prospect rankings (for example, I have Deone Bucannon ahead of Jimmy Ward based on schematic fit for a Cover 3 SS given what we already have at DB).

I think it's easier to do a horizontal board and just cluster the prospects.

There's definitely a few eye poppers on your list that I feel differently about and a few that I thought you felt differently about. Also some players I've thrown off the Pats draft board. Nice effort.

 

[mayoclinic]

There's definitely a few eye poppers on your list that I feel differently about and a few that I thought you felt differently about. Also some players I've thrown off the Pats draft board. Nice effort.

Could you be more specific?

I put this together fairly quickly in response to the OP, and would expect to modify it. It was a rough first effort. I haven't done a vertical board, as I don't think they're terribly useful - like you, I prefer a horizontal board. This was purely done in response to the OP.

 

[everlong]

I did mine off of a horizontal draft where prospects are inserted by round value and within those groupings the prospects aren't in a specific order.

1C 1-12

Aaron Donald DT PITT
Anthony Barr OLB UCLA
Kyle Fuller CB VT
Justin Gilbert CB OSU
Darqueze Dennard CB MSU
Zack Martin OT ND
Mike Evans WR Tex A&M
Eric Ebron TE NC
Marqise Lee WR USC
RaShede Hageman DT Minn
Austin Seferian-Jenkins TE WAS
Brandin Cooks WR OSU

2A 13-20

C.J. Mosley ILB ALA
Ryan Shazier OLB OSU
Xaier Su'a-Filo OG UCLA
Odell Beckham Jr. WR LSU
Kelvin Benjamin WR FSU
Scott Crichton DE OSU
Jimmie Ward S NIU
Phillip Gaines CB Rice

2B 21-26

Hasean Clinton-Dix S ALA
Timmy Jernigan DT FSU
Kyle Van Noy OLB BYU
Stephon Tuitt DT ND
Morgan Moses OT VIR
Donte Moncrief WR Miss


2C 27-37

David Yankey OG STA
Jason Verrett CB TCU
Jeremiah Attaochu OLB GT
Jack Mewhort OT OSU
Christian Jones LB FSU
Jace Amaro TE TT
Bradley Roby CB OSU
Kony Ealy DE MO
Louis Nix NT ND
Calvin Pryor S Lou
Kareem Martin DE NC

3A 38-47

Davante Adams WR Fresno St
Gabe Jackson OG MSU
Troy Niklas TE ND
Marcus Martin C USC
Marcus Smith OLB LOU
Jackson Jeffcoat DE TX
Martavis Bryant WR CLE
Joel Bitonio OT NEV
Antone Exum S VT
Jordan Tripp OLB MON

3B 48-52

Marcus Roberson CB FLA
Antonio Richardson OT Tenn
Ego Ferguson DT LSU
Justin Ellis DT LT
Caraun Reid DT Pri

3C 53-67

Stanley Jean-Baptiste CB NEB
Lamarcus Joyner CB FSU
Paul Richardson WR COL
Jordan Matthews WR VAN
Will Sutton DT ASU
Carl Bradford OLB ASU
Jaylen Watkins CB FLA
Keith McGill CB UT
DaQuan Jones DT PSU
Terrence Brooks FS FSU
Weston Richburg C COL ST
Travis Swanson C ARK
Cyril Richardson OG Bay
Brandon Coleman WR Rut
Trent Murphy DE STA

4A 68-75

Dakota Dozier OG Furman
C.J. Fiedorowicz TE Iowa
Jake Murphy, TE Utah
Bryan Stork C FSU
Crockett Gillmore TE FSU
Brent Urban DE VA
Cody Latimer WR IND
Michael Campanaro WR WF

 

[VJCPatriot]

I do like the simpler categories of:

"starter", "potential starter", "backup" or "camp body"

And I'd also like to see notations on that player indicating - 60% player (ie subpackage guy) or STer.

Top 75 is good to have obviously, but the more you can delineate that information the better. And of course have it done position by position, so you know for example - ok there's only 1 prospect left in the starter/starter potential category that can play TE but there are 3 left that can play DE so maybe we wait another round on the DE and grab the TE now.

And of course, I think you need to have a Top 20 player -- "who should not be available, but if they are it's a no-brainer that we take them list". Just in case. Because players do slip through the cracks, and let's face it a lot of the NFL GMs who are drafting ahead of us, their team is that bad because they weren't very good decision-makers in the first place.

 

[everlong]

Could you be more specific?

I put this together fairly quickly in response to the OP, and would expect to modify it. It was a rough first effort. I haven't done a vertical board, as I don't think they're terribly useful - like you, I prefer a horizontal board. This was purely done in response to the OP.

43. Kevin Pierre-Louis, LB/S, Boston College
44. Telvin Smith, LB/S, Florida St.
45. Kyle Van Noy, LB, BYU

That order suprises me and the existance of KPL that high. I would have thought Van Noy ahead of the others.

2. Dominique Easley, DT, Florida

I'm suprised you've moved him all the way up to number two. I recognize the talent but between the injuries and character concerns he's off my board.

47. Zach Kerr, DT, Delaware

That's a lot higher than I have him or thought you would.

Those are a few that jumped out at me.

 

[manxman2601]

I like Mayo and Everlong's lists very much. Very pleased to see Mayo put Terence Fede on his, he's going to my latest boostering subject. I think both Mayo and Everlong have underestimated the possible need for a RB but that's just my own feelings on the matter and whilst I understand why he's done it, there's no way I'd have Dominique Easley at #2 myself. But Mayo has been consistent there so that's not a criticism, just an observation.

I shall put up my list as soon as I can.

 

[mayoclinic]

43. Kevin Pierre-Louis, LB/S, Boston College
44. Telvin Smith, LB/S, Florida St.
45. Kyle Van Noy, LB, BYU

That order suprises me and the existance of KPL that high. I would have thought Van Noy ahead of the others.

It's rough, as I've said, and will probably be re-worked. I think LB is one of the more important areas to address via the draft. I have those 3 guys definitely ranked behind Ryan Shazier, Christian Jones and Jordan Tripp, who are my top 3.

I like Van Noy, but I think that he's a player who does a lot of things well, but isn't particularly explosive. He has great instincts, but he isn't particularly physical, and tends to have trouble taking on blockers. That puts him behind Jones and Tripp for me.

I see Telvin Smith and Kevin Pierre-Louis is LB/S hybrids. Depending on what's done at the safety position, that role could be important. KPL has better raw athleticism than Smith, which is why I listed him higher, but it was a rough effort.

2. Dominique Easley, DT, Florida

I'm suprised you've moved him all the way up to number two. I recognize the talent but between the injuries and character concerns he's off my board.

I've said several times that I think a disruptive interior force could probably have more impact on this defense than anything else. Aaron Donald and Dominique Easley are the two guys who really stand out to me, and I pretty much want to get one of them. I think I've been pretty consistent in that regard. Hageman and Shazier are really the only other guys I would consider, but I've pretty much said that if we can't trade up and get Donald we should trade back a bit and take Easley. I understand that that isn't everyone's view, to put it mildly.

47. Zach Kerr, DT, Delaware

That's a lot higher than I have him or thought you would.

In general, I don't have NT's as much of a focus as more penetrating DTs. My personal preference is for a more aggressive, disruptive defense. Louis Nix was rated lower than his pure talent level would warrant. I have Justin Ellis and Zach Kerr rated about equally, in the next tier. Again, I haven't set any of this in stone, but I'm not sure that I clearly prefer Ellis over Kerr at this point, so I grouped them together. I did that a lot when I had prospects that I haven't fully settled on in terms of preference.

 

[everlong]

I think both Mayo and Everlong have underestimated the possible need for a RB .

I think they probably will take a RB on day three. However where it's not a priority for this year and given my time limits I've limited how much I looked at RB and QB.

 

[manxman2601]

I think they probably will take a RB on day three. However where it's not a priority for this year and given my time limits I've limited how much I looked at RB and QB.

Heh. I appreciate time limitations when it comes to scouting. I just have a sneaky suspicion that RB could be more of a priority than we think. That will be determined by whether we re-sign Blount.

 

[everlong]

I've said several times that I think a disruptive interior force could probably have more impact on this defense than anything else. Aaron Donald and Dominique Easley are the two guys who really stand out to me, and I pretty much want to get one of them. I think I've been pretty consistent in that regard. Hageman and Shazier are really the only other guys I would consider, but I've pretty much said that if we can't trade up and get Donald we should trade back a bit and take Easley. I understand that that isn't everyone's view, to put it mildly.

It's not your philosophy which I'm aware of an you've been consistent with. It' s putting him at #2. That said to me you would draft him before Ebron. If Ebron was there at 29 and Bill traded down I'd need a new flat screen.

 

[everlong]

Heh. I appreciate time limitations when it comes to scouting. I just have a sneaky suspicion that RB could be more of a priority than we think. That will be determined by whether we re-sign Blount.

Agreed. The one kid I've seen a bit of is Storm Johnson. I would really like him as a day three pick.

 

[BobDigital]

You made this thread a bit too early for me. I have been working on something like this a little that I am trying to make super accurate.

Also I don't think I can complete it for sure until I know if they sign Wilfork or not. If they sign him they probably only put 4 or 5 DTs on their board. If they don't it likely jumps to 8 or 9.

 

[manxman2601]

Agreed. The one kid I've seen a bit of is Storm Johnson. I would really like him as a day three pick.

Apparently he has a real problem with fumbling, or at least that's what drift twitter has told me.

I think there are two RBs that could feature fairly high on my big board when I finally get it done.

 

[manxman2601]

You made this thread a bit too early for me. I have been working on something like this a little that I am trying to make super accurate.

Also I don't think I can complete it for sure until I know if they sign Wilfork or not. If they sign him they probably only put 4 or 5 DTs on their board. If they don't it likely jumps to 8 or 9.

I agree. My big board was going to be my one big project this year. Don't want to rush it. Was hoping to put something out next week. Still, really appreciate Mayo's and Everlong's contributions to this thread.

 

[mayoclinic]

My top 75 Big Board for the Pats looks roughly something like this:

1. Aaron Donald, DT, Pittsburgh
2. Dominique Easley, DT, Florida
3. Eric Ebron, TE, North Carolina
4. Anthony Barr, DE/OLB, UCLA
5. Ryan Shazier, LB, Ohio St.
6. Ra’Shede Hageman, DT, Minnesota
7. Zach Martin, OL, Notre Dame
8. Timmy Jernigan, DT, Florida St.
9. Stephon Tuitt, DE/DT, Notre Dame
10. Kyle Fuller, DB, Virginia Tech
11. Austin Seferian-Jenkins, TE, Washington
12. Brandon Thomas, OL, Clemson
13. Joel Bitonio, OL, Nevada
14. Marcus Martin, OC, USC
15. Weston Richburg, OC, Colorado St.
16. Deone Bucannon, SS, Washington St.
17. Calvin Pryor, SS, Louisville
18. Christian Jones, LB, Florida St.
19. Jordan Tripp, LB, Montana
20. CJ Mosley, LB, Alabama
21. Jimmy Ward, S, Northern Illinois
22. Jace Amaro, TE, TCU
23. Troy Niklas, TE, Notre Dame
24. Will Sutton, DT, Arizona St.
25. Brent Urban, DT/DE, Virginia
26. Dee Ford, DE/OLB, Auburn
27. Marcus Smith, DE/OLB, Louisville
28. Jeremiah Attaochu, DE/OLB, Georgia Tech
29. Demarcus Lawrence, DE/OLB, Boise St.
30. Antone Exum, DB, Virginia Tech
31. Phillip Gaines, CB, Rice
32. Louis Nix, DT, Notre Dame
33. Scott Crichton, DE, Oregon St.
34. Kareem Martin, DE, North Carolina
35. Kony Ealy, DE, Missouri
36. Bashaud Breeland, CB, Clemson
37. Keith McGill, DB, Utah
38. Trai Turner, OG, LSU
39. Gabe Jackson, OG, Mississippi St.
40. Dakota Dozier, OG, Fordham
41. Travis Swanson, OC, Arkansas
42. Caraun Reid, DT, Princeton
43. Kevin Pierre-Louis, LB/S, Boston College
44. Telvin Smith, LB/S, Florida St.
45. Kyle Van Noy, LB, BYU
46. Justin Ellis, DT, Louisiana Tech
47. Zach Kerr, DT, Delaware
48. Xavier Su’a-Filo, OL, UCLA
49. David Yankey, OL, Stanford
50. Billy Turner, OL, North Dakota St.
51. Cameron Fleming, OL, Stanford
52. Jake Murphy, TE, Utah
53. Richard Rodgers, TE, Cal
54. Logan Thomas, QB/TE, Virginia Tech
55. Larry Webster, DE/TE, Bloomsburg
56. Terrance Fede, DE, Marist
57. Dontae Johnson, DB, North Carolina St.
58. Russell Bodine, OG/C, North Carolina
59. Tyler Larsen, C, Utah St.
60. Bryan Stork, C, Florida St.
61. Bishop Sankey, RB, Washington
62. Devonte Freeman, RB, Florida St.
63. Storm Johnson, RB, UCF
64. Ben Gardner, DE, Stanford
65. Will Clarke, DE, West Virginia
66. Aaron Lynch, DE, USF
67. Trey Millard, FB/H-Back, Oklahoma
68. Gator Hoskins, FB/H-Back, Marshall
69. Trey Bruton, WR/H-Back, Florida
70. Jonathan Dowling, DB, Western Kentucky
71. Jerrick Mackinnon, RB, Georgia Southern
72. Taylor Hart, DE, Oregon
73. Deandre Coleman, DT, Cal
74. Joe Don Duncan, TE, Dixie St.
75. Crockett Gilmore, TE, Colorado St.

I did mine off of a horizontal draft where prospects are inserted by round value and within those groupings the prospects aren't in a specific order.

1C 1-12

Aaron Donald DT PITT
Anthony Barr OLB UCLA
Kyle Fuller CB VT
Justin Gilbert CB OSU
Darqueze Dennard CB MSU
Zack Martin OT ND
Mike Evans WR Tex A&M
Eric Ebron TE NC
Marqise Lee WR USC
RaShede Hageman DT Minn
Austin Seferian-Jenkins TE WAS
Brandin Cooks WR OSU

2A 13-20

C.J. Mosley ILB ALA
Ryan Shazier OLB OSU
Xavier Su'a-Filo OG UCLA
Odell Beckham Jr. WR LSU
Kelvin Benjamin WR FSU
Scott Crichton DE OSU
Jimmie Ward S NIU
Phillip Gaines CB Rice

2B 21-26

Hasean Clinton-Dix S ALA
Timmy Jernigan DT FSU
Kyle Van Noy OLB BYU
Stephon Tuitt DT ND
Morgan Moses OT VIR
Donte Moncrief WR Miss


2C 27-37

David Yankey OG STA
Jason Verrett CB TCU
Jeremiah Attaochu OLB GT
Jack Mewhort OT OSU
Christian Jones LB FSU
Jace Amaro TE TT
Bradley Roby CB OSU
Kony Ealy DE MO
Louis Nix NT ND
Calvin Pryor S Lou
Kareem Martin DE NC

3A 38-47

Davante Adams WR Fresno St
Gabe Jackson OG MSU
Troy Niklas TE ND
Marcus Martin C USC
Marcus Smith OLB LOU
Jackson Jeffcoat DE TX
Martavis Bryant WR CLE
Joel Bitonio OT NEV
Antone Exum S VT
Jordan Tripp OLB MON

3B 48-52

Marcus Roberson CB FLA
Antonio Richardson OT Tenn
Ego Ferguson DT LSU
Justin Ellis DT LT
Caraun Reid DT Pri

3C 53-67

Stanley Jean-Baptiste CB NEB
Lamarcus Joyner CB FSU
Paul Richardson WR COL
Jordan Matthews WR VAN
Will Sutton DT ASU
Carl Bradford OLB ASU
Jaylen Watkins CB FLA
Keith McGill CB UT
DaQuan Jones DT PSU
Terrence Brooks FS FSU
Weston Richburg C COL ST
Travis Swanson C ARK
Cyril Richardson OG Bay
Brandon Coleman WR Rut
Trent Murphy DE STA

4A 68-75

Dakota Dozier OG Furman
C.J. Fiedorowicz TE Iowa
Jake Murphy, TE Utah
Bryan Stork C FSU
Crockett Gillmore TE FSU
Brent Urban DE VA
Cody Latimer WR IND
Michael Campanaro WR WF

It's good to compare lists. I've highlighted some of the differences in different colors. Some thoughts:

1. With 6 WRs who I actually think deserve to be on the roster (Edelman, Amendola, Lafell, Dobson, Thompkins and Boyce) plus another talented guy in Mark Harrison, I really don't see room for a rookie WR. There's not enough of an upgrade to take a WR early, and I think it's a long shot that any day 3 guy would make the roster over guys who have already had a year to learn the system and work on their rapport with Brady. For that reason, I've left WRs off of my top 75 list (indicated in red). I do have a separate WR ranking list, and I expect a bunch of talented guys to slip through the cracks, and I would grab a bunch of UDFA WRs for roster competition, but I wouldn't spend a draft pick on the position.

2. I wouldn't spend a day 1 or 2 draft pick on a pure CB given all that we have invested in the position and how much depth we have, so I haven't included guys like Darqueze Dennard, Justin Gilbert, Bradley Robey, Jason Verrett, etc. (indicated in blue) My first pure CBs are guys like Phillip Gaines and Bashaud Breeland who I consider day 2 talents that could slip to day 3. My other DBs are guys who I think could play a hybrid CB/S role, or pure SS candidates. I have Kyle Fuller rated so high because of his versatility, and the fact that he played a LB role at times.

3. I'm assuming with the FA changes in the secondary that we'll generally be playing with a single high safety (Cover 1, Cover 3 or Cover 7) and very little Cover 2 with 2 deep safeties. What I'm looking for in a SS is very different depending on which role I'm looking to fill. Guys like Hasean Clinton-Dix, Lamarcus Joyner and Jimmy Ward are very good in coverage and fit well as deep safeties, but if we're playing mostly single high safety with McCourty as the deep guy then I want a more physical SS who can excel in the underneath zone coverage and run support activities. That's caused me to favor safeties like Deone Bucannon and Calvin Pryor, CB/S hybrids like Kyle Fuller, Antone Exum and Keith McGill, and LB/S hybrids like Kevin Pierre-Louis and Telvin Smith. My rankings would have been very different if I expected the Pats to play more Cover 2. I should probably have included Stanley Jean-Baptiste as well. (Indicated in green)

4. I didn't include any tackles who I didn't also project to interior line (indicated in purple). I like Jake Mewhort, and he could possibly move inside - I struggled with whether to include him, and left him off for now. Morgan Moses and Antonio Richardson are more pure RTs to me, and I wouldn't consider that position before day 3.

5. For interior linemen, I currently rank Brandon Thomas, Joel Bitonio, Marcus Martin and Weston Richburg as my top guys after Zach Martin. I actually like Trai Turner the most of the interior line prospects after those guys. I think that David Yankey and Xavier Su'a Filo are overrated, and ranked them in the next tier along with guys like Billy Turner.

It's fun to compare lists.

 

[everlong]

I agree. My big board was going to be my one big project this year. Don't want to rush it. Was hoping to put something out next week. Still, really appreciate Mayo's and Everlong's contributions to this thread.

Mine is very fluid. I've changed and added to it since I first posted the horizontal board. It will be interesting to see your big board when it's done. It's funny but by tracking my board I get how guys rise or fall so quickly. You don't get to see a lot of a guy like Phillip Gaines and when you isolate on him it's like wow this kid is so much better than I thought.

 

[mayoclinic]

Agreed. The one kid I've seen a bit of is Storm Johnson. I would really like him as a day three pick.

I had Johnson on my list, along with 3 other RBs (Bishop Sankey, Devonta Freeman, and Jerick McKinnon). I also had Lorenzo Taliaferro on the list, but he got bumped just past the 75 cutoff.

If Blount or another FA RB doesn't sign then I think the position will be addressed on day 3. Otherwise, I doubt the position will be addressed until UDFA signings.

 

[mayoclinic]

I agree. My big board was going to be my one big project this year. Don't want to rush it. Was hoping to put something out next week. Still, really appreciate Mayo's and Everlong's contributions to this thread.

I hadn't put together a big board, and in general had avoided doing a vertical board. I only put one together in response to the OP, and it's very crude and rough. But I thought that the thread was a useful exercise for highlighting some differences, so I made a rather quick effort.