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General Draft Thoughts
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Dom McRaven
Hall of Famer
Watch him become the next great Ravens LB.
id happily eat my words if he did...
but it would feel to me like the steelers taking DB x in round 1 who has no business being taken that high - and then predictably is mediocre through their career
I've already thought about that
problem is it also doesnt describe the dolphins who are the only team with the ammo to really trade up to the number 1 spot
Luck too Colts to playoffs after being the worst team.. borrow need to do the same since he never been a loser.. this the nfl and unless youre BB and brady... losing seasons are guaranteed
tbf the bengals of the dalton era had been for a while a loaded roster who were a great regular season team - they just couldnt win a playoff game even when it was harder to lose
JO_75
Hall of Famer
The Eagles pick at 21 and have been doing their homework on C Resar Ruiz, who has spoken with the team several times. Perhaps 21 is too early but draft history shows Centers usually comes off the board in that range.
2019 - Garrett Bradbury (Pick 18)
2018 - Frank Ragnow (Pick 20), Billy Price (Pick 21)
2017- No Centers Taken in 1st
2016 - Ryan Kelly (Pick 18)
2015 - Cameron Erving (Pick 19)
2014 - No Centers Taken in 1st
2013 - Travis Frederick (Pick 31)
2010- Maurkice Pouncey (Pick 18)
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...-could-they-replace-jason-kelce-a-year-early/
2019 - Garrett Bradbury (Pick 18)
2018 - Frank Ragnow (Pick 20), Billy Price (Pick 21)
2017- No Centers Taken in 1st
2016 - Ryan Kelly (Pick 18)
2015 - Cameron Erving (Pick 19)
2014 - No Centers Taken in 1st
2013 - Travis Frederick (Pick 31)
2010- Maurkice Pouncey (Pick 18)
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...-could-they-replace-jason-kelce-a-year-early/
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Sami84
Ravens Ring of Honor
eagles have always prioritized their O line. Wouldn't shock me.
balfan23
MVP
Ruiz is definitely someone who we may be interested in, so I hope he's still there when we're on the clock, just so we have the option if we are so inclined.
On the o-line topic ... Eric said he sees some guys that played OT in college that would transition well to OG. I'm wondering if the couple OTs who could be available in our range that have received some 1st round grades are among the dudes that that could transition. That comes down to Josh Jones, Austin Jackson (and maybe Ezra Cleveland). Looking at the eval on these guys, I don't think we'd view any of them as 1st rounders.
It basically seems to me that if we were to expend a 1st rounder on O line, Ruiz would be the guy.
would not be surprised if he goes at 17 to the cowboys or basically anywhere before 28 lol
honestly those 3 are the guys id least want moving inside
when he mentioned the 1st round guys all being able to move inside, EDC specifically name-checked Becton, Wirfs and Wills - i think andrew thomas could be a fit inside too of those first 4
jackson and josh jones do not seem like fits inside to me and ezra cleveland is not someone i think we'd be interested in at all - might be a top of the 2nd type talent for a purely stretch/inside-zone team but not for a team like ours with a scheme like ours
that being said there are loads of tackles who i like inside some of whom project only inside and some of whom could do both outside of those consensus top 4 tackles:
Robert Hunt might be my favourite OG prospect but played RT in college, Netane Muti likewise played mostly LT but did play some LG in college in his limited playing time (not the biggest fan of Muti in general but he's a high ceiling prospect and projects best inside), Tyre Phillips is a good option to slot inside, further down you also have Hakeem Adeniji and really small school Zach Sammartino
guys who i think still could play T but would project inside for us could be: Isaiah Wilson, Saahdiq Charles, Ben Bartch, Jack Driscoll