I know I will be alone in this, but maybe my favorite player in this draft is Christian Wilkins. He uses his hands so well and never lets lineman get into his body, unlike someone like Gary that gets bodied all the time but is just disruptive at the college level because his big and fast.

To me, what Wilkins shows translates in better against the run and the pass in the NFL.

 

Safest picks, in my opinion, are Dwayne Haskins (QB), T.J. Hockenson (TE), Jonah Williams (OT/G), A.J. Brown (WR), Chris Lindstrom (G), Christian Wilkins (DT/NT), and Zach Allen (3-4 DE/4-3 DT).

There are superior, higher skill-ceiling prospects, but these guys will be successful barring some catastrophic injury.

 

Let me change the question slightly, if at #13 Oakland offered you their #24 and #27. What players available at #13 would make you turn down that offer?

 

It's Nick Bosa.

 

Def: Nick Bosa, Quinnen Williams, Josh Allen, Ed Oliver
Maybe: Montez Sweat, Jawaan Taylor, Jonah Williams, Kyler Murray, Dwayne Haskins
Move Down: Brian Burns, Drew Lock, Daniel Jones, Devin White, Rashan Gary, etc.

 

Its a good question. There aren't many who are likely to be available who would make me turn that down. Frankly, that offer from Oakland is my number one choice for this year's draft!

Of guys who aren't expected to be picked in the top five, I would say Ed Oliver and Montez Sweat would likely be my top two. Though I would be happy to take any number of other players if the trade down offer wasn't there.

 

Yeah the question came to me when I was doing a mock draft where I was offered exactly that but Ed Oliver was still on the board. I was trying to work out at what point do our multitude of needs outweigh the talent available.

The best version of this deal I've had (Which has only happened once out of the hundreds of attempts I've done) was where everyone I was super keen on at #13 was gone, so I traded with the Giants for #15 and #5 in the 2nd round. Then got offered #24 and #27 for #15.

 

Oliver, by far.

 

If Oliver is available at #13. I'm popping champagne whilst handing in that pick.

 

Murray and Haskins. Non QB division, you would need to offer a ton to budge me off Ed Oliver or Christian Wilkins. That's probably about it (aside from no brainer but no chance guys like Bosa and Quinnen and Allen).

 

Oliver over Gary. Gary just didnt produce the way you want an elite prospect to produce. He didnt do much of anything really, especially this year. While both took the latter half of the season off, Oliver at least was a total wrecking ball for his time.

Gary has the elite athlete measurables that will get him drafted early, and if he harnesses that, he will be a terror ... but I would let someone else take that risk unless the draft really fell a particular way.

Of pass rush, I'd rather go after a Sweat or Ferrell or maybe even Burns than Gary.

 

Agreed. I don't mind doing it later on in the draft, but earlier on then I don't want to take the risk of players who don't have the production to suddenly get results against a higher calibre of opposition.

 

I suspect Flores and Grier will as well. :up:

 

So pumped to get Wilkins. This is one of the few times ive loved a player before the draft and Miami got him.

 

Cant miss in this draft is Quinnen Williams, really REALLY high ceiling, and a high floor. I am saying this as someone who doesnt believe in taking Alabama defenders because they rarely get much better than they played at Bama