Official 1st Round Of The 2015 NFL Draft Thread

[Rastak]

RUMOR ONLY - RAY maybe to Broncs

[denverYooper]

Mike Klis @MikeKlis 2m2 minutes ago
Broncos just traded up to Detroit at No. 23 and took Missouri pass rusher Shane Ray. Second straight character pick by Broncos. #9News.

Lindsay Jones @bylindsayhjones 1m1 minute ago
Are you ready for all the weed jokes? #shaneray

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Defense

NFL Update @MySportsUpdate · 1m 1 minute ago
Broncos select Shane Ray.

thats good, we got bigger needs right now

[pbmax]

who would Denver want here ? You'd think they hadto give up a 2nd to jump up

Denver trading up... I wonder if they will take Kendricks....

You guys have to refresh more

[Bretsky]

gregory is not draftable IMO

IMO he'll go between 25-40

[pbmax]

Scott Kacsmar @FO_ScottKacsmar 1m1 minute ago
Steelers with 9 first-round picks in Mike Tomlin era: 6 spent on the front seven (4 LB). Part of that is not hitting on the picks.

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eric kendricks could be the cards pick here

[Bretsky]

CollegeFootball 24/7 @NFL_CFB 33s33 seconds ago
#Lions traded No. 23 pick to #Broncos for Manny Ramirez, pick No. 28, pick No. 143 (fifth round) and 2016 fifth-round pick.

The Lions swapped their pix for free ? You can wipe your @ss wih those fifth and sixth round picks

[Rastak]

1. SHANE RAY | Missouri 6025|249 lbs|4JR Kansas City, Mo. (Bishop Miege HS) 5/18/1993 (age 21) #56


BACKGROUND: A three-star defensive end recruit out of high school, Ray weighed offers from Notre Dame and Wisconsin, but decided to stay in-state and commit to the Tigers, redshirting in 2011. He was a reserve in 2012 as a redshirt freshman and played a similar role as a sophomore, but earned more and more snaps despite a crowded depth chart (Kony Ealy, Michael Sam, Markus Golden). Ray finished the 2013 season with 9.0 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks. He replaced Ealy as the starting right defensive end in 2014 and set new school records for tackles for loss (22.5) and sacks (14.5), leading the SEC in both categories. A consensus All-SEC and AllAmerican, Ray was a finalist for the Bednarik Award and earned SEC Defensive Player of the Year honors. He decided to skip his senior season and enter the 2015 NFL Draft.


STRENGTHS: Explosive off the snap with a deadly first step, instantly accelerating and shifting his momentum in a flash – launches off the line of scrimmage with sustained burst to win the edge and force holding penalties…nice job leveraging blockers with his hip, using lower body flexibility to continue running the arc…plays with controlled urgency and athleticism with awesome timed speed that translates to the field…terrific motor and routinely makes stops away from the line of scrimmage with his chase skills…run anticipation is still a work-in-progress, but his read/react awareness is great, processing and closing…very active lateral mover to fight through bodies and avoid blocks – tough rusher to square up…highly active limbs with sudden footwork…adequate punch to give blockers something to think about…physically and mentally tough, playing through pain and adversity…showed considerable maturation since arriving at Missouri and is considered an upstanding citizen and teammate…NFL bloodlines as the son of Wendell Ray, who was a Missouri linebacker drafted in the fifth round of the 1981 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings – Wendell abandoned his son and Shane’s mother before his first birthday, although they have an amicable relationship today.


WEAKNESSES: Average size for the position and lacks ideal height/length dimensions…adequate bulk on his frame, but has room to get stronger and eliminate some bad weight…relies on speed and won’t overwhelm blockers with his hands at the point of attack…lacks much creativity in his pass rush arsenal and needs to be more diverse to keep blockers guessing – needs to develop his hand/arm technique and improve his secondary moves if he doesn’t win with his first step…too easily engulfed and controlled when blockers cut him off early in his rush angle…has some tightness in space and lacks experience dropping in space…needs to improve his on-field discipline with several costly late hit penalties on his game tapes, including an ejection from the 2014 SEC Championship for targeting the quarterback…only one season as the full-time starter…minor durability concerns – sat out the 2015 NFL Scouting Combine due to a right foot injury.


SUMMARY: Ray showed flashes of brilliance as a part-time player behind Ealy, but he emerged as one of the top defensive players in the country in 2014, setting several Missouri pass rush records as a junior. He grew up in poverty and was involved in a few minor incidents in his youth due to anger and immaturity, but he isn’t a criminal and is considered a stand-up individual by his coaches and teammates. On the field, Ray has gifted first step burst and get-off explosion to advance his shoulder past the tackle and finish in the pocket, but mostly relies on his initial movements and short-area suddenness and is still developing his pass rush sequence and arsenal of moves. He also has questionable fluidity to hold up in space on an island and might be restricted to a right defensive end role in a four-man front. Nonetheless, Ray is an above average pursuit player with the best first step in this draft class, qualities that will help him shine at the next level while he develops the rest of his game – mid-to-late first round prospect who could come off the board in the top-10 due to his Pro Bowl potential.

[smuggler]

Lions snag a G/C... Good trade for Denver, I think. Ray was a top-15 talent before the drug test.

[Joemailman]

Dupree is a major drop.

[Guiness]

And there goes Ray - never thought he'd fall out of the first round. He's going to pair nicely with VonMiller

[Maxie the Taxi]

Mayock has DJ Humphries.

[smuggler]

Says to me that Detroit likes a WR.

[pbmax]

eric kendricks could be the cards pick here

Nope.



NFL Update @MySportsUpdate · 1m 1 minute ago
Cardinals select DJ Humphries.