DRAFT DAY DISCUSSION Official Draft Day LIVE Discussion Thread - Night 2

[Joker]

halfway through the 2nd round!! and Goondell hasn't stepped on his pecker yet...(but the night is young)

 

[MoreBellhorn]

Goodell should stop trying to be funny

You kidding? He comes off as so genuine!

 

[manxman2601]

If kittle was obvious he wouldn’t have lasted till the 5th

we were all over Kittle in the draft forum.

 

[sb1]

Bill’s dog already has 3 twitter accounts lol

 

[SHOWTIME15]

I wish I could post the article by Bruce Feldman on The Athletic on Kyle Dugger...scouts and coaches rave about this kid. He's an athletic freak.

edit: here it is (no paywall)

What Lenoir-Rhyne safety Kyle Dugger will bring to the New...

 

[Deus Irae]

Chase Claypool to the Steelers

 

[Ras-IR Dowling]

we were all over Kittle in the draft forum.

Speaking of TE, I would like Dalton Keene at some point tomorrow.

 

[primetime]

You really should have watched Hamler play before making this comment. The 9 drops look bad on the surface but some of those balls were the QB’s fault. His route tree and his ability after the catch mirror Hill. That’s why a team in the same division just drafted Hamler.

Even the Penn State fan sites say he's got issues with drops.

 

[festy1986]

That spinach and artichoke dip commercial looks like a giant peepee sticking out of it and I cant be the only one thinking it.

 

[Deus Irae]

Tipping picks.

I'm not watching the draft. I'm pulling the names off the internet.

 

[PatriotReign]

halfway through the 2nd round!! and Goondell hasn't stepped on his pecker yet...(but the night is young)

Are you furiously driving to his house with a baseball bat to shatter his kneecaps on live television.

 

[manxman2601]

Speaking of TE, I would like Dalton Keene at some point tomorrow.

Doug Kyed is all over him. Takes him in almost every mock.

 

[festy1986]

I just thought there be more trades, not just picks but players that bo longer fit their teams plans.

Like wtf is oj gonna be traded

 

[manxman2601]

 

[primetime]

I like trying to make Claypool a move tight end. Steelers are pretty damn good at evaluating WRs so...

 

[ctpatsfan77]

Pioli left at the end of 2008.
Reese covered 2009 through 2012.
Since 2013, the Pats have drafted 1 pro bowler.
Coincidence? Or is Caserio really that bad?

Or maybe it's the fact that unlike most teams, Patriots players have only had one route to the Pro Bowl (initial ballot) most years. The more common route (replacement who appears) hasn't been available for some reason.

 

[Deus Irae]

Time for the Bears to draft another TE. They're apparently looking to corner the market.

 

[Kontradiction]

Even the Penn State fan sites say he's got issues with drops.

No doubt. That’s the one issue he has to clear up. Just saying that not all were his fault. Edelman had issues with drops too. Outside of that, he’s an excellent prospect.

 

[Ras-IR Dowling]

I know he had a poor combine but we’re about to the point where your getting some good value on Epenesa.

 

[luuked]

i can understand they normally wont give 2 rd - but Kittle was obvious, from their friends in Iowa and 5th rounder.. so many other economic opportunities..

Yep, Kittle hurts a bit no question.

Other than that I agree with @primetime that there is nothing inherently valuable about a TE in the NFL. You want mismatches and those can be TEs, RBs, WRs.. hell even FBs.

But maybe more difficult than individual mismatches are the ones that result out of flexibility of a single personnel grouping.

It is just hard to sit here and say that they have been stupid about it when Occam's Razor says that it is most probably intentional relative to the grading of available TEs.