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I must say, that forum is aesthetically pleasing lol.

Watch Lee play: he's a body-catcher. He's not what this team needs.

You don't lose players for nothing in the NFL; you get compensatory picks. I would not want to trade a 5th rounder for 1 year of Jordan Matthews. You can get similar production from a street FA like Boldin for ~1 million more in salary without losing a draft pick (assuming you sign them after May 9).

Moore had bad hands in college, and he was outright terrible at the senior bowl. I remember watching Wentz throw two perfect passes right to him, and he dropped them both. I thought to myself "well, there's no way this kid is getting drafted," and then sure enough... lol. That said, maybe he can improve his hands. I doubt it, since that's not something that usually gets better, but I've seen it happen before (Brandon Marshall comes to mind). I hope he proves me wrong. And I don't see the Ravens offering enough to get Matthews, but I suppose anything is possible. I honestly don't want him unless it's for a late round pick; he's pretty average.

Title says it all. Give me your opinions on strengths, weaknesses, scheme fit, and career outlook for the Ravens' 2017 class of drafted and undrafted players. I linked their respective Draft Breakdown pages for easy watching. (Eluemunor doesn't have any vids, fyi) Marlon Humphrey Tyus Bowser Chris Wormley Tim Williams Nico Siragusa Jermaine Eluemunor Chuck Clark UDFA class will be posted later after information becomes official

I made this thread last year, so I figured I'd update it for this year. It's mostly copy/paste, but I've updated it somewhat. It's no secret that teams interview prospects for many different reasons, ranging from genuine interest to purposely feigning interest to trick other teams. In addition, teams will never meet or speak with certain prospects and then draft them, much to the surprise of the player himself. So this got me wondering: how strong of a connection is there between the Ravens' prospect interviews and actually drafting them? Taking what I could find from various sites, I composed a list, highlighting those we actually brought in either through the draft, UDFA, or waivers. 2011 *Baylor guard Danny Watkins (3/16). *Georgia defensive end Justin Houston (3/21, ). +Illinois linebacker Martez Wilson (3/21, 4/?). *Virginia Tech running back Ryan Williams (3/21). *Purdue defensive end Ryan Kerrigan (3/22). +Abilene Christian wide receiver Edmund Gates (3/23, 3/27). *Georgia linebacker Akeem Dent (3/?). *Miami cornerback Demarcus Van Dyke (3/?). *Utah State cornerback Curtis Marsh (3/?). *UT-Chattanooga cornerback Buster Skrine (3/24). *Florida State guard/center Rodney Hudson (3/?). +Temple defensive tackle Muhammad Wilkerson (3/28). *Arizona defensive end Brooks Reed (3/28). *Arizona defensive end Ricky Elmore (3/28). *Appalachian State safety Mark LeGree (3/29). Maryland wide receiver Torrey Smith (3/29). Colorado cornerback Jimmy Smith (3/29). *Oregon linebacker Casey Matthews (3/30). *Lehigh guard/tackle Will Rackley (3/30). *Texas cornerback Curtis Brown (3/?). Iowa defensive lineman Christian Ballard (3/?). *Missouri defensive end Aldon Smith (?/?). *Rice defensive end Cheta Ozougwu (?/?). *Richmond cornerback Justin Rogers (?/?). *Delaware safety Anthony Walters (?/?). *Illinois defensive tackle Corey Liuget (?/?). Pittsburgh wide receiver Jonathan Baldwin (?/?). Georgia wide receiver Kris Durham (?/?). *Texas linebacker/defensive end Sam Acho (3/?). *Baldwin-Wallace linebacker Keith Darbut (4/?). +Virginia Union offensive tackle David Mims (4/6). UCLA linebacker Akeem Ayers (4/7). North Carolina wide receiver Greg Little (4/7). North Carolina defensive end Robert Quinn (4/7). Mississippi linebacker Jonathan Cornell (4/7). Pittsburgh defensive end Jabaal Sheard (4/8). Louisiana Tech return specialist Phillip Livas (4/20). South Carolina cornerback Chris Culliver (4/20). 2012 +Oklahoma State offensive tackle Levy Adcock (?/?). Miami (Ohio) guard Brandon Brooks (?/?). LSU cornerback Ron Brooks (3/30). *North Carolina linebacker Zach Brown (4/?). +Delaware guard/center Gino Gradkowski (?/?). Oregon State cornerback Brandon Hardin (?/?). Georgia Tech receiver Stephen Hill (4/5). Pittsburgh cornerback Buddy Jackson (3/30). Illinois receiver A.J. Jenkins (4/4). Virginia defensive end Cam Johnson (4/?). *Georgia center Ben Jones (?/?). California linebacker Mychal Kendricks (4/?). Alabama cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick (?/?). Wisconsin center Peter Konz (4/?). *Cincinnati running back Isaiah Pead (4/4). *USC defensive end Nick Perry (3/?). Central Florida cornerback Josh Robinson (3/30). UCLA receiver Nelson Rosario (4/3). Syracuse safety Phillip Thomas (3/30). *Texas kicker Justin Tucker (4/24). Utah State linebacker Bobby Wagner (?/?). *Wisconsin guard Kevin Zeitler (?/?). 2013 Tavon Austin%, WR, West Virginia (PRI) (COM) Kenjon Barner, RB, Oregon (SR) Steve Beauharnais, LB, Rutgers (SR) Tommy Bohanon, FB, Wake Forest (SR) Michael Buchanan, DL, Illinois (SR) Tank Carradine%, DE, Florida State (PRI) (COM) Braxston Cave, OL, Notre Dame (SR) DeWayne Cherrington, DL, Mississippi State (PRO) Brandon Copeland, DL, Penn (PRO) Jordan Devey, OL, Memphis (EW) Quinton Dial, DL, Alabama (INT) Lavar Edwards, DL, LSU (SR) Matt Elam, S, Florida (COM) Josh Evans, S, Florida (COM) D.J. Fluker%, OT, Alabama (PRI) (COM) Corey Fuller, WR, Virginia Tech (COM) Dwayne Gratz, DB, Connecticut (SR#) Chris Harper, WR, Kansas State (VINT) DeAndre Hopkins, WR, Clemson (COM) Dustin Hopkins, PK, Florida State (SR) Wes Horton, DL, USC (EW) Margus Hunt%, DE, SMU (PRI) (COM) Stefphon Jefferson, RB, Nevada (COM) Brandon Jenkins, DE, Florida State (COM) Lane Johnson, OT, Oklahoma (COM) Travis Kelce, TE, Cincinnati (PRI) Tavarres King, WR, Georgia (SR) Kevin Minter%, ILB, LSU (PRI) (COM) Damontre Moore, DL, Texas A&M (PRI) Sio Moore, LB, Connecticut (PRI) Alec Ogletree, LB, Georgia (PRI) Alex Okafor, DL, Texas (SR) Toben Opurum, FB, Kansas (INT) Ryan Otten, TE, San Jose State (SR) Chris Pantale, TE, Boston College (COM) Will Pericak, DL, Colorado (PRI) Keith Pough, LB, Howard (INT) Justin Pugh%, OL, Syracuse (PRI) (SR#) David Quessenberry, OL, San Jose State (SR) Bacarri Rambo, DB, Georgia (PRI) Kevin Reddick, LB, North Carolina (COM) Brian Schwenke, OL, California (SR) Russell Shepard, WR, LSU (PRI) D.J. Swearinger, S, South Carolina (COM) Ryan Swope, WR, Texas A&M (SR) Cooper Taylor, DB, Richmond (PRI) Jamar Taylor, DB, Boise State (PRI) Stepfan Taylor, RB, Stanford (SR) Kenny Vaccaro, S, Texas (COM) Conner Vernon, WR, Duke (SR) Menelik Watson, OT, Florida State (COM) Markus Wheaton, WR, Oregon State (SR) Brennan Williams, OT, North Carolina (COM) Earl Wolff, S, N.C. State (EW) 2014 Jace Amaro, TE, Texas Tech (COM) Jeremiah Attaochu, LB, Georgia Tech (COM) Kelvin Benjamin%, WR, Florida State (PRI) (COM) Chris Borland%, LB, Wisconsin (COM) (SR) Chris Boswell, PK, Rice (SR) Jonathan Brown, LB, Illinois (SR) Martavis Bryant, WR, Clemson (PRI) Deone Bucannon, DB, Washington State (PRI) Christopher Burnette, G, Georgia (EW) Michael Campanaro, WR, Wake Forest (LOC) Ka'Deem Carey, RB, Arizona (COM) Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, DB, Alabama (PRO) Mike Davis%, WR, Texas (COM) (SR%) Aaron Donald, DL, Pittsburgh (COM) Dominique Easley, DL, Florida (PRO) Eric Ebron%, TE, North Carolina (PRI) (COM) Mike Evans, WR, Texas A&M (COM) Dee Ford, DL, Auburn (COM) Khairi Fortt, LB, California (PRI) Jimmy Garoppolo, QB, Eastern Illinois (PRI) Kevin Graf, OL, Southern California (EW) Carlos Hyde, RB, Ohio State (COM) Gabe Jackson, OL, Mississippi State (SR) Kenny Ladler, DB, Vanderbilt (SR) Jarvis Landry, WR, LSU (COM) Tyler Larsen, OL, Utah State (SR) Cody Latimer, WR, Indiana (PRO) Marqise Lee%, WR, USC (PRI) (COM) Jordan Love, DB, Towson (LOC) Jordan Matthews, WR, Vanderbilt (COM) A.J. McCarron, QB, Alabama (PRI) Dexter McDougle, DB, Maryland (PRI) Keith McGill, DB, Utah (PRI) Morgan Moses, OL, Virginia (COM) C.J. Mosley, LB, Alabama (PRI) Kevin Norwood, WR, Alabama (SR) Cody Parkey, K, Auburn (SR) Jacob Pedersen, TE, Wisconsin (SR) Joe Rankin, DB, Morgan State (LOC) Michael Sam%, LB, Missouri (INT) (COM) (SR) Kiero Small, RB, Arkansas (LOC) Telvin Smith, LB, Florida State (SR) Logan Thomas%, QB, Virginia Tech (PRI/PRO) (COM) Kyle Van Noy, LB, BYU (PRI) Jimmie Ward, DB, Northern Illinois (PRI) Keith Wenning, QB, Ball State (PRI) Terrance West%, RB, Towson (LOC) (COM) Andre Williams, RB, Boston College (COM) 2015 WR DeVante Parker, Louisville LB Shane Ray, Missouri RB Tevin Coleman, Indiana OT La'el Collins, LSU RB Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin CB Eric Rowe, Utah DL Randy Gregory, Nebraska CB P.J. Williams, Florida State OL Robert Myers, Tennessee State* OL A.J. Cann, South Carolina* LB Benardrick McKinney, Mississippi State CB Marcus Peters, Washington CB Tray Walker, Texas Southern WR Dorial Green-Beckham, Missouri RB Jay Ajayi, Boise State WR Breshad Perriman, Central Florida CB Jalen Collins, LSU CB/KR Chris Dunkley, USF TE Jesse James, Penn State RB Tevin Coleman, Indiana WR Phillip Dorsett, Miami 2016 Mackensie Alexander, CB, Clemson (COM) Joey Bosa^, DE/3-4OLB, Ohio State (COM, PRI) James Bradberry, CB, Samford (SR) Connor Cook, QB, Michigan State (PRI) Blake Countess, CB, Auburn (PRI) Joe Dahl, G/OT, Washington State (STM) Sean Davis^, FS/CB, Maryland (COM, LOC, STM) Kenyan Drake, RB, Alabama (SR) Leonard Floyd, OLB/3-4OLB, Georgia (PRI) Vernon Hargreaves, CB, Florida (PRI) Darien Harris, OLB, Michigan State (LOC) Tyler Higbee, TE, Western Kentucky (WOR) Kevin Hogan, QB, Stanford (WOR) Tyrone Holmes, DE, Montana (EW) Myles Jack, OLB, UCLA (PRI) Darius Jackson, RB, Eastern Michigan (PRI) William Jackson III, CB, Houston (PRI) Quinton Jefferson, DT, Maryland (LOC) Cyrus Jones^, CB, Alabama (PRI, LOC) Deion Jones, OLB, LSU (PRI) Karl Joseph, S, West Virginia (PRI) Jay Lee^, WR, Baylor (SR, PRI) Tyler Matakevich, ILB/OLB, Temple (SR) Braxton Miller, WR, Ohio State (WOR) Robert Nkemdiche, DT/DE/3-4DE, Ole Miss (PRI) Emmanuel Ogbah, DE/3-4DE, Oklahoma State (WOR) David Onyemata, DT, Manitoba (EW) Will Parks, SS, Arizona (PRO) Reggie Ragland, ILB, Alabama (PRI) Jalen Ramsey^, CB/S, Florida State (COM, PRI) Jake Rudock, QB, Michigan (WOR) Ryan Smith, CB, North Carolina Central (WOR) Noah Spence^, OLB/DE/3-4OLB, Eastern Kentucky (COM, PRI) Jason Spriggs, OT, Indiana (WOR) Ronnie Stanley^, OT, Notre Dame (COM, PRI) Charles Tapper, DE/3-4DE, Oklahoma (COM) Michael Thomas, WR, Ohio State (WOR) Laremy Tunsil, OT, Ole Miss (COM) Cody Whitehair, G, Kansas State (SR) Tavon Young^, CB, Temple (WOR, PRI) 2017 Keion Adams, DE, Western Michigan (PRO) Tyus Bowser, OLB, Houston (PRI) Connor Bozick, OT, Delaware (LOC) Caleb Brantley, DT/NT, Florida (PRI) Taco Charlton, DE/3-4OLB, Michigan (PRO) Corey Clement, RB, Wisconsin (SR) Zach Cunningham, OLB/ILB, Vanderbilt (COM) Corey Davis, WR, Western Michigan (PRI) Kevin Davis, ILB, Colorado State (EW) Reuben Foster, ILB, Alabama (PRI) Ryan Glasgow, DT, Michigan (PRO) Malik Golden, SS, Penn State (PRI) Trey Hendrickson, DE, Florida Atlantic (PRO) Brian Hill, RB, Wyoming (PRO) Josh Jones, S, N.C. State (PRI) Kevin King, CB, Washington (PRI) Tanoh Kpassagnon^, DE/3-4DE, Villanova (PRI, WOR) Ashton Lampkin, CB, Oklahoma State (EW) Marquel Lee, ILB, Wake Forest (WOR) William Likely, CB, Maryland (LOC) Pat Mahomes, QB, Texas Tech (PRO) Nyme Manns, WR, Bowie State (LOC) Malik McDowell, DT/3-4DE, Michigan State (PRI) Takkarist McKinley^, OLB/DE/3-4OLB, UCLA (STM, PRI) Deon-Tay McManus, WR, Marshall (LOC) Raekwon McMillan, ILB, Ohio State (PRI) Jordan Morgan, G, Kutztown (SR) Teldrick Morgan, WR, Maryland (LOC) Jabrill Peppers, S, Michigan (PRI) Ethan Pocic, C/G, LSU (SR) Dayon Pratt, OLB, East Carolina (PRO) Haason Reddick, OLB, Temple (PRI) Josh Reynolds, WR, Texas A&M (PRI) Derek Rivers, DE, Youngstown State (PRI) Cam Robinson, OT, Alabama (PRI) John Ross, WR, Washington (PRI) Justin Senior, OT, Mississippi State (SR) Jordan Sterns, S, Oklahoma State (SR) Taywan Taylor, WR, Western Kentucky (SR) Noel Thomas, WR, Connecticut (PRO) Eddie Vanderdoes, DT/3-4DE/NT, UCLA (SR) Darius Victor, RB, Towson (LOC) Davis Webb, QB, California (PRI) Tim White, WR, Arizona State (WOR) Darrell Williams, OT, Western Kentucky (WOR) Mike Williams, WR, Clemson (PRI) Tim Williams, OLB/DE/3-4OLB, Alabama (PRI) Jordan Willis, DE/3-4OLB/OLB, Kansas State (PRI) Chris Wormley^, DT/DE/3-4DE, Michigan (PRO, PRI) Deangelo Yancey^, WR, Purdue (STM, PRO, PRI) So what does this tell us? Well, we met with our eventual first round pick every year in which we had a first round pick in this sample size, so it seems like they don't purposely not interview the players they want in the first. After the first though... it seems like a crap-shoot. We interview around 25 prospects for every 1 we actually draft. Most of the players we draft each year after the first round are never even interviewed, at least according to what we know from these databases. Of our second round picks over this stretch, we only interviewed Torrey Smith. What I wish I had consistent in all of this data is when/where we are meeting these prospects. A meeting in private might be weighted more heavily than a meeting at the EW Shrine Game, for example. Another thing we will never know is just how much the Ravens actually coveted a player they didn't even have a chance to draft. For example, the Ravens never actually interviewed Khalil Mack, but they attempted to trade up from 17 to get him. They interviewed and really coveted Marcus Peters, but they never had the chance to draft him. And they twice met with and then tried to trade up for Jalen Ramsey, but Jerry Jones thought we actually wanted Elliott for some reason, so that never happened. Needless to say, it's hard to know who they really want in a given year. Anyway, this list is nostalgic if nothing else.

Also, if y'all just want a forum full of intelligent people to discuss draft prospects, I recommend Walterfootball's forum. A lot of the people there seem pretty knowledgeable. I've honestly learned quite a bit about x's and o's just by observing the conversations that go on there sometimes. Plus there's a few Ravens fans there. And there's a couple Steelers and Browns fans there who are not obnoxious homers, surprisingly enough, which helps keep me abreast of how our division foes are doing roster-wise. And I'm not talking about the conversations that occur beneath Walt's terrible articles, I'm talking about the actual forum

I guess I'll be moving to reddit's r/ravens subforum. There's a learning curve involved, but it seems like a decent forum content-wise. Plus I know reddit has other forums worth reading. Maybe I'll see y'all there.

Wow, am I the only one here whose username is their irl name?

Lee provides nothing that Chris Moore doesn't already provide: quickness and terrible hands. And I think the only WR the Eagles would be willing to trade is Agholor. They probably see themselves as competing for the postseason this year, so I don't see why they'd part with their 2nd best receiver in Jordan Matthews, especially when he's on a cheap rookie deal.

Honestly, I'm pretty interested and excited to see how our young WRs will play. Will they stay healthy? Will they rise to the occasion? Or will they be injured? Will they outright suck? We'll get much-needed closure on Perriman, Moore, and Campanaro while having the excitement of watching a potential train-wreck! Haha!

@frozen joe flacco fan I think if we're just grading the draft, it deserves a B. If we're grading the whole offseason, then a different grade might apply. You can't realistically fill all your holes in one draft. They made each pick count until the Clark pick, and that was in the 6th round. We needed multiple pass-rushers, multiple O-Linemen, and CB depth (or possibly a better starter than Carr, who is old and declining). Replace any of the picks that were made with someone else and you have a hole or decreased depth somewhere else. Also, Siragusa was introduced during the post-draft presser as a center/guard, for whatever that's worth. Perhaps he can become that Center you're looking for. In the meantime, he can play LG, which is just as big of a hole. Anyway, FA isn't over yet. They'll probably add a veteran WR and OL in free-agency before TC starts, maybe even Boldin or Mangold. They also could trade for someone or pick up a cap casualty before the season begins.

They introduced him as a potential Guard and Center in the post-draft presser... Interesting. For what it's worth, he had a high Wonderlic. Intelligence is an important trait to have in a Center: identifying what the defense is doing and keeping his fellow O-linemen on the same page is what Birk excelled at.

Overall, I'm giving the Ravens a B. They attacked two of their biggest weaknesses, EDGE and OL, by doubling-up at those positions, but they completely ignored the skill positions on offense, WR and TE, which were considerable needs. All of the picks had value somewhere in the "B" range, I thought; no big steals or reaches. The offense is going to be frustrating to watch for 2017, but the defense should at least make games winnable. Here's hoping Ozzie homers Calvin Ridley in the 2018 draft.

Maybe... or maybe Ozzie is targeting Calvin Ridley for 2018 lol

There's a lot of random analysts out there, but who do you pay the most attention to? Some names I think of are... Mike Mayock: I appreciate that he's not pressured to do a mock every week/month, he's intelligent, and he actually talks with team/league sources. Charlie Campbell: He seems pretty well connected, and he knows the prospects well, but I'm a little annoyed he's clung to the Cam Robinson rumor so strongly for an entire month. Keep in mind they clung to the Rams/Wentz rumor until the bitter end based purely off of one incorrect rumor they received/reported. Kiper and McShay: I guess they're the biggest names thanks to B$PN, but I wonder how much they actually communicate with NFL sources. Daniel Jeremiah: He seems to know who we pick before we pick them lol, possibly because he has a good idea of who our FO tends to like after working in our FO as a scout. Pretty sure he got the Mosley and Stanley picks correct. Matt Miller: I don't really read BR, but I know others like him a lot. Anyone else?

If Flacco's mechanics are still terrible in 2017, then he will deserve criticism for not improving himself. Yes, OL was part of the problem, but Flacco threw off his back foot on plenty of occasions when he didn't have to. Craig Ver Steeg is his new QB coach. Hopefully he does a better job than Marty did last season as QB coach. Flacco's mechanics were the worst I had ever seen them in 2016.

Updated original post Looks like we finally bucked the trend of interviewing our first-round pick. I will highlight UDFA signings as more information comes in. For now, the only UDFA on this list is Tim White.

For the reasons others have mentioned, I am not going to act like the sky is falling regarding our offensive outlook for 2017, at least not yet. There's some room for optimism. Cons: Lost Juszczyk, Wagner, Steve Smith, Aiken, Ducasse in FA. Pros: Marty gets to start the season as OC instead of inheriting Trestman's offense. The chemistry and playcalling should be intrinsically better than last year's. Plus Greg Roman has been brought in to help our running game and TEs. Drafted Siragusa and Eluemunor, one of whom might fill the hole at LG (most likely Siragusa) while Alex Lewis moves to his natural OT position on the right side. Losing Zuttah is irrelevant, as Jensen is an equivalent player. Signed Woodhead to be the pass-catching RB we haven't had since Rice. Dixon looked good his rookie season, so hopefully he breaks out (after his 4-game suspension is up). Nick Boyle (knock on wood) will finally get to play a full season, transitioning to FB most likely, which gives us an intriguing replacement for Juszczyk. Perriman (knock on wood) will get to participate in TC for the first time in his career. Year three is usually the year players breakout... if they breakout. Free-agency is not over. We can still look to someone in FA to fill our biggest holes. Some names to consider: Boldin, Vjax, Mangold, Clady, King Dunlap, Evan Mathis. So, while I'm not expecting a good offense, I'm thinking/hoping we can be average. After pouring so many resources into defense, an average offense should be enough to win, since the defense should make it so that our offense doesn't need to score a lot of points. If we end up with a bottom-ranked offense, then, well, you can just say 'I told you so,' lol.

I thought more of the big-name UDFA WRs would want to come here considering the lack of competition. Sad to see Stringefellow and Dural go elsewhere, but it's possible our scouts had no interest in either one anyway. Oh well. Hopefully one of Quincy Adeboyejo, Tim Patrick, Tim White, and/or whoever else we sign can be the next UDFA gem. Source

I sure hope so; we seriously need a possession receiver. We're already set with tons of speed, but I don't feel comfortable with Wallace, Perriman, Moore, and/or Camp as our only receivers. Wallace is a body-catcher, Perriman is injury-prone and drops too many passes, Moore drops waaaay too many passes, and Camp has never played more than 4 games in a season due to injuries. Boldin is just what we need: someone who can make a tough catch. As for Mangold, although it's possible we could enter 2017 starting a center who is already on our roster, I can bet you he's not as good as Mangold. Signing him would provide peace of mind at the position. That said, I wouldn't feel terribly vulnerable without Mangold. Jensen played better than Zuttah last season, which isn't saying much, but he's a capable starter. Problem, as usual, is cap space. They have yet to cut Watson and Arrington (they need to pass a physical exam before they can be cut without cap penalty). Those two, if cut, would combine for 6.7 mil in cap savings, so perhaps it's possible to make a small FA signing or two. We still need to sign our draft picks first though...

Here's hoping we can find another Alex Lewis on day 3... and then a 3rd Alex Lewis to play center (since Harbaugh said he's so versatile he could do that, lol, yeah right). OL, WR, Safety depth, receiving TE, ILB... all areas to address. Mini-big board for day 3: I loved Malachi Dupre at LSU. He's seriously underrated due to their terrible OC and QB situation. Kid can make tough catches and get open. Stringefellow has the physical attributes to be a big, tough possession receiver, though he seriously lacks speed. Carl Lawson might be a decent edge LB, although I kind of doubt we draft a 3rd edge LB (plus he may not even be on our board for medical reasons). Jake Butt could sit on IR for a year and then seriously compete as a starting TE for 2018 (this might work well since then we wouldn't have to release any TEs this year). Bucky Hodges could be a serious redzone threat at TE. Desmond King could be a good developmental FS or depth S/CB. Nate Gerry impressed me last year with his instincts, could be a good overall safety. Oh, and since we need a P/K returner, let me throw Will Likely's name into the mix as a UDFA returner and nickle corner.

First, I want to say that I love the strategy of just attacking the draft to address one shallow position. Our FO attacked the LB position and came away with some nice talent on the edge. Suggs, Judon, Bowser, Williams... we now have excellent depth. Correa may even contribute as well. Same goes for our CB corps: Jimmy, Carr, Young, Humphrey. ...Hopefully this strategy works better than the time they drafted 3 TEs in 2015 (Maxx, Boyle, Waller) - I like the Bowser pick if he develops into an every-down edge LB. He's got insane athleticism (near top of the list in all drills at the combine among LBs), and he has experience playing off the line as a traditional 3-4 LB, but he's a bit inexperienced as a legit pass-rusher. He's going to need to be coached up. I was somewhat underwhelmed with the Wormley pick (I really wanted someone with more upside like Kpassagnon), but Wormley is guaranteed to be a solid player. He's going to come in and immediately upgrade the 5T position with only Urban and Kaufusi as his competition. He's not going to provide much of anything as a pass-rusher, but he's going to be solid and versatile, kind of like Lawrence Guy. Plus he's a very high-character person, so that's a plus. Tim Williams is the best pure pass-rusher in this class, but his ability to pass drug tests is a major concern. He's going to be a great DPR from day 1, but he needs to stay off the suspension list, otherwise he'll be the next Randy Gregory. I love watching him play though: he's always the first person off the line, nearly blowing by the OT before he's even out of his stance.

I'm going to enjoy reminding steelers fans that Humphrey held Juju to 1 catch for 9 yards during their matchup in 2016.

Congrats on drafting a total scumbag, Bengals.