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eesti Wrote:
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> Bills:
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> EJ Manuel QB, Robert Woods WR, Kiko Alonso LB,
> Marquise Goodwin WR, Duke Williams FS, Jonathan
> Meeks DB, Dustin Hopkins K, Chris Gragg TE
I think the Bills had a very nice draft.
I thought Manuel was the best QB prospect in the draft.
Woods and Goodwin are two excellent WR prospects.
Love Kiko Alonso. Gonna be a terrific NFL MLB.
Duke Williams is a good get late.
Dustin Hopkins is one of the two best K's in the draft and has a monster leg.
>
> Jets:
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> Dee Milliner CB, Sheldon Richardson DT, Geno Smith
> QB, Brian Winters OG, Oday Aboushi OT, William
> Campbell G, Tommy Bohanon FB
I hate to give the Jets any credit at all, but they did a good job also.
Milliner is a a top shelf CB prospect, even if he's not elite.
Richardson could be a beast in their defense.
Smith was a a good value in the 2nd round at their biggest need. I don't think he's all that great but worth a shot there.
Two, maybe three good/solid O-line prospects.
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> Patriots:
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> Jamie Collins DE, Aaron Dobson WR, Logan Ryan CB,
> Duron Harmon S, Josh Boyce WR, Michael Buchanon
> DE, Steve Beauharnais ILB
Where is Richardson going to play in that defense? They already have two 1st round picks at DE.
It is so hard to tell who had a good draft. Our draft looked more like something Seattle would do than Miami.
Most of these guys were not very well known or highly rated outside of the top 3 picks. I realize that the media (and fans) doesn't really have a clue when it comes to player evaluation but is Ireland getting too cocky?
We moved all around and took players like Jelani Jenkins (4-104) instead of players like David Bakhtiari, Shamarko Thomas, Barrett Jones, Khaseem Greene, Quinton Patton, etc.
We swapped picks, moving from 4-111 to 4-104 (from the Browns for Bess) and received pick 5-164.
We traded down from 3-82 (passing up Stedman Bailey) to the Saints for two 4th rounders (4-106 Dion Sims & 4-109)
We then traded pick 4-109, 4-146 & 7-226 to the Packers for pick 3-93 (Will Davis) over players like Zaviar Gooden, Sam Montgomery, Nico Johnson, Alex Okafor.
Only time will tell but I think the success of Jenkins and Davis will tell whether or not Ireland did the right thing...
and taking Mike Gillislee over players like Ryan Swope, David Quessenberry & Andre Ellington.
I would have liked to land Swope but most teams were scared off.
One thing is for certain. Ireland does not subscribe to Parcels dated concept of size restrictions.
eesti Wrote:
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> Where is Richardson going to play in that defense?
> They already have two 1st round picks at DE.
>
> It is so hard to tell who had a good draft. Our
> draft looked more like something Seattle would do
> than Miami.
>
> Most of these guys were not very well known or
> highly rated outside of the top 3 picks. I realize
> that the media (and fans) doesn't really have a
> clue when it comes to player evaluation but is
> Ireland getting too cocky?
>
> We moved all around and took players like Jelani
> Jenkins (4-104) instead of players like David
> Bakhtiari, Shamarko Thomas, Barrett Jones, Khaseem
> Greene, Quinton Patton, etc.
>
> We swapped picks, moving from 4-111 to 4-104 (from
> the Browns for Bess) and received pick 5-164.
>
> We traded down from 3-82 (passing up Stedman
> Bailey) to the Saints for two 4th rounders (4-106
> Dion Sims & 4-109)
>
> We then traded pick 4-109, 4-146 & 7-226 to the
> Packers for pick 3-93 (Will Davis) over players
> like Zaviar Gooden, Sam Montgomery, Nico Johnson,
> Alex Okafor.
>
> Only time will tell but I think the success of
> Jenkins and Davis will tell whether or not Ireland
> did the right thing...
>
> and taking Mike Gillislee over players like Ryan
> Swope, David Quessenberry & Andre Ellington.
>
> I would have liked to land Swope but most teams
> were scared off.
>
> One thing is for certain. Ireland does not
> subscribe to Parcels dated concept of size
> restrictions.
My only issue was the trade up for Will Davis.
Ireland could have stayed at 82 and taken Stedman Bailey, but it doesn't seem like WR was a priority this draft.
I would have rolled the dice that Davis would have fallen from 93 to 109.
That would have given us another 5th and 7th which could have been Quinton Patton/Ryan Swope and Reid Fragel.