DRAFT DAY DISCUSSION 2024 Draft Day LIVE Discussion Thread Day 2

[Uptown]

Wow..

 

[Uptown]

 

[Love The Drake]

Also Brock will be completely bald before he signs his second contract.
Take that to the bank.

 

[Kdo5]

Wow..

No ACL? How does that even work as a football player. Pretty mind bending.

 

[Jim Beankie]

Can you show us a mock that had Wallace above a 6th round pick?

I don’t know the kid, but a few people like him, so we will have to wait & see

This dude had him in the 3rd (with Polk in the 2nd coincidentally):

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A lot of the big boards have him in the 4th. A couple in the 3rd.

 

[Boomer B]

Let’s take a flyer on Troy Franklin. Most projected him in rd 2. Lance Zerlein’s comp for him is Chris Olave.

 

[Kdo5]

Let’s take a flyer on Troy Franklin. Most projected him in rd 2. Lance Zerlein’s comp for him is Chris Olave.

That man needs to put on a few pounds. 176 for a 6’2 guy? That’s skinnier than Tyquan.

 

[TommyD4207]

Let’s take a flyer on Troy Franklin.

We have Tyquan Thornton at home.

 

[DaBruinz]

No ACL? How does that even work as a football player. Pretty mind bending.

Dedric Ward was minus both his ACLs since like HS.. He had a fine career.. How it worked? No clue.

 

[Boomer B]

We have Tyquan Thornton at home.

We have 2 4ths. He’s a better route runner than Thornton. We have a bunch of 4.5 guys, could use someone decent on the outside with speed.

 

[Boomer B]

I’d also like to see a TE in the 4th. J. Sanders or C.Stover.

 

[DaBruinz]

The fact that the Pats put Polk ahead of the likes of Cooper DeJean, Patrick Paul and Suamataia tells me that their Scouting Department grading system under Wolf is bad. And there is no f'in way that Polk and Wallace are better than Paul or Suamataia and any of the 3rd round WRs.

 

[Jim Beankie]

Remember the Jackson pick was met with excitement on this board. And he bombed. The Polk pick has been met with anger. Maybe the results swing the other way.

I would've been very excited on this board. However, along with basically every other WR pick in the 1st 4 rounds for the Pats since Scary, he got really unlucky with injuries, then he was done. Hamstring, groin, then ACL in his 1st year. Maybe avocado toast would've helped.

 

[Ian]

The fact that the Pats put Polk ahead of the likes of Cooper DeJean, Patrick Paul and Suamataia tells me that their Scouting Department grading system under Wolf is bad. And there is no f'in way that Polk and Wallace are better than Paul or Suamataia and any of the 3rd round WRs.

I don't know ... based on Wolf's history, I'll reserve judgement. Saw enough of Polk in college that he's a good player and according to Wolf, he's the guy they wanted all along at this spot given the intel they had both in meeting him, and from Hughes and the other guys in Washington. If he plays even close to like he did in college, and it translates at this level, I think they'll be in great shape. He attacks the ball ... he's completely different than anyone they've had in a while.

 

[Joey007]

Let’s take a flyer on Troy Franklin. Most projected him in rd 2. Lance Zerlein’s comp for him is Chris Olave.

Tyquan Franklin. No

 

[Love The Drake]

Baker and Tez and send ju ju packing.

 

[TomPatriot]

Lindys would like a word....

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[DaBruinz]

I don't know ... based on Wolf's history, I'll reserve judgement. Saw enough of Polk in college that he's a good player and according to Wolf, he's the guy they wanted all along at this spot given the intel they had both in meeting him, and from Hughes and the other guys in Washington. If he plays even close to like he did in college, and it translates at this level, I think they'll be in great shape. He attacks the ball ... he's completely different than anyone they've had in a while.

Ian - For the Polk/Wallace Combination to turn out to be better, Polk need to be bust 1000 yards and 7TDs every year, Wallace needs to allow 4 or less sacks each year, Cooper Dejean needs to get torched regularly and Adegadjie needs to be out after 2 years. I just don't see that happening.

Maybe Wallace proves me wrong and becomes an above average to good LT. But he only took a few snaps at LT in college. All his starts are a RT. And that shift isn't an easy one.. We've seen that. We've been told that by Dante. We saw that Lowe couldn't make the shift last year from LT to RT.


We've got Lowe, Anderson, McDermott, Okorafor and Wallace vying for LT. We got Okorafor, McDermott, Steurber, Wheatley, and hopefully only as a last resort, Onwenu, at RT.

G: With Strange out for Mini-camp, the Pats are going to have Mafi, Sow, J. Andrews, Leverett, and Jordan. Plus possibly Steuber and McDermott taking snaps inside. Leverett and J. Andrews will also be seeing snaps at OC behind D. Andrews

The only constant the Pats have on the O-line right now is the slightly above average Dave Andrews (yes, Andrews has slipped). He got torched on delayed blitzes even more last year. I guess that is what worries me the most about the O-line. D.Andrews can still make the line calls and is an excellent leader, but his time is coming to an end, I think..

Yes. Only time will tell, but on paper, it looks pretty bad and a lot of wishful thinking because of Maye and Wallace having their warts.

 

[patsfanfromoversea]

The fact that the Pats put Polk ahead of the likes of Cooper DeJean, Patrick Paul and Suamataia tells me that their Scouting Department grading system under Wolf is bad. And there is no f'in way that Polk and Wallace are better than Paul or Suamataia and any of the 3rd round WRs.

I was very confused by this as well, I expected to end up with Paul suamatai amegadjie. We‘ll see how it plays out but Wallace feels like a solid reach.
They could have traded up a few spots for Suamataia imo

 

[patsfanfromoversea]

Let’s take a flyer on Troy Franklin. Most projected him in rd 2. Lance Zerlein’s comp for him is Chris Olave.

I would love this
Can be a deep threat from the slot , I was stunned he wasn’t picked so far, maybe there are some issues we don’t know about