Ranking Players in the Draft

heir_jordan22 · Post #1 » by **heir_jordan22** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 3:38 am

How would you rank the players at each position? And who would you take off your board for character or injury issues?

QB
1. Luck
2. Griffin
3. Tannehill
4. Foles
5. Weeden

RB
1. Richardson
2. Miller
3. Martin
4. Wilson
5.James

WR
1. Blackmon
2. Floyd *
3. Wright
4. Jeffrey
5. Sanu/Hill

TE
1. Allen
2. Charles
3. Fleener
4. Green
5. uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

OT
1.Kahlil
2. Reiff
3. Martin
4. Sanders
5. uhhhhhh Mike Adams isn't good so I don't have a 5

OG/C
1. DeCastro
2. Zeitler *
3. Glenn
4. Konz
5. Osemele

DT
1. Brockers
2. Poe
3. Still
4. Cox
5. Winn/Thompson

DE
1. Ingram
2. Coples
3. Perry *
4. Mercilus *
5. Upshaw
6. Branch (gotta mention him)

LB
1. Kuechly
2. Hightower
3. Kendricks *
4. Brown
5. David

CB
1. Claiborne
2. Jenkins (I don't think the Bears would take him in the first)
3. Kirkpatrick (same problems as Jenkins)
4. Dennard
5. Gilmore *

S
1. Barron
2. Smith
3. Allen
4. Martin
5. Iloka

** Players that I really like and would target in the first two rounds.

heir_jordan22 · Post #2 » by **heir_jordan22** » Wed Mar 7, 2012 3:02 am

lol that didn't work out very well.

Are there any players that you guys especially like in this draft? Anybody outside of the first round you hope the Bears get?

Post #3 » by **DJhitek** » Wed Mar 7, 2012 1:32 pm

heir_jordan22 wrote:How would you rank the players at each position? And who would you take off your board for character or injury issues?

QB
1. Luck
2. Griffin
3. Tannehill
4. Foles
5. Weeden

RB
1. Richardson
2. Miller
3. Martin
4. Wilson
5.James

WR
1. Blackmon
2. Floyd *
3. Wright
4. Jeffrey
5. Sanu/Hill

TE
1. Allen
2. Charles
3. Fleener
4. Green
5. uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

OT
1.Kahlil
2. Reiff
3. Martin
4. Sanders
5. uhhhhhh Mike Adams isn't good so I don't have a 5

OG/C
1. DeCastro
2. Zeitler *
3. Glenn
4. Konz
5. Osemele

DT
1. Brockers
2. Poe
3. Still
4. Cox
5. Winn/Thompson

DE
1. Ingram
2. Coples
3. Perry *
4. Mercilus *
5. Upshaw
6. Branch (gotta mention him)

LB
1. Kuechly
2. Hightower
3. Kendricks *
4. Brown
5. David

CB
1. Claiborne
2. Jenkins (I don't think the Bears would take him in the first)
3. Kirkpatrick (same problems as Jenkins)
4. Dennard
5. Gilmore *

S
1. Barron
2. Smith
3. Allen
4. Martin
5. Iloka

** Players that I really like and would target in the first two rounds.

I was putting a list together before but got sidetracked. I'll give my opinions on your list and go from there.

QB's: I think Cousins should be in the top 5, maybe third or fourth. He has the arm strength and physical tools to be a starting QB. Not a fan of Foles, I don't think he has the mental makeup for the position.

RB: I agree with your listings, although I think Martin will be a stud and if I was running back starved I would trade up in the second round to get him.

WR: Obviously, I'm a huge fan of K. Wright and I think he will be the second best receiver in this class. Jeffery is a huge question mark but so was Baldwin from last years draft. I wouldn't put him in the top 5 but he has the tools to be a contributor.

TE: Honestly, who cares, this is an underwhelming TE class and the physical talents are too slow and the fast guys are too small to be two way players.

O/L: Khalil will be a 10 time All-Pro IMO, Reif is a right tackle and DeCastro is a mauler. There is decent talent here but I think a third round guard is the same as a first round guard. The talent gap isn't huge IMO.

DL: Fletcher Cox and then everyone else at DT IMO, Not a fan of Po or Brockers if at all. Coples will be a dominant DE in the right system, (I think he is a 3-4 guy personally) and Mercilus is a talent that can become a well rounded talent.

LB: Keuchley is a monster and Hightower is an excellent tackler. Another name is Bradham from FSU. Volume tackler who would be a greta fit next to Urlacher and Briggs.

CB: Claiborne is a little overrated IMO, sorta reminds me Nhamndi, his length is a big plus but everyone has a skewed view because his cover skills aren't particularly great. Not sure you can leave him on an island. Kirkpatrick is the perfect fit for a Cover-2 scheme, perfect! Long, athletic and extremely heady. Jenkins is the best pure cover corner but I'll be honest, I haven't seen him since Florida so I only speak about what I remember.

S: Barron is truly like Eric Berry IMO, tremendous tackler and very capable as a cover guy in the right schemes. Another one of those guys that you draft, sign, and watch him patrol your center field for years. I'm a little green on the other prospects since so many teams dual hat their safeties and use prodimantly nickel coverages against the great teams.

Larkin251 · Post #4 » by **Larkin251** » Thu Mar 8, 2012 7:51 am

lol that didn't work out very well.

BIGGIEsmalls 23 · Post #5 » by **BIGGIEsmalls 23** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:55 pm

Larkin251 wrote:lol that didn't work out very well.

....then..... :wave:

Good thread topic, Heir. I would try to add to the discussion, but I'm not completely up to speed on all of the prospects.

I'm actually learning from you guys on our board :wink:

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BeKuK · Post #6 » by **BeKuK** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 9:10 pm

DJhitek wrote:
I was putting a list together before but got sidetracked. I'll give my opinions on your list and go from there.

QB's: I think Cousins should be in the top 5, maybe third or fourth. He has the arm strength and physical tools to be a starting QB. Not a fan of Foles, I don't think he has the mental makeup for the position.

RB: I agree with your listings, although I think Martin will be a stud and if I was running back starved I would trade up in the second round to get him.

WR: Obviously, I'm a huge fan of K. Wright and I think he will be the second best receiver in this class. Jeffery is a huge question mark but so was Baldwin from last years draft. I wouldn't put him in the top 5 but he has the tools to be a contributor.

TE: Honestly, who cares, this is an underwhelming TE class and the physical talents are too slow and the fast guys are too small to be two way players.

O/L: Khalil will be a 10 time All-Pro IMO, Reif is a right tackle and DeCastro is a mauler. There is decent talent here but I think a third round guard is the same as a first round guard. The talent gap isn't huge IMO.

DL: Fletcher Cox and then everyone else at DT IMO, Not a fan of Po or Brockers if at all. Coples will be a dominant DE in the right system, (I think he is a 3-4 guy personally) and Mercilus is a talent that can become a well rounded talent.

LB: Keuchley is a monster and Hightower is an excellent tackler. Another name is Bradham from FSU. Volume tackler who would be a greta fit next to Urlacher and Briggs.

CB: Claiborne is a little overrated IMO, sorta reminds me Nhamndi, his length is a big plus but everyone has a skewed view because his cover skills aren't particularly great. Not sure you can leave him on an island. Kirkpatrick is the perfect fit for a Cover-2 scheme, perfect! Long, athletic and extremely heady. Jenkins is the best pure cover corner but I'll be honest, I haven't seen him since Florida so I only speak about what I remember.

S: Barron is truly like Eric Berry IMO, tremendous tackler and very capable as a cover guy in the right schemes. Another one of those guys that you draft, sign, and watch him patrol your center field for years. I'm a little green on the other prospects since so many teams dual hat their safeties and use prodimantly nickel coverages against the great teams.

Posts like that always help.....!! :thumbsup:

heir_jordan22 · Post #7 » by **heir_jordan22** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 12:30 am

I think Martin could be the Matt Forte out of this draft. I see a lot of Oakland's Nnamdi in Claiborne and Barron compares better to Mike Brown pre-injury than Eric Berry I think.

I don't know about Cousins because he just doesn't look like a good decision maker to me, kind of like Rex Grossman. And Cox can be a beast in the NFL as long as he's in the right system. Poe and Brockers can play well in almost any system IMO.

PS: I completely agree with what you said about the TEs.