NFL Draft positional analysis

[EMH]

This Draft is very strong at

WR
TE
DL
LB
EDGE
S


Mediocre at RB


Disaster at

QB
CB
OL

 

[EMH]

The OL disaster

Spencer Fano has short arms and small hands, will go off a cliff for it
Mauigoa of da U has big hands but less arm length than the NFL wants for the position
Monroe Freeling looks the part, is a great athlete.... but the NFL will notice what he looked like as a HS basketball player... and come to the obvious conclusion as to how he added 100+ pounds since
Dunker of Iowa is not a great athlete and in the NFL is just a Guard, not an OT
Caleb Lomu has relatively small hands and below 34" arms
Even giant Kayden Proctor - 6'6" 350 has below 34" arms and under 10" hands

In general, hand size and arm length don't look very good vs historical. Before that many were claiming either there was no traditional Top 10 OT in this draft, or worse.


JC Davis of illinois dropped his weight almost 20 pounds since Senior Bowl, he is EMH's #1 OT prospect. His tapes was very good except for two "duh" late off the snap plays against Duke. He checks the boxes for hand and arm length too.


Guard is decently stocked. Penn St OG has shorter arms than desired, may hurt him.

C is a total disaster. If you need a starting center, start in FA. Hecht of K-State is probably the best prospect but he can be bull rushed.

 

[Meister]

Too bad for the KC Chiefs.

 

[EMH]

I don't think there is a single CB in this Draft worth a First Round pick.

McCoy with a healthy knee would be, but... his knee wasn't ready to go... sad.

 

[Failzero]

I don't think there is a single CB in this Draft worth a First Round pick.

McCoy with a healthy knee would be, but... his knee wasn't ready to go... sad.

The DB / CB speed is suspect in this draft ( with most draftworthy Players with Starting experience running 4.5 4.6 40 times . The Burners are at Wideout ( with a couple of Superhumans at Tightend , Edge , Running back .

 

[EMH]

The DB / CB speed is suspect in this draft ( with most draftworthy Players with Starting experience running 4.5 4.6 40 times . The Burners are at Wideout ( with a couple of Superhumans at Tightend , Edge , Running back .

The turn drills are also extremely important, especially for CB, and most chickened out, the ones that did not didn't do very well.

Safety has some top end prospects.

CB really doesn't have a true First Rounder.

 

[EMH]

JC Davis suffered some sort of foot injury during senior bowl practices, I believe it happened the only time he "lost" a rep vs the Mizzou EDGE who is very talented.

GOOD to see JC out there.

Yeah, a 5.16 40 isn't a "wow" number, but when you are 6'4" and (-18? pounds from senior bowl) a svelte 322, a 5.16 is hardly a disqualification, and it proves the foot injury was minor.


30 inch vertical.

You try that at 322...

 

[EMH]

Another NFL Draft prospect admired by a medical hologram is EDGE Malachi Lawrence of UCF, a very complete player, easily agile enough to be effective as a 3-4 OLB, has a bunch of effective counter moves as an EDGE. His tape was just as impressive as his combine performance.

I'd have him as the #2 EDGE behind Bailey of TXtech

 

[22lcidw]

The OL disaster

Spencer Fano has short arms and small hands, will go off a cliff for it
Mauigoa of da U has big hands but less arm length than the NFL wants for the position
Monroe Freeling looks the part, is a great athlete.... but the NFL will notice what he looked like as a HS basketball player... and come to the obvious conclusion as to how he added 100+ pounds since
Dunker of Iowa is not a great athlete and in the NFL is just a Guard, not an OT
Caleb Lomu has relatively small hands and below 34" arms
Even giant Kayden Proctor - 6'6" 350 has below 34" arms and under 10" hands

In general, hand size and arm length don't look very good vs historical. Before that many were claiming either there was no traditional Top 10 OT in this draft, or worse.


JC Davis of illinois dropped his weight almost 20 pounds since Senior Bowl, he is EMH's #1 OT prospect. His tapes was very good except for two "duh" late off the snap plays against Duke. He checks the boxes for hand and arm length too.


Guard is decently stocked. Penn St OG has shorter arms than desired, may hurt him.

C is a total disaster. If you need a starting center, start in FA. Hecht of K-State is probably the best prospect but he can be bull rushed.

Pundits are spewing not as any blue chippers in this draft. If the Tackle position is sparse and a roll of the dice more than usual, and Guards/centers are of more quality, I would take a guard if the offensive line needed help and wait for another year to draft a Tackle or free agency. If the Tackle drafted could moved inside that would be acceptable.

 

[EMH]

Pundits are spewing not as any blue chippers in this draft. If the Tackle position is sparse and a roll of the dice more than usual, and Guards/centers are of more quality, I would take a guard if the offensive line needed help and wait for another year to draft a Tackle or free agency. If the Tackle drafted could moved inside that would be acceptable.

I agree with your general thesis, that each Draft has positions that "have" and "have not" and you never want to force yourself to spend a high pick just because you need at that position.

That was the genius of the Titans taking Jake Locker over JJ Watt.

If you have a need and the Draft has a "has not" answer at that position, do Free Agency, don't "reach" for that which is really not there...

 

[Failzero]

One decent sized Tight End ran a sub 4.4 40

 

[EMH]

One decent sized Tight End ran a sub 4.4 40

That is Saddiq of Oregon, the top rated TE. He is an impressive receiving prospect, but he isn't much of a blocker.

 

[EMH]

Another NFL Draft prospect admired by a medical hologram is EDGE Malachi Lawrence of UCF, a very complete player, easily agile enough to be effective as a 3-4 OLB, has a bunch of effective counter moves as an EDGE. His tape was just as impressive as his combine performance.

I'd have him as the #2 EDGE behind Bailey of TXtech

A third/fourth rounder 3-4 weeks ago, Lawrence is creeping into First Rounds in a lot of mocks. Too many that were "ahead" of him are simply flawed, either short arms (Howell, Bain) potential not production (Faulk) etc...




Caleb Offord of Kennesaw State is a "sleeper" CB/db prospect with decent RAS and good tape, knows what he is doing, makes plays on the ball, sticky in coverage, good tackler.

 

[Winco]

This will be fun to follow.


When in doubt, claim that Spencer Rattler is a tier 1 QB.
Better than Sam Darnold.
That would be bench warmer versus Super Bowl Champ.

Go Hawks.

 

[Failzero]

Raiders need to use all their picks for needs from The College ranks and after the first or second roster cuts pick up a veteran QB to mentor Fernando

 

[EMH]

When in doubt, claim that Spencer Rattler is a tier 1 QB.
Better than Sam Darnold.

Anyone who has watched both Sam and Spencer and cannot figure out Spencer is clearly a vastly better QB has zero understanding of football.

 

[EMH]

Raiders need to use all their picks for needs from The College ranks and after the first or second roster cuts pick up a veteran QB to mentor Fernando

Raiders need to add OL and WR in the Draft.

When you take a #1 overall QB, you must give him a quality supporting cast on offense.


Their D has some holes but that is priority #2.

 

[Winco]

Anyone who has watched both Sam and Spencer and cannot figure out Spencer is clearly a vastly better QB has zero understanding of football.

There are 32 GM's that see it differently than you.
Wow.......Rattler.....where is he today......Starting for which team?

 

[EMH]

There are 32 GM's that see it differently than you.
Wow.......Rattler.....where is he today......Starting for which team?

So certain are you...

32 NFL GMs passed on Tom Brady for 5 rounds....

The signing of Zach Wilson is widely being interpreted that Rattler will soon be traded, possibly to Pittsburgh.

 

[EMH]

Texas State needs to clarify who is in the Draft and who is not.

They had a very fine OLT named Dorion Strawn last year, and he was apparently invited to the Shrine Bowl, then wasn't, no combine, no pro day, no transfer announcement.... What's up?

Khalil Alexander, their other top prospect, an undersized edge likely a 3-4 OLB in the NFL, was in the portal, and then was at the Pro Day meaning he IS in the Draft.... likely his eligibility expired.