Best and Worst Drafts of 2017
Posted: Mon May 1, 2017 3:23 am
The top 3: Chargers, Buccaneers, 49ers
The bottom 3: Panthers, Rams, Lions
The bottom 3: Panthers, Rams, Lions
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RedneckNiner wrote:Outside of Beathard Lynch killed it.. Ravens Eagles, Titans killed it...
Bears bombed it
clyde21 wrote:RedneckNiner wrote:Outside of Beathard Lynch killed it.. Ravens Eagles, Titans killed it...
Bears bombed it
This is what this draft would've more or less looked like had I been pulling the trigger:
1. Solomon Thomas
2. Reuben Foster
3. DeShone Kizer
4. Dorian Johnson
5. Jamaal Williams
6. Damontae Kazee
7. Xavier Woods
8. Bucky Hodges
9. DeAngelo Henderson
We'll see it it all works out.
I_am_1z wrote:clyde21 wrote:RedneckNiner wrote:Outside of Beathard Lynch killed it.. Ravens Eagles, Titans killed it...
Bears bombed it
This is what this draft would've more or less looked like had I been pulling the trigger:
1. Solomon Thomas
2. Reuben Foster
3. DeShone Kizer
4. Dorian Johnson
5. Jamaal Williams
6. Damontae Kazee
7. Xavier Woods
8. Bucky Hodges
9. DeAngelo Henderson
We'll see it it all works out.
That's after knowing where all the players were taken. We should have done a live draft on here to see who people would have taken because I'm sure you would have taken Kizer with one of our 1st round picks and Hodges in the 2nd or 3rd.
clyde21 wrote:RedneckNiner wrote:Outside of Beathard Lynch killed it.. Ravens Eagles, Titans killed it...
Bears bombed it
I disagree.
I won't complain much about the first three picks: Thomas is one my all-time favorite picks and I like Foster and understand Witherspoon. My issues:
1. DeShone Kizer was there late in the 2nd where we could've traded up for him and still nabbed Witherspoon in the third if that was our guy. Even if Kizer doesn't workout this year, taking him in the second wouldn't change what we do next draft in terms of grabbing a signal caller.
2. I understand Kyle Shanahan liked Beathard the most and as GM you'd have to honor that working relationship if you trust your HC, but I just can't get behind it sitting on the outside looking in. We passed up on some good names at that spot, mainly Eddie Jackson, Dorian Johnson, Samaje Perine and Carl Lawson.
3. Joe Williams. Again, I can't get behind this from the outside looking in. They've talked to him so maybe they feel much more comfortable with him, but to take a RB that quit on his team mid-season at that spot in a loaded draft class is quite risky. And that's not even including his deficiencies as a prospect. Players we passed up: Nico Siragusa, Josh Malone, Julien Davenport and the RB I wanted, Jamaal Williams.
4. George Kittle. Hard for me to get behind this as well knowing Bucky Hodges was available. Maybe they're looking for another blocking TE (we already have a couple on the roster)...but Hodges provided a dimension we don't have is quite frankly a much better prospect. Other prospects we passed on: Damontae Kazee, Desmond King, and Corn Elder.
5. Trent Taylor/D.J. Jones/Pita Taumoepenu. These three I understand the logic behind. I would've gone in a different direction in all cases, but at least I can see what the thought process here was and the value matches.
This is what this draft would've more or less looked like had I been pulling the trigger:
1. Solomon Thomas
2. Reuben Foster
3. DeShone Kizer
4. Dorian Johnson
5. Jamaal Williams
6. Damontae Kazee
7. Xavier Woods
8. Bucky Hodges
9. DeAngelo Henderson
We'll see it it all works out.