Official 2016 NFL Draft - Round 1 Thread

[Nconroe]

Fuller is ligit 4.32 speed. 30 TD at ND. Not bad.

[Keith]

A home run threat on every snap. A nice complement with Hopkins and Strong. Big investment to the offense which needed speed in the offseason and now have it with the additions of Fuller and Lamar Miller.

You want to know another receiver with questions about his hands out of college?

"I wouldn't label him a 'body catcher,' because he does grab the ball out in front of him, but he doesn't look really that natural (as a receiver)," said one personnel director. "He doesn't have those real, soft hands, you know?"

That's from an ESPN article in 2003 about Andre Johnson.
http://espn.go.com/nfldraft/columnist?id=1519382

[Keith]

PFT reporting the Texans were targeting S Karl Joseph from West Virginia. I think Florio, who posted this article, went to WVU so maybe he knows someone there?

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...-joseph-badly/

Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the Texans badly wanted former West Virginia safety Karl Joseph.

The Texans never got a chance to get him, because the Raiders surprisingly made Joseph the 14th overall selection — despite a torn ACL he suffered last year at practice.

[Roy P]

This makes me wonder how they feel about Sean Davis and Vonn Bell. Maybe we could get Miles Killebrew. Heck TJ Green and KJ Dillon are possible too.

[HPF Bob]

Were it mine to do, I would have offered the Broncos the same move down and have two third-rounders. With my three top guys all off the board at #22, I would have moved down to #31 and added #94, selected Ifedi or a d-lineman and come back in the second to take Martin, Shepard, Chris Jones or Nassib depending on how the chips fell.

Fuller might have still been there at #31 anyway. Rob Rang had him listed as the 35th best prospect in the draft.

Until proven otherwise, I see Fuller as a guy whose upside is Alvin Harper and his downside is Darius Heywood-Bey. Not worth the 21st or 22nd pick but in the discussion at the beginning of Round 2.

[Roy P]

I fully agree with you, Bob.

[jcp]

Can't say I was jumping for joy at the pick but we've been slow and shallow at the WR position since inception. I can see Hopkins, Fuller and Miller with Strong essentially playing the move TE position all being on the field at once. Adds a lot more dimension to our offense to be sure. Our D will be fine...be nice to have a ball hawking safety and another dynamic DL but you can't get everything...maybe something will fall in our laps on day 3 that surprises everyone down the road.