2022 NFL Draft: Day 2
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No comment until I've watched the film for myself. But I am leaning more towards the skeptical side at the moment.
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Told you, Nick Cross - 3rd round.
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Cade York K.
easily be our best pick
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Faalele or Winfrey or Shakir
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Finally a decent pick. Bet we still get a C or C- grade for the day though.
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Perhaps FactoryofSadness got one right -- Hill converts to safety rather than Emerson?
Or perhaps Emerson is a replacement for Hill when Hill hits free agency and they don't offer. Hill&Greedy contracts are up after 2022.
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The Bell pick is a Jarvis replacement. His size and combine measurements were favorable to Landry's. I had to check out Jarvis 40 time and he was at 4.77, and he was a second rounder with obj on the same team. If you watched Bell play the last few years, you know the dude can ball out and is a perfect ready to go slot wr. We still need a burner, but this was a great value pick.
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Bell > Higgins
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Bell > Higgins
That's not saying much.
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Sporting News' assessment of Browns pick plus Leal in comparison. Pretty much follows what I thought with exception of a higher grade on Emerson that I thought he should get drafted where they got him.
68. Cleveland Browns (from Texans): Martin Emerson, CB, Mississippi State
- Grade: B
The Browns needed a big, strong corner option to complement their other cover men given the size and strength challenges related to the AFC North wide receiver competition.
78. Cleveland Browns: Alex Wright, EDGE, UAB
- Grade: C
The Browns got enamored with Wright’s immense raw explosive skills as a pass rusher, but he’s limited to a situational player until he can round out his game. His value was that of a mid Day 3 pick.
99. Cleveland Browns: David Bell, WR, Purdue
- Grade: A
The Browns were smart to jump on wide receiver value to further boost Deshaun Watson’s targets away from Ameri Cooper. Bell has intriguing physicality, speed and quickness, making him an appealing after-the-catch and field-stretching burst option.
84. Pittsburgh Steelers: DeMarvin Leal, DT, Texas A&M
- Grade: A
The Steeelers also catch a falling star who has some good inside pass-rushing pop to complement the rest of their strong options in their front seven, first as a situational rookie.
My comment on the Leal vs Wright picks: Pitt was smart enough to understand that Leal's falloff in production this year was the fact the several inside DLs were suspended by A&M and he had to play inside his normal 5-tech position most of the games. That made him the guy who forced a lot of teams to double team him which allowed the others to put most of the pressure on QBs. Browns scouting should have picked this up. Fire whoever was responsible for that oversight.
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Apparently UAB played Georgia in 2021.. did Wright get picked because he had one good game vs Georgia's OL?
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Yeah, it was at something like 11.2% or Tia saw it at 13% - and it's hard to believe that would improve against better competition. That's why I brought up Skyy Moore as a guy I liked better than Watson.
Understood....but can't we teach him how to concentrate on the ball or something? I mean, ya can't teach tall, fast and jump high...
I'd spend/waste (who really knows here and now?) my 2nd round pick on him.
Understood....but can't we teach him how to concentrate on the ball or something? I mean, ya can't teach tall, fast and jump high...
I'd spend/waste (who really knows here and now?) my 2nd round pick on him.
Good point Orion
This isn't aimed at you as much as it is at others - why are we spending all this time on the very last WR I listed ? I have nothing to do with where these guys are rated/projected so the ones I like best are mentioned in order of my preference from left to right. That list begins with David Bell and George Pickens as the 1st and 2nd WRs. As fate would have it, the Browns drafted David Bell in round 3. I've also brought him up in other draft threads. That's a really good selection for round 3 IMO.
Apparently a team that never knows how to draft decent WRs after round 1 (ie; Davante Adams, Jordy Nelson, Donald Driver, Greg Jennings) traded up to #34 to draft Christian Scissorhands-Watson. Sometimes the best cure for a guy like Watson is an accurate QB putting together a HOF career like Aaron Rodgers. When a passer consistently puts the ball in places where it can't be dropped - one might be pleasantly surprised what it could do for a young WR's consistency (especially if they have their pitch and catch timing down which is a great cure for concentration lapses). That won't change our minds right now any more than we refused to open our minds up about Josh Allen in here pre-draft. "If he couldn't carry his team on a lesser level - how is he going to do this at a more competitive level" appeared to be the popular line of thought in here (that I was guilty of too). Teams aren't drafting rear view mirror.
Just remember, there are guys like a Joey Galloway that can be much better professional players than they were in college. Another Ohio State WR with much better stats in the NFL than in college was Michael Thomas who had seasons with 149 rec and 125 rec with the Saints vrs his bests of 54 and 56 receptions at Ohio State. The difference? Drew Brees and style of offense. Sometimes you only have to ask the why and dig if you don't know it. What Michael DID have at Ohio State was an impressive 9 TD receptions in each of his last 2 years that showed the right shopper like Sean Payton this might be the perfect WR for him after round 1 at #47 overall. Payton didn't wait for hindsight 20/20 to giddy-up and get after that.
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The Ravens definitely are killing it in this draft
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