2022 NFL Draft Thread

[Cincydawg]

There are secondary semi-pro leagues in Europe.  A really fun book about one is "Playing for Pizza", a great vacation read.  The CFL of course is a secondary pro league that has been around for ages.

[OrangeAfroMan]

Right, fooseball in other countries.  Totes. 

Zackly wut eye mint.

[Cincydawg]

At the top of this project, lineman, lineman, lineman, lineman ... two DB types, and two more linemen.  The only "skill" guys are three WRs in the first round, not that this will happen, but it's an indication NFL teams are coming around to my way of thinking.

[Mdot21]

NFL teams always typically build with the QB and OL/DL first. 

And this happens to be an awful QB draft class and an incredible OL/DL draft class.

[847badgerfan]

[Cincydawg]

I presume LBs look a lot better if the DL is also very good and soaks blockers.

[betarhoalphadelta]

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At the top of this project, lineman, lineman, lineman, lineman ... two DB types, and two more linemen.  The only "skill" guys are three WRs in the first round, not that this will happen, but it's an indication NFL teams are coming around to my way of thinking.

What happened to Karlaftis? He seems to have fallen down the board? I thought he was projected at the #3 DE behind only Hutchinson and Thibodeaux...

[Cincydawg]

George Karlaftis EDGE Purdue - Draft Player Profile | The Draft Network

[847badgerfan]

I presume LBs look a lot better if the DL is also very good and soaks blockers.

UW plays a 3-4, so two ends and a nose in the base defense. More often than not, they play with two down linemen and 5 DB's.

[OrangeAfroMan]

I would hate that if I was a DL.

[847badgerfan]

The LB's are the stars in that defense. Have been since Dave Aranda installed it. Got a reigning NFL DPOY right now (TJ Watt) too.

Now, that said, UW will have at least one DL drafted this year, and a sure-fire pick after 2022. There is incentive to want to play DL at UW.

[Cincydawg]

We all know UW does a lot with "a little", in terms of recruiting stars.  It's admirable I think.  They are not a team you relish playing.

Of course, they are scared to come down south and play in September.

[Mdot21]

Nakobe Dean at 18 seems like a steal to me. His instincts are unreal. That play he made vs Michigan where he came all the way across the field to make a tackle and diagnosed the play basically before it happened- unreal. That was some Ray Lewis clairvoyance type shit. His football IQ has to be super high. 

[Cincydawg]

Dean is a bit small, or so the NFL thinks.  He is a smart kid, he captained the defense.  To go in the first day means you have almost no negative measurables, I think.

I'm still a bit surprised at how few "skill" players are listed in the first.  

Of the Dawg players I think should do well in the NFL relative to their projected draft status, I'd pick Cine at safety and I like Zamir White at RB.  The latter had two knee things, but he runs angry.