2016-17 CFB SEASON / '17 NFL DRAFT

Bingo_AlphaMan · Post #541 » by **Bingo_AlphaMan** » Mon Nov 28, 2016 8:28 pm

Mitch Trubisky - QB - Tar Heels

An NFC executive says UNC redshirt junior QB Mitch Trubisky is a top-10 pick.

"Accurate, good vision, athletic, tough … I think he’s a Top 10 pick," said the exec. Another NFC exec agreed with the sentiment in theory, saying Trubisky has the "accuracy and overall arm talent" to go that high. NFL.com analyst Bucky Brooks compared Trubisky to Chiefs QB Alex Smith last month and colleague Daniel Jeremiah comped him to former Kansas City QB Trent Green. The 6-foot-3, 220-pound Trubisky has 3,468 passing yards with a 28/4 TD/INT ratio on about 70 percent completions.
Source: MMQB

Nov 28 - 2:22 PM

Bingo_AlphaMan · Post #542 » by **Bingo_AlphaMan** » Mon Nov 28, 2016 9:09 pm

Taco Charlton - DL - Wolverines

ESPN's Mel Kiper and Todd McShay both have Michigan senior DE/OLB Taco Charlton as at least a Day 2 pick.

For his part, Kiper thinks Charlton is in the Rd. 1 mix. If he wasn't before, he is now. The 6-foot-6, 270-pounder had 2.5 sacks and nine tackles against Ohio State on Saturday, running his season total up to 8.5 sacks. "Charlton plays with good leverage for his height, has active hands and takes great angles when rushing quarterbacks," Kiper said. "He showed Saturday that he can play on his feet, which means he could fit in a 4-3 or 3-4 scheme." We also believe Charlton to be a good fit in either a 3-4 or 4-3 scheme. "He has been Michigan's best pass-rusher for the past two seasons and brings some serious upside to the table as an NFL prospect," McShay wrote. "I have Charlton as a Day 2 pick right now."

Nov 28 - 2:55 PM

Post #543 » by **CalamityX12** » Mon Nov 28, 2016 9:10 pm

Bingo_AlphaMan wrote:
CalamityX12 wrote:is it just me or this draft isn't necessarily deep across the board?

I also feel the same. Though it's loaded in certain positions overall is an underwhelming class (LBs, OTs, QBs, WRs, DTs) to say the least.

lol yeah... RBs seem to be the "bright spot" along with secondary....

as the gods laugh at us and have their way, happens to be both areas that are of least concern atm...

(see my Fournette scenario from earlier)....

wco81 · Post #544 » by **wco81** » Mon Nov 28, 2016 9:24 pm

Bingo_AlphaMan wrote:
NFL.com analyst Bucky Brooks compared Trubisky to Chiefs QB Alex Smith last month

Ugh, stay away from him 49ers.

What does he do throw 5-yard passes and his skills players get him a lot of YAC?

Bingo_AlphaMan · Post #545 » by **Bingo_AlphaMan** » Mon Nov 28, 2016 9:48 pm

Saquon Barkley - RB - Nittany Lions

Penn State sophomore RB Saquon Barkley (foot) indicated that he expects to play in the Big Ten championship game against Wisconsin on Saturday.

Barkley suffered an injury to his right foot in Saturday's win over Michigan State, but all early indications are that it shouldn't keep him off the field for this weekend's title game. On Sunday, HC James Franklin said that the program is "expecting and anticipating" on the 5-foot-11, 222-pound sophomore taking the field, while Barkley himself said on Monday that he is "feeling fine." He indicated that he is receiving treatment and taking his health day-to-day. Barkley has rushed for 1,219 yards (5.3 YPC) and 15 touchdowns through 12 games played.
Source: Yahoo Sports

Nov 28 - 4:10 PM

NinerSickness · Post #546 » by **NinerSickness** » Tue Nov 29, 2016 7:25 am

wco81 wrote:
Bingo_AlphaMan wrote:
NFL.com analyst Bucky Brooks compared Trubisky to Chiefs QB Alex Smith last month

Ugh, stay away from him 49ers.

What does he do throw 5-yard passes and his skills players get him a lot of YAC?

Bucky Brooks is clueless. Trubisky is nothing like Alex Smith. Dude throws strikes all over the field with barely any step. Alex had to step into his passes like Hideo Nomo, ever since he was in college, in order to get any velocity.

wco81 · Post #547 » by **wco81** » Tue Nov 29, 2016 8:33 am

Hope for his sake that's true.

Sounds like more physically gifted.

Yet he's a one-year wonder?

Isn't that like what got Tom Savage drafted higher than expected but he hasn't played?

BTW, good chance the 49ers win at Chicago and drop themselves behind the Bears in the draft order.

NinerSickness · Post #548 » by **NinerSickness** » Tue Nov 29, 2016 10:04 am

Great news! Weather forecast for Chicago on Sunday is 42 degrees and scattered showers!

Advantage: home team who's better at stopping the run.

:rockon:

Bingo_AlphaMan · Post #549 » by **Bingo_AlphaMan** » Tue Nov 29, 2016 2:14 pm

Malik Hooker - DB - Buckeyes

Ohio State redshirt sophomore S Malik Hooker indicated that he will be returning to the Buckeyes for the 2017 season.

"Right now it's 100-percent sure I'm coming back to Ohio State," said Hooker. In 12 games this season, the 6-foot-2, 205-pounder has had metaphorical magnets on his fingertips, picking off a stellar six passes -- three of which were returned for touchdowns -- while recording 67 tackles (5.0 for loss) and four passes defended. TFY Draft Insider's Tony Pauline wrote in early October that Hooker had first-round potential for the 2017 NFL Draft if he declared, while a scout told MMQB later that month that the standout redshirt sophomore is "[p]hysical, quick, fast and explosive with a great nose for the ball."
Source: The Columbus Dispatch

Nov 28 - 6:06 PM

Bingo_AlphaMan · Post #550 » by **Bingo_AlphaMan** » Tue Nov 29, 2016 2:16 pm

D'Onta Foreman - RB - Longhorns

Inside the League's Neil Stratton reports that Texas junior RB D'Onta Foreman will enter the 2017 NFL Draft.

Stratton relays that after narrowing his agency choice down to four, Foreman has decided to roll with Select Sports. Neither player nor agency has confirmed this report as of yet. New HC Tom Herman indicated during Sunday's introductory press conference that he had yet to speak with the junior back, but that he hoped to do so on Monday. The 6-foot-1, 249-pound Foreman was nothing short of brilliant this season, rushing for 2,028 yards (6.3 YPC) and 15 touchdowns over 11 games played. He rushed for at least 120 yards in every one of those contests. Included in that lot, a towering 341-yard, three-touchdown performance against Texas Tech on November 5.
Source: Inside the League on Twitter

Nov 28 - 6:40 PM

Post #551 » by **Ray_Dogg** » Tue Nov 29, 2016 6:03 pm

NinerSickness wrote:Great news! Weather forecast for Chicago on Sunday is 42 degrees and scattered showers!

Advantage: home team who's better at stopping the run.

I give us a zero percent chance of losing. The Bears are decimated by injuries and suspensions. This could very well be a franchise crippling win. The one that knocks us out of the second spot for good; costing us the #1 QB or Garrett.

Post #552 » by **CalamityX12** » Tue Nov 29, 2016 7:19 pm

I'll be upset if we win...

I'll be embarrassed more and more if we lose(though its for the right play!!!)....

Ease_Ur_Storm · Post #553 » by **Ease_Ur_Storm** » Tue Nov 29, 2016 7:32 pm

Ugh we need a Kap melt down in this one to avoid him coming back next year.

NinerSickness · Post #554 » by **NinerSickness** » Wed Nov 30, 2016 5:12 am

Ray_Dogg wrote:
NinerSickness wrote:Great news! Weather forecast for Chicago on Sunday is 42 degrees and scattered showers!

Advantage: home team who's better at stopping the run.

I give us a zero percent chance of losing. The Bears are decimated by injuries and suspensions. This could very well be a franchise crippling win. The one that knocks us out of the second spot for good; costing us the #1 QB or Garrett.

I just had a nap & also a nightmare about this. Baalke got the 7th pick and drafted a no-name defensive end from Wake Forest. :waaa:

Bingo_AlphaMan · Post #555 » by **Bingo_AlphaMan** » Wed Nov 30, 2016 6:23 pm

NinerSickness wrote:
Ray_Dogg wrote:
NinerSickness wrote:Great news! Weather forecast for Chicago on Sunday is 42 degrees and scattered showers!
I just had a nap & also a nightmare about this. Baalke got the 7th pick and drafted a no-name defensive end from Wake Forest.

Lmao.

Bingo_AlphaMan · Post #556 » by **Bingo_AlphaMan** » Wed Nov 30, 2016 10:52 pm

Lamar Jackson - QB - Cardinals

Louisville sophomore QB Lamar Jackson was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year.

Also on Wednesday, Jackson was, naturally, named ACC Offensive Player of the Year. Heading into the bowl game, Jackson has accrued 4,928 yards of total offense and an ACC single-season record of 51 total touchdowns (30 passing, 21 rushing). Jackson also broke the ACC record for rushing yards by a quarterback in a season with 1,538. Jackson has thrown for 3,390 yards. Jackson received 36 votes for the ACC POY honor, far more than second-place finisher Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson (five).
Source: Courier Journal

Nov 30 - 4:37 PM

Bingo_AlphaMan · Post #557 » by **Bingo_AlphaMan** » Wed Nov 30, 2016 10:53 pm

Josh Harvey-Clemons - DB - Cardinals

Louisville S Josh Harvey-Clemons accepted an invitation to the Reese's Senior Bowl.

The 6-foot-4, 212-pounder, a former Georgia transfer, is one of those newfangled hybrid safeties. A third-team All-ACC selections last year, Harvey-Clemons has over 140 tackles the last two seasons.
Source: Senior Bowl

Nov 30 - 4:18 PM

RedneckNiner · Post #558 » by **RedneckNiner** » Thu Dec 1, 2016 2:07 am

NinerSickness wrote:
Ray_Dogg wrote:
NinerSickness wrote:Great news! Weather forecast for Chicago on Sunday is 42 degrees and scattered showers!

Advantage: home team who's better at stopping the run.

I give us a zero percent chance of losing. The Bears are decimated by injuries and suspensions. This could very well be a franchise crippling win. The one that knocks us out of the second spot for good; costing us the #1 QB or Garrett.

I just had a nap & also a nightmare about this. Baalke got the 7th pick and drafted a no-name defensive end from Wake Forest.

Thats not a Nightmare Sick... thats a high probabilty prophecy though equally as likely will be another safety.

Bingo_AlphaMan · Post #559 » by **Bingo_AlphaMan** » Thu Dec 1, 2016 4:09 pm

Malik Hooker - DB - Buckeyes

NFL Media's Daniel Jeremiah says Ohio State redshirt sophomore S Malik Hooker "has the best ball skills of any defensive back in the country."

The scouting community en mass has been throwing Ed Reed comps at Hooker for the past month or so. Hooker is up to six interceptions, including three pick-sixes. "His tackling is still a work in progress," Jeremiah cautioned, noting that Hooker had a "couple fly-by missed tackles" against Michigan.
Source: NFL.com

Nov 30 - 5:56 PM

Bingo_AlphaMan · Post #560 » by **Bingo_AlphaMan** » Thu Dec 1, 2016 6:26 pm

Forrest Lamp - T - Hilltoppers

ESPN's Mel Kiper says Western Kentucky OL Forrest Lamp "reminds me a little bit of Brandon Scherff."

Scherff was a stud left tackle at Iowa but became an elite guard for the Redskins. Lamp is a stud left tackle at WKU who scouts project, ala Scherff, as a right tackle or a guard in the NFL. "He has good feet, is a sound technician and is very alert, which means he sees blitzes and senses stunts ahead of time. These traits are why I think he's ready to play immediately in the NFL in 2017," Kiper wrote. "Lamp is in the second-round range right now, and I'm excited to see how he performs against better talent in the Senior Bowl." Lamp will play in the Senior Bowl.
Source: ESPN

Dec 1 - 1:02 PM