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[Dynasty] 2018 Draft Class (2 Viewers)
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BigTex
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BigTex
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I could see 4-5 running backs go in the 1st round in 2018 maybe 6-8 in the first two rounds.
Tex
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Bryce Love is stupidly fast and Stanford is a good running team, so that combination equates to a lot of big plays. I think his speed alone gets him into the top 100 of the draft, but there's a question of what type of pro back he'll be. IMO he's not very powerful and his elusiveness is just average. Hard to think of comps. Maybe a poor man's Chris Johnson, Tevin Coleman, or something like Michael Bennett. Despite all the huge stats he's putting up, I'm still not really sure he's a first round pick and an every down guy in the NFL. In college, being really good at one thing is enough to dominate, and Love is really good at simple north-south running with speed. Not sure how that will translate in the NFL, where it's more demanding.
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Footballguy
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Thomas Tyner sighting in the OSU-UW game:
https://twitter.com/Pac12Network/status/914324303633461248
I think he can get a combine invite and become an intriguing day three candidate. Injury prone and ran too upright at Oregon, but he's an NFL caliber athlete.
It's interesting that Tyner (HS class of 2013), Nick Chubb (HS class of 2014) and Saquon Barkley (HS class of 2015) will all be in the same draft. These guys all have the potential to run sub 4.40 at 230+ pounds, so it could be a fun combine in ~5 months.
https://twitter.com/Pac12Network/status/914324303633461248
I think he can get a combine invite and become an intriguing day three candidate. Injury prone and ran too upright at Oregon, but he's an NFL caliber athlete.
It's interesting that Tyner (HS class of 2013), Nick Chubb (HS class of 2014) and Saquon Barkley (HS class of 2015) will all be in the same draft. These guys all have the potential to run sub 4.40 at 230+ pounds, so it could be a fun combine in ~5 months.
BigTex
Don't mess with Texas
The way Stanford is producing these running backs with gawd like numbers I'm starting to wonder if it's the system. I've always thought CMC was just a fast, athletic scat back and so far he's done nothing in the NFL. It's still early but at this point he's shown nothing to show he's deserved that high draft grade but we'll see still a lot of football left.
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Gandalf
Footballguy
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Listed at 5'10" 191, but who knows how accurate that is?
He is not a big back, but definitely has a strong lower body and more power than you would think just looking at the weight.
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Football Jones
Footballguy
I haven't scouted Love so I can't say if he's somebody I'm high on, but at 190, he's going to need several specific high end traits to be effective.
EBF
Footballguy
LeSean McCoy and Ameer Abdullah are starters in the NFL at 200 pounds. Gaskin shares some similarities with them, as well as Ray Rice and Darren Sproles. He's cut from that mold. Not huge, but compact and shifty. I think worst case scenario he's a Gio Bernard type. Best case scenario he's a starter. I've been saying 2nd-3rd round for him and I'll stick with that prediction. He's a baller, but whether or not he's an every down guy in the NFL is a little bit harder to predict.
Andrew74
Footballguy
Some head coaches would make him feature back. Sean Payton would make him a RBBC guy.
