Official 2015 NFL Draft Thread

Leave no stone unturned. I have a hunch Petty will go undrafted, just putting in the time so if they want him in GB he will already know them.

Someone will burn a 7th on him

Petty might go as high as the 2nd or 3rd round.

I doubt quite that high, but maybe. With the dearth of QBs in the league, anyone with a half-way legitimate shot likely gets a pick used though.

Round 5 tops. Petty will need a lot of work. Any team that needs a QB bad enough to take one in the 2nd or 3rd isn't going to want to invest the time he needs.

He's gone from undrafted to round 5 tops, so you're getting warmer.

I'm thinking Hundley, Grayson and Petty are the second tier of QBs and that's always a crap shoot, with Manion, Carden, Bennett and Bridge in the third tier. One of the second tier, Hundley would be my guess, may go to a team at the end of Round one following a trade in order to lock him in for an extra year, and somebody reaches for another, Grayson IMO, in the second. Then all bets are off. Maybe teams have learned more restraint when trying to find QBs but I feel we've seen too many examples to the contrary to make that call.  

My latest mock. This is without trades, obviously, which I think are quite likely to happen...

 

30: R1P30  

 ILB   STEPHONE ANTHONY CLEMSON 6-3 / 243 lbs. 4.56-40  

62: R2P30  

 CB   RONALD DARBY FLORIDA STATE  5-11 / 193 lbs. 4.38-40  

94: R3P30  

 RB   JEREMY LANGFORD MICHIGAN STATE 6-0 / 208 lbs. 4.42-40  

129: R4P30  

 TE   JEFF HEUERMAN  OHIO STATE 6-5 / 254 lbs. 4.8-40  

166: R5P30  

 DT   XAVIER WILLIAMS  NORTHERN IOWA  6-2 / 325 lbs. 5.08-40  

206: R6P30  

 CB   CRAIG MAGER  TEXAS STATE 5-11 / 201 lbs. 4.44-40  

210: R6P34  

 QB   CODY FAJARDO  NEVADA 6-1 / 223 lbs. 4.63-40  

213: R6P37  

 ILB   TREY DEPRIEST  ALABAMA 6-0 / 254 lbs. 4.92-40  

247: R7P30  

 OT   ERIC LEFELD  CINCINNATI 6-6 / 310 lbs. 5.08-40

Anyone know WTF happened to Trey DePriest? He was really good in 2 years ago playing with Mosley. He was supposed to become the next Mosley at Bama. Started the year on the Butkus watch list and preseason all SEC team. 

 

Maybe a 6th rounder now. Still miggy be worth a roll of the dice. I think he's better than he showed last year. 

I had a mock draft where Marcus Peters dropped all the way to 30. I took him. McKinney dropped to 62, I took him. Then the mockdraft site crashed. LOL

Guess that ain't happenin!

I had one too where Peters fell all the way down. However a Google search reveals` he is not Packer people at this point in his life.

 

 

Want to trade high picks for more late round picks.

This is an over-rated quarterback class all the way from round one to round seven.  Because of that it's going to be pretty much a complete crapshoot once Winston and Mariota are off the board.  Hundley's probably the third highest graded QB and I wouldn't be suprised if he went high in the second round and I wouldn't be surprised if he went in the fourth round.  Only teams desperate for quarterbacks should be picking one in the first five rounds.

 

As of today I would project the QBs to go in the following rounds:

Jameis Winston/Florida State = top 5 pick

Marcus Mariota/Oregon = top 5 pick

Brett Hundley/UCLA = round three

Sean Mannion/Oregon State = round four

Garrett Grayson/Colorado State = round five

Bryce Petty/Baylor = round five

Brandon Bridge/South Alabama = round six

Bryan Bennett/Southeastern Louisiana = round seven

Hutson Mason/Georgia = round seven

Cody Fajardo/Nevada = round seven

Entire QB class is garbage & that includes the "top 2" with "Crab Legs" & "Chuck & Duck" leading the way.

 

I pray our competitors take the 2 QB's pushing a better player to us at #30 or later

 

Neither one of them wants to be present at the draft because they know they're going to drop.

 

He plays to his timed speed, which isn't a good thing when the player is a linebacker and he runs the 40-yard dash in 4.92 seconds.

P.J. Williams = DUI

 

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/e...ams-arrested-for-dui

 

Ted likely cares about character but I don't know if he'd really care that much about a DUI.

 

It still is a pretty significant development because if Trae Waynes, Jalen Collins and Kevin Johnson are all picked ahead of the Packers, there is a pretty good chance that Williams would have been Ted's favorite remaining CB. 

Joel Stave should have left early. 

I think you're going to get your wish.

3 years ago

30: R1P30
ILB BENARDRICK MCKINNEY MISSISSIPPI STATE

 

62: R2P30
CB JALEN COLLINS LSU

 

94: R3P30
DT GRADY JARRETT CLEMSON

 

129: R4P30
C B.J. FINNEY KANSAS STATE

 

166: R5P30
CB CHARLES GAINES LOUISVILLE

 

206: R6P30
DE OBUM GWACHAM OREGON STATE

 

210: R6P34
WR JORDAN TAYLOR RICE

 

213: R6P37
OT JAMON BROWN LOUISVILLE

 

247: R7P30
CB BOBBY MCCAIN MEMPHIS

Used "Optimum Scouting"....

 

Anyone think this will fall into place?

 

Sometimes a DUI is just a DUI, but a month before the draft it is a strong indicator that the player may not get the whole 'professional accountability' thing.

 

Dumbass.

What are your thoughts on Kevin Johnson and Byron Jones at CB? Would you make either one your first round pick? Or, would you rather see us take a linebacker?

My latest using CBS Big Board

 

 

Based stictly on the quality of the players, I'd take Johnson ahead of any of the linebackers.  I would take Kendricks or McKinney ahead of Jones.

 

But Ted most likely goes linebacker with the first pick.  He has at least put a bandage on every position other than inside linebacker.  I don't think he'll consider the option of passing in round one and picking up an inside linebacker later in the draft, there potentially is just too great a falloff in terms of quality between the end of round one and the end of round two.  There is always a chance that Ted is in love with one of the linebackers in the next batch and is content with drafting that player at the end of round two or three and confident that player can step in and play right away...but I don't see it. 

I wouldn't be surprised if the first two picks are ILBs, provided the value is there. But I gave up trying to predict what Ted would do a long time ago.

We need CB, D-Line, O-Line, TE, OLB & yes obviously ILB.

 

I assure you Ted isn't "locked in" to take a LB'er in round 1.

 

Some of you forget we already have 1 ILB. His name is Clay Matthews.

 

Ted will do what he always does....BFPA

 

Take the Best Football Player Available

I think they are counting on Bradford to male progress as well.  We've lost 3 ILB and haven't gained any.  My guess is they are at least comfortable with Bradford in a reserve role.

quote:

I think they are counting on Bradford to male progress as well.

I hope they're not counting on him for female progress.  '

TT will take the guy from Clemson in the second round.

 

Normally I would agree with this, but this is a unique situation  This is a team that was 4 minutes from away from the Super Bowl with a 97% chance of getting there and playing a team we had already manhandled in the regular season.  There is really only one missing piece on this team, ILB, and it is not just a weak link it is missing entirely.  It is a black hole void on a team that is set everywhere else (almost). 

 

This is not a time to get cute. If there is a high quality ILB there at #30, you take him for this team, and then you bet on them to win it all.  We only really "need" one thing.  Get it.

I just find it hard to believe that at #30, there is going to be a blue chipper at some other position.  Every mock I've seen has good linebackers there at 30 that probably won't be there at 60.

Counting on a red shirt rookie project who never in his life played the position?

 

Christ I sure hope not!

BPA is never cute

I think the 2015 team will have to be different than 2014's team.  Time is linear, the NFC north and the league has changed.  They need more than just to fill a hole and hope everything else plays out the same.  They will adjust.  Isn't that what the self scout analysis is supposed to help you ascertain: define reality and compare to where the league is heading? That said, I don't disagree with the need at ILB.  I sort of agree with Boris' priority but here's my view on this Easter afternoon:  ILB and CB (outside) are the two highest priorities.  I would expect these would be addressed by round 5, because I also expect TT to take BPA.

 

Things I think would be interesting would be a list of toys/nice to haves (3rd down receiving RB, Down the seam TE, DL, and OT), later round projects(S, CB, and potentially QB) and special teams (OLB types).  All of these will be adjusted when they get a view of the players as they report on 4/20 (strength and conditioning and individual workouts).

 

I also wonder if this is the year that TT will have much more competition for undrafted free agents.  I think ST and projects could also be included in those players.

 

Its either count on a guy with a year in the system or count on 3 rookies. 

 

He was projected by a lot of scouts to be an ILB.  TT used a 4 on him and he has had a year in the system to develop, bet your ass he is in the plan.

I did a draft for the Vikings, tried to make it as realistic as possible:

 

That's a tough one to follow, Rusty...personally, I think they'll grab the kicker much earlier....