Our 3rd round picks are basically another 1st and 2nd rounder in terms of player grade. In general, in rounds 3 to 5th we picked players that could easly go 1 or 2 rounds higher, that's a great draft. I am excited with our LBs, imagine having Mosley, Correa, Bowser and Williams on the field together, anyone can rush, anyone can cover, offense has to guess who will do what and any time they guess wrong, they will be punished, add Suggs in some creative 2-5 set, and you bring chaos to any offense we face.
Only negative i have about this draft, is our 1st round pick. I like the Humphrey selection, great addition for now and for the future, but he might have been available few picks later, and trading down would give us possibility for another steal pick. Unfortunately noone had trade proposition good enough for us.
Humphrey can still turn out to be a solid player, maybe even a star. There is a reason why he was rated as top 3 CB in the draft and projected to go as high as 11th pick and other CBs regarded as "better" by some on this board weren't. My guess is that his issues can be easily fixed by coaches on NFL level. With Ozzie's Alabama connections, he might know something that made Humphrey higher rated on Ravens board than Howard, Foster or Allen.
Trading down sounds nice- we could get players we want and get some extra picks even on day 2. Based on pick value chart found somewhere over the web, I made my mock draft scenario which includes trading with Texans (they might want to move up for a QB)- we give them our 1st(16) and 3rd (78) rnd pick, and get their 1st (25), 2nd (57) and 3rd (89) rnd picks:
1st (25): M. Humphrey CB / D.Barnett OLB (one of them should be available that late)
2nd (47): C. Lawson OLB / C. Tankersley CB (depending on who we draft in 1st)
2nd (57): J.J S. Smith WR
3rd (74): S. Jones CB
3rd (89): E. Pocic/ P. Efflein C
4rd (122). J. Eluemenuor OL
5rd (159) D. Stringellow WR
65d (186) S. Rodgers FB
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Yes, you got it perfectly.
I am from Poland. You need to get up at 2 am to watch primetime games here in Europe, but it's worth it