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NFL Draft Buzzword Translator (by The Whistle)
Great stuff from The Whistle and frenemy Joe Caporoso who also runs TurnontheJets.com. Hilarious! Is the draft over yet…
https://www.patspropaganda.com/nfl-draft-buzzword-translator-by-the-whistle/
No, he’ll be given a chance to compete to start but no jobs are handed to anyone. I have plenty of safeties on my big board and I really think it’s one of the wild card positions this year. I could see them taking one as high as the second round or not at all.
I liked what I saw out of Duron Harmon last year and am curious how he develops in year two. But I felt similarly about Tavon Wilson last offseason and he was a special teamer only in his second year.
And if it all falls apart I don’t think Chung would be a total disaster if he has to fill in. Better him than Ebner.
Easley, Hageman, Tuitt are my top three, though I’ve seen some reports that they aren’t into Hageman. After that I have Daquan Jones and Kelcy Quarles. Don’t love the DT class, but I certainly like Easley. He and Daquan would be similar players in the Pats’ system.
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Touched on this this morning on the podder with Frenz. Would I advocate someone like Dee Ford/Kony Ealy in the first round? Probably not over Easley. But if Easley’s gone, there’s an argument to be made that they need to take the next best available pass rusher, whether it’s a defensive tackle or defensive end.
Right now, I’m leaning toward the thinking that they would only stick with a potential three-down edge player like Trent Murphy or Kareem Martin (a guy I really like) out of North Carolina.
I don’t find the defensive ends you’d have to take in the first round to be all that intriguing.
Questions, Comments, Complaints, Compliments, Whatever
6 days until the draft. Finalizing my final mock, excited to unleash it and get destroyed for it, but until then it’s your last chance to get your draft questions in. And, as always, I’ll take any scheme, X-and-O stuff too. Or general life questions. Why not.
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