boom or bust?

I was watching a local sports channel and they had a small panel discussing the draft. they were talking about the 3 biggest bust potential players in the draft.
mike evans
johnny manziel
taylor lewan

it caught my attention because we are looking at 2 of them. some reasons on evans were attitude, discipline, and cant run nfl routes. they said lewan really struggles against speed and of course his off the field issues were discussed.

they also talked about 3 players who could be steals in round 1. players they said would come in an immediately make a team better. we are looking at all three I think

odell beckham jr they said he runs ROUTES faster than any other wr in draft and would end up being the best wr in class
Jason verritt
stephon tuitt

just wanted to see if any of the last 3 would piss anyone of at 15. tuitt would I know but I think if we want beckham or verritt we would have to take them there

 

I would consider Beckham at #15 hell no to Tuitt or Verrett though.

 

Yeah but don't you think anyone looking at Manziel in the first round are looking beyond just his QB abilities and are looking at a marketing angle as well as trying to energize a fan base to put butts in the stands. It is a totally wrong way to approach your draft strategy but there really isn't any reason for draft him in the first beyond that. As big a mess as the Browns are I can't fathom why they would look to make him the face of their rebuild after they just had a face of their rebuild in Wheedon.

 

I personally think Teddy Bridgewater has bust potential. His mechanics are somewhat unorthodox and he doesn't have ideal size. Not sure how his game will translate to the NFL.

 

I see Johnny Football as the next Tim Tebow. Would most definitely take Beckham. He is going to be something else.

Bman

 

well I would hate to see verrett at 15 unless for some reason gilbert and dennard are gone. I feel he is the 3rd or maybe 2nd best cb in draft. I have heard about if gilbert is gone some teams might want to get ahead of us to take dennard. if that's the case and we like him. we would have to take him right?

 

I disagree I'm a USC fan and have seen every game of Lee he drops a lot of easy passes, and he ran slower than what was expected of him at the combine. Beckham is faster and he makes those difficult catches regularly.

 

I wouldn't put it past Cleveland to go after evans and manzel. they have two first round picks. again.

 

Bridgewater, I have not seen alot of this
kid, But depending on his pro day as any
indication, The accuracy is just not there.

 

The black font is quoting SteelCity_NB, the red is me. Idk what happened to my quote option in the reply? lol

I just don't see Mike Evans being a bust. Too much desire. Kelvin Benjamin on the other hand... Idk. I think both guys will have a hard time living up to their hype. I don't see in Evans what everyone else seems to I guess. It wouldn't completely shock me if he failed in the NFL.

I've said it before and will continue to say it, Johnny Manziel will be a bust. He will not get away with his circus act in the NFL, and I don't think his personality can handle failure and all the negative media attention that will be coming his way. IMO Manziel is the ultimate risk. Guys with his type of personality just seem to succeed. I guess it wouldn't shock me if he was a bust, but I really think he is the only QB coming out this year that has a legitimate chance to be a big time player (top 10 in the NFL) at any point in their career.

Lewan's tape is not really that impressive. He performed much better at the Combine than I thought. I would be leery about taking him in the top half of the 1st round. He looks very slow on the feel. I would be beyond pissed off if we took Lewan, I think he has bust written all over him. Bad tape and a good combine isn't the recipe I want in my first round pick, and he is a world class D-Bag to boot. He wouldn't even exist on my big board if I were the Steelers.

I'm not a big believer in Beckham. I would not want him at #15. There's no way he is better than Marqise Lee who will definitely still be kicking around. I like OBJ better than you do, but you are completely right about Lee. IMO he is easily the second best WR prospect in the draft, and is one of the most NFL ready players (regardless of position) in the draft too. Honestly if he wasn't hurt last year, we would have a shot at Watkins because Lee would be the top WR in the class. Willing blocker, great routes, good speed (he's faster than his combine time). I would be incredibly happy to see Lee in the Black and Gold.

Tuitt only at #46. Yep.

If we took Verrett at #15, I wouldn't be devastated, but its just an incredible leap of faith by our scouts. To me he is a late 1st/early 2nd type of guy. Depending on what we did in the 1st, he would be worth a look at #46, if by chance he was still on the board. Just say no to Verrett at 15, he's a possibility if we trade back though. I guess I'm just not really that high on the kid. We already have a good nickel corner in Gay... we need someone to be the #2 and I think there are better options than Verrett to fill that role (Gilbert, Dennard, Roby, Fuller).