2018 NFL Draft Thread

[Mdot21]

call me crazy but I think the Raiders might've had the best draft. 

They got Martavis Bryant in a trade for basically nothing. He's going to be plug and play and produce right away opposite Amari Cooper and Jordy Nelson. 

What's the best way to improve a defense? Add pass rushers. They already had arguably the best pass rusher in football in Khalil Mack. They went out and stole Arden Key in the 3rd rd and Mo Hurst in the 5th. Those two guys will be impact players as rookies and provide the Raiders with plenty of pressure opposite Mack. Kinda blows my mind that Key was there in the 3rd and Hurst in the 5th. Both the biggest steals of the draft if you ask me. Insane value at the 3rd and 5th rds. Both of them should've been 1st rd picks and are WAY better than most of the picks that went 1st rd.

[OrangeAfroMan]

Key was drafted so low because he only tried hard about 20% of the snaps.  Either they can fix that or they can't.  

[TyphonInc]

Browns kinda bungled the hit. Again.

The Bengals bungle stuff.
The Browns ... just suck.

[847badgerfan]

call me crazy but I think the Raiders might've had the best draft.

They got Martavis Bryant in a trade for basically nothing. He's going to be plug and play and produce right away opposite Amari Cooper and Jordy Nelson.

What's the best way to improve a defense? Add pass rushers. They already had arguably the best pass rusher in football in Khalil Mack. They went out and stole Arden Key in the 3rd rd and Mo Hurst in the 5th. Those two guys will be impact players as rookies and provide the Raiders with plenty of pressure opposite Mack. Kinda blows my mind that Key was there in the 3rd and Hurst in the 5th. Both the biggest steals of the draft if you ask me. Insane value at the 3rd and 5th rds. Both of them should've been 1st rd picks and are WAY better than most of the picks that went 1st rd.

Obliged. Yer nuts.

[Brutus Buckeye]

Nebraska OL David Knevel is projected to go in the second round of tonights CFL Draft.

[Mdot21]

Obliged. Yer nuts.

I don't know of one team who got better value.
They traded a 4th rd pick I believe to the Steelers for WR Martavis Bryant. Bryant is a legit 6'4, 210+ and runs in the 4.4's. He also is only 26 with only 3 seasons of NFL wear on tear on his body as he was suspended all of 2016. He'll produce more than any WR in this draft in 2018, and imo he was better than any WR in this draft. He just is. This was a really bad WR draft.
Arden Key and Mo Hurst are both big-time talents that they stole. Key had issues with marijuana and went to rehab. Hurst's heart condition never cost him to miss a snap and he was medically cleared by both Michigan and Harvard. Both of these guys will be big-time and got drafted way lower than they should have.

[betarhoalphadelta]

I don't know of one team who got better value.
They traded a 4th rd pick I believe to the Steelers for WR Martavis Bryant. Bryant is a legit 6'4, 210+ and runs in the 4.4's. He also is only 26 with only 3 seasons of NFL wear on tear on his body as he was suspended all of 2016. He'll produce more than any WR in this draft in 2018, and imo he was better than any WR in this draft. He just is. This was a really bad WR draft.
Arden Key and Mo Hurst are both big-time talents that they stole. Key had issues with marijuana and went to rehab. Hurst's heart condition never cost him to miss a snap and he was medically cleared by both Michigan and Harvard. Both of these guys will be big-time and got drafted way lower than they should have.

Bryant is undeniably talented. He's also too big for his britches. Wanted to act like he was the king dog in Philly, surrounded by Big Ben, Antonio Brown, and Leveon Bell. When he couldn't even beat out JuJu Smith-Schuster.
Key had substance issues? Hurst had a medical condition?
Sounds like with all three of these players, they're betting on them turning out to their potential and not becoming head cases once they're millionaires [or in Bryant's case, that he'll suddenly stop being a head case].
Perhaps all three will pan out and be great. But I'm betting that the environments of Oakland and Las Vegas are probably going to end up being distractions for guys like Bryant and Key...

Edit: Pittsburgh  not Philly. 

[847badgerfan]

^^^ Nailed.

[OrangeAfroMan]

Yeah, all 3 of those players were valued how they were for a reason.  You cite Bryant's lack of wear and tear, but want to give a pass to the why behind it? lol

Go to Vegas and put your money down on 3 longshots all hitting.....and good luck.

[MrNubbz]

They went out and stole Arden Key in the 3rd rd and Mo Hurst in the 5th. Kinda blows my mind that Key was there in the 3rd and Hurst in the 5th.

Kinda of a head scratcher Hurst dropped below the 2nd.There were reports evidently he had some weird heart condition or sumsuch.If his ticker is not a problem then that's a great pick there IMO

[MrNubbz]

 

Surprise #1:  someone drafted WR Antonio Callaway
Surprise #2:  it was the Browns - the last franchise in need of making risky picks

I'm sure Josh Gordon will show him around    .Surprised Simmie Cobbs went undrafted.Maybe I caught too many highlight replays.Scouting report says he looks great one play the grate another

[Brutus Buckeye]

So a grand total of two Big Ten players were selected in the CFL Draft last night. 

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Round 3

21

BC

KNEVEL, DAVID  NEBRASKA  READ

OL

6'9

305

1994-10-18

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Round 5

43

TOR

HARRINGTON, SEAN  MICHIGAN STATE

LB

6'0

228

1995-09-01

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Note: Only Canadian players are eligible for the CFL Draft. 

[FearlessF]

Nebraska OL David Knevel is projected to go in the second round of tonights CFL Draft.

fell to the 3rd round - ton of potential, probably just didn't work hard enough

at 6-9, 333lbs how do you only rep 225 on the bench 16 times?

[ELA]

I have never heard of Sean Harrington