Quote:Dan Feeney in RD3 where we selected Dawuane Smoot instead. I think the rest of the selections were beyond reasonable. But this one concerns me. And we'll know right away if this was a mistake because it's easier to see any weaknesses along the trenches as a fan.

 

If you see a LG or RG getting bulldozed or bulldogged back into the QB. Or if you see Smoot getting stonewalled at the LOS or whooped up on it'll be aggravating.

 

The one knock on Smoot is that he has a tendency to get "close" to the QB but he can't "finish" the QB. If he struggled with that aspect just at Illinois he's going to have his struggles in the NFL. 

 

Feeney wasn't perfect. But with a 2nd RD grade on him sitting there in RD3 he would have been a good fit in the run blocking department. And he could pull and get out front as well. He has a good motor for a biggin'. We'll see. It could go the other way. But in fairness we'll have to wait until maybe 2019 to fairly grade this class.