Fanspeak Draft Simulator

[Bronn]

In case some of you didn't know, there is a draft simulator at Fanspeak that lets you choose some variables, pick a team, and draft a mock draft based on the variables you select.

http://fanspeak.com/ontheclock/

I wasn't a fan of it when it first launched because it was too early to tell much, and the data pool was smaller.

It is getting some updates, so I decided to run a few mocks to see how I ended up picking for the Panthers:

The first attempt was probably the most Panther-est of Panther drafts. We get some solid guys throughout, even though we missed out on Fournette (Jacksonville took him.) Here's how it ended up for us.

8: R1P8

S JAMAL ADAMS

LSU

40: R2P8

EDGE CHARLES HARRIS

MISSOURI

72: R3P8

C ETHAN POCIC

LSU

98: R3P34

TE JORDAN LEGGETT

CLEMSON

115: R4P8

RB KAREEM HUNT

TOLEDO

152: R5P8

EDGE DAWUANE SMOOT

ILLINOIS

192: R6P8

RB FREDDIE STEVENSON

FLORIDA STATE

233: R7P15

DL JEREMIAH LEDBETTER

ARKANSAS

I changed the team needs variable for a second run. Originally I picked User-Voted for team needs, but for the second run I chose FanSpeak. Here's how it played out then:

 

8: R1P8

EDGE MYLES GARRETT

TEXAS A&M

40: R2P8

RB LEONARD FOURNETTE

LSU

72: R3P8

TE BUCKY HODGES

VIRGINIA TECH

98: R3P34

C ETHAN POCIC

LSU

115: R4P8

DL DAESHON HALL

TEXAS A&M

152: R5P8

S JOHN JOHNSON

BOSTON COLLEGE

192: R6P8

RB FREDDIE STEVENSON

FLORIDA STATE

233: R7P15

DL JEREMIAH LEDBETTER

ARKANSAS

Needless to say, lmfao. Garrett and Fournette, without having to trade up. So yeah, let's count out FansSpeak's team needs.

For those two runs, I chose the composite player rankings. For my third run, I switched to CBS' rankings, and reverted back to user-voted for needs. Here's how that one went:

8: R1P8

EDGE SOLOMON THOMAS

STANFORD

40: R2P8

S BUDDA BAKER

WASHINGTON

72: R3P8

CB QUINCY WILSON

FLORIDA

98: R3P34

RB SAMAJE PERINE

OKLAHOMA

115: R4P8

C ETHAN POCIC

LSU

152: R5P8

OT DAN SKIPPER

ARKANSAS

192: R6P8

EDGE KEIONTA DAVIS

CHATTANOOGA

233: R7P15

FB FREDDIE STEVENSON

FLORIDA STATE

Not bad, although I don't think Wilson slides to the third round.

If I had to pick, the first would probably be most likely to be accurate to how the draft could play out for us.

Anyways, it is a fun way to kill time if you're bored. I wish they had a way for you to control more than one team, or to import rankings.

[Leeroy Jenkins PhD]

Your score is: 12249 (GRADE: A-) 

Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 8: Jamal Adams, SS, LSU (A+)
Round 1 Pick 25 (HOU): John Ross, WR, Washington (A)
Round 3 Pick 34 (COMP): Tanoh Kpassagnon, DE, Villanova (B+)
Round 4 Pick 8: Samaje Perine, RB, Oklahoma (A-)
Round 5 Pick 8: Howard Wilson, CB, Houston (A+)
Round 6 Pick 8: Sam Tevi, OT, Utah (A)
Round 7 Pick 15: Jake Elliott, K, Memphis (C+)
 

Just had this draft on First-Pick.  Traded up with Houston, giving our 2nd and 3rd for the 25th. 

Pretty happy with it. We get that 5 year option on both Adams and Ross. 

[Dex]

7 minutes ago, Leeroy Jenkins PhD said:

Your score is: 12249 (GRADE: A-) 

Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 8: Jamal Adams, SS, LSU (A+)
Round 1 Pick 25 (HOU): John Ross, WR, Washington (A)
Round 3 Pick 34 (COMP): Tanoh Kpassagnon, DE, Villanova (B+)
Round 4 Pick 8: Samaje Perine, RB, Oklahoma (A-)
Round 5 Pick 8: Howard Wilson, CB, Houston (A+)
Round 6 Pick 8: Sam Tevi, OT, Utah (A)
Round 7 Pick 15: Jake Elliott, K, Memphis (C+)
 

Just had this draft on First-Pick.  Traded up with Houston, giving our 2nd and 3rd for the 25th. 

Pretty happy with it. We get that 5 year option on both Adams and Ross. 

This would be incredible tbh.

[Hoenheim]

Now we need Ross or Westbrook. Or both.  Unless they plan on giving Byrd some real playing time and seeing if he can fly as fast as Ginn or have anywhere near the chemistry with Cam that Ginn had

[Panthers Fanatic]

Nice! I'd be good with it, and you addressed DE in the 3rd and RB in the 4th. Posting it, though, pretty much means it'll never happen...crazy odds, right?!


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[Catufb85]

Heres the mock:

Trade down to Browns at #12 for our #8. Browns give us their #1 in 2nd round because QB's are about to go. Teams calling Panthers for pick 8 such as Browns, Cardinals are calling for DL help, and Philly is calling for 8 for Dalvin Cook.

Panthers take:

R1 TE OJ Howard

R2a WR John Ross

R2b SS Obi Melifonwu

R3a T Antonio Garcia

R3b DE Jordan Willis

 

[Hoenheim]

After running the fastest 40 time ever you believe Ross will slip to the 2nd? After all those playoff teams at the end of the 1st and the basement teams in the top 5 , that's not happening even with his injury history.

[Catufb85]

5 minutes ago, Hoenheim said:

After running the fastest 40 time ever you believe Ross will slip to the 2nd? After all those playoff teams at the end of the 1st and the basement teams in the top 5 , that's not happening even with his injury history.

Possibly right. He'lll probably go to a team who loves speed.  Substitute in JuJu for John Ross.. There ya go.

[RoosterCockburn]

Traded down but targeted Mccaffery. Want him to be more of a slot reciever than a rb. Our OL is not going to be good. Need to get the ball out quick. 

Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 28 (DAL): Christian McCaffrey, RB, Stanford (A-)
Round 2 Pick 8: Carl Lawson, DE/OLB, Auburn (A-)
Round 2 Pick 28 (DAL): Gareon Conley, CB, Ohio State (B+)
Round 3 Pick 8: Josh Jones, SS, NC State (A-)
Round 3 Pick 28 (DAL): Samaje Perine, RB, Oklahoma (C-)
Round 3 Pick 34 (COMP): JuJu Smith-Schuster, WR, Southern California (A)

[Jimmy]

I did this finally.

Grabbed Fournette in the 1st, Jake Butt in the 4th, and took a flyer on LB Boulware in the 6th. Now that AJ Klien is gone we need a backup, I think Boulware will surprise, high motor guy. Not a Clemson fan BTW. What do you think?

[SeoulPanther]

It's fun but not a realistic sim. I try not to take players who i think would be unavailable.

8: R1P8

 

S MALIK HOOKER

OHIO STATE

40: R2P8

 

CB ADOREE' JACKSON

USC

72: R3P8

 

RB SAMAJE PERINE

OKLAHOMA

98: R3P34

 

EDGE TARELL BASHAM

OHIO

115: R4P8

 

EDGE DEMARCUS WALKER

FSU

152: R5P8

 

WR DEDE WESTBROOK

OKLAHOMA

192: R6P8

 

K ZANE GONZALEZ

ARIZONA STATE

233: R7P15

 

TE GEORGE KITTLE

IOWA

I think its pretty good for our needs and apart from the DE's realistic. My favorite pick atm remains Adoree Jackson who can be a great nickel and special teams upgrade on Ginn.

[Panthero]

i used CBS' last update and NFLMock for team needs. i like CBS because of the nice database. http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/prospectrankings/2017/DE

I'm sick of the OL issues, so i reached for Ramczyk. Why? i don't think Fournette is a generational player. I think Cam Newton is though, and its worth reaching if you can get a true blue Left Tackle prospect to protect the most valuable player on the team (next to Remmers of course--i kid, kid)

Cook in the second round. couldn't pass this up. think i got the best player in the round of what remained as Bolles went one pick ahead of Cook to the Jets. Even more happy with the Ramczyk pick now. 

Walker in the third to add that right end that is needed to replace Charles Johnson. 

Gerald Everett, don't know much about him. About this point in the draft i had to decide if centers or TE's would start falling first and i was worried if i took Pocic (who is rated the highest Center) then neither Butt nor Everett would be there in the fourth. Everett was rated about 20 spots higher than Butt so i took him and crossed my fingers on Pocic. I got Pocic in the 4th but my strategy was poor. Butt went about 5 picks later and Pat Elefin went about 7 spots later. 

this and the fact the needs said CB and his name is Corn are the reasons for this pick. i had no choice. 

i had a shot to get the taylor kid at WR (the one from LA Tech) but went with Ford at Safety in round 6. 

Im an Auburn fan (shameful i know) and he did a great job as our Nickle (Auburn plays nickle almost the whole game--sound familiar?). He would fit perfectly in the system at Carolina and the guy is fast. he's got flaws but for a seventh round pick, they guy is a steal. 

For those angered by this Matt Millenesque decision i took shelton gibson as my last pick. he had the best WR shuttle time at the combine. read up on him, he's a good get here, IMO

8: R1P8

 

OT RYAN RAMCZYK

WISCONSIN

40: R2P8

 

RB DALVIN COOK

FLORIDA STATE

72: R3P8

 

DL DEMARCUS WALKER

FLORIDA STATE

98: R3P34

 

TE GERALD EVERETT

SOUTH ALABAMA

115: R4P8

 

C ETHAN POCIC

LSU

152: R5P8

 

CB CORN ELDER

MIAMI (FLA.)

192: R6P8

 

S JOHNATHAN FORD

AUBURN

233: R7P15

 

WR SHELTON GIBSON

WEST VIRGINIA

 

 

 

[Hoenheim]

Panthero I'd take that draft not bad. Getting Ramcyzk and Cook is pretty much like getting two first rounders.Here's mine pretty much a well balanced, safe picks draft assuming there's no trades. I also got Cook in the 2nd but decided Barnett's talent isn't worth passing on for a tackle or yet another DT.

YOUR PICKS

1: R1P8

EDGE DEREK BARNETT

TENNESSEE

2: R2P8

RB DALVIN COOK

FLORIDA STATE

3: R3P8

S EDDIE JACKSON

ALABAMA

4: R3P34

WR DEDE WESTBROOK

OKLAHOMA

5: R4P8

TE JAKE BUTT

MICHIGAN

6: R5P8

CB MARQUEZ WHITE

FLORIDA STATE

7: R6P8

OT ERIK MAGNUSON

MICHIGAN

8: R7P15

EDGE DARIUS ENGLISH

SOUTH CAROLINA

 

 

 

[Hoenheim]

and fug it ill throw in a first pick mock too. Yes double dip at RB , WR, SS, and TE. Talent is stacked in certain positions this draft you can't pass on Legett in the 4th or Foreman in the 5th or 6th the value is through the roof that late. We have a world beating TE group with Greg, OJ, and Legett , a crafty RB in McCaffrey, a power RB in Foreman, an absoulte steal in Cam Robinson at pick 40. A gunner late round WR in Cannon and a solid all rounder in Smith-Schuster. Not to mention upgrading the pass rush with Walker.  I'd take this all day.

Round 1 Pick 14 (PHI): O.J. Howard, TE, Alabama (A)
Round 2 Pick 8: Cam Robinson, OT, Alabama (A)
Round 2 Pick 11 (PHI): Christian McCaffrey, RB, Stanford (A)
Round 3 Pick 8: DeMarcus Walker, DE, Florida State (A-)
Round 3 Pick 10 (PHI): Eddie Jackson, SS, Alabama (A)
Round 3 Pick 34 (COMP): JuJu Smith-Schuster, WR, Southern California (A)
Round 4 Pick 8: Jordan Leggett, TE, Clemson (B-)
Round 5 Pick 8: D'Onta Foreman, RB, Texas (B-)
Round 6 Pick 8: Xavier Woods, SS, Louisiana Tech (C)
Round 7 Pick 15: KD Cannon, WR, Baylor (B-)