2018 Draft Prospects Thread

Don't care much for the outlet, but Jon Ledyard is one of the best at evaluation.

Worth a follow for all of you on the Twitter. @LedyardNFLDraft

The Human Q-Tip said:

Don't know if this article already has been posted, but it's a Sports Illustrated profile of Minkah Fitzpatrick.

Minkah Fitzpatrick's Best Isn't Good Enough for Minkah Fitzpatrick

The whole point of distressed jeans is, of course, that they are distressed. Minkah Fitzpatrick knows fashion. His mother and older sister both work for Burlington department stores; he styles teammates for awards ceremonies. And yet here he is—the best player on the nation’s best defense, a top 10 pick in next year’s NFL draft (should he decide to declare) and arguably the most dominant player who will take the field in next month’s College Football Playoff—straightening the purposely asymmetrical rip on his left knee as he explains that he abhors clutter.

The junior Alabama defensive back is meticulous in all aspects of his life, sometimes to the exhaustion of those around him. Fitzpatrick attributes the Tide’s crushing loss in last season’s championship game against Clemson to “people coming late to a meeting or just not wearing the right socks.” He acknowledges that he may sound insane but adds, “If you can’t do the small things right, how can you expect to do the big things....?”

https://sports.yahoo.com/minkah-fitzpatrick-apos-best-isn-134515770.html

For anyone who attaches major importance to character....we have to get this kid.

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This is an awesome piece, thanks for sharing.

Club Minkah is still accepting applicants, for those who haven't joined yet.

The Human Q-Tip said:

Don't know if this article already has been posted, but it's a Sports Illustrated profile of Minkah Fitzpatrick.

Minkah Fitzpatrick's Best Isn't Good Enough for Minkah Fitzpatrick

The whole point of distressed jeans is, of course, that they are distressed. Minkah Fitzpatrick knows fashion. His mother and older sister both work for Burlington department stores; he styles teammates for awards ceremonies. And yet here he is—the best player on the nation’s best defense, a top 10 pick in next year’s NFL draft (should he decide to declare) and arguably the most dominant player who will take the field in next month’s College Football Playoff—straightening the purposely asymmetrical rip on his left knee as he explains that he abhors clutter.

The junior Alabama defensive back is meticulous in all aspects of his life, sometimes to the exhaustion of those around him. Fitzpatrick attributes the Tide’s crushing loss in last season’s championship game against Clemson to “people coming late to a meeting or just not wearing the right socks.” He acknowledges that he may sound insane but adds, “If you can’t do the small things right, how can you expect to do the big things....?”

https://sports.yahoo.com/minkah-fitzpatrick-apos-best-isn-134515770.html

For anyone who attaches major importance to character....we have to get this kid.

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This and other articles have been spot on as to his off-the-field stuff.

Saban singled him out as someone who was like a son to him, a label I haven't heard all that often.

But he's truly got those leadership qualities that put him at a QB-esque level of the defense, that's too good to pass up at 4 IMO.

Really hoping the Colts don't bone this at 3. They need so much more than a corner.

Pumped at the possibility of a franchise QB at 1 and an elite defensive back at 4!

Seems like Minkah has to be our target with 4 at the end of the day. I don't think anyone disagrees with that (outside of those who say Barkley at 4 regardless of who else is available)

AZ_ said:

This and other articles have been spot on as to his off-the-field stuff.

Saban singled him out as someone who was like a son to him, a label I haven't heard all that often.

But he's truly got those leadership qualities that put him at a QB-esque level of the defense, that's too good to pass up at 4 IMO.

Really hoping the Colts don't bone this at 3. They need so much more than a corner.

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Hopefully they get caught up in the Barkley hype. Colts taking a RB away from The Browns who was drafted as the #3 overall pick has a nice ring to it.

So Minkah is going to be a CB?

AZ_ said:

This and other articles have been spot on as to his off-the-field stuff.

Saban singled him out as someone who was like a son to him, a label I haven't heard all that often.

But he's truly got those leadership qualities that put him at a QB-esque level of the defense, that's too good to pass up at 4 IMO.

Really hoping the Colts don't bone this at 3. They need so much more than a corner.

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The Colts have a pretty terrible pass rush, and already took a first-round DB in last year's draft. I think they would be more interested in Chubb than Fitzpatrick.

The Hill said:

The Colts have a pretty terrible pass rush, and already took a first-round DB in last year's draft. I think they would be more interested in Chubb than Fitzpatrick.

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Quenton Nelson should be in the mix too.

Yes, a guard.

He'll be in the Hall of Fame one day.

Fuck Minkah.

Take Saquan and let's score some damn points next season.

At least keep me entertained while going 4-12.

Why take a vocal defensive leader with elite ability when you can take a guy who doesn't appear to know how to follow blocks and whose career has been marred by scores of ineffective games?

AZ_ said:

Why take a vocal defensive leader with elite ability when you can take a guy who doesn't appear to know how to follow blocks and whose career has been marred by scores of ineffective games?

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Bad take.

0/10.

http://www.espn.com/blog/cleveland-...evaluation-puts-mason-rudolph-top-of-the-list

Browns QBs and the draft: One evaluation puts Mason Rudolph at top


This will be one of the most interesting Cleveland Browns offseasons in years. The team has a new front office, $110 million or so in salary-cap space and the first and fourth picks in the NFL draft.
In the draft, the emphasis will be on the quarterbacks. The Browns have DeShone Kizer and uncertainty at the position.

We’ll regularly run down developments, chatter and thoughts on the position as the draft approaches, starting with five items to consider:

Sam Darnold and UCLA’s Josh Rosen as the top prospects. Louisville’s Lamar Jackson and Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield lurk in the background as legitimate options if the Browns take a quarterback with the fourth pick instead of the first. Wyoming’s Josh Allen is a wild card who will join Mayfield at the Senior Bowl, which will be closely scouted by the Browns. CBSSports.com, though, does not have any of them as its top-rated quarterback. Its top-rated quarterback: Mason Rudolph of Oklahoma State. He’s 6-foot-5 and 230 pounds, and he threw for 12,765 yards, 86 touchdowns and 22 interceptions in his three seasons as a starter. CBSSports gives him the draft’s highest ranking; some consider him a second-round pick. Rudolph will have a great chance to help his standing at the Senior Bowl.

It’s next to impossible to see the Browns trading out of the first overall pick and extremely difficult to see them trading out of the fourth pick. A team that has a history of trading down and failing to select receiver Julio Jones and quarterbacks Carson Wentz and Deshaun Watson -- a team that now has some hardcore football folks running the front office -- probably won’t deal again. However, it’s not tough to think that teams might make a move to trade up. One team to keep in mind that will look to find a quarterback: the Buffalo Bills, who have two picks in the first and second rounds if they want to trade up to the fourth spot.

Another possible trade could involve the first overall pick. It could only happen one way, though: If the Browns know the New York Giants prefer the quarterback they do not want, they could trade down a spot, get an extra pick or picks and still draft the quarterback they want. For instance, if it is evident the Giants want Rosen and the Browns like Darnold, a trade down one spot would give the Browns extra picks and allow the Giants to get their guy and the Browns to get theirs.

There will be increasing chatter as the draft approaches that the Browns should take running back Saquon Barkley or another position player with the first pick. There will be questions about whether Darnold or Rosen, or whoever, is more worthy of the fourth pick than the first. This might be 100 percent true when it comes to evaluations, but it doesn’t hold water when the importance of the quarterback position is factored into the equation. Two years ago, the word on Jared Goff and Wentz was that neither was worth a top-two pick, and perhaps not even a top-10 pick. They went 1-2. Last year, the word was that none of the quarterbacks were ready to play or worth a high pick. Three of them went in the top 12: Mitch Trubisky (second), Patrick Mahomes (10th) and Watson (12th). It’s worth noting that the Chiefs' general manager who engineered the trade up to get Mahomes was John Dorsey, the man now in charge of the Browns' front office. And it’s also worth noting that Dorsey and coach Hue Jackson both liked Mahomes. Dorsey has conceded that the NFL is a quarterback-driven league, and his top priority is finding the team’s quarterback(s). The importance of the position precludes another position being selected, or a trade down lower than the No. 2 pick.





LMAO FUCK THAT.

Triple threat getting battered in here

Urban said:

Triple threat getting battered in here

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Smash that red X.

I LIVE FOR THIS SHIT.