(03-29-2020, 11:01 AM)Upper Wrote: I saw someone post this rule for their draft rankings a while ago and it really resonated with me:

In the early rounds, if you are looking at an oline or dline and their first bullet on the scouting report is run blocking or run stopping...just move on. If you're looking at WR and the first bullet on the scouting report is contested catch ability...just move on.

Pass blocking, disrupting the passer, and creating separation are the premier skills in the NFL right now.

I'll have to add that to my guidelines.

This is why I'm now souring on Derrick Brown in the top 10. He might be a one-trick pony. How does he compare to Marcel Dareus coming out of college? Was Dareus known primarily as a run-stuffer with only a bull-rush? I think Dareus took a little while to develop in the pros. I don't want that in the top 10, unless it's a QB. I want a plug and play starter. I don't want to be a farm system for other teams to nab my guys after they've been arduously trained for four years. If another team nabs my guys, I want to at least be able to say we got four solid years out of them on a rookie contract. 

For now, if I'm Caldwell I take Wirfs or Becton (unless Okudah falls) and move on. Wirfs has the lowest risk. Let him compete at LT; if he can't beat out Cam move him to RG his rookie year. Becton is a risk only because his weight needs to be monitored. Assign him a dietitian to nag him everyday and make him do weigh-ins to gain permission to practice.

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