massraider
Footballguy
I like every one of those names. Chinn keeps popping up as available at Raiders picks, and I keep grabbing him. I don't think he's a FS in th NFL, but I'll take him as a nickel LB, TE eraser, big slot, whatever. Reading things now that he goes in the 2nd round, we'll see.Love Edwards and Tyler Johnson at those spots, but as you said, and this is why I despise mocks and related tools, we have no clue what personnel guys are thinking. That said, I have had fun with this one:
https://first-pick.com/NFL/DraftGame.aspx
It offers extremely unrealistic trade-downs so I usually go crazy and end up with a bajillion picks, but if you just ignore them for a moment I come up with:
Round 1 Pick 12: Javon Kinlaw, DT, South Carolina (A)
Round 1 Pick 19: Kenneth Murray, ILB/OLB, Oklahoma (A-)
Round 3 Pick 16: Bryan Edwards, WR, South Carolina (A+)
Round 3 Pick 17: Darnay Holmes (CB) UCLA (A)
Round 3 Pick 27: Devin Duvernay (WR) Texas (A)
Round 4 Pick 15: Jeremy Chinn (FS) S. Illinois (A+)
Round 5 Pick 13: Yasir Durant, OG, Missouri (A+)
I could also have gone CJ Henderson at 12 and Justing Madubuike at 3.17 - I think I like that better in retrospect.
Lots of interesting options, especially the WR - Michael Pittman was there at 3.27 but I didn't feel like that was realistic enough. Hurts is there a lot and I would be thrilled if we took him in round 3 too.
PFF with a vid breakdown of Pittman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVqIb6HYcjA
Renner brings up his age, which is valid. Why didn't this guy physically dominate earlier? I really like to hear that the team took guys that were good from day 1 on campus. 3 years older than Cooper when we drafted him. I still like him, and if he's one of our 3rd rounders, sounds good to me. Realistic? I am keeping a very open mind this year. Okudah at 12? Unrealistic. Pittman in the 3rd? Suuuure, why not? Can I say for sure he goes before Claypool? Definitely not. Is Claypool defintely a 2nd rounder? Not from what we're reading.
I'll be completely fine with Lamb at 12, but Jeudy is my guy, has been favorite WR since last year. He's going to get open the minute he's in the NFL, and when he gets better at route running? Isaac Bruce. And if we ARE rolling with Carr for next few years, if Grayock are in on Carr, I want guys that get wide open, rather than contested catch guys. Carr is conservative, I don't want him having to learn to throw it up and let his guys get it. I want guys that get wide open, so he can see it, and throw it in time, WCO-style.
I go back and forth on trade down possibilities.
- Trading down from 12, I think our best chance for a BIG haul is if someone comes up for the 4th OT, whoever that is. I cannot imagine someone trading up for Jordan Love that early. Herbert if he's there?
- Trading down from 19, I think there are some scenarios I like a lot. It could net a 2nd and a 3rd. But I think I prefer a small slide down, and grab another 3rd, maybe a little more. And maybe it's just me, but the 2nd rounders are not so mind-blowing that I NEED to recoup a 2nd rounder. Unless we trade down, and that 2nd rounder is Jalen Hurts. Then I'm fairly excited.
- I think my favorite preference is trading down in the 3rd, and grabbing several late rounders, I am convinced a lot of players are gonna slip between the cracks. The UDFA scramble is gonna be bonkers this year, I bet.
Stuff on the web now that Tua isn't a lock here and there to go top 10, I'm sure you guys have seen it. I'd do that at 12 all day. Unlikely? Sure. No chance he's there? Absolutely not.