Predict a round 1 surprise on draft day contest

[bbell31]

Shazier, Donald, Hyde, or Sankey to Pats in first or a trade back...van noy Marcus smith Trent Murphy dee ford other options 1,2,3rd rds

 

[Luxusdk]

Aaron Donald is Raiders pick after a small trade Down

Added: Trades with Bills WHO give up a second and pick Evans

 

[supafly]

My "surprise" first round scenario?

Carlos Hyde is our 1st round pick for the position of running back, who fills/replaces the loss of Blount and THEN some. I would be quite happy to see him as a Patriot, as long as we somehow ended up with our (hopeful) defensive prospect in the first, along with one of the TEs that we covet.

With 5 picks in the top four rounds, we not only have the capacity to move down and acquire an additional pick, but we have the capacity to move UP just as well, should the need arise.

 

[manxman2601]

For those of you who disagree with my post about this tight end class please show me a tight end class in the last decade that had a top 10 with more potential than this one?

1. Eric Ebron
2. Jace Amaro
3. Austin Seferian-Jenkins
4. Troy Niklas
5. C.J. Fiedorowicz
6. Colt Lyerla
7. Arthur Lynch
8. Jake Murphy
9. Joe Don Duncan
10. Crockett Gillmore

Last years was a better class. Nick Kasa was 6'6", 269 lbs and ran a 4.71, faster than any 260 plus TE in this class. He went in the 6th round.

 

[Luxusdk]

2010 - Gresham, Gronk, Graham and The prisoner? Adding Pitta, Harbor... General 2010 draft

 

[Hercules Rockefeller]

The Raiders will make a logical pick

 

[ripatsfan91]

For those of you who disagree with my post about this tight end class please show me a tight end class in the last decade that had a top 10 with more potential than this one?

1. Eric Ebron
2. Jace Amaro
3. Austin Seferian-Jenkins
4. Troy Niklas
5. C.J. Fiedorowicz
6. Colt Lyerla
7. Arthur Lynch
8. Jake Murphy
9. Joe Don Duncan
10. Crockett Gillmore

Yeah by all accounts this is a terrible tight end draft class that is just being hyped on potential because its so thin. Last years class was better Eifert, Ertz, Fauria, Reed, Tolilio, etc.

 

[Hercules Rockefeller]

Last years was a better class. Nick Kasa was 6'6", 269 lbs and ran a 4.71, faster than any 260 plus TE in this class. He went in the 6th round.

You know I love you Manx, but I gotta disagree with you here.

Eifert is a solid player, and I loved Kelce and McDonald, but the entire class was basically just a bunch of grinders. This class has the grinders, most of whom I'm not overly high on (although I'm an outlier on this board in my affinity for Arthur Lynch), and it also has high end athleticism in Ebron and Sefarian-Jenkins and Amaro and ultimate wildcard Lyerla. I'm not saying this class is full of world beaters but it's one of the more intriguing TE classes in years.

Just because Kasa was a value pick as an athlete doesn't mean that he speaks to the depth of the class. He was extremely raw, as a former DE, and I love his athletic upside, but he had one catch in 2014, and it came with 37 seconds left in a blowout in week 17. He has shown nothing to indicate that he is a good example of the depth of the class, no matter how much you love combine metrics.

 

[Hercules Rockefeller]

Yeah by all accounts this is a terrible tight end draft class that is just being hyped on potential because its so thin. Last years class was better Eifert, Ertz, Fauria, Reed, Tolilio, etc.

I don't think last year's class was poor, in fact I really loved Kelce and McDonald, two guys you didn't list. Fauria was undrafted and snuck up on people, and Reed caught a lot of passes in a terrible offense.

I think a lot of this is revisionist history, at the time of last year's draft people were not hyping the tight end class, and this year's class is being lauded even while the depth of the 2014 bunch is seen as one of the best overall draft classes in years. And rightfully so, as it's a bunch of monsters out there.

 

[reaper8]

2 centers go in first round

 

[Galeb]

No QBs drafted before pick 15.

 

[patfan121]

we'll be saying "WHO??" when the Patriots pick...

 

[PATSNUTme]

The Patriots DO NOT draft a Rutgers player this year.

 

[Kontradiction]

Bridgewater slides to #29 and the Pats actually stay put and draft him.

 

[ripatsfan91]

I don't understand a QB in the 1st round. We have Tom Brady, an all time great under contract for 4 more years. We would need to exercise the 5th year option to keep a QB past Brady. We won't draft a back up QB in the 1st round. Give it two years and then look for a Brady replacement

 

[manxman2601]

You know I love you Manx, but I gotta disagree with you here.

Eifert is a solid player, and I loved Kelce and McDonald, but the entire class was basically just a bunch of grinders. This class has the grinders, most of whom I'm not overly high on (although I'm an outlier on this board in my affinity for Arthur Lynch), and it also has high end athleticism in Ebron and Sefarian-Jenkins and Amaro and ultimate wildcard Lyerla. I'm not saying this class is full of world beaters but it's one of the more intriguing TE classes in years.

Just because Kasa was a value pick as an athlete doesn't mean that he speaks to the depth of the class. He was extremely raw, as a former DE, and I love his athletic upside, but he had one catch in 2014, and it came with 37 seconds left in a blowout in week 17. He has shown nothing to indicate that he is a good example of the depth of the class, no matter how much you love combine metrics.

Well no-one in this class has caught a pass yet. I think this class is decent to good at the top but after the first five tails off badly. Classes can always surprise and this one might but I personally haven't liked it in the way that I did like last years class. Time will tell.

 

[AzPatsFan]

Seattle @ 32 wouldn't surprise me. Pats at 29 however would be a bit of a shock. He is a good player but not a super high need.

Yes He is. You use First Rounders for starters and future stars, to IMPROVE your team. It is not for second stringers, like backup TEs or backup DEs.

 

[CheeseMonkeys]

Patriots first pick is a guy you've never heard of.

 

[Brady6]

I know that we have needs that we need to address but in terms of the first round I think there is going to be a top 20 talent that drops down to #29. Whoever that is no matter the position, I think unless the Patriots can collect a ransom in a trade they should take that player in round one.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

Patriots select kyle van noy.