That a boy!
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Heās appealing due to the size + juice profile, but on tape I donāt think either shows up as much as youād think they would. He gets bull rushed more often than he should and heās slow getting to his second-level targets.
But my biggest beef with him is he plays dumb. Heās slow to recognize stunts, twists and blitzes. His mistimes his blocks in zone, then panics and overreaches or oversets. Heās slow to double the right guy and/or hangs on to it for too long. It just looks to me like his brain is moving a beat slower than everyone elseās, and thatās a pretty major no-go for me.
Traā Downs always the most fun.
I prefer his cousin
Compton Pickman though
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This part I canāt agree with. That was your argument against Andrew Voorhes who is now a starting OG for the Ravens. I really wanted that guy. What I see with Savaiinea at OT is he gets caught guessing and oversets and then does not have the feet to recover. That is why I view him as an OG. I thought at the senior bowl when playing OG he showed the exlosiveness to get to the 2nd level. In fairness the defenses are very vanilla at the senior bowl but I liked what I saw. He showed he can do it.
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I wasnāt high on Voorhees admittedly, but would have obviously been fine with him in the 7th (but give me Mahogany 10 out of 10 times, still, if youāre talking day 3 iOL).
And I would take Savaiinaea before that, I like enough about his game that I have him ranked squarely in the 4th. So if he were to fall like Voorhees and Mahogany, Iād be one of his biggest fans then lol. Itās just comparing what I think of him to his current value, and I think heās way too high.
He just has too many plays on tape where he looksā¦ not lost, necessarily, but slow-thinkingā¦ to take him on day 2. Or maybe itās overthinking, I donāt know. Something causes a sluggishness to infect his game 4 or 5 times per game, and at OL I donāt want to see that. Give me the lesser athlete with the fast brain like Jake Majors 10/10 times over guys like that. Thatās just a personal belief about the way OL should go, limited mistakes >>>> plays made.
I do think some of his weaknesses will be mitigated on the inside, and maybe it will calm down his thinking too. Maybe Frank and the other OL can help him identifying all the DL trickery, and maybe heāll stop playing so high and deal with the bull rushers better (I think heās got the strength for it, he just gets disconnected from his lower half too frequently).
Itās just a lot to bet on for me early.
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I think this is what leads us to disagree. A guy like Manu wasnāt even on my radar but I would prefer rolling the dice on his upside than a guy like Majors. As for Voorhes I had a 2nd round grade on him before he tore his ACL at the combine. Mahogany I also had as a day 2 pick and I still donāt understand the short leg thing that caused him to drop.
I good example of my thinking this year is Pitt OT Branson Taylor who injured his knee and did not finish the season. I would take him before a I take a lesser athlete in the 6th or 7th round.
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Again, thereās a certain point where I go for the upside as well, and that usually happens on day 3. So I was fine with Manu and Iād be fine with Jonah in the 4th. Iād really like them in the 5th (and Manu was ten picks away from being a 5th rounder) and Iād love them in the 6th on.
But on day 2 I have to get enough floor. Ideally you get a guy with both - and thatās typically what goes on day 2 - but if you ask me which one is more likely to be in the league 6 years from now between Jonah and Majors, itās Majors. Maybe heās not a star but at iOL that doesnāt matter, they just need to be good enough.
I was a huge McCormick fan last year and still canāt believe he lasted so long. A guy like that, thatās who Iād target.
28 Tyler Booker IOL | Alabama A+
66 Jordan Burch EDGE | Oregon A
90 Oluwafemi Oladejo EDGE | UCLA C+
102 Dylan Sampson RB | TennesseeB
105 Kevin Winston Jr. S | Penn State A
113 Ty Robinson DL | Nebraska A+
160 Jackson Hawes TE | Georgia Tech A
195 Eugene Asante LB | Auburn D+
This is all about make sure we can run the ball and add some speed to the defense.
Iāve shifted the deck chairs a bit on my current Titanic Mock Draft. I donāt use a mock engine, just the voices in my head. Those voices mostly tell me, you were right very early in the draft process, why would you change a thing? But I have a little. Iāve also added my percent confidence that the player will in fact be available to us.
#28 Nic Scourton, DE, Texas A&M 85%
#60 Oluwafemi Oledaji, Edge, UCLA 50%
#102 Jordan Phillips, NT, Maryland 70%
#130 Isaac Teslaa, WR, Arkansas 80%
#196 Keondre Jackson, S, Illinois State 75%
#228 Nash Jones, OG, Texas St. 85%
#248 Tim Perry, C, Middlebury 80%
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I canāt say Iām a big fan of Jack Sawyer but Iād be pretty happy if we got him in the 6th round.
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Especially as the 4th Edge taken by the Lions in one draft. 
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Sawyer sure is dropping
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I would love it if it was actually possible to get him in the 4th. Not super athletic and does nothing great, but damn will that boy fight until his last breath.
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I think he is fine in the 3rd even
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28 Derrick Harmon - DL (Pre-draft: #29)
6ā4" 313 lbs Oregon JR
60 Tate Ratledge - IOL (Pre-draft: #66)
6ā6" 308 lbs Georgia SR
102 Saivion Jones - EDGE (Pre-draft: #99)
6ā5" 280 lbs LSU SR
130 Tory Horton - WR (Pre-draft: #130)
6ā2" 196 lbs Colorado State SR
196 Kitan Crawford - S (Pre-draft: #221)
5ā11" 202 lbs Nevada SR
228 Collin Oliver - EDGE (Pre-draft: #229)
6ā2" 240 lbs Oklahoma State SR
244 Luke Lachey - TE (Pre-draft: #200)
6ā6" 251 lbs Iowa SR
We get size up front. We get more athletic all over the place. Horton increases our speed at reciever, Oliver can develop as a SAM behind Barnes. Crawford brings more athleticism to our safety group and can develop behind BB. Lachey gives us another inline option at TE.
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