He’s by far the lowest “expert” on Olave. I wonder what his reasoning is.
No Brandon Joseph at safety? He’s probably my favorite safety in the class after Hamilton. Maybe because he’s only a redshirt sophomore? The Northwestern defense has struggled overall this year, but Joseph has still flashed in the games I’ve seen.
Lots of love for Ojabo, though I think that opinion will become more and more popular over time.
Travon Walker flying up boards ever since Dane Brugler put him in his top 20 overall.
I don’t think a single one of the QBs will be anything more than journeymen backups long-term. This is a really bad class. Also a bad TE, RB class. Really good edge class though, and CB, S and OT.
He’s one of many who move Ekwonu to guard, I think he can play tackle, based on this year’s performance.
Not a QB in this class that I’m sold on. DE has some real depth, not as sold as others on Thibodeaux as a “generational” talent, and would hope we can get out of #1 and still get some real help at DE/Edge. TE class is decent and I really hope we get Kolar in the 3rd with our 2nd pick. WR, we should be able to get some real help taking one with either our 2nd first or first 2nd round pick. If we trade out of #1 safety Hamilton would be my target with our first pick. LB should be a consideration with one of our first 3 picks because the talent level falls fairly quickly. I like the CB class as being solid and think if they decide to get one in the draft vs FA that I would wait. PFF calls Tyler Linderbaum the highest center they have ever rated, he might be the only “generational” talent in this draft but we’re already solid. People can make fun of the “magic beans” all they want, but we need help in SO many places moving on from #1 is the move I want in this draft.
And if they wait until the 5th then they shouldn’t draft one at all. Fell’s just left, we have no one outside of Hock that would make another NFL roster. 2nd 3rd round pick is about where Kolar will be slotted. If we don’t move out of the first place pick then I think they made a huge mistake. I simply don’t value Thibadough as hi as most and I think we have some good options past him at the position.
#1 is worth 3000 points. Just moving down one spot is worth #2 AND the 50th pick in the second round. I’m all for trading out for more hi picks. Even if we don’t, Kolar would be our 5th pick in the draft. That gives you 3 D players and a WR in the first 3 rounds. You wanna know what happens when you blow it off? We could have had Mark Andrews in the 3rd but took Walker instead. We ignored the fact that we had no one at TE and the result is that we used the #8 pick in the draft to get Hock the next year. BTW, Andrews was the 2nd TE by the Ravens in that draft. We have Brock Wright, an UDFA as the next man up. Then there’s Hunter Bryant who is on the non-football injury list and has 1, ONE, NFL catch. Then there’s Charlie Taumoepeau who is also out with a non-football injury and is out. Shit at least we took Roberts in the 4th. If you think we can fix this with a 5th round pick you’re way wrong.
Overall I’m just telling you that defense is and should be the priority. A team can be identified by its running game, passing game, WRs its QB or its defense whether it is D-line, LBs or secondary. A team will never be identified by its group of TEs. Spending high resources on the TE position will keep this team right where it is and where its been since Caldwell left and if you think different then I guess you are right, we could never have a discussion about football ever again!
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