(03-18-2018, 02:27 AM)JUNGLE CAT 2017 Wrote: Here's my early guesses:

1-1 Cleveland drafts Sam Darnold.
1-2 NY Giants are taking Notre Dame OG Quenton Nelson.
1-3 NY Jets take Saquon Barkley, not a QB. He's been estimated to be the next Barry Sanders.
1-4 Cleveland drafts Bradley Chubb DE of NC State.
1-5 Broncos draft Minkah Fitzpatrick, CB/S Alabama.
1-6 Colts draft  VT LB Tremaine Edmunds.
1-7 Tampa Bay drafts DaRon Payne DL Alabama
1-8 Bears draft Roquan Smith LB from Georgia
1-9 9ers select Vita Vea DL Washington
1-10 Raiders draft Calvin Ridley WR of Alabama.
1-11 Dolphins select Derwin James DB Florida State
1-12 Bills draft Tavin Bryan DL Florida
1-13 Redskins draft Leighton Vander Esch ILB of Boise State
1-14 Green Bay Packers draft Harold Landry OLB/DE Boston College
1-15 Arizona Cardinals draft OG Will Hernandez UTEP
1-16 Ravens draft Denzel Ward CB Ohio State
1-17 LA Chargers draft Sam Rosen QB, UCLA
1-18 Seahawks draft Isaiah Wynn, OG, Georgia
1-19 Dallas Cowboys select Conner Williams OT Texas
1-20 Lions draft Derrius Guice RB LSU.
1-21 Bengals draft OT Mike McGlinchey Notre Dame
1-22 Bills draft Baker Mayfield QB Oklahoma
1-23 LA Rams draft Ronnie Harrison S Alabama
1-24 Panthers select Justin Reid S Stanford
1-25 Titans draft LB Rashaan Evans Alabama
1-26 Atlanta Falcons select Marcus Davenport DE UTSA
1-27 New Orleans Saints select Dallas Goedert TE South Dakota State
1-28 Pittsburgh Steelers draft Josh Jackson CB Iowa
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1-30 Vikings draft Carlton Davis, CB, Auburn
1-31 New England Patriots select Rasheem Greene DE, Southern California
1-32 Philadelphia Eagles draft D. J. Chark, WR, Louisiana State University

1-2...I kicked around the idea of the Giants taking Nelson at 2.  There are advantages for the Giants for doing this.  First, it solidifies the left side of their offensive line for the next 5 years or for however long Solder continues to play.  Second, with the guard depth in this class, they could come back in round 2 or 3 and get another guard, and their O_line is basically set.  The T from Miami has been a turnstile at LT, but he may fare better at RT.  But ultimately, I think the Giants go QB.  New GM there.  New coach there too.  Both have a 38 year old QB.  That alone would typically be enough.  But considering we are talking about a G at #2 overall, a position that is traditionally devalued come draft time, at a position of strength and depth in this draft class, I think that cements the Giants going QB here.

1-3  I see no way the Jets don't take a QB here.  First if you look at their current roster, the top two guys would be a 38 year old McCown and a gimpy Bridgewater.  After that you have Hackenburg, a 2nd round bust who has yet to take a snap in a regular season game, Bryce Petty, a 4th year guy who has been similarly unimpressive, and Joel Stave.  Secondly, I don't see the Jets giving up all of those picks to take a RB.

1-9  I like Vita Vea, but the 49ers are absolutely stacked with highly and recently drafted DT types.  Granted, those guys don't have the build of Vea, but I see the 9ers going elsewhere.  When teams get what they believe to be a good young potential franchise signal caller, they try to surround him with weapons.

1-12-The Bills made all of those moves, starting last year, culminating to this point with the trade of LT Cordy Glenn to swap picks with Cincy, all in the effort to finally land a QB.  If Josh Rosen is somehow miraculously on the board at 12 (he won't be), no way the Bills let him pass.  They only have AJ McCarron (3 starts) and Nate Peterman (one unmitigated disaster of a start) on the roster.

1-14  Landry makes a lot of sense for the Packers there.

1-15.  Don't see the Cards going G there.  They are another QB desperate team.  If Rosen is somehow still on the board at 15 (he won't be), the Cards snap him up.

1-25  I like Evans as a player, but if the tacks were to go LB, they would go for an edge rusher instead.  Orakpo is 30, Morgan is nothing special and a liability in coverage, and Dodd has been a bust.

1-26  Atlanta has just spent their last two of their last three first round picks on edge rusher Takk McKinley and edge rusher Vic Beasley.  I don't see them going edge rusher here.
1-28  Pittsburgh just spent a 1 last year on CB Artie Burns.  Their run defense collapsed late last year, in no small part due to the loss of Shazier.  I'd think they would go ILB or NT here.

If the draft somehow unfolded like this, I would take either QB Mason Rudolph, or WRs Courtland Sutton or DJ Chark for the Jaguars.

1-31  New England just lost Nate Solder to free agency and they also have no real candidate to succeed Brady at QB.  Assuming the draft unfolds in this way, I have to think either O-Neill, the LT from Pitt or QB Mason Rudolph would be the picks here.

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