What would you have done differently?

[Sharkinva]

Elijah Qualls instead of Roullier at 199
Kyle Fuller instead of Hosley at 235
Happy with our draft, if our first 3 picks win the starting job by 2018 I'd assume it would grade out as an A

Allen was a starter from the moment the card went in.

Anderson likely will be a starter and Murphy will be asked to gain that 13-15 Lbs back and switched to DE again. Dr Moreau will be given every chance to win a starting roll... once he is healthy.

And as much as I wanted us to take Cook at RB, I think Perine might be partly what we were missing at RB. The bruiser we need. Not sure if he will be a three down back. But he does have what we need in short yardage and goal to go situations.

 

[Hambombs]

Allen was a starter from the moment the card went in.

Anderson likely will be a starter and Murphy will be asked to gain that 13-15 Lbs back and switched to DE again. Dr Moreau will be given every chance to win a starting roll... once he is healthy.

And as much as I wanted us to take Cook at RB, I think Perine might be partly what we were missing at RB. The bruiser we need. Not sure if he will be a three down back. But he does have what we need in short yardage and goal to go situations.

I don't think perine is a 3 down back. He's a 2 down bruiser. I think marlon Mack, Jamal Adams would have that potential

 

[skinz2winz]

Would have rather traded up a few spots to get Mixon. Concerned we didn't draft more than 1 DL in this draft. Also, a road grader guard in the 3rd over Fabian that could have been plug and play at LG.

 

[skinsdad62]

Who said taking a flier on a guy is wasting a pick ? To me that is just plain foolish thinking . The numbers say most 4th rounders and below are out of football with in 3 years . So if you have a small. But fast cb with 2 acls you take a shot over someone else . If you miss on a 7th your world doesn't blow the hell up . Same with the other guy who is 6-4 and 217 certainly he has traits to develop but he likes the weed . So I am better off drafting a slower , smaller choir boy ?

Of course taking fliers on talent is not wasting a pick that's just plain dumb when the odds says that guy is 80% likely to be camp fodder and gone in a couple of years sure some hit but most don't

In fact I don't call anyone drafted in Rounds 5 - 7. A bust if they don't make it because I don't " expect" them to make it . I plan for the worst. And hope for the best

 

[Buffalo_Nickel_1]

so if you was the gm skins dad you would take are 5 th 6 th6th 7th 7th and move up because rounds 5 -7 mean nothing if thats the case we should trade are 5 ,6,7 for a 4rd pick every year

 

[skinsdad62]

so if you was the gm skins dad you would take are 5 th 6 th6th 7th 7th and move up because rounds 5 -7 mean nothing if thats the case we should trade are 5 ,6,7 for a 4rd pick every year

ok how did you make that leap ? i never said they meant nothing coach , or anyone else , i said i dont "expect " anymore then what i have mentioned . so with that in mind i go to taking some high risk , high reward guys because if i miss , it doesnt set the franchise back 1/2 a decade as if i missed on a 1st rounder

now there is a huge difference in the meaning of "expect " and the words "mean nothing " i believe you take a talented guy with warts over the avg guy who is supposedly clean

in our last draft we took a speed guy who could actually play slot for us if he develops in round 7 we also took a guy who could fill cravens role in round 7 both have warts but both could fill a need

last year we took marshal rb and daniels at ILB both were needs and we picked them because they had speed or in daniels case he could call defensive signals and tackle . if either or both fail we lose nothing because those picks have a high fail rate . but if one comes through then we put then favored chance the prepared mind

 

[j_y19]

I agree with Dad. Those last couple of picks are all fliers. The chances of them making any team are slim. Get the best athletes available, even if they come with warts. Those are the type of long shots that have a chance to overcome their shortcomings. Sorry, but a slow, undersized, safe pick cannot overcome being slow and undersized. But a freak athlete that had some weed issues when younger does have a chance to overcome that issue. If he doesn't, then all you are out is a late round pick, one that probably wouldn't have contributed much anyway.

 

[Sportster 72]

Robert Davis is a perfect example. He has a high upside but he is green as grass. He is from a small school where coaching and caliber of competition is no where near the same as big schools with big programs. Kid showed well at the combine. Now they have to see if that converts into an NFL caliber player. If it doesn't there is no great loss.

 

[redskin4209]

In my draft I only had one pick in the 4th b/c of the Mixon trade. My 4th rd selection was Dorian Johnson G from Pitt. This was the weakest position on the off line.

 

[Skin'EmAll]

Allen was a starter from the moment the card went in.

Anderson likely will be a starter and Murphy will be asked to gain that 13-15 Lbs back and switched to DE again. Dr Moreau will be given every chance to win a starting roll... once he is healthy.

And as much as I wanted us to take Cook at RB, I think Perine might be partly what we were missing at RB. The bruiser we need. Not sure if he will be a three down back. But he does have what we need in short yardage and goal to go situations.

I don't understand why they didn't ask Preston to gain 20lbs and play DE? that should have put him around 290+
Perine is going to surprise, I think Moreau will too because I don't recall us getting too many combine stars at DB.
Hopefully they can coach him up, and that athleticism meshes with technique.
I did like Breeland but the lack of height and speed appears to be catching up to him, and now he has no confidence.

Cook is going to kill it in Minnesota

 

[SoCalWizFan]

Put it on paper or it doesn't count.

I said during the draft, I would have taken Brantley in the fourth. He would have been my second 4th rounder and we would not have gotten Montae Nicholson.

Browns take troubled Brantley, may release him

Any team including the Redskins may still be able to get him according to this. However - if any of this is true then the guy sounds like a POS and not worth being on any roster.

 

[gkekoa]

Obviously, if he is released, he is fair game. If he is released, the reason should mean nobody wants him.

 

[skinzfan]

you don't draft Mixon without owner support. Snyder has enough distractions with Native Americans, doubt he'd take on women too. I don't think the Redskins would have taken Mixon if he was there in Round 7.

 

[SoCalWizFan]

you don't draft Mixon without owner support. Snyder has enough distractions with Native Americans, doubt he'd take on women too. I don't think the Redskins would have taken Mixon if he was there in Round 7.

Ditto Brantley unless you are totally confident that this was minor & he will avoid all charges. Sounds like most teams - including the Redskins - were not confident. I don't even think that the Browns felt good about it - just wanted to take a chance & now they are having 2nd thoughts & might dump him.

 

[kbso83432]

I might have taken Foster over Allen, but I was good either way. I definitely would have traded up with the Bengals to snag Mixon, but not sure the Bengals would have done that. I think the only reason they traded with the Vikings was because they knew they were still in front of us and could take either Cook or Mixon.

Anderson is a bad ass and the more I listen to him the better I feel about the pick, but I would have taken Tim Williams over him.

I would have drafted Brantley, but only if I the Bengals wouldn't trade with me and wasn't able to get Mixon. No way I draft Mixon AND Brantley and parade both of them out to the media at the same time. One? Yes. Both? No.

Would have taken K.D. Cannon or Coley late.

 

[Sharkinva]

I might have taken Foster over Allen, but I was good either way. I definitely would have traded up with the Bengals to snag Mixon, but not sure the Bengals would have done that. I think the only reason they traded with the Vikings was because they knew they were still in front of us and could take either Cook or Mixon.

Anderson is a bad ass and the more I listen to him the better I feel about the pick, but I would have taken Tim Williams over him.

I would have drafted Brantley, but only if I the Bengals wouldn't trade with me and wasn't able to get Mixon. No way I draft Mixon AND Brantley and parade both of them out to the media at the same time. One? Yes. Both? No.

Would have taken K.D. Cannon or Coley late.

Had we drafted Mixon AND Brantley, and added them to Gallett, we would have had to change the team logo to this...

 

[gkekoa]

I might have taken Foster over Allen, but I was good either way. I definitely would have traded up with the Bengals to snag Mixon, but not sure the Bengals would have done that. I think the only reason they traded with the Vikings was because they knew they were still in front of us and could take either Cook or Mixon.

Anderson is a bad ass and the more I listen to him the better I feel about the pick, but I would have taken Tim Williams over him.

I would have drafted Brantley, but only if I the Bengals wouldn't trade with me and wasn't able to get Mixon. No way I draft Mixon AND Brantley and parade both of them out to the media at the same time. One? Yes. Both? No.

Would have taken K.D. Cannon or Coley late.

I definitely would take Allen over Foster; however, I understand exactly what you are saying with Anderson. The more I research, the more I like the pick. I thought Williams was the pick during the draft and was like, who is Ryan Anderson. So happy I was wrong.

As for Mixon, I am glad we didn't trade up. I will take Anderson and Perine over Mixon and whichever DE was there in the 4th.

 

[kbso83432]

Had we drafted Mixon AND Brantley, and added them to Gallett, we would have had to change the team logo to this...

I'm all about winning, but even I know the value of corporate sponsors. Gotta be a limit.

 

[kbso83432]

I definitely would take Allen over Foster; however, I understand exactly what you are saying with Anderson. The more I research, the more I like the pick. I thought Williams was the pick during the draft and was like, who is Ryan Anderson. So happy I was wrong.

As for Mixon, I am glad we didn't trade up. I will take Anderson and Perine over Mixon and whichever DE was there in the 4th.

Go listen to Anderson's interview with Doc. Paraphrase "I don't need no good combine numbers to go out there on Sundays and kick somebody's ass." Love it!

 

[Sharkinva]

At the time, there were things I would have done differently.

The moment Allen slipped, he became my first round pick.

In the second I probably would have traded up for cook, but then again I didnt expect Perine to be there in the 4th and I wanted a RB that was a day one starer and 3 down back. Mixon wasnt in the ball park because of the off field stuff.

I admit I would have taken Brantley in the 4th... but again considering that Perine was there... cant be mad.


All in all, we cant go captain hindsight on this one, because we actually did kinda nail the draft. We went substance over sexy.. which was a pleasant surprise.