Post by rbe40 on Mar 5, 2020 16:37:35 GMT -5
I'm guessing this NFL GM is picking outside of the Top 10.
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Here’s how one GM mocked the first 10 picks in the draft.
At this time one year ago, there was a growing sense the Arizona Cardinals would select Kyler Murray first overall. This year, nearly everyone expects the Cincinnati Bengals to select LSU quarterback Joe Burrow with the top pick. Not everyone thinks Burrow will be a top-tier quarterback in the NFL, however.
1. Cincinnati Bengals
GM’s projection: Burrow
“You love his mind and the short accuracy, but he is not a big man, he has small hands, does not have a big arm and he has done it for only one season,” this GM said. “So, there are concerns. I would not take him but I think the Bengals will.”
An offensive coordinator said the Bengals should “cancel their football team” if they do not take Burrow first overall. This coordinator called Burrow a once-in-a-decade prospect who is ahead of where Andrew Luck was coming out of Stanford based on the offensive style LSU played. The GM thought Alex Smith and Andy Dalton were better comps for Burrow from a physical standpoint while allowing that Burrow possessed more in terms of makeup and moxie.
2. Washington Redskins
GM’s projection: Chase Young, DE, Ohio State
The Redskins are in a situation similar to the one Arizona encountered one year ago. The Cardinals drafted Murray and traded Josh Rosen even though they had used a first-round pick (10th overall) for Rosen just a year earlier. This year, Washington could conceivably use the second overall pick for a quarterback despite having selected Dwayne Haskins 15th overall in 2019. One big difference between the Cardinals and Redskins: Washington’s new coach comes from the defensive side of the ball.
“Ron Rivera will be running to turn in the card for Chase Young,” a personnel director said. “He is sprinting and doing cartwheels.”
3. Detroit Lions trade the pick
GM’s projection: Tua Tagovailoa, QB, Alabama
For the sake of this exercise, the GM had the Dolphins trading into the third spot to land Tagovailoa, but he wasn’t specific on which team would move into this slot.
“I think Detroit is going to trade the pick,” the GM said. “Put Tua in there, but they will trade the pick. Someone else will take Tua.”
The team trading into this slot would not have to worry about the Giants selecting a quarterback fourth overall. The team would simply be jumping into a spot so that another quarterback-needy team would not get that chance.
4. New York Giants
GM’s projections: Andrew Thomas, OT, Georgia
“The Giants will take an offensive lineman and I’ll go with the Georgia tackle or maybe (Mekhi) Becton,” the GM said. “Thomas would be a damn good pick for them.”
5. Detroit Lions, if they trade with Miami
GM’s projection: Jeff Okudah, CB, Ohio State
Okudah would give Detroit a promising successor to Darius Slay whether the Lions remained in the third overall slot or moved down.
“Let’s say it was Detroit and Miami who made the trade (for Tua),” the GM said. “Detroit would take the corner they need so badly. They are trying to trade Slay.”
6. Los Angeles Chargers
GM’s projection: Justin Herbert, QB, Oregon
The GM saw the Chargers selecting a quarterback or offensive tackle.
“If you are the coach in his situation, you might want to take another position in the draft and go with Tyrod Taylor, who has played in the playoffs, rather than go with Herbert and start over,” another exec said. “But here is the thing on the Chargers. The GM (Tom Telesco) is making the decisions just like when he was with the Colts (under Bill Polian). They are a GM-driven, personnel-driven team. Telesco would be doing the right thing taking the quarterback, but it might not be the best thing for the coach in the short-term.”
7. Carolina Panthers
GM’s projection: Jedrick Wills, OT, Alabama
“I see D-line or O-line,” the GM said, “unless you are sold on a quarterback. They are not good up front on offense and this would help.”
8. Arizona Cardinals
GM’s projection: Derrick Brown, DT, Auburn
It’s also easy projecting a wide receiver to the Cardinals “just because you have an offensive coach (Kliff Kingsbury) and you don’t have any speed,” a personnel director said. “I would take Jerry Jeudy among the receivers, but who knows, Kingsbury could like the other Alabama guy (Henry Ruggs III). Brown is the second-best defender in the draft.”
9. Jacksonville Jaguars
GM’s projection: Jerry Jeudy, WR, Alabama
“He’s good,” the GM said of Jeudy, “but I don’t know if he’s great.”
The Jaguars used the fifth pick in the 2012 draft for receiver Justin Blackmon, an elite talent whose off-field struggles limited him to 93 career catches. The 2020 draft is deep at receiver, however, so the Jaguars could justify heading in another direction.
“I’d go offensive line,” another exec said.
10. Cleveland Browns
GM’s projection: Mekhi Becton, OL, Louisville
“They take the best offensive lineman left and Becton is a big, strong, powerful man,” the GM said.
This would place three offensive linemen among the top 10 picks, along with three quarterbacks, two defensive linemen, a cornerback and a wide receiver.
theathletic.com/1648440/2020/03/02/sandos-combine-notebook-a-gm-mocks-the-first-10-picks-of-the-draft/?source=dailyemail
Here’s how one GM mocked the first 10 picks in the draft.
At this time one year ago, there was a growing sense the Arizona Cardinals would select Kyler Murray first overall. This year, nearly everyone expects the Cincinnati Bengals to select LSU quarterback Joe Burrow with the top pick. Not everyone thinks Burrow will be a top-tier quarterback in the NFL, however.
1. Cincinnati Bengals
GM’s projection: Burrow
“You love his mind and the short accuracy, but he is not a big man, he has small hands, does not have a big arm and he has done it for only one season,” this GM said. “So, there are concerns. I would not take him but I think the Bengals will.”
An offensive coordinator said the Bengals should “cancel their football team” if they do not take Burrow first overall. This coordinator called Burrow a once-in-a-decade prospect who is ahead of where Andrew Luck was coming out of Stanford based on the offensive style LSU played. The GM thought Alex Smith and Andy Dalton were better comps for Burrow from a physical standpoint while allowing that Burrow possessed more in terms of makeup and moxie.
2. Washington Redskins
GM’s projection: Chase Young, DE, Ohio State
The Redskins are in a situation similar to the one Arizona encountered one year ago. The Cardinals drafted Murray and traded Josh Rosen even though they had used a first-round pick (10th overall) for Rosen just a year earlier. This year, Washington could conceivably use the second overall pick for a quarterback despite having selected Dwayne Haskins 15th overall in 2019. One big difference between the Cardinals and Redskins: Washington’s new coach comes from the defensive side of the ball.
“Ron Rivera will be running to turn in the card for Chase Young,” a personnel director said. “He is sprinting and doing cartwheels.”
3. Detroit Lions trade the pick
GM’s projection: Tua Tagovailoa, QB, Alabama
For the sake of this exercise, the GM had the Dolphins trading into the third spot to land Tagovailoa, but he wasn’t specific on which team would move into this slot.
“I think Detroit is going to trade the pick,” the GM said. “Put Tua in there, but they will trade the pick. Someone else will take Tua.”
The team trading into this slot would not have to worry about the Giants selecting a quarterback fourth overall. The team would simply be jumping into a spot so that another quarterback-needy team would not get that chance.
4. New York Giants
GM’s projections: Andrew Thomas, OT, Georgia
“The Giants will take an offensive lineman and I’ll go with the Georgia tackle or maybe (Mekhi) Becton,” the GM said. “Thomas would be a damn good pick for them.”
5. Detroit Lions, if they trade with Miami
GM’s projection: Jeff Okudah, CB, Ohio State
Okudah would give Detroit a promising successor to Darius Slay whether the Lions remained in the third overall slot or moved down.
“Let’s say it was Detroit and Miami who made the trade (for Tua),” the GM said. “Detroit would take the corner they need so badly. They are trying to trade Slay.”
6. Los Angeles Chargers
GM’s projection: Justin Herbert, QB, Oregon
The GM saw the Chargers selecting a quarterback or offensive tackle.
“If you are the coach in his situation, you might want to take another position in the draft and go with Tyrod Taylor, who has played in the playoffs, rather than go with Herbert and start over,” another exec said. “But here is the thing on the Chargers. The GM (Tom Telesco) is making the decisions just like when he was with the Colts (under Bill Polian). They are a GM-driven, personnel-driven team. Telesco would be doing the right thing taking the quarterback, but it might not be the best thing for the coach in the short-term.”
7. Carolina Panthers
GM’s projection: Jedrick Wills, OT, Alabama
“I see D-line or O-line,” the GM said, “unless you are sold on a quarterback. They are not good up front on offense and this would help.”
8. Arizona Cardinals
GM’s projection: Derrick Brown, DT, Auburn
It’s also easy projecting a wide receiver to the Cardinals “just because you have an offensive coach (Kliff Kingsbury) and you don’t have any speed,” a personnel director said. “I would take Jerry Jeudy among the receivers, but who knows, Kingsbury could like the other Alabama guy (Henry Ruggs III). Brown is the second-best defender in the draft.”
9. Jacksonville Jaguars
GM’s projection: Jerry Jeudy, WR, Alabama
“He’s good,” the GM said of Jeudy, “but I don’t know if he’s great.”
The Jaguars used the fifth pick in the 2012 draft for receiver Justin Blackmon, an elite talent whose off-field struggles limited him to 93 career catches. The 2020 draft is deep at receiver, however, so the Jaguars could justify heading in another direction.
“I’d go offensive line,” another exec said.
10. Cleveland Browns
GM’s projection: Mekhi Becton, OL, Louisville
“They take the best offensive lineman left and Becton is a big, strong, powerful man,” the GM said.
This would place three offensive linemen among the top 10 picks, along with three quarterbacks, two defensive linemen, a cornerback and a wide receiver.
