The official NFL draft 2020 thread

I've spent a couple of hours this AM watching the 4 WRs who we're projected to the 1st round, but have fallen to the 2nd. I watched 3 games each, and avoided highlight films because IMO opinion they distort reality by only showing the good. Here are my rankings of those "big 4" available in R2 based on the games that I watched:

1. Michael Pittman – Watched Utah, Colorado, BYU games in 2019.
2. Tee Higgins – Watched Ohio State, Virginia, South Carolina games 2019.
3 (tie). Denzel Mims – Watched Oklahoma, Texas and Georgia games in 2019.
3 (tie). Laviska Shenault – Watched Nebraska, USC and Oregon games 2019.

I really didn't see any weaknesses in Pittman's game at all. He does everything you expect a guy with his size and speed to do, but he also runs decent routes, blocks (a little bit anyway) and has good hands. I think he's a legit NFL #1 WR prospect, and I'll be surprised if he doesn't end up being a perennial 1,000+ yard, 7-10 TD kind of guy. Higgins is dynamic, and probably the best at getting separation on ins and outs. His game vs. Ohio State was troubling, as he was very limited by Okudah, but Okudah os pretty darn good. Higgins looks a bit like Martavis Bryant without the baggage, but is far more complete right now than Bryant was coming out. Good player, and very worthy of pick #49. Mims is incomplete IMO. He's a vertical jump ball monster, and a red zone weapon, but he is not a polished route runner at all. What he does well will translate well to the NFL as a big play weapon, but he needs work. Shenault is a really good overall WR and football player. I'm just not sure I see the dynamics in his game to rank over Pittman or Higgins. He does look like the most versatile of these guys. You can play him on the outside, in the slot, and probably even the backfield.

 

Nice write ups Elvis. Of those 4 I probably give Higgins a slight edge but he did have alot more help at Clemson than Pittman did at USC. I'll give Pittman another look today .

Did you watch any Claypool? He's really interesting to me simply because he had zero help on that Notre Dame offense with very poor QB play but still put up great numbers.

 

Poor Charger fans, they take Herbert, who IMO comes with all the same risks as the next tier of guys, Love, Eason, Hurts, Fromm and then they trade back into the first for Murray while leaving Queen there. Ouch.

 

No. I’m not sure I’ll get to him today.

 

Hey...when you gotta go, you GOTTA GO

 

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/e...colorado-nfl-draft-letter-to-general-managers

Shenault is not a guy really on my radar, but I thought I'd share this article he wrote. Very good read.

 

Damn... it brings back memories of a game my friends and I used to play called “kill the guy with the ball.” No goal line, no teams, just taking turns being 1 guy trying to stay upright and not fumble for as long as possible while being hunted by 4-5 other guys on a small field (back yard).

It was a good letter, and I absolutely see the Jarvis Landry comparison, but not really the Julio Jones or Fitz comparisons. This breaks my tie between him and Mims.

 

We called it by a much less politically correct term back in the day.