(06-10-2017, 09:40 AM)KYjaggy Wrote: Hurns can be let go so cheaply after this year that I think 2017 is ultimately a head to head battle for he vs Lee to keep around. Then Dede can be our Ted Ginn Jr. diminutive field stretcher. Which is fine and all, but the opportunity cost was some really nice dual threat TE options in Kittle, Butt, or Sprinkle that could have been our TE1 of the future instead of hopeful WR3.

Coming back to this post, I agree completely that the Westbrook and Brown picks, assuming we hit on both, give us tremendous free agency flexibility.

It would have been nice to take advantage of the deepest and most talented TE class in recent memory and get one of the guys you mentioned mid draft.

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(06-09-2017, 10:25 PM)KYjaggy Wrote: I would have gone:
1. Malik Hooker - OJ Howard was my top choice while we were on the clock, but a few TE that went day 3 would make this revisionist version better overall. Of course the Colts got the next Earl Thomas instead =/
2. Forrest Lamp - Robinson was fine, but I think Lamp was just a bit better...even at tackle.
3. Dan Feeney - Basically I think the Chargers killed day 2 getting both Lamp and Feeney instead of the team with two big guard needs that passed on both.
4. George Kittle - He, Butt, or Sprinkle would have filled a much bigger need than Dede without the off field concerns on top of that. I go Kittle due to superior blocking and top athlete at the position pass catching potential.
5. Jeremy McNichols - Really good film, versatile, and probably the 2nd or 3rd best athlete in the class after Mixon. 5th round was a steal.
6. Blair Brown - In my Lamp scenario we don't give up the 6th for Robinson and use it to take the Brown who hopefully falls another round.
7. Jalen Myrick - Great athlete, fills a need a slot corner need.
7. Marquez Williams - For like the 4th time out of 5 years I think Dave did well to finish the draft after disagreeing strongly with the early picks.

This would have been a good haul, too, I think.

I know you hated the Fournette pick pre draft, and I know you were really big on Feeney, so I know those top three picks would have been right up your alley.

I was less enthusiastic about Feeney than you were, and I had my doubts that he would be an ideal scheme fit here, but he represented better value than Smoot, and, in a best case scenario, he is a starter and average case, he still gives us depth and additional flexibility along the OL.

Question:  You chose McNichols in the 5th and came back with Blair Brown in the 6th.  Do I read you correctly in that it's more of an endorsement of McNichols than the idea that Brown was a reach in the 5th?

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(06-10-2017, 09:39 AM)Caldrac Wrote:

(06-10-2017, 07:28 AM)Bullseye Wrote: Based upon the responses, it seems most people had problems with the picks in the 3rd-5th rounds.

But I don't think I've ever seen such near lockstep agreement over the 7th round picks over any draft.

Agreed. It makes a lot of sense though. We went without the FB last year. Our running game isn't all that. And I think after we had a good run with Greg Jones leading the way for eight straight years during a stretch where we were one of the top three or five rushing teams in football made us want this position back. 

If we can't rely on the QB but we can barely scrape up 3.7 YPC as a team it hurts us. The selection of Fournette along with Williams indicates that this team wants to get back to what it once was. Which was a run heavy offense that could run at will and punch you in the mouth. 

Bortles does have the arm strength. And we do have the receivers on the outside though to take advantage of the ground game. Something we haven't had in it's entirety since the old Brunell days.

I agree completely with this.

In addition, the value was there in the 7th round to take a FB.  It made the most sense then.

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