2021 NFL Draft Gameday Draft Thread

[JAAM]

i hate walter lol

Hahaha I used to too but he’s entertaining

 

[Simba]

looking at my board - there's still lots of guys i like but not a ton who i'd expect to be starters or early contributors (at least not initially)

Thats kind of where I’m at. Still some players I like but what is the upside like? Think a lot of what’s left just kind of are what they are. Think we could still see some more “safe” picks but also might see some more high upside like Stephens mixed in more than usual.

 

[Justdewinit20]

Seems like DeCosta was pissed that they lost out on a bunch of good players. Again I think giving up a second in that Orlando Brown trade was not a good decision, but if Oweh turns into an all-pro it doesn't matter.

 

[rossihunter2]

Seems like DeCosta was pissed that they lost out on a bunch of good players. Again I think giving up a second in that Orlando Brown trade was not a good decision, but if Oweh turns into an all-pro it doesn't matter.

what gave you that impression?

 

[rossihunter2]

if we're looking at upside, im surprised that james hudson wasn't high on our board at the end there

 

[Simba]

if we're looking at upside, im surprised that james hudson wasn't high on our board at the end there

Saw a tweet the other day that he had some downright terrible interviews

 

[Justdewinit20]

what gave you that impression?

The post draft interview

 

[Simba]

I haven’t been fully referencing my board as much because it was more haphazardly thrown together this year, but I have 5 round 3 grades left.

Amon-Ra St. Brown
Tylan Wallace (health issues)
Trey Hill (health issues)
Dylan Moses
Daviyon Nixon

 

[rossihunter2]

Thats kind of where I’m at. Still some players I like but what is the upside like? Think a lot of what’s left just kind of are what they are. Think we could still see some more “safe” picks but also might see some more high upside like Stephens mixed in more than usual.

my top 80 or so has mostly been wiped out...

in terms of what's left this is what i've got:

Daviyon Nixon (not sure what's going on with him)
Trey Smith (blood clots - might go undrafted)
Deonte Brown (weight issues - i love him and im surprised in a seemingly shallow draft that no team's taken a swing on him yet)
Ar'Darius Washington
Jamar Johnson
Michael Carter
Amon-Ra St Brown
Kary Vincent Jr
Jabril Cox (very surprised he's not gone yet)

and after that you get into the high upside vs solid but unspectacular types

of that group, the one im most surprised didn't hear his name called is Stone Forsythe

 

[rossihunter2]

Saw a tweet the other day that he had some downright terrible interviews

i mean that doesnt surprise me - he doesnt strike me as the most cerebral guy and he didnt stand out much at the senior bowl

 

[rossihunter2]

The post draft interview

what about it?

 

[rossihunter2]

I haven’t been fully referencing my board as much because it was more haphazardly thrown together this year, but I have 5 round 3 grades left.

Amon-Ra St. Brown
Tylan Wallace (health issues)
Trey Hill (health issues)
Dylan Moses
Daviyon Nixon

Nixon's the one that really surprises me - because he has incredible traits and disruptive abilities in both the running game and passing game - seems to be a higher calibre of talent (to me at least) than many of the prospects who've already been picked

 

[Justdewinit20]

what about it?

He was saying a bunch of players were taken, but he was happy Cleveland was there. I'm sure they were hoping some other players would have fell.

 

[RavensMania]

Interesting note here at the end that tomorrow is a scouts day. Gotta think that they aren’t too enthralled with the options in this draft. This is where the Broderick Washington type of picks come from.

the answer is yes to the answer if there was ever a draft we didn't make a trade and that would have been two years ago.

 

[JO_75]

 

[Justdewinit20]

In hindsight do you give up both thirds and a fourth to move up for a RT?

 

[rossihunter2]

In hindsight do you give up both thirds and a fourth to move up for a RT?

idk if there was one they liked

i loved spencer brown who got taken 1 pick ahead of us - but sounds like the ravens had been locked onto ben cleveland for quite a while - long enough that harbs was lobbying for EDC to trade up to get him...

 

[Justdewinit20]

I'm more concerned about RT right now than I was about RG last season. I don't like the outcomes at this point.

 

[rossihunter2]

I will say, day 2 was underwhelming as hell - and the draft as a whole is full of risk...

for me the class so far hinges on whether Cleveland is able to rise to the top and put his stamp on the LG spot... we've got so many fine but below-average type players (good backups) on the IOL that it would seem pointless for us to draft Cleveland unless we felt very confident he could win that starting job...

i guess the upside with Stephens is that there's not much of a role for him to play in year 1 anyway because the corner depth on the roster is loaded, so he's looking at some special teams and some deep safety (in dime) type stuff at most in year 1 - but it's a massive swing to take with almost the expectation that we're mostly stashing him for a year

it would be a great year for us to have a great day 3

 

[Davesta]

Amon-Ra st brown and tylan wallace still haven’t got drafted? Sheesh