Prospect Visits

Hmmmm....Yeah, I’m not sure honestly. Nobody strikes me at TE. Irv Smith meh....This draft gonna be interesting. I am cool going DL, Edge, C, TE. I’d basically be unhappy otherwise.

 

I can’t see the Jets going wr unless their is a mega trade back to mid first. Jets are looking for defensive playmaker in round to bolster the D.

Giants are projected 3 ways for 2 picks...qb, dl/edge, ol. Could take we with mid first but current thinking is they go d playmaker then take qb later or barring that or a trade...ol.

Jags could definitely go wr but they also need OL and if Hock is there I think they take him before any wr.

Bills another team that could certainly go wr.

Broncos have much bigger needs like future qb ol dl/edge.

Bengals need D and certainly an obvious spot if one ofd the ilbs is still available. But yes...they’ve been bad and could pick Strangely.

Skins need a qb ok and dl/edge but are where the value starts matching up but I think the QB problem shows. If cards get this pick for Rosen...good chance first wr goes here.

Panthers need OL help and could go OT it OC.

Always the possibility of an unexpected wr or two but I’m not seeing it.

 

His problem is he's smallish for TE at 240lbs and that's after he gained weight in college. Initially he was gonna be a QB and WR. He needs to get bigger and a lot stronger as he's not much of a blocker at this point. He's basically a big wr who lines up at TE and wins because he's either bigger or faster than the LB's trying to cover him. That won't be the case in the NFL.

He does not play like a 4.5 speed guy on the field but he has a good knack for getting open vs zone or man. There were teams in 2017/2018 that just let him run open in zones all day long.

As a backup TE, he's a good pass catcher...but we have that. He could develop if he gets bigger and stronger and can block a lot better...but I think we'd look for help from some other guys before him. I think he goes 5th-7th rounds...closer to the latter.

Take a look at Dawson Knox, Jace Sternberger, and Kaden Smith as other TE's outside the top 3. I believe we've met with these guys so more likely to go with someone we met than not though Wilson could get taken late to develop.

 

Any luck finding the other visits we don't know yet???

 

I'm sure this is the final list they will have.

Several newer names

• Curtis Akins, ILB, Memphis (PRO)
• Otaro Alaka^, OLB, Texas A&M (PRI, WOR)
• Jesse Aniebonam, DE/3-4OLB/OLB, Maryland (WOR)
• J.J. Arcega-Whiteside^, WR, Stanford (PRI, PRO)
• Alex Barnes, RB, Kansas State (WOR)
• Mathieu Betts, DE, Laval (EW)
• Lanard Bonner, G, Arkansas State (EW)
• Blace Brown, CB, Troy (PRO)
• Marquise Brown, WR, Oklahoma (PRI)
• Miles Brown, DT, Wofford (PRO)
• Brian Burns, DE/3-4OLB/OLB, Florida State (PRI)
• Yodny Cajuste, OT, West Virginia (PRI)
• Blake Cashman^, ILB, Minnesota (WOR, PRI)
• L.J. Collier, DE/3-4DE, TCU (PRI)
• Maxx Crosby, DE, Eastern Michigan (WOR)
• Jamal Custis, WR, Syracuse (WOR)
• Jamal Davis, OLB, Akron (PRO)
• Nate Davis, OT, Charlotte (PRI)
• Jamel Dean, CB, Auburn (COM)
• Tyrel Dodson, ILB, Texas A&M (PRI)
• Eric Dungey, QB, Syracuse (WOR)
• Bobby Evans, OT, Oklahoma (PRO)
• Jaylon Ferguson, DE/3-4OLB, Louisiana Tech (PRI)
• Cameron Glenn, S, Wake Forest (WOR)
• Khalil Hodge, OLB/ILB, Buffalo (EW)
• Ka'dar Hollman, CB, Toledo (PRO)
• Amani Hooker, S, Iowa (PRI)
• Tytus Howard, OT, Alabama State (PRI)
• Trenton Irwin^, WR, Stanford (WOR, PRO)
• Joe Jackson, DE/3-4OLB, Miami (PRI)
• Jalen Jelks, DE/3-4OLB/OLB, Oregon (SR)
• Gary Jennings^, WR, West Virginia (PRI, WOR)
• Lonnie Johnson Jr., CB, Kentucky (PRI)
• P.J. Johnson, DT/NT, Arizona (PRO)
• Dawson Knox^, TE, Ole Miss (PRI, WOR)
• Chris Lindstrom, G, Boston College (WOR)
• Greg Little, OT, Ole Miss (PRI)
• Adrian Middleton, DT, Kentucky (WOR)
• Jimmy Moreland, CB, James Madison (WOR)
• Ed Oliver, DT, Houston (PRI)
• Charles Omenihu, DE, Texas (COM)
• Marc Orozco, K, Grambling (WOR)
• Kyle Phillips^, DE, Tennessee (PRO, LOC)
• Jachai Polite^, DE/3-4OLB/OLB, Florida (COM, PRI)
• Derick Roberson^, DE, Sam Houston State (PRI, WOR)
• Anree Saint-Amour, 3-4OLB, Georgia Tech (WOR)
• Miles Sanders, RB, Penn State (WOR)
• Khalen Saunders, DT, Western Illinois (COM)
• Darnell Savage, S, Maryland (PRI)
• Max Scharping, OT/G, Northern Illinois (PRI)
• Kyle Shurmur, QB, Vanderbilt (LOC)
• Devin Singletary, RB, Florida Atlantic (PRO)
• Chris Slayton, DT, Syracuse (WOR)
• Jeff Smith, WR, Boston College (WOR)
• Kaden Smith, TE, Stanford (PRO)
• Ray Smith, NT, Boston College (WOR)
• Jace Sternberger, TE, Texas A&M (WOR)
• Ty Summers, ILB, TCU (PRO)
• Montez Sweat, DE/3-4OLB/OLB, Mississippi State (COM)
• Sione Takitaki^, OLB, Brigham Young (WOR, PRI)
• Juan Thornhill, S, Virginia (PRO)
• Jerry Tillery, DT/3-4DE/NT, Notre Dame (PRI)
• Olisaemeka Udoh, OT, Elon (EW)
• Isaiah Wharton^, CB, Rutgers (PRO, WOR)
• LaDarius Wiley, CB, Vanderbilt (PRO)
• Christian Wilkins, DT/3-4DE/NT, Clemson (PRO)
• Joejuan Williams^, CB, Vanderbilt (PRI, LOC)
• Daniel Wise, DT, Kansas (EW)
• Zedrick Woods, S, Ole Miss (PRO)

 

Breakout of positions for visits:

• DL - 16
• DB - 13
  
• Edge - 12
• OL - 9
  
• TE - 7
  
• WR - 6
• ILB - 4
  
• RB - 3
• QB - 2
• K - 1

Looks like this draft is going to be very focused on the trenches, and particularly on the defensive side.

EDIT: Updated

 

Umm Sione Takitaki is a ILB bud

way too small to pay on the edge...

 

The interesting thing to me about the list is that we actually brought in 5 OTs for private visits...that is more than I would have expected....and Little, Howard and Cajuste are 2nd-3rd rnd guys.....I haven't heard anyone talking about us taking an OT in the 1st 2 days.....almost makes me think they could be considering telling Conklin to play RG and then let Kelly and rookie OT battle for starting spot at RT