Official 2015 NFL Draft - Round 1 Thread

[barrett]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

Lemme see..

Of the potential first rounders we have one guy who has been accused of rape, one who flunked the NFL combine drug test, one who had the drugs on him when stopped by the police, one who got kicked off the team, one who got kicked off the team and was prevented from joining another team by the NCAA, at least one who got a DWI and one now involved in a murder investigation.

And at the bottom of the draft, Dallas, Cincy, Baltimore, Pittsburgh and New England are going to grab all these felons and years later we'll hear about what great steals they were on draft day - except for the one or two that wound up in prison.

And we'll wonder each year why the same teams keep making the playoffs every year and how they manage to do it.

New England's drafting in recent years makes Rick Smith look like Executive of the year.

2014
1st Dominique Easley didn't play
2nd Garroppolo barely saw the field
traded out of 3rd, got nothing late

2013
traded out of 1st
2 Jamie Collins solid, more talent than production at this point
2 Aaron Dobson, no good
3 Logan Ryan, good rookie year, not as productive in year 2
3 Duron Harmon, no good
nothing late

2012
1 Chandler Jones, very good
1 Dont'a Hightower, solid
2 Tayon Wilson, no good, barely played since rookie year
3 Jake Bequette, no good
Alfonzo Dennard late, a rotation DB

2011
1 Nate Solder, very good
2 Ras I Dowling, no good
2 Shane Vereen, definitely not worth a 2nd
3 Stevan Ridley, not worth a 3rd, both lost job to vet minimum Blount
3 Ryan Mallett, never played and dealt for a 7th
nothing late

I would take JJ watt over all 30 of their draft picks combined. I'd probably take Hopkins over every guy on this list (Jones is the only one that would make me think). And we've hit more often on starters than they have (Watt, Mercilous, Crick, Brooks, Jones, Newton, Bullock, Hopkins, Prosch).

New England is a great organization. They are superbly coached on Sundays. They have been bad in the draft for a long time and stay on top through a combination of Brady, Bellichik, killing everybody on trades, signing vets who want to play there in FA, and getting more out of their roster churn than almost everyone (like guys who make super bowl winning interceptions).