Eagles sign Tonka Hemmingway, DT - South Carolina Raiders sign Tahj Brooks, RB - Texas Tech Seattle sign Garrett Dellinger, OL - LSU Jaguars sign Dominic Lovett, WR - Georgia
The Indianapolis Colts sign Bryce Cabeldue / OL / Kansas The Kansas City Chiefs sign Coziah Izzard / DT / Penn State The Green Bay Packers sign O'Donnell Fortune / CB / South Carolina
I almost took him for the Eagles Round 1 but in the end I don't even know if I like him much. I actually do like Harris' upside.
You should still have the spreadsheet from last year... There's also a spreadsheet for the Scrabble challenge. I'll dig that spreadsheet back up if anyone wants to play that one this year. Last year's winner was a fortune cookie, so it would be a chance for us to redeem ourselves.
Putting this up for Jeff. Not bad at all. You could argue priorities on day 2 but I wouldn't be surprised if most went earlier in the draft. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS 1 5 Mason Graham, DT - Michigan 2 36 Omarion Hampton, RB - North Carolina 3 70 Elijah Arroyo, TE - Miami 3 88 Latham Ransom, S - Ohio State 4 107 Anthony Belton, OL - NC State 4 126 Dorian Strong, CB - Virginia Tech 5 142 Tez Johnson, WR - Oregon 6 182 Rylie Mills, DT - Notre Dame 6 194 Isaiah Bond, WR - Texas 7 221 Johnny Walker Jr., EDGE - Missouri UDFA Jonah Monheim, OL - USC UDFA Dominic Lovett, WR - Georgia
Yes. Did you also see where the Jags here took him in the 6th where it's little lost and signed a 3rd guy to be safer? lol
I enjoyed this from recent Kansas City Chiefs UDFA signee Coziah Izzard: “I don’t pay attention to it. I see the projections, but I don’t really care about that. I had a good Pro Day, I got film, I know I should be drafted,” Izzard said. “You don’t want to get into the noise that’s out there. In that league, when you get there, just make sure you stay there.” "Izzard’s 40-yard dash time would have ranked as the fastest defensive tackle at this year’s NFL Combine. His 25 bench press reps and 33.5-inch vertical jump would have placed top five in the position as well, had he received an invitation to Indianapolis." Weighed in at 6'3" 305 Lbs. This is one of those kids that it wouldn't shock me if he's still making rosters in four years. Anyone that's just bored, check out his highlights. I drafted two DT's late for K.C., but I couldn't ignore this signing anyway. Hope this link works
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS 1 6 Ashton Jeanty, RB - Boise State 2 37 Maxwell Hairston, CB - Kentucky 2 61 Tre Harris, WR - Mississippi 4 108 David Walker, EDGE - Central Arkansas 5 143 Dylan Fairchild, OL - Georgia 6 213 Shemar James, LB - Florida 6 215 Marques Sigle, S - Kansas State 7 245 Cam Miler, QB - North Dakota State UDFA Isaiah Neyor, WR - Nebraska UDFA Tahj Brooks, RB - Texas Tech Decided to go with the Jeanty route and had to quickly focus on getting "higher value needs" in CB and WR on day 2. Walker and Fairchild were BPA picks for me and they hit positions I was looking for, especially with Fairchild. If I missed on him after passing on OL targets earlier I would have been very upset with this draft. I wanted at least one guy that I think is ready to compete for time. James was arguably also a BPA pick but I wanted a LB and pickings were slim so if he were gone I might have reached for another LB. I like Sigle quite a bit and Miller has a chance to develop into a solid backup. Neyor and Brooks are brought in to compete for backup roles.
I saw the list, I got him off my board. Another WR with issues, no thanks. I also considered the LSU guard Derringer but man too many red flags on medical.
PHILADEPHIA EAGLES 1 32 Donovan Ezeiruaku, EDGE - Boston College 2 64 Xavier Watts, S - Notre Dame 3 77 Tate Ratledge, OG - Georgia 4 134 Jaylin Lane, WR - Virginia Tech 5 161 Thomas Fidone II, TE - Nebraska 5 164 Vernon Broughton, DT - Texas 5 165 Trevor Etienne, RB - Georgia 6 193 Myles Hinton, OT - Michigan 7 238 Eugene Asante, LB - Auburn UDFA Marcus Harris, CB - California UDFA Tonka Hemmingway, DT - South Carolina The board fell very well for me. My 1st 2 picks was my best case realistic scenario for the draft and I had them pencilled in from the beginning with some hopium. I traded a future 3rd to move up for Ratledge and I don't mind at all because the Eagles have many picks next year and it would do them well to use some of them this year to reinforce the team and defend the title. I might be higher on him than most but Ratledge just looks like the type of guard the Eagles would love to have. I've been high on Jaylin Lane the whole time and it appears that consensus is starting to catch up as he's been rising up the boards so I decided not to risk waiting for him any longer. Also another good fit IMO. Talking about good fits, I think Fidone is one of them. You could call it copium after passing on and missing out on Mitchell Evans, but I knew he wasn't going to make it back around and the more closely I watched Fidone the last week, the more I think that I like him better than Evans. Broughton has grown on me as a guy that can be useful if he just gains some more strength. It would also solve some of his other problems that mainly seem to be because he compromises from not having quite enough. He's got one of the highest ceilings in the whole draft IMO. Very athletic, especially for his size. Etienne is someone who I think can come in and take that Kenneth Gainwell role. Asante has one of the highest drives to be great in the whole draft. The talent and instincts aren't quite there but he will put in the work to get where he needs to be. I think someone will draft him just because of his personality and diligence. Priority free agent at worst. As for Harris, I wanted to get a CB for depth and he's the best one left IMO and as a bonus he's one with a relatively high ceiling IMO. Hemmingway is more depth in the trenches. EDIT: I forgot I traded a future 5th to get Myles Hinton. He was my gift to Jeff Stoutland. I feel this is a guy that would benefit from attending Stoutland U. Great size and feet. He works great in space despite his low RAS and some work on technique could go a long way to make him more than just depth.
Another decent example that we could definitely go 3-4 rounds with this. If anything it "could" screw up the draft value challenge. But we eventually fill in all the missing slots where GM's don't participate. So it's debatable.
Counting UDFA I did not expect the school with my 2nd most selections to be Nebraska. Georgia with 3 made sense. Last time Oregon led the way followed by Missouri, Georgia and Miami.
