NFL Draft Day 3

[Badgerinmaine]

Apparently Lowry has small arms and small hands. I wonder what a certain presidential candidate would say about that. http://www.insidenu.com/2016/4/25/11494116/dean-lowry-northwestern-nfl-draft-scouting-report-highlights-stats-combine-40-time

[Carolina_Packer]

If by soon you mean "several years" then yes...it will be "soon".

I love the instant draft grades from the chicken littles.

Wait, Striker, so the sky is not falling? That's a relief. I need to cut the grass.

[Badgerinmaine]

Conclusion from the article above (from the SB Nation blog for N'western):

In a way, Lowry seems like a fairly safe pick in the mid-to-late rounds. He has his limitations, which mean his ceiling is modest, but his versatility makes him a pretty good bet to hang around in the league as a rotation guy, or perhaps even a starter. That might be as a 3-4 defensive end or as a situational 4-3 defensive tackle. It might even be as a standard down 4-3 end. Either way, there's almost certainly a place for a guy like Lowry in the NFL.

[Maxie the Taxi]

Short arms ain't all bad. Dean "Rex" Lowry

[esoxx]

Some Lowry fans out there:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000656322/article/2016-nfl-draft-gauging-undervalued-overvalued-prospects

» Dean Lowry, defensive end, Northwestern
Lowry has outstanding size (6-6, 296 pounds), strength and explosiveness, but his lack of length (31-inch arms) is a concern for some teams. I think he's ideally suited to be a 3-4 defensive end, and is someone who can play right away. He's talked about as more of a fifth- or sixth-round player, in part because of the depth of this year's defensive end class, but I think Lowry is worthy of a third-round choice.

[woodbuck27]

39(137) Packers (Compensatory Selection) Lowry, Dean DE 6'6" 296 Northwestern 5.2

DE ...Dean Lowry ...Northwestern Big Ten .....Grade 5.2

Isn't he a REACH !?

--Dane Brugler (@dpbrugler) (2/21/16)


Draft Projection Round 7 or priority free agent

Bottom Line Try-hard player with good size who is always active. While he won’t be considered a pass rushing threat, Lowry’s production was a function of effort and flashes of power and the aforementioned traits and qualities give him a good shot at being drafted and becoming an NFL backup.

OK sorry I just got it :

Weaknesses ** Short arms and small hands prevent him from posting higher win percentage at point of attack

** ' short arms ' makes him a Ted Thompson Guy !


The final picks:

40(138) Browns (Compensatory Selection) Devalve, Seth TE 6'4" 245 Princeton 4.9

41(139) Bills (Compensatory Selection) Jones, Cardale QB 6'5" 253 Ohio St. 5.4

End of ROUND FOUR.

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/players/1998499/dean-lowry

WEAKNESSES: For a player of his size, Lowry has short, disproportionate arms. Lacks ideal explosive traits for the next level and needs to develop his pass rush moves to not be so predictable off the snap. Unimaginative pass rush strategy and needs to better set up his moves instead of forcing his way through blockers each play.


Needs to develop his counters, allowing his rush to stall once initial momentum is slowed. Relies more on timing than burst. Can drop in space, but marginal change of direction skills limits his potential off the line of scrimmage.


IN OUR VIEW: He doesn't play with anything less than full effort and that hustle, along with his instincts, allows him to be effective containing the edge. Lowry lacks athletic twitch and move-to-move transition to be a consistent pass rush threat in the NFL, but his initial power and unrelenting play style wears down blockers.


He lacks ideal traits to start at the next level, but shows the recognition skills and versatility to play various scheme techniques as a reserve.

[Carolina_Packer]

Now TT trades down to add another 6 and bring back our 7th.

Prediction or Declaration?

[woodbuck27]

Some Lowry fans out there:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000656322/article/2016-nfl-draft-gauging-undervalued-overvalued-prospects

» Dean Lowry, defensive end, Northwestern
Lowry has outstanding size (6-6, 296 pounds), strength and explosiveness, but his lack of length (31-inch arms) is a concern for some teams. I think he's ideally suited to be a 3-4 defensive end, and is someone who can play right away. He's talked about as more of a fifth- or sixth-round player, in part because of the depth of this year's defensive end class, but I think Lowry is worthy of a third-round choice.

Don't we hope their right.

[woodbuck27]

Short arms ain't all bad. Dean "Rex" Lowry

Grab this guy !

[woodbuck27]

The Ted Thompson 2016 DRAFT through Four Rounds:

http://www.nfl.com/draft/2016/tracker?icampaign=draft-sub_nav_bar-drafteventpage-tracker#dt-by-round-input:5/dt-tabs:dt-by-team/dt-by-name-input:w/dt-by-team-input:gb

Needs according to NFL.Com: LB;CB;OL;TE

Comment woodbuck27:

They missed DL.

[Iron Mike]

http://www.nfl.com/draft/2016/profil...vis?id=2555413

[Badgerinmaine]

Grab this guy !

I hear he defends passes well, but is not too stout against the run.

[SMBASS]

These draft analysis by the, "experts" that some people put so much stock into are a joke. If you went back and revisited all of their predictions 2 or 3 years after these kids have a chance to strap on the pads and play you'd find that they're wrong so many times it's actually laughable. I guess that's why I don't even waste my time reading any of these pre-draft predictions and other nonsense. Just look at the amount of conflicting information you can find on a given player based on who did the write-up.

BTW - OT Joe Thomas only had 32 1/2" long arms at the combine and isn't that supposed to be such an important factor for the success of an OT? Why, he should have been a "bust" based on that all important stat.

[Badgerinmaine]

Short arms ain't all bad. Dean "Rex" Lowry

I hear some were projecting him to the Steelers.

[Maxie the Taxi]

Competition for WR corps: Trevor Davis