Official 2017 1st Round Of The NFL Draft Thread

[red]

the guys with the big question marks will be the first guys to go tonight (syndey jones, mixon, cook, etc)

so if tt doesn't want one of those guys, hell be trading back again

[pbmax]

Jersey Al - GBP @JerseyAlGBP 4m4 minutes ago
Get out of here with your facts.

RT @PTTF_Brian: .@TheSweep_PTTF went back to 2005. They found 2 impact players taken at 29 in 11 drafts.

[Maxie the Taxi]

I need to read up more on Tim Williams

I probably shouldn't have mentioned Tim Williams. The chances TT drafts him are slim to none.

He's probably the best pass rusher/disruptive force in the draft according to a consensus of scouts. However, he's had a few failed drug tests in his past. Plus, "scouts say he has a difficult time adjusting to complicated defensive schemes." Definitely not a fit for Capers' defense IMO.

[Guiness]

smh at the most popular picture from the first round of the draft...google shows 3 photos of Trubisky when you search for "2017 nfl draft"! I wonder how the guy that was actually drafted first feels about that.

[Guiness]

In addition to Fournette and McCaffrey skipping bowl games, there was this:

ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalk 19m19 minutes ago
ProFootballTalk Retweeted Pete Prisco
Also, McCaffrey said "no thanks" to private workouts requests.

Meh - Florio made some good points about this - there is plenty of film, pro day, combine. The private workouts have very little potential benefit to a player who's a lock to be first rounder.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/04/16/christian-mccaffrey-declined-all-private-workout-requests/

The fear of course is that he's skipping a lot of stuff, how much does he actually want to play?

[VegasPackFan]

Meh - Florio made some good points about this - there is plenty of film, pro day, combine. The private workouts have very little potential benefit to a player who's a lock to be first rounder.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/04/16/christian-mccaffrey-declined-all-private-workout-requests/

The fear of course is that he's skipping a lot of stuff, how much does he actually want to play?

When you have that kind of college career and then destroy the combine, you don't need to do anything else.

[VegasPackFan]

1. Robbery at age 14
2. Firing and possessing weapon on school property at 15
3. At FSU, criminal mischief with BB gun shooting out windows
4. Mistreatment of puppies same year as #4
5. Named associate in assault case between two other men that occurred at his apartment (same summer as #4)
6. Summer of sophomore year accused of punching a woman, charged and found not guilty

MMQB has a good run down plus information that a "runner" for an agent that Cook did not choose was bad mouthing him and spreading rumors about him not showing up for NFL workouts on time.

http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2017/04/25/n...te-miami-dade#

Cook also has a fumble rate of 1 per 63.8 touches. That's really bad.

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Kevin Seifert @SeifertESPN 1h1 hour ago
Wow. Per @mortreport, even @ChicagoBears coach John Fox didn’t know about plan to draft QB Mitchell Trubisky until a couple hours before.

[Fritz]

Kevin Seifert @SeifertESPN 1h1 hour ago
Wow. Per @mortreport, even @ChicagoBears coach John Fox didn’t know about plan to draft QB Mitchell Trubisky until a couple hours before.

Not only do the Bears still suck, it appears they will continue to suck into the future.

[Joemailman]

So TT turned the 29th pick into Kevin King and Vince Biegel. Just wondering if people would rather have T.J. Watt or King and Biegel. I don't see Badgers play that much, so I'm not familiar with Biegel.

[Patler]

So TT turned the 29th pick into Kevin King and Vince Biegel. Just wondering if people would rather have T.J. Watt or King and Biegel. I don't see Badgers play that much, so I'm not familiar with Biegel.

If McGinn and others are to be believed, GB wanted King anyway. In McGinn's mock first round, he had them taking King even though he had Watt being available to them. From that perspective, TT turned King into a less expensive King and Biegel.

[Brandon494]

So TT turned the 29th pick into Kevin King and Vince Biegel. Just wondering if people would rather have T.J. Watt or King and Biegel. I don't see Badgers play that much, so I'm not familiar with Biegel.

As much as I didn't like the Biegel picks it sure beats the hell out of drafting Watt in the 1st.

[Fritz]

I would like the Biegel pick better if his name was Dobermann instead.