2019 NFL Draft Predictions

[red]

Juwaan Taylor and Noah Fant in the 1st Round, by my guess.

nfln mock draft last night had us taking taylor at #12 and AJ brown at #30

thay had both iowa TE's going in the top 10

[smuggler]

I don't see both TEs going top 10. We could take a RT or G if Fant isn't available at 30.

[bobblehead]

Speaking of possible 2 OL sinerios,

I could see Dillard and Chris Lindstrom. Dillard is a LT but he could play RT until Bahk is 30 and then switch. Lindstrom could play LG or RT. Both would fit well in a zone offensive.

You could keep Taylor and Bulaga for one more year. Let the rookies come into their own for a year and then feel really good about Bahk, Lindstrom, Lindsey, Turner, Dillard for a few years.

Since I believe in dominating the line of scrimmage I would be OK with such a draft. I want to run with authority, then allow ARod to run play action to destroy defenses. Meanwhile grab a safety at 44 and play good defense.

[call_me_ishmael]

If Bulaga has a good year and stays healthy, I have little doubt they'll try to resign him for a year or two on a short-but-expensive contract because he's a premier player when he's healthy.

[RashanGary]

Dillard is the top Tackle in this draft hands down. Just cuz no one asked him to run block doesn't mean he can't. If he is there at 12, my only regret in drafting him would be that you are taking a top LT prospect and playing him at RT.

Bush is under rated and probably better than White. I have watched RBs and TEs kill us in short passes for like a decade without fat mike adjusting to the modern NFL. I would not cry with this pick.

Hockenson is the "dual threat" that I also lamented fat mike had no clue how to utilize. He had ONE drop last year. Not my ideal pick at 12, but I wouldn't cry.

Sweat is a beast with production. No one even talks about how good he was against the run. Please, please let teams pass on him.

Oliver won't get to us. No way no how. Mock drafts are mockable.

Finally Burns. He is kinda explosive and a bit twitchy. I think he becomes a really good edge. I don't care if he is "undersized". So was Von Miller.

I like your list and see things similarly. Dillard could play RT in the early part of his career and then extend Bahks career by playing LT once Bahk hits 30. In the long run of dillards career, that’s ideal. Also, would be nice to be able to move Dillard over in case of injury. Even in those first years at RT, it still improves backup LT as well and RT is easier to fill. So an injury to Bahk would be something we could overcome.

[RashanGary]

Bush is so interesting. We haven’t had a great ILB in my packer fan life. Bush looks like he could be great. .

[Fritz]

My mind is changing. I'd be fine if they drafted a tackle at #12, or even if they think Hockenson's the next big thing, and they took him.

But I'd be fine with Fant at #30 instead.

[pbmax]

I think its big guys with the first pick, defense with second.

I suspect they try to move down in the first for Oliver or a dropping EDGE. If it doesn't work (and it won't) its an OT.

Then they try to trade down for an Iowa TE in the teens. That doesn't work. So safety with pick #30.

[texaspackerbacker]

So if Thompson had adhered to your strategy early on, he wouldn't have drafted Aaron Rodgers? Or do you think Thompson had Rodgers ranked as "overwhelmingly good"?

He was a toss up with Alex Smith to be the number one overall, so that's pretty overwhelming. Also, Favre was how old? It was not a sure thing he would go on as long as he did, so it's not too big a stretch to say it was at least slightly a need pick.

[mraynrand]

If Bulaga has a good year and stays healthy

I loled.

[Fritz]

He was a toss up with Alex Smith to be the number one overall, so that's pretty overwhelming. Also, Favre was how old? It was not a sure thing he would go on as long as he did, so it's not too big a stretch to say it was at least slightly a need pick.

So by this line of reasoning, if the Packers are on the clock with the 12th pick of the first round and there is a QB sitting there that they strongly believe is the next Aaron Rodgers/Patrick Mahomes, and because Rodgers is aging and played hurt the last two years, you'd be okay with that pick of a QB?

[texaspackerbacker]

Maybe ....... but do you see anything resembling Aaron Rodgers out there? I sure don't. I wonder if they'd give a thought to Kyler Murray if he's still there.

[Joemailman]

Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Bryant (Dallas, Cleveland etc). is saying he has source inside Cardinals organization that Cardinals will keep Josh Rosen and draft Bosa #1.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...ry/rumor-mill/

Former NFL receiver Antonio Bryant has been banging the drum over the past day regarding the first overall pick in the draft. Specifically, Bryant insists that the Cardinals won’t take quarterback Kyler Murray, but that they’ll instead select defensive end Nick Bosa.

On Monday, Bryant said that he’s “hearing from people in the Cardinals organization” that Bosa sits at No. 1 on the Arizona board, and that the team will stick with Rosen at quarterback. Tuesday morning, Bryant doubled down.

“I’m telling you I trust my source,” Bryant said. “This ain’t no smokescreen. . . . The Cardinals are going to draft Nick Bosa 1st overall. . . . Just wait on it.”

Bryant may have made a potentially telling slip in his second tweet, narrowing his sourcing from “people in the Cardinals organization” to one specific person: “I trust my source.”

So who’s his source? There’s speculation that Bryant is getting his info from fellow former Pitt receiver (and Cardinals cornerstone) Larry Fitzgerald, even though their playing careers at Pittsburgh didn’t overlap. Whoever it is, Bryant presumably is pushing this information with the approval of his source, even though the Cardinals may not want this information to be disclosed — if it’s even accurate.

If it is accurate, look for more reports (from, you know, reporters) to soon emerge confirming what Bryant is claiming, unless reporters from ESPN and/or NFL Network truly are on lock down when it comes to tipping Arizona’s plans before Thursday night, when ABC, ESPN, and NFL Network will be televising the draft.

[run pMc]

Well, Rosen beat the Packers.
I don't know that he's a bust, not with the OL they had blocking for him. I think they need to get him a better OL and tweak the scheme to what he's better at. I have zero confidence in their new HC though.

Wouldn't surprise me if they went D. Bosa was the consensus #1 pick by many a few months ago.

[bobblehead]

So hard to predict. I think trade down and then up, but what if someone they had as the last prime name....a top 5 guy on their big board drops to them. No way they trade out of that. Problem is that we don't have a clue what that big board looks like. I have that hunch Dillard is definitely Gutes top T, but that is based more on combine #'s and look than anything. I know that I think Sweat and Oliver are top 5 guys, but I don't know that the heart thing is an issue or not. I also don't know if Gutes has an issue with Oliver's size. Hell, for all I know Gutes has watched tap of Farrell and has him right there with Allen and Bosa.

I am confident of the strategy, but not knowing how Gutes has them ranked and without seeing how 1-11 go, we can only wildly speculate....ah how I love the internet.