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Was still surprised at the disparity we've had as the team in the league with the fewest draft picks these past few years...

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My most recent draft from Fanspeak

Round 1: Shaq Thompson - OLB - Washington
- Does he fit into a 3-4 defense? Not really. But he's a good football player at a position we need an infusion of talent, and he can add some weight and be that edge guy for us.... hopefully

Round 2: Denzel Perrymen - ILB - Miami
-arguably the best ILB in the draft. Good feet, active hands, agile, uses leverage and fast enough to play in coverage. May not have the idlea "height" tho

Round 3: Reese Dismukes - C - Auburn
-Rimington award winner and overall quality center. If he beats out Lelito, then Lelito can play guard and backup the center position

Round 4: Steven Nelson - CB - Oregon State
- Good instincts, fast, tough and plays with a chip on his shoulder like he's the biggest guy on the field. We need toughness and a punishing attitude in our secondary like Seattle. He also had 3 passes deflected in the senior bowl

Round 5: Shaquille Mason - G - Georgia Tech
- comes from a zone blocking scheme but was dominant at the Senior Bowl during the week. If he pans out, the center of the Oline could be Lelito, Dismukes and Mason in the future

Round 6: Stephone Anthony - ILB - Clemson
-fell to the 6th round in my Fanspeak draft and grabbed him up. He gets the job done. Perrymen and Anthony as our future MLBs?

Round 7: John Crockett - RB - North Dakota State
-small school back who racked up 2000+ rushing yards and had 30 receptions. Played in the East-West Shrine game. Good vision, good hands, multi purpose back. And in round 7, can't complain with a potential sleeper

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Looks good but I cannot no way shape or form can talk myself into taking Thompson in the 1st( I've tried) I may be totally wrong about the guy and if we take him I hope I am but I would prefer to get a safer draft pick. To me he is all or nothing and to draft him and he fail would set the D back badly.

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I wasn't sold on him either, but I've watched some YouTube videos on him and read some analysis and I'm coming around (plus Beasley had already been selected in my draft). He won the Paul Hornung award for most versatile player in the nation, which Odell won last year. Read that he's a team player and great locker room guy, plus great athleticism (played OLB, ILB, Safety and RB last year). Fast, very good in coverage and a student of the game... I've read. All things we want to hear about regarding a football player. And if he's as versatile as they say, Rob Ryan should be able to put him in positions to be successful. If we drafted him, I wouldn't be mad

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Anthony in the sixth, not gonna happen...

He's definitely a third rounder, possibly second round, and that's pre-combine...

Fanspeak needs to add:

DE Lynden Trail, Norfolk State (Sr); 6' 7", 260 lbs
OL Cole Manhart, Nebraska-Kearney, (Sr); 6' 5", 304 lbs

to the draftee dBase...

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ok lets compromise here

OLB SHAQ THOMPSON WASHINGTON

CB MARCUS PETERS WASHINGTON
slide stops here Rob swears he can keep the kid in line. job is on the line now

ILB STEPHONE ANTHONY CLEMSON

OT ROB HAVENSTEIN WISCONSIN 6'7" 332 5.39
here is my compromise for RT, typical Wisconsin lineman

OT TAYO FABULUJE TCU 6'7" 335 5.03
Jumbo set OT that can do some fill in at DT also.

RANNEL HALL CFU SR 6005 200 4.45
WR/KR/RB does anything you ask of him and produces.

round 7?
OL Cole Manhart, Nebraska-Kearney, (Sr); 6' 5", 304 lbs
John Crockett - RB - North Dakota State
works for me

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More draft analysis has Shaq Thompson playing a SS Joey Browner (aka Kam Chancelor role)...

With the personnel we currently have under contract, that may mean Kenny Vaccaro and Shaq Thompson would be up for the same role...

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Nice ... competition would be a good thing for Kenny.

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Draft Prospects Watch List By Round...

Prospects I’d select are emphasized...

No. 013 (R1, 13) OL Brandon Scherff, Iowa; Height: 6' 5"; Weight: 320 lbs.
No. 013 (R1, 13) LB Shaq Thompson, Washington; Height: 6' 2"; Weight: 231 lbs.
No. 013 (R1, 13) NT Jordan Phillips, Oklahoma; 6' 6", 334 lbs.
No. 013 (R1, 13) CB P.J. Williams, Florida St; 6' 0", 198 lbs.
No. 013 (R1, 13) OL La’el Collins, LSU; Height; 6’ 5”; Weight: 308 lbs.

No. 044 (R2, 12) LB Denzel Perryman, Miami (Florida); 5' 11", 245 lbs.
No. 044 (R2, 12) OL Daryl Williams, Oklahoma; Height; 6’ 5”; Weight: 334 lbs.
No. 044 (R2, 12) LB Paul Dawson, Texas Christian; 6’ 2” 230 lbs.
No. 044 (R2, 12) LB Benardrick McKinney, Mississippi St; 6' 4", 249 lbs.
No. 044 (R2, 12) CB Quinten Rollins, Miami (Ohio); 5' 11", 193 lbs.

No. 075 (R3, 11) LB Stephone Anthony, Clemson; 6' 3", 245 lbs.
No. 075 (R3, 11) LB Lorenzo Mauldin, Louisville; 6' 4", 256 lbs.
No. 075 (R3, 11) OL John Miller, Louisville; 6' 3", 315 lbs.
No. 075 (R3, 11) OL Hroniss Grasu, Oregon; 6' 3", 297 lbs.
No. 075 (R3, 11) RB Javorius Allen, So Cal; 6' 1", 220 lbs.

No. 109 (R4, 13) CB Ladarius Gunter, Miami (Florida); 6’ 1”, 200 lbs.
No. 109 (R4, 13) OT Donovan Smith, Penn St; 6’ 6”, 344 lbs.
No. 109 (R4, 13) DE Henry Anderson, Stanford; 6’ 6”, 287 lbs.
No. 109 (R4, 13) OT Cedric Ogbuehi, Texas A&M; 6’ 5”, 310 lbs.
No. 109 (R4, 13) DE Lynden Trail, Norfolk~Florida; 6’ 6”, 262 lbs.

No. 140 (R5, 12) RB Michael Dyer, Louisville ~ Auburn; 5' 9", 215 lbs.
No. 140 (R5, 12) OL Jarvis Harrison, Texas A&M; 6' 4", 344 lbs.
No. 140 (R5, 12) LB James Vaughters, Stanford; 6’ 2”, 258 lbs.
No. 140 (R5, 12) OL Adam Shead, Oklahoma; 6’ 4”, 340 lbs.
No. 140 (R5, 12) LB Zach Hodges, Harvard; 6’ 3”, 244 lbs.

No. 171 (R6, 11) OL Ben Beckwith, Miss State; 6' 4", 317 lbs.
No. 171 (R6, 11) LB Jake Ryan, Michigan; 6' 3", 238 lbs.
No. 171 (R6, 11) OL Chaz Green, Florida; 6' 5", 305 lbs.
No. 171 (R6, 11) NT Tyeler Davison, Fresno St; 6’ 2”, 315 lbs.
No. 171 (R6, 11) LB Davis Tull, Tennessee-Chattanooga; 6’ 3”, 245 lbs.

No. 205 (R7, 13) RB Kenny Hilliard, LSU; 6' 0", 235 lbs.
No. 205 (R7, 13) LB Trey DePriest, Alabama; 6’ 1”, 250 lbs.
No. 205 (R7, 13) OT Mitch Morse, Missouri; 6’ 5”, 305 lbs.
No. 205 (R7, 13) DE Travis Raciti, San Jose St; 6’ 4”, 292 lbs.
No. 205 (R7, 13) OL Cole Manhart, Nebraska-Kearney; 6’ 4”, 305 lbs.

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To get those would be steals. Are the 2 backs for ground and pound? I like both. What to do with the O-line, will Grubbs and Evans hold up or do we need some youth on the front line? A major trade could fix all of our needs!!