Just who will be the BPA @15

I haven't seen anything to suggest that we will be signing Worilds to a long term contract anytime soon.

Personally, I think Worilds took the big short term payday and is still looking to cash in long term next year.

Draft Barr, have him sit behind Worilds for a year, and then start next year.

I'm not saying we SHOULD do this, but its definitely an option.

 

Barr is not a sure thing, but IMO he is completely different from Davis. Davis was a marginal athlete who was a really good college player, but really didn't have the strength or athleticism to be a pro. I think Michael Sam is similar to Bruce Davis IMO.

Barr on the other hand is loaded with athleticism. I'm not sure I see enough strength in him to beat tackles once they get their hands on him, but he'll be hard to handle from a speed perspective.

As I look at what I typed above about Bruce Davis and Michael Sam, I have an uneasily feeling that a similar situation may exist for Jarvis Jones. I sincerely hope not, but he looked really overmatched physically last year. I hope your working out hard this offseason JJ...

 

He played in the slot, he played in-line and he also lined up wide a bit.. If Ebron is on the board, I think he's the pick.

 

Niklas too

 

With the way things shaked out, we could definitely use him. I've seen him projected as a late 1st round to 2nd round but I think he can go higher, With our needs and the talent available, they will have a hard time disappointing me with the 1st pick.

 

Tuitt and Hageman are not #15 overall picks, IMO.

 

How come? Just curious as I value your evaluations.

 

Thanks, BF. Tuitt is a fringe late 1st/2nd rounder to me. Hageman I see as more of a mid/late 2nd rounder. Tuitt plays a lot better inside than he does at 5 tech. Hageman is more of a project in general.

 

I agree with TTF on Tuitt and Hagemann. I think both players have the potential to be really good, but neither are as low-risk as we would like to see with the #15 pick. Also importantly, I see both guys being similar to Heyward in terms of how long it takes them to impact. We all love Heyward now, but it took him a while to be a strong contributor. With our gaping roster holes, I think we need a guy who can be a contributor day 1, and not just a learner.

On Notre Dame's roster I see 2 guys who would impact day 1. Nix is an immediate upgrade IMO over anyone that we have on the nose. The more I've watched him, the more and more sold I am. Go back a season and watch the national championship game that they lost to Alabama. He was exceptional in a losing effort that day (which I can't say for Tuitt). Martin is day 1 starter somewhere on the O-line. He really is that solid, and that pro-ready. If we take a Notre Dame player at #15, it has to be one of those guys. I would lean toward Martin because he will probably contribute on more downs in a game than Nix.

 

Gotcha, thanks

I just think he offers enough to be considered there. Can't really say about Hageman, not familiar with him enough.

 

Just to be clear, what I said was IF pick #15 is a guy from Notre Dame, it could only be Nix or Martin. I might be OK with Martin at #15. I like Nix more than I did a week or two ago, but it's really doubtful that he'll be my BPA at #15. I could think of plenty of worse picks though.