NCfan's Mock draft

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My Final mock prior to draft

Hurney will look to setup to impress the new owner and keep his Job safe.  Meanwhile new OC Norv Turner will be in his ear wanting new toys for his offense.

 

1. Calvin Ridley- 5 QBs run off the board in the 1st, along with the talent at LB and DL push WRs down.  Sutton and DJ Moore jump off the board first letting Ridley fall right into our lap.  Hurney was fully prepared to take 1 of these CBs.  Jackson, Alexander, Hughes, or Oliver.  But it impossible to keep from drafting Ridley here.

 

2. Trade! We trade away our #88 comp pick and move to the upper end of the 2nd.  

Justin Reid- we need Safety help Bad.  We need that center fielder.  All the mocks have him going to us in the first or falling to the chargers in the 2nd.  Hurney likes him and sees a day 1 impact starter, so easily makes the trade.  Its not the first time Hurney moved up to grab someone he really likes (Otah, Brown, Armanti, etc)

 

3. Nick Chubb- RBs will fall.  Some serious talent, but RB just isnt just a position teams draft high on.  Yes Fournette and CMC went top 10 last year and Barkley probably will go top 5.  But they just arent valued that high.  Only 4 RBs in last years talented class went in the 1st 2  rounds.  Talent wise Cook and Mixon were more highly touted talent wise than every RB not named Barkley in this class.  One of Penny or Chubb will be at #85.  Guice very well could fall to the top of the 2nd.  Next Michel and Ronald Jones come off because of them being 3 down APY guys like Kamara.  Next Penny, Kerryon Johnson, Chubb, and Freeman will go.   Kareem Hunt went #86 last year, we get Chubb at #85. Chubb falls because he is looked as a big Compliment back not every down back.

CMC and Chubb are our version of Ingram and Kamara

https://www.nfl.com/prospects/nick-chubb?id=32462018-0002-5598-46d5-acfeefef0045

"Chubb could become an average NFL starter, but his lack of third down value may end up hurting his draft stock."

• "Doesn't possess run-away speed"
• "Wasn't used often on passing downs at Georgia"

 

5. Dalton Schultz- seen him mocked up as high as bottom of the 3rd.  But was reading some interesting stuff here recently, where a few people really think TEs are REALLY going to drop this year.  Think 1 tops or possibly None will go in the 1st this year.  People are really "projecting" them high this year after last years class (which was the best TE class in a Looooooong time).  People are just on a High on TEs going round 1 after last years class.  You have to have some serious talent at TE to go round 1.  Again just not a position teams draft high on. The top TE in this class isnt even on the same level as Hunter Henry who was a 2nd rounder 2 years ago.  Besides last years freak class. Only 4 TEs have gone round 1 since 2008.  Ebron, Eifert, Gresham, Pettigrew.  Those 4 were drafted to the Lions and Bengals.

Schultz is a Lot like George Kittle last year just not near the athlete (Kittle put up Gesicki, who everyone is drooling ove, athletic #s but fell to the 5th.)

Schultz, we aren't necessarily looking for a replacement for Olsen rather than a replacement for Dixon at Starter for #2 TE.  He was rarely used in the passing game.  Was a primary blocker and a Good one at that.  He was a key blocker for CMC and Love.  The Stanford staff claim he has all the ability and shown it in practice to be a weapon in the passing game.  Panthers current WR coach was the RB coach there so he got to see a Lot of what Schultz could do in Practice

https://www.nfl.com/prospects/dalton-schultz?id=32462018-0002-5601-11b0-43f775014814

Weaknesses

• Receiving production has been underwhelming throughout his career

Strengths

• Very tenacious and tough as a blocker
• Well-schooled in blocking fundamentals
• Leaned on as vital part of the run blocking unit
• Initial hand placement is good
• Ability to sustain and finish
• Improves positioning after contact and can generate some movement at point of attack without a double team
• Gave it to USC's Rasheem Green on more than a couple of snaps when matched head to head
• Sinks hips into breaks
• Opens sharply on underneath routes to look for the throw
• Has good feel for attacking the voids against zone coverage
• Will shut routes down early to keep throwing window open for quarterback
• Physical in creating space at top of his routes
• Short area footwork is adequate
• Has ability to become a reliable target over the middle and in traffic

 

6. Riley Ferguson- need of a backup QB.  Feel good story local kid coming in.

 

7. Dee Delaney- tall long athletic CB.  Come in for depth and competition 

https://www.nfl.com/prospects/dee-delaney?id=32462018-0002-5599-73f5-1509196b97e7

Strengths

• Intelligent on and off the field
• Former high school wide receiver with ball skills and soft hands to flip the field when throws are near him
• Fights hard on 50-50 throws
• Has 14 career interceptions
• Quick to diagnose run and head downhill to get a piece when unblocked
• Challenges big receivers with aggressive punches and works off the block for tackles
• Showed improvement in confidence and coverage as season wore on

Weaknesses

• Plays with hip tightness and below average athletic ability
• Backpedals with a very narrow base
• Lacks knee bend and smoothness in his transitions

[tiger7_88]

We have two 7th round picks.

[ncfan]

7 minutes ago, tiger7_88 said:

We have two 7th round picks.

Have a feeling it will be dealt somewhere via trade.

[Palmetto]

 Best case Scenario mock 

Ridley and Chubb plus Reid in the second

A+++

[WOW!!]

7 minutes ago, Marcogreenbush said:

Don't wanna trade up 

I agree .. This draft is deep enough to really make some head way with 4 picks in the top 100... You can get 2 day one starters and 2 backup/future starters with those 1st 4 picks.

[Cpt slay a ho]

Good draft of it falls this way

[RumHam]

[ncfan]

On 4/17/2018 at 4:56 PM, Marcogreenbush said:

Especially in the 3rd a lot of good players will fall

Agreed that there will be some decent players fall to the 3rd.

But dont see 1 extra guy there that will out weigh the impact trading up for a borderline rd 1 safety in Reid.

We still get 4 impact guys.  3 starters and 1 compliment guy in Chubb.

[Shocker]

If we come out of this draft with those players and do not trade any future picks I would be fine with that.  Good work man.