Jake Ryan, 2015 Fourth Round Pick

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I heard pundits saying that the Saints reached for Anthony at 31. What do you think?

well, at worst he was a second rounder. so at pick #30, i wouldn't have had a problem with it. the guy we took, was more of a reach in most peoples mind, then anthony was

i honestly, would have been fine with anthony, kendricks, perryman or mckinny at pick #30

[HarveyWallbangers]

well, at worst he was a second rounder. so at pick #30, i wouldn't have had a problem with it. the guy we took, was more of a reach in most peoples mind, then anthony was

i honestly, would have been fine with anthony, kendricks, perryman or mckinny at pick #30

Not really. Almost all of the rankings that I saw had Randall higher.

CBS had Randall at #37 and Anthony at #72.
Scouts Inc. had Randall #38 and Anthony at #50.
USA Today had Randall #36 and Anthony at #43.
Kiper had Randall at #31 and Anthony at #57.
McGinn had Randall mocked going #20 and Anthony not in the first round.

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Not really. Almost all of the rankings that I saw had Randall higher.

CBS had Randall at #37 and Anthony at #72.
Scouts Inc. had Randall #38 and Anthony at #50.
USA Today had Randall #36 and Anthony at #43.
Kiper had Randall at #31 and Anthony at #57.
McGinn had Randall mocked going #20 and Anthony not in the first round.

yeah, when you look at "big boards" he's usually ranked higher the anthony. however guys like kendricks and perryman were also usually ranked higher then randall

i looked at mocks more then big boads, and many if not most of the mocks i saw had anthony going before randall

also, it wasn't until the last week before the draft that randall started to shoot up big boards, i wonder what the reasons for that was? what changed?

[Patler]

also, it wasn't until the last week before the draft that randall started to shoot up big boards, i wonder what the reasons for that was? what changed?

I read one article that said teams have had him there for a long time, it just took a while for the media (what we see) to catch on.

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also, it wasn't until the last week before the draft that randall started to shoot up big boards, i wonder what the reasons for that was? what changed?

That's been mentioned before. Rocketing up the draft boards is draft-nik speak for we just found out teams like this player much more than we do. Teams don't begin to put their board together until a month to go before the draft. Any talk about a board in Jan/Feb/most of March is baloney.

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the guy we took, was more of a reach in most peoples mind, then anthony was

This is pretty much overtly untrue if most media scouting is to be believed. I have not seen one big board posted where Anthony was ranked ahead of Randall. Clearly Green Bay felt Randall was at least an equal to Anthony, or they would have drafted Anthony or another from the field.

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well, at worst he was a second rounder. so at pick #30, i wouldn't have had a problem with it. the guy we took, was more of a reach in most peoples mind, then anthony was

i honestly, would have been fine with anthony, kendricks, perryman or mckinny at pick #30

I was expecting ILB in either rounds 1 or 2 as well. When they picked Randall at 30, I was sure they would get an ILB in the 2nd, but with the run on the top-shelf guys, and most likely TT's reluctance to move up and get one, it was not meant to be. Picking Dawson at the end of the 2nd just to get an ILB would have been a reach. I'm guessing Joe Thomas and Carl Bradford are looking impressive enough as ILB prospects for TT to have uttered that phrase you so love.