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[Dynasty] 2015 Draft Prospects (1 Viewer)

Gandalf said:
Just curious... Do FBGers think the 2015 draft will be one of the strongest in the last several years? If so the time to acquire 1st round picks in dynasty leagues is right now. To me, it seems like the RB class is superior by a wide margin this year versus years past.
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I think the time to acquire 2015 dynasty league picks has passed. I say that because, going forward, I think the price will become prohibative.

 
Josh Robinson probably deserves more talk than he's getting. Guy's been incredibly consistent and is putting up big numbers in the SEC and looking good doing it. Has the little bowling ball build a la Ray Rice et al.

 
Zyphros said:
Faust said:
2015 Mock Draft: Titans get Cook(ing) in top-10

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/nfl-draft-scout/24750450/mock-draft-titans-get-cooking-in-top-10
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Faust said:
2015 Mock Draft: Week of surprises in NFL, NCAA shake things up
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Is Connor Cook that highly regarded? At most I would have expected him to barely crack a top5 at QB but these mocks seem to suggest otherwise.
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Yeah I don't get the love really either. His stats are alright, but they're really aided by that game against Jacksonville State. In his 3 games against teams in premier conferences (Oregon, Nebraska, Purdue), his stats are:

59/113 for a 52.2% CMP%, 815 yards for a 7.21 YPA, and a 6/4 TD/INT ratio.

Those are pretty bad efficiency ratios, let alone for someone who's a "top-10 prospect". Granted 3 games is a pretty small sample size, but he's gonna have to play a lot better to make me think he's worthy of a first round pick.

 
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Rotoworld:

West Virginia senior WR Kevin White was named by ESPN's Todd McShay as the nation's fastest-rising prospect.

"We gave White a Day 3 grade in our preseason evaluation of him, and now it won't surprise me if he ends up being drafted before Round 3," McShay wrote. "He had his sixth straight game of 100-plus yards receiving in West Virginia's comeback win over Texas Tech on Saturday, finishing with 123 yards on 13 catches." White, who has posted over 100 receiving yards in every game this season and scored a touchdown in all but one, leads the nation in receiving yards (888) and receiving yards per game (148).


Source: ESPN Insider
Oct 13 - 6:54 PM
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McShay is way too reluctant to admit his preseason rankings were off. No one's going to hold it against him that he missed on a raw guy who played his first year out of JUCO last fall. He should be talking about White as a potential 1st rounder, not reluctantly admitting he might just go before the 3rd.

 
BigTex said:
Faust said:
2015 Mock Draft: Titans get Cook(ing) in top-10

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/nfl-draft-scout/24750450/mock-draft-titans-get-cooking-in-top-10
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I would love to see Gurley to the Ravens.
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I don't see Gurley falling that far. I know it's the thing now for RBs not to be drafted in the 1st, but Gurley is about the surest thing at RB in quite a while and there are a lot of teams with average RBs. I figured he'd be a top 10-15 pick.

 
Would one of you guys post your top 5 or 10 RBs in the 2015 draft?

I'm guessing it's Gurley, then Gordon....then ???

Thanks in advance.

 
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Rusty Barr said:
Would one of you guys post your top 5 or 10 RBs in the 2015 draft?

I'm guessing it's Gurley, then Gordon....then ???

Thanks in advance.
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Those two plus Abdullah (Nebraska), Mike Davis (SCar), Langford (MichSt), and some like TJ Yeldon of Bama but he's not my favorite.

 
Rusty Barr said:
Would one of you guys post your top 5 or 10 RBs in the 2015 draft?

I'm guessing it's Gurley, then Gordon....then ???

Thanks in advance.
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GurleyAbdullah/Gordon

Davis

Coleman

This is as of today.

 
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steveski said:
BigTex said:
Faust said:
2015 Mock Draft: Titans get Cook(ing) in top-10

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/nfl-draft-scout/24750450/mock-draft-titans-get-cooking-in-top-10
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I would love to see Gurley to the Ravens.
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I don't see Gurley falling that far. I know it's the thing now for RBs not to be drafted in the 1st, but Gurley is about the surest thing at RB in quite a while and there are a lot of teams with average RBs. I figured he'd be a top 10-15 pick.
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I'm sure he won't fall, just hoping that teams may see his suspension as a slight negative and he will fall to a good team like someone mentioned earlier.

 
Concept Coop said:
BigTex said:
Gurley

Abdullah/Gordon

Davis

Coleman

This is as of today.
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I like the call on Abdullah. I want to like him more than I do, as the talent is clearly there. I just want to see him above the 195 he's listed at.
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Some of the best ever played at weight. IMHO if you have the talent and mental capacity it's about staying healthy. Some may think if you play at a heavier weight then you'll last longer but I disagree.

 
Faust said:
Sources Tell Us: What we're hearing about top NFL prospects
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The scoop: "(Devin Funchess) is playing wide receiver this year, but he's the poster child for this era's tight end in the NFL." -- retired NFL front-office executiveThe skinny: This is the second time the Michigan receiver has been mentioned in this space. Two weeks ago, an NFC personnel executive assigned Funchess a Jimmy Graham comp and said he preferred the wideout as a tight end at the next level. That seems to be a growing consensus among NFL scouts. At 6-foot-5 and 230 pounds, he certainly has the body of an NFL tight end.

This debate isn't going away.

 
Rotoworld:

Old Dominion senior QB Taylor Heinicke "is a sleeper to watch," according to ESPN's Mel Kiper.

"He has impressed me in the few games I've been able to go through," Kiper wrote. The analyst ranks Heinicke as the No. 10 draft-eligible quarterback. Heinicke threw for 5,076 passing yards and 44 touchdowns as a sophomore in 2012 when ODU was in the FCS, and 4,022 yards and 33 scores last year, completing near 70-percent of his passes both times. This season, he's thrown for 1,815 yards and an 18/8 TD/INT ratio on a 62.5-percent completion percentage.

Source: ESPN Insider
Oct 15 - 7:22 PM
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ESPN's Todd McShay doesn't believe Georgia junior Todd Gurley's suspension will affect his draft stock.

Nobody does. "He has had zero character concerns previously, everybody raves about him, and NFL teams simply don't care about whether a player received payment for autographs," McShay wrote. "To be completely honest, there's a silver lining to not playing as it relates to his draft stock, as it isn't a bad thing for him to sustain fewer hits this season and not run the risk of being injured. As for his scouting report, he is a hard, downhill runner who is a load to bring down, and what separates him from a lot of other big, punishing runners is his breakaway speed when he catches a crease. He was averaging 8.2 yards per carry prior to his suspension." McShay ranks Gurley as the No. 7 overall prospect.

Source: ESPN Insider
Oct 15 - 6:49 PM
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ESPN's Mel Kiper doesn't believe Georgia junior Todd Gurley's suspension will affect his draft stock.

Consider Gurley to be the anti-Jameis Winston in terms of bad press: We've yet to read one report that even insinuates his stock was affected by his autograph suspension. On the contrary, most analysts believe the suspension might even help Gurley's draft standing because it will get him out of harm's way for the next several weeks. "I don't think Gurley being held out is going to do much damage to his stock," Kiper wrote. "If anything, it keeps the odometer a little lower."


Source: ESPN Insider
Oct 15 - 4:58 PM
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Seminoles coach Jimbo Fisher compares Florida State senior WR Rashad Greene to Derek Jeter.

"Greatness is measured to me with consistency and performance over a long period of time and that’s what he is about," Fisher said. "He makes all the big plays when you have to, but the rest of the time you’re talking about somebody else all the time. He doesn’t go get the spotlight. He carries himself with tremendous professionalism, represents his organization in the classroom, off the field, on the field unbelievably." Similarly to Jeter, Greene is a quiet leader. "I consider myself a workhorse," Greene said. "I do a lot of work and just keep going. All the fame and attention doesn’t really matter to me. I’m more concerned about my teammates and myself getting better and just making sure we win. All the other stuff, I feel like pretty much will take care of itself." Through the midway point, the FSU prospect has hauled in 44 receptions, 683 yards (15.1 yard average) and three touchdowns.

Source: Sports Illustrated
Oct 15 - 6:15 PM
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ESPN's Brock Huard writes that "NFL decision-makers loved what they saw" from Baylor redshirt senior QB Bryce Petty during Saturday's come-from-behind win over TCU.

Petty erased a 21-point fourth quarter deficit against a vicious TCU defense, a performance Huard thinks "will get him in the Heisman conversation." The analyst added: "Want to know what 'putting a team on your (now healthy) back' and 'willing a team to win' looks like? Commit last Saturday's fourth quarter in Waco to memory. In a league that so often comes down to fourth quarters and the ability of QBs to put negative plays behind them, NFL decision-makers loved what they saw from the prototypical passer with an atypical comeback." We loved what we saw from Petty in the final 10 minutes of the game, when he essentially played flawlessly, but it should also be mentioned that he struggled mightily for the game's first 50 minutes. Petty needs to be more consistent.


Source: ESPN Insider
Oct 15 - 5:30 PM
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jurb26 said:
Faust said:
Sources Tell Us: What we're hearing about top NFL prospects
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The scoop: "(Devin Funchess) is playing wide receiver this year, but he's the poster child for this era's tight end in the NFL." -- retired NFL front-office executiveThe skinny: This is the second time the Michigan receiver has been mentioned in this space. Two weeks ago, an NFC personnel executive assigned Funchess a Jimmy Graham comp and said he preferred the wideout as a tight end at the next level. That seems to be a growing consensus among NFL scouts. At 6-foot-5 and 230 pounds, he certainly has the body of an NFL tight end.

This debate isn't going away.
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I agree, I've read others recently saying the same thing. IMHO, as an owner of Fun chess I would rather LBs try to cover and keep up with him instead of DBs.

 
jurb26 said:
Faust said:
Sources Tell Us: What we're hearing about top NFL prospects
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The scoop: "(Devin Funchess) is playing wide receiver this year, but he's the poster child for this era's tight end in the NFL." -- retired NFL front-office executiveThe skinny: This is the second time the Michigan receiver has been mentioned in this space. Two weeks ago, an NFC personnel executive assigned Funchess a Jimmy Graham comp and said he preferred the wideout as a tight end at the next level. That seems to be a growing consensus among NFL scouts. At 6-foot-5 and 230 pounds, he certainly has the body of an NFL tight end.

This debate isn't going away.
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Total buffoonery by analysts. How many 6-5, 230 TEs are there? How many 6-5, 230 WRs are there? Calvin Johnson and Vincent Jackson were 239 and 241 respectively at the combine. I guess they have tight end bodies as well.

 
Xue said:
jurb26 said:
Faust said:
Sources Tell Us: What we're hearing about top NFL prospects
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The scoop: "(Devin Funchess) is playing wide receiver this year, but he's the poster child for this era's tight end in the NFL." -- retired NFL front-office executiveThe skinny: This is the second time the Michigan receiver has been mentioned in this space. Two weeks ago, an NFC personnel executive assigned Funchess a Jimmy Graham comp and said he preferred the wideout as a tight end at the next level. That seems to be a growing consensus among NFL scouts. At 6-foot-5 and 230 pounds, he certainly has the body of an NFL tight end.

This debate isn't going away.
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Total buffoonery by analysts. How many 6-5, 230 TEs are there? How many 6-5, 230 WRs are there? Calvin Johnson and Vincent Jackson were 239 and 241 respectively at the combine. I guess they have tight end bodies as well.
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I don't think you're reading the article very well. They are getting the information from team sources, not analysts. There are plenty of guys at that size playing both positions. Hence the debate and tweener divide. Jackson and Johnson don't move like guys there size, never have. Funchess doesn't move like them.
 
jurb26 said:
Xue said:
jurb26 said:
Faust said:
Sources Tell Us: What we're hearing about top NFL prospects
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The scoop: "(Devin Funchess) is playing wide receiver this year, but he's the poster child for this era's tight end in the NFL." -- retired NFL front-office executiveThe skinny: This is the second time the Michigan receiver has been mentioned in this space. Two weeks ago, an NFC personnel executive assigned Funchess a Jimmy Graham comp and said he preferred the wideout as a tight end at the next level. That seems to be a growing consensus among NFL scouts. At 6-foot-5 and 230 pounds, he certainly has the body of an NFL tight end.

This debate isn't going away.
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Total buffoonery by analysts. How many 6-5, 230 TEs are there? How many 6-5, 230 WRs are there? Calvin Johnson and Vincent Jackson were 239 and 241 respectively at the combine. I guess they have tight end bodies as well.
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I don't think you're reading the article very well. They are getting the information from team sources, not analysts. There are plenty of guys at that size playing both positions. Hence the debate and tweener divide. Jackson and Johnson don't move like guys there size, never have. Funchess doesn't move like them.
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Whoever it is, point still stands. Funchess most certainly moves like a WR. Show me a 230-lb TE that moves like Funchess.

There was a 235-lb WR who ran a 4.65 40 in the 2014 draft who was converted to TE during minicamp. Funchess definitely moves a lot better than him and is more explosive.

 
Xue said:
jurb26 said:
Xue said:
jurb26 said:
Faust said:
Sources Tell Us: What we're hearing about top NFL prospects
Click to expand...
The scoop: "(Devin Funchess) is playing wide receiver this year, but he's the poster child for this era's tight end in the NFL." -- retired NFL front-office executiveThe skinny: This is the second time the Michigan receiver has been mentioned in this space. Two weeks ago, an NFC personnel executive assigned Funchess a Jimmy Graham comp and said he preferred the wideout as a tight end at the next level. That seems to be a growing consensus among NFL scouts. At 6-foot-5 and 230 pounds, he certainly has the body of an NFL tight end.

This debate isn't going away.
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Total buffoonery by analysts. How many 6-5, 230 TEs are there? How many 6-5, 230 WRs are there? Calvin Johnson and Vincent Jackson were 239 and 241 respectively at the combine. I guess they have tight end bodies as well.
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I don't think you're reading the article very well. They are getting the information from team sources, not analysts. There are plenty of guys at that size playing both positions. Hence the debate and tweener divide. Jackson and Johnson don't move like guys there size, never have. Funchess doesn't move like them.
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Whoever it is, point still stands. Funchess most certainly moves like a WR. Show me a 230-lb TE that moves like Funchess.

There was a 235-lb WR who ran a 4.65 40 in the 2014 draft who was converted to TE during minicamp. Funchess definitely moves a lot better than him and is more explosive.
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I think you're looking at this from the wrong perspective. From a strictly fantasy point of view, it's better off if Funchess is considered a TE. Regardless of whether he's considered a TE or WR he's likely only going to be running routes in the NFL and will do little blocking, so from our perspective it's better if he's considered a "TE" simply because there's less competition for fantasy dominance at that position. If he's listed as a TE in MFL or wherever else it will increase his fantasy value by quite a bit.

 
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