On The Clock: 2017 RCF NFL Mock Draft

[JDailey23]

Adam Schefter‏ @AdamSchefter
Wash CB Sidney Jones, a consensus 1st-round pick, underwent surgery today on torn Achilles with Dr. Robert Anderson. Running in four months.2:16 PM · Mar 21, 2017

 

[Sly]

Well I can barely keep my eyes open, so my pick when it comes up...

1) Caleb Brantley Florida
2) Gerald Everette S. Alabama
3) Adam Shaheen Ashland

 

[Coyote850]

PM sent Keys.

 

[Randolphkeys]

Gents, you can email/pm me or Soda so that the next guy who picks doesn't know your priorities. I'm up late, soda is up early.

 

[The Oi]

Gents, you can email/pm me or Soda so that the next guy who picks doesn't know your priorities. I'm up late, soda is up early.

When do I pick next? Trubisky is still available.

 

[Randolphkeys]

When do I pick next? Trubisky is still available.

Keep up on your game film for prospects from Southern New Hampshire University, University of Phoenix, and The Kaplan U, because this is going into the fourth and fifth rounds this year. Believe it, you will pick again.

 

[The Oi]

Keep up on your game film for prospects from Southern New Hampshire University, University of Phoenix, and The Kaplan U, because this is going into the fourth and fifth rounds this year. Believe it, you will pick again.

I'm all over my linkedin account right now for beefy looking contacts that I met at fitness shows who are showing degrees from online universities.

 

[Randolphkeys]

@Soda: Spectre did log in to read the thread this evening and never picked. There has been a generous 10 hour draft window in the past, which he will pass shortly. If he doesn't get a pick in early Wednesday morning, feel free to award him a draft pick.

 

[Spectre]

@Soda: Spectre did log in to read the thread this evening and never picked. There has been a generous 10 hour draft window in the past, which he will pass shortly. If he doesn't get a pick in early Wednesday morning, feel free to award him a draft pick.

Pick will be in momentarily, just got back in front of my comp, was on my phone before.

 

[Randolphkeys]

Pick will be in momentarily, just got back in front of my comp, was on my phone before.

Rock it right, rock it quick... My window for marital coitus has about five more minutes and I want to update the next two picks.

 

[Spectre]

With the 43rd pick of the 2017 RCF Mock Draft, the Philadelphia Eagles select:

Fabian Moreau, CB, UCLA

After going offense with their first pick, the Eagles are pretty much forced to address their woeful cornerback position in the 2nd. As bad as their secondary was last year, they're even worse this year heading into the draft with Jalen Mills and a barren cupboard making up their corps. While he gave them a scare with a chest injury today that now appears to be minor, Moreau is a great fit for the Eagles. Jim Schwartz's scheme requires corners to be able to play press man and Moreau has both the size and the speed to fit perfectly in the scheme. He'll likely need some development given his lack of experience at corner but the upside is there for him to turn into a #1 for the Eagles before long.

Overview
Going into Moreau's 2015 season, his head coach, Jim Mora, Jr. called him a first-round talent. Three games into the season (eight tackles, one pass breakup), the Florida native's season ended with a Lisfranc injury in his left foot. He bounced back in 2016, receiving honorable mention All-Pac-12 notice by leading the Bruins with 10 pass breakups, to go along with two interceptions. Moreau built his reputation with an honorable mention All-Pac-12 season as a sophomore (51 tackles, four PBU) and second-team all-conference effort in 2014 (53 tackles, three for loss, one INT, eight PBU). Moreau made the switch from offense to defense during his first year with the Bruins, making five tackles as a reserve defensive back and on special teams.

Analysis
Strengths
Former running back with a thick frame and great speed. Showed off his ability to jam and reroute receivers at Shrine Game practices. Patient from press. Fluid athlete with good lateral quickness and agility to press and match against plus athletes. Maintains good feel for the route as it progresses. Early accelerator with recovery quickness and "makeup" long speed. Good physicality inside the route. Shows enough reactive twitch to challenge slants. Uses size and speed to crowd vertical routes and fight off receivers' attempts to stack him on their hips. Showed noticeable improvement in confidence and coverage skills from 2014. Has upper body strength to stack and shuck most receivers. Break-down, wrap-up tackler with the build to challenge NFL runners with size.

Weaknesses
Fairly limited in his coverages with focus on Cover-3 and press man. Lower body hits pause button giving up some separation when biting into head fake at top of the route. Takes time to gather and redirect when transitioning forward from bail coverage. Instincts and ball production have been marginal. Slow to recognize clearing routes and rarely ejects to overlap back into the play area. Paltry average of just one interception every 63 targets. Slow to find and track the deep throw. Has been tagged with an excessive amount of pass interferences and defensive holding penalties in college. Loses track of his man during scrambles.

Sources Tell Us
"He's big and strong but I just want him to play with more edge. He should be whipping and overwhelming some of these skinny receivers but he just lets them take too many liberties. I would want to bust their ass and let them know what’s up early in the game." -- NFC West regional scout

NFL Comparison
Darqueze Dennard

Bottom Line
Moreau is an explosive athlete who had to transition from running back over to cornerback. While the transition has taken some time thanks to inexperience and his 2015 injury, Moreau's tape shows a more confident and consistent cover man than before. He's very strong and should test well at the combine, but some teams could be turned off by his lack of ball production. He could become an eventual starter for a press-man team.


The Buffalo Bills are now on the clock!

 

[Randolphkeys]

@Sly and the BUFFALO BILLS select:

Caleb Brantley, DT/NT, Florida.

HT: 6'3" WT: 307LBS.

• 40 YARD DASH: 5.14 SEC
• BENCH PRESS: 21 REPS
• VERTICAL JUMP: 27.0 INCH
• BROAD JUMP: 105.0 INCH
• 3 CONE DRILL: 7.66 SEC
• 20 YARD SHUTTLE: 4.62 SEC

http://www.nfl.com/draft/2017/profiles/caleb-brantley?id=2558007

@Coyote850 and the ARIZONA CARDINALS select:

Teez Tabor, CB, Florida

HT: 6'0" WT: 199LBS.

• 40 YARD DASH: 4.62 SEC
• BENCH PRESS: 9 REPS
• VERTICAL JUMP: 31.0 INCH
• BROAD JUMP: 120.0 INCH

http://www.nfl.com/draft/2017/profiles/teez-tabor?id=2557955

The Indianapolis Colts and @JDailey23 are on the clock.


I look forward to their breakdowns of the picks tomorrow.

(Don't thank this post, thank the posts Sly and Coyote put up asking me to move this along.)

 

[Soda]

Fabian Morneau got hurt yesterday. Pec injury from bench pressing.

 

[Coyote850]

Thanks Keys for posting the pick. I believe the Cardinals would be thrilled to have landed both Hooker and Tabor. That gives them a very young, yet extremely talented set of DBs. That's a group that could lead the league in interceptions if it were to actually happen.

 

[Spectre]

Fabian Morneau got hurt yesterday. Pec injury from bench pressing.

I know, I mentioned it in my write up. Supposedly it's minor.