2016 NFL Draft Thread.

[Iron Eagle]

 

[old duke]

Hope he turns out great. I just never saw anything on him before.

 

[Rey]

I watched 4 vids since we took him; like the leverage he plays with. Gets off the snap quickly and has good leg drive. Upper body punch / strength seems average. Solid interior Lineman ... didn't jump out at me in the "special" category, but I also didn't see many holes.

 

[old duke]

Didinger had a 5th round grade n him. Maybe they think he wouldn't last until the 5th round, and they really wanted him. We'll see.

 

[Birds4life81]

I'm 2 tapes down. I am very impressed with the knee bend and leverage he plays with. I like the strength he plays with as well, he doesn't overpower you as consistently as you wish, but he gets a good push and rarely loses because of strength. Does a really nice job latching on and moving his feet to stay in front. He does a really good job on combo blocks and gets to the 2nd level quickly after. Really good feet and athleticism, shows the ability to pull and run in space with ease. Technician who doesn't look to panic when if he gets beat initially, has the ability to reset his feet and regain balance. He seems like a fiery competitor. I like how he plays with good awareness as well, helping out his center and tackle with his head on a swivel. I'd say about the only thing he's lacking his overall length, but he does a fantastic job playing with leverage and knee bend -- and it helps that he's real strong and balanced. I haven't seen him play anything other than RG so far, but by all reports this guy is extremely versatile - especially within the interior of the line. If his medical checks out than I'm fine with this pick. I still would've wanted Dixon, but o-line is critical and hopefully they get this pick right.

 

[Rey]

 

[Iron Eagle]

Our boy igglesnut, just pointed out online that Kelce may be a goner next year.

 

[Birds4life81]

Seumalo looks like a poor mans Zack Martin to me. They have a very similar frame as well. Both 6'4 from 303-309lbs with smallish arm length - Martin with 32 1/2, Seumalo 33. Both are very versatile. Martin played more Tackle at the college level, but both are interior lineman in the NFL. Martin was obviously more polished coming out, but Seumalo did miss his entire 2014 season. Great feet, leverage, balance, functional strength, competitive, high IQ, hard working, good athlete, versatile. I'm on board with this pick and pleasantly surprised at the film.

Can we trade a 5th and 2017 4th to go up and grab Dixon please! Booker, Collins and J.Will are 3 other RB prospects I'd love to have on this team as well.

 

[Greenbird]

Ok so after a good sleep & a lot of research I now believe this may have been a very solid pick. Admittedly I didn't know a lot about him because he was mainly touted as a center. Since last night I have found quotes from players he went up against who said he was the toughest competition they ever faced. I have also read in a few places there are some who believe he could start from day one @ guard. If this is true it was an awesome pic.

Now let's just hope to God a good running back is still in there in the fifth round.

 

[Iggloo]

This guy did get some buzz from scouts who thought he could be a good NFL center. So I suspect he will be a backup guard and center for us, and maybe develop into Kelce's long-term replacement. I hope I am wrong like I was when I felt they reached for Bennie Logan in the third, but I can only assume they really liked this guy and felt they had to take him here since they no longer have a fourth-round pick. He probably would have been there in the fourth or fifth round for us.

 

[old duke]

It goes to show you that we miss out on players when we don't have a full compliment of picks, especially in the first 3 rounds. And I'm not blaming the trade up for Wentz, because I'm all in for him, but the 2nd round pick that Chip gave away, especially for a guy we don't want.

 

[Iggloo]

I read up on this guy more and the real issue seems to be his foot. He missed a lot of time and had two foot surgeries. If he is fully recovered, well, he may be a nice prospect for us, especially if they play him at center. It sounds like that is his best position and he has pretty much perfect size for it, but that he played OT and OG because he was on a bad team that needed him there.

 

[Iggloo]

 

[WIZ]

Reid reached a little for a G but the kid looks like he may be related.

 

[Wings]

Andy took one of my top sleeper CB Eric Murray

 

[WIZ]

Detroit is killing it addressing the trenches and adding a nice S. New GM knows football.

 

[Los Eagles]

Wiz will play guard unless kelcee has another horrible year. This is most likely peters last year as an Eagle, so either their gonna bulk Isaac up big time or their gonna have to find someone to play tackle

Just got home from driving all day and night but as soon as this kid got drafted I thought hmm, we now have a number of options at center. Wisnewski prefers center and the third rounder can play there too. To me, Kelce had a horrible season last year and he cannot anchor.

 

[Wings]

Damn the lions just took Miles Kilebrew

 

[WIZ]

Haha Mayock just said exactly what I posted about Detroit.

 

[Iggloo]

Hindsight is 20/20 but if we had stood pat we could have done this in the first four rounds:

1) Jack Conklin
3) Kenneth Dixon/Jordan Howard
3) Braxton Miller
4) Conor Cook