BobDigital
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I hate to do too much before the combine but just a quick view of my board. It will be in tiers and not ordered.
Top 16 range (assuming we trade Jimmy G)
Myles Garrett - DE (he won't slip... QBs suck too much so unless we get #1 he is gone)
Jonathan Allen - DE/DT
Derrick Barnett - DE
Carl Lawson - DE (bit small but a baller and the question is can he stay healthy... he has this year)
I don't see a CB or OT or LB I would take here for the Pats. DE to me is where need meets value and fit and I don't like RBs this early. I also did not include Mcdowell cause i don't see that instant win ability you saw with Easley (when healthy) and Donald. I feel like he lacks the tools to be that interior disruption guy and too big to effectively pass rush as a DE. He will be okay but I give him a lower grade than most.
Top 32 range
Jourdan Lewis - CB (the more i see the more i think he won't last till round 2... I know he doesn't fit 1st round arch type but i think of a guy who i was high on like Sherpard who i loved and thought teams would pass on cause he lacks the first round look. We forget scouts are not slaves to prototype sometimes. I would be happy to get Lewis #32 at this point. Best CB in the draft just don't ask him to cover a 6'4 WR.
Marshon Lattimore - CB (If it enters the draft he could be gone in the first 10 picks but teams like different CBs for different reasons. He is my fav outside guy but I'd like to see more film on him. If not one of these 2 guys wait for round 2 for value IMO
Dawuane Smoot - DE (The question here is why not more sacks? He gets in the back field a ton and disrupts a lot though which is very important too)
Takkarist McKinley - DE/OLB (He has risen a lot this year and at the combine will rise up more. FAST with underrated all around pass rush ability)
Charles Harris - DE (good pass rusher but his so-so ability to diagnosis plays and hold the edge concerns me)
Malik Hooker - S (This would be a luxury pick and I would not be a fan but the talent for pick be great)
Again no LB fits us well IMO and no OT who jumps out at me as McGlinchey will not be in this draft and I am not touching Cam Robinson.
I know this board featured 2 positions mostly but I don't see other need spots having a pick worth taking. Safety could be a surprise pick but with McCourty/Chung do we use a first there? I would love a LB but i don't like one for us here. No DT seems like a must take and they have those guys anyone in Brown/Valentine and Branch most likely. Assuming the Pats sign Bennett no TE is needed.
This is just a very odd first round this year for the Pats,
Top 16 range (assuming we trade Jimmy G)
Myles Garrett - DE (he won't slip... QBs suck too much so unless we get #1 he is gone)
Jonathan Allen - DE/DT
Derrick Barnett - DE
Carl Lawson - DE (bit small but a baller and the question is can he stay healthy... he has this year)
I don't see a CB or OT or LB I would take here for the Pats. DE to me is where need meets value and fit and I don't like RBs this early. I also did not include Mcdowell cause i don't see that instant win ability you saw with Easley (when healthy) and Donald. I feel like he lacks the tools to be that interior disruption guy and too big to effectively pass rush as a DE. He will be okay but I give him a lower grade than most.
Top 32 range
Jourdan Lewis - CB (the more i see the more i think he won't last till round 2... I know he doesn't fit 1st round arch type but i think of a guy who i was high on like Sherpard who i loved and thought teams would pass on cause he lacks the first round look. We forget scouts are not slaves to prototype sometimes. I would be happy to get Lewis #32 at this point. Best CB in the draft just don't ask him to cover a 6'4 WR.
Marshon Lattimore - CB (If it enters the draft he could be gone in the first 10 picks but teams like different CBs for different reasons. He is my fav outside guy but I'd like to see more film on him. If not one of these 2 guys wait for round 2 for value IMO
Dawuane Smoot - DE (The question here is why not more sacks? He gets in the back field a ton and disrupts a lot though which is very important too)
Takkarist McKinley - DE/OLB (He has risen a lot this year and at the combine will rise up more. FAST with underrated all around pass rush ability)
Charles Harris - DE (good pass rusher but his so-so ability to diagnosis plays and hold the edge concerns me)
Malik Hooker - S (This would be a luxury pick and I would not be a fan but the talent for pick be great)
Again no LB fits us well IMO and no OT who jumps out at me as McGlinchey will not be in this draft and I am not touching Cam Robinson.
I know this board featured 2 positions mostly but I don't see other need spots having a pick worth taking. Safety could be a surprise pick but with McCourty/Chung do we use a first there? I would love a LB but i don't like one for us here. No DT seems like a must take and they have those guys anyone in Brown/Valentine and Branch most likely. Assuming the Pats sign Bennett no TE is needed.
This is just a very odd first round this year for the Pats,