Draft night fallers

Username · Apr 10, 2026

There's always a few, so predictions of players who might drop, and how far they might drop?

I could see Makai Lemon dropping significantly. I wouldn't be hugely surprised if he dropped out of the first round. He's a good player, but has likely tapped his potential and isn't elite at anything. He's a solid, safe pick but will only be a slot receiver at NFL level, and I think teams will be more inclined to pick a player with more elite traits and a higher ceiling at whatever position in the first round, and choose one of the multitude of exciting receiver's that will be there on days 2 and 3

manxman2601 · Apr 10, 2026

Mesidor and Tyson are the obvious ones. Mesidor could fall out of the first round altogether because of his age. Tyson's injury issues could drop him into the twenties.

Avieon Terrell had some bad testing and I don't think has ever given first round lock guaranteed vibes. I could see him dropping into the second.

mayoclinic · Apr 10, 2026

Shedeur Sanders to the Jets at #2 is a lock, per Mel Kiper.

mayoclinic · Apr 10, 2026

Caleb Banks will be interesting to watch. Top 10 talent, IMO, big medical risk.

Water Boy · Apr 11, 2026

Blake Miller. Brandon Thorn is very low on him for what that's worth.

Love could slide considerably in the first

manxman2601 · Apr 11, 2026

Water Boy said:
Blake Miller. Brandon Thorn is very low on him for what that's worth.

Love could slide considerably in the first

I don’t think Love does. He’s just too good. FWIW, and I’m not saying this for point scoring as I think he has him far too low, Thorn has Iheanachor even lower than Miller. Like 3rd round low.

bakes781 · Apr 22, 2026

I feel like Denzel Boston slips out of the 1st.

Water Boy · Apr 22, 2026

manxman2601 said:
I don’t think Love does. He’s just too good. FWIW, and I’m not saying this for point scoring as I think he has him far too low, Thorn has Iheanachor even lower than Miller. Like 3rd round low.

I think I misheard Thorn's take on Miller. Perhaps was talking about Lomu.

Water Boy · Apr 22, 2026

McCoy might slip out of the first with injury complications.

Howell's historically short arms are an issue.

DoubleDeluxe · Apr 22, 2026

Water Boy said:
Blake Miller. Brandon Thorn is very low on him for what that's worth.

Love could slide considerably in the first

I don't see Love sliding, he's going top 10.

DoubleDeluxe · Apr 22, 2026

Lots of pub lately about Bain's arm length and car accident.
He could be a slider.

Rdforty2 · Apr 22, 2026

Username said:
There's always a few, so predictions of players who might drop, and how far they might drop?

I could see Makai Lemon dropping significantly. I wouldn't be hugely surprised if he dropped out of the first round. He's a good player, but has likely tapped his potential and isn't elite at anything. He's a solid, safe pick but will only be a slot receiver at NFL level, and I think teams will be more inclined to pick a player with more elite traits and a higher ceiling at whatever position in the first round, and choose one of the multitude of exciting receiver's that will be there on days 2 and 3

Thats the kind of thinking that had Amon-Ra slide. Lemon is Amon-Ra with more juice.

Hes not slot only. He absolutely can separate outside. He may profile inside for the most part, but he is a capable outside receiver. Same things were said about JSN and hes a top 5 WR in the league.

If hes there at 31, he should be the pick. BPA by far, fills a need. He can fit what McDaniels wants to do, but also what Drake wants to do. He could play with Brown, or without.

I agree, he could possibly slide. Many guys slide for stupid reasons. But if he does, I hope the Patriots are the ones that stop the slide.

PatsFan2 · Apr 22, 2026

Username said:
There's always a few, so predictions of players who might drop, and how far they might drop?

I could see Makai Lemon dropping significantly. I wouldn't be hugely surprised if he dropped out of the first round. He's a good player, but has likely tapped his potential and isn't elite at anything. He's a solid, safe pick but will only be a slot receiver at NFL level, and I think teams will be more inclined to pick a player with more elite traits and a higher ceiling at whatever position in the first round, and choose one of the multitude of exciting receiver's that will be there on days 2 and 3

We'd be idiots if we didn't take Lemon at 31 we could use a Real Slot Receiver.

mgteich · Apr 22, 2026

Lemu has many who don't think that Lomu will be drafted in the first.

I think that we take any of the others, probably willing to trade up a bit for any of them., but I see no Lomu in our future.

bakes781 · Apr 24, 2026

bakes781 said:
I feel like Denzel Boston slips out of the 1st.

mayoclinic · Apr 24, 2026

Jermod McCoy doing his best Will Johnson impersonation.

Username · Apr 24, 2026

mgteich said:
Lemu has many who don't think that Lomu will be drafted in the first.

I think that we take any of the others, probably willing to trade up a bit for any of them., but I see no Lomu in our future.

Nailed it

mgteich · Apr 24, 2026

Username said:
Nailed it

Lomu did drop as many analysts forecast. However, the patriots refused to allow him to drop out of the first.

mayoclinic · Apr 24, 2026

Presumably the Pats traded up because they had good reason to believe Lomu wouldn't last to 31, so he probably would not have dropped out of the 1st round.

One-If-By-Sea · Apr 24, 2026

mayoclinic said:
Presumably the Pats traded up because they had good reason to believe Lomu wouldn't last to 31, so he probably would not have dropped out of the 1st round.

Presumably the Pats did not have anyone else graded similarly or there is no reason to give up the 4th rounder.

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