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This morning I wanted to get a feeling for the draft position of a dozen players I was curious about. I found 5 recent 7-round mocks/big boards from well-known sites and marked down their projection for each player. The result was that I'm ready to retire the term "consensus ranking."
Chad Reuter of NFL.com projects the Patriots to select Samson Ebukam in the 4th; Drafttek expects him to go undrafted. Meanwhile Walter Football has the Pats spending that same pick on Howard Wilson, while Reuter expects him to go undrafted. Julie'n Davenport is a 2nd-round pick, or a 4th, or a 5th, or a UDFA. Take a look:
The upshot is that past the first 50 or so picks, evaluations are all over the place. The Patriots, of course, don't hold any picks in the top 50. That means that for every single player they select, you should be able to find a source that calls him a reach, and another that calls him a steal.
Any grousing that a guy "would have been available X picks later" is a pure flight of fancy. Nobody has a clue. All that matters is whether he's a good prospect who could add value to the team, and whether another player might have added even more.
Chad Reuter of NFL.com projects the Patriots to select Samson Ebukam in the 4th; Drafttek expects him to go undrafted. Meanwhile Walter Football has the Pats spending that same pick on Howard Wilson, while Reuter expects him to go undrafted. Julie'n Davenport is a 2nd-round pick, or a 4th, or a 5th, or a UDFA. Take a look:
The upshot is that past the first 50 or so picks, evaluations are all over the place. The Patriots, of course, don't hold any picks in the top 50. That means that for every single player they select, you should be able to find a source that calls him a reach, and another that calls him a steal.
Any grousing that a guy "would have been available X picks later" is a pure flight of fancy. Nobody has a clue. All that matters is whether he's a good prospect who could add value to the team, and whether another player might have added even more.