2027 Watch List

manxman2601 said:

My ideal defense from this draft. I've gone with an early round option and a later round uption (not first two rounds). I'm also going 4-3-4 as we don't need a NCB.

EDGE

Early round - Yhonzae Pierre, Will Heldt
Later round - Clev Lubin, Taylor Wein

1T DT

Early - Will Echoles
Later - Jayden Jackson, Oklahoma (this is probably a cheat. will rise!)

3/5t

Early - Ahmad Moten
Later - Jide Abasiri, USC

MIKE

Early - Sammy Brown/KVA
Later - Ray Coney

WILL

Early - Ben Roberts
Later - Tony Rojas

SAM

Early - Chris Cole
Later - Isaiah Glasker, BYU howver TBD really

CB

Too many to choose from but...

Early - Zabien Brown, Kelly Jones
Later - Brice Pollock, Chris Peal

(Technically according to the database I use, Peal and Pollock are round three guys but I acknowledge this feels like cheating. I just haven't done enough research on possible day 3 corners yet. Same with safeties below).

Safety

Early - KJ Bolden, Jelani Mcdonald
Later - Dashawn Spears, Tao Johnson (not Tae)

Tae v Tao Johnson is going to get very confusing.

This exercise has made me realise I don't know enough about day 3 guys yet.

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mayoclinic said:

I think if it were today I would go defensive BPA. My current defensive big board is something like:

1. Leonard Moore
2. Colin Simmons
3. Dylan Stewart
4. Ellis Robinson IV
5. A'Mauri Washington
6. Will Echoles
7. KVA
8. Sammy Brown
9. Ahmad Moten
10. David Stone
11. Yongzhae Pierre
12. Zabien Brown
13. Kelly Jones
14. Jelani McDonald
15. Tae Johnson

1-3 are no-brainers but will be long gone.

I think I would prioritize dominance at DL or CB over LB in the 1st, but not sure.

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mayoclinic said:

Updating my board. Today is the day I go all in on Chris Cole (currently 114 on the Consensus Big Board) as my early 2027 riser:

1. Leonard Moore
2. Colin Simmons
3. Dylan Stewart
4. Chris Cole
5. Ellis Robinson IV
6. A'Mauri Washington
7. Will Echoles
8. KVA
9. Sammy Brown
10. Ahmad Moten
11. David Stone
12. Yongzhae Pierre
13. Zabien Brown
14. Kelly Jones
15. Jelani McDonald
16. Tae Johnson
17. KJ Bolden

3 players from Georgia and ND, 2 each from Alabama and Texas.

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mayoclinic said:

Both Sam Teets and his British colleague were not at all high on Chris Peal in their detailed CB preview for the Draft Professor that I posted yesterday . In fact, that's how I was certain that the British dude wasn't Manx.

I go 4 - 2 - 5 in my ideal defense. My LBs have to be very versatile, and my "base" is a Big Nickel.

My ideal fits to complement what we already have in place:

- DL: Williams Echoles, A'Mauri Washington
- EDGE: Yhonzae Pierre, Boubacar Traore
- LB: Chris Cole, KVA, Sammy Brown
- S: Jelani McDonald, Tae Johnson, Zach Lutmer, Dashawn Spears, Ty Benefield
- CB: Ellis Robinson IV, Zabien Brown, Kelley Jones, Brice Pollack

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manxman2601 said:

Zero career fumbles but he does look a little skinny.

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manxman2601 said:

So you want to fix the linebacker room. I'm going to give you a choice which I think is nicely balanced and I want to know which direction you'd go.

Option 1

Kynggston Viliamu-Asa/Sammy Brown plus Tony Rojas

Option 2

Ray Coney plus Ben Roberts

Both options net you a plus MIKE and a plus WILL. However, KVA/Brown are currently rated higher than Coney but Roberts is rated higher than Rojas. Option 2 does have the current advantage of allowing you to go in a different direction with the first pick.

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manxman2601 said:

I found this excellent cut up of Chris Cole, the Georgia linebacker. It's good because it splits up his run defense, coverage reps and pass rush snaps in three separate blocks.

The first coverage rep at 1:25 where he runs downfield with a WR is particularly impressive. also check out the range on KJ Bolden on that play.

Also, Cole is no slouch as a pass rusher with what looks to be very good length.

I think run defense might be the weakest part of his game.

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