Official Day 3 Of The 2017 NFL Draft Thread

[HarveyWallbangers]

Not's not pretend that Thompson won't cut a draft pick. I doubt they keep 4 RBs over 6 WRs with the depth at WR. The three RBs are all late round picks, so it's not like they have three sure things and took the fourth guy. I think it's more likely they drafted the three hoping that two show something.

[woodbuck27]

Round 4 and Pick NO. 1 ....Packers (From Browns) Biegel, Vince OLB 6'3" 246 Wisconsin 5.2

One of the popular choices here. Sadly not the RB I hoped for Samaje Perine.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2706863-nfl-draft-results-2017-full-grades-for-event-and-biggest-late-round-steals?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=nfl

Late-Round Steals - Samaje Perine

Let's start in Washington, where running back Samaje Perine was a fourth-round selection and could easily win the starting job over Robert Kelley next season.

Perine was dynamic at Oklahoma, managing to rush for over 1,000 yards in every season there despite sharing the starting job with Joe Mixon. And he's a player the team apparently was high on, per Grant Paulsen of 106.7 The Fan:

Grant Paulsen ✔ @granthpaulsen
A #Redskins source told me pre-draft that Perine was the team's highest rated RB after Cook, Fournette and McCaffrey. They got their guy. ... 12:34 PM - 29 Apr 2017

Brad Evans of Yahoo Sports likened him to a running back (Jordan Howard) who excelled in his rookie season:

Brad Evans ✔ @YahooNoise
Compare Samaje Perine to Jordan Howard. Washington may have just scored itself a seriously good RB on the cheap. Kelley on notice.
12:40 PM - 29 Apr 2017

Comment woodbuck27:

It isn't often that there is a potential draft pick I hoped so much that TT would pick. At the top of Round 4 a lot of Media Experts on the NFL Network (take that for what it's worth)... but these people were calling for TT to go RB and 'No Brainer Pick' ... Samaje Perine.

TT went local and 'D' and LBer Pass Rush Prospect (Vince Biegel) and soon after Perine came off the Board to Washington.

I have this left. This man RB Samaje Perine will be a good watch for me in this upcoming season.

[texaspackerbacker]

Watch him prove to be mediocrity personified.

[Bretsky]

Where there any real good EDGE guys we could have taken after the 4th round?

YES. THERE WAS ONE

VINCE FRICKIN BIEGEL !!!!!!!!!

[Deputy Nutz]

I don't understand the fascination of getting all hung up on certain players in the draft, especially one particular player. Perine was a decent prospect but so were 5 or 6 other running backs in his tier. I was surprised when Pittsburgh took James Connor in the third round but it was a good story and I think Connor has a high ceiling after coming back from Lymphoma, but who is to say that he is going to any better or worse than any other running back taken in this draft?

[Smidgeon]

I don't understand the fascination of getting all hung up on certain players in the draft, especially one particular player. Perine was a decent prospect but so were 5 or 6 other running backs in his tier. I was surprised when Pittsburgh took James Connor in the third round but it was a good story and I think Connor has a high ceiling after coming back from Lymphoma, but who is to say that he is going to any better or worse than any other running back taken in this draft?

We are!

[woodbuck27]

i'll bet this is ted's last draft. he's painful to listen to speak. 64 but seems 84.

You saw it and I saw it .