Gettlemania holding a pre draft presser tomorrow

[CatMan72]

My gut tells me we're targeting a WR @ 14, seems like a very shallow draft at that position and we certainly have a need.

I would love to see what our WR board looks like, Hopkins seems to be the most well developed and complete WR, Patterson is the risky developmental prospect with the high ceiling and the biggest bust potential and Austin is the explosive slot guy who can contribute in other other less conventional ways.

Out of that group, I wouldn't be surprised at all if we chose Hopkins.

[C47]

My gut tells me we're targeting a WR @ 14, seems like a very shallow draft at that position.

I disagree completely, WR is one of the deeper positions in the draft. Maybe not as deep at DT and CB, but there are a ton of quality players at the position....

[rayzor]

I disagree completely, WR is one of the deeper positions in the draft. Maybe not as deep at DT and CB, but there are a ton of quality players at the position....

agreed. i like this class.

to catman, i think that we'll be seeing a WR with the 2nd pick. the amount of WRs they've worked out/visited with tells me that they've got a pretty good pool of prospects that they would be able to choose from, even if they waited till the second round.

[rayzor]

Stedman Bailey

Da'Rick Rogers

Keenan Allen

Tavon Austin

DeAndre Hopkins

Justin Hunter

Cordarrelle Patterson

Just to name a few.

yeah, there's a few more that could easily be added.

[C47]

Stedman Bailey

Da'Rick Rogers

Keenan Allen

Tavon Austin

DeAndre Hopkins

Justin Hunter

Cordarrelle Patterson

Just to name a few.

Robert Woods

Quinton Patton

Markus Wheaton

Aaron Dobson

Ryan Swope

Connor Vernon

Marcus Davis

Marquess Wilson

Just to name a few more....

[CatMan72]

There are lots of capable bodies at WR, but how many of those guys are considered legit 1st round talent?

[C47]

Patton and Dobson are sleepers.

Dobson yea, Patton I expect to be gone by the time we pick at 44 so I wouldn't call him a sleeper exactly....

[CatMan72]

agreed. i like this class.

to catman, i think that we'll be seeing a WR with the 2nd pick. the amount of WRs they've worked out/visited with tells me that they've got a pretty good pool of prospects that they would be able to choose from, even if they waited till the second round.

I could see that as well, and maybe I'm off the mark on the depth of the WR class - but my impression was that the talent level dropped off pretty sharply after the top 3 (Hopkins, Patterson, Austin in no particular order).

[C47]

There are lots of capable bodies at WR, but how many of those guys are considered legit 1st round talent?

Patterson

Austin

Allen

Hunter

Woods

Rogers

Hopkins

Fringe

Patton

[C47]

Perhaps but I don't see Patton going that early.

I could definitely see it, he's solid at everything. I think Patterson/Austin/Allen/Hopkins/Woods go in the first with a chance that someone takes a chance on Hunter's freak physical gifts. After that I think the next guy off the board is Patton....

[rayzor]

I could see that as well, and maybe I'm off the mark on the depth of the WR class - but my impression was that the talent level dropped off pretty sharply after the top 3 (Hopkins, Patterson, Austin in no particular order).

the way i've been looking at it is there are really no megatrons in this class, but there's plenty of starters in this class. the majority of thos WRs listed will find themselves as one of the top 3 WRs on their teams (and i pretty much consider the WR3 a starting gig as the league turns more into a spread offense driven league. the amount of PT and targets separating the #2 and #3 are very small).

just like the QBs from recent years, the WRs are coming into the league more ready for the pro-game than they have been in years mainly due to the pro game looking so much like the college game anymore.

we don't have very many getting a lot of hype, but it's really kind of a flooded market with good WRs this year. hard to really distinguish between them.

[MHS831]

He said the visits were distributed among the prospects they are looking at in each round.

This is a huge point. From Walter Football (don't bash Walter Football unless you have a list):

SR - Senior Bowl meeting.

EW - East-West Shrine meeting.

COM - Combine meeting.

INT - Interested.

VINT - Very Interested.

PRO - Pro Day meeting.

PRI - Private Workout.

% - indicates more than one meeting.

# - indicates meeting set up outside of the 2013 Senior Bowl or the 2013 East-West Shrine Game

Robert Alford, DB, Southeastern Louisiana (SR)

Tavon Austin, WR, West Virginia (PRI)

Stedman Bailey, WR, West Virginia (PRI)

David Bass, DL, Missouri Western (PRI)

Sanders Commings%, DB, Georgia (PRI) (SR)

Jonathan Cyprien, DB, Florida International (PRI)

Gavin Escobar, TE, San Diego State (PRI)

Chris Faulk, OL, LSU (PRI)

Kevin Finney, TE, Richmond (PRO)

Sharrif Floyd, DL, Florida (PRI)

D.J. Fluker, OL, Alabama (PRI)

Tyrone Goard, WR, Eastern Kentucky (PRI)

Brandon Hepburn, LB, Florida A&M (PRO)

Gerald Hodges, LB, Penn State (EW)

DeAndre Hopkins, WR, Clemson (PRI)

Lane Johnson, OL, Oklahoma (PRI)

Datone Jones, DL, UCLA (VINT)

Edmond Kugbila, OL, Valdosta State (PRO)

Aaron Mellette, WR, Elon (PRI)

Barkevious Mingo, DL, LSU (PRI)

Zeke Motta, DB, Notre Dame (PRI)

Kawann Short, DL, Purdue (PRI)

Akeem Spence, DL, Illinois (VINT)

Ryan Swope, WR, Texas A&M (INT)

Kenny Vaccaro, DB, Texas (PRI)

Conner Vernon, WR, Duke (SR)

Larry Warford, OL, Kentucky (PRI)

Kayvon Webster, DB, South Florida (PRI)

Duke Williams, DB, Nevada (PRI)

Sylvester Williams, DL, North Carolina (VINT)

[Growl]

Telling someone not to bash walterfootball is like telling someone not make fun of the class clown who thinks everyone is laughing WITH him

it can't be done

[rayzor]

from draftpanthers.com

Quarterback Prospects

• Ryan Nassib, Syracuse – 3rd Round
  

Wide Receiver Prospects

• DeAndre Hopkins, Clemson - 1st Round
  
• Tavon Austin, West Virginia - 1st Round
  
• Coraderrelle Patterson, Tennessee – 1st Round
  
• Justin Hunter, Tennessee – 1st Round
  
• Keenan Allen, Cal – 2nd Round
  
• Stedman Bailey, West Virginia - 2nd Round
  
• Quinton Patton, Louisiana Tech – 3rd Round
  
• Ryan Swope, Texas A&M – 3rd Round
  
• Conner Vernon, Duke - 5th Round
  
• Aaron Mellette, Elon – 6th Round
  
• Eric Rogers, Cal Lutheran – 7th Round or UDFA
  
• Tyrone Goard, Eastern Kentucky – 7th Round or UDFA
  

Offensive Guard Prospects

• Larry Warford, Kentucky – 2nd Round
  
• Jeff Baca, UCLA - 4th Round
  
• Edmond Kugbila, Valdosta State – 7th Round or UDFA
  

Offensive Tackle Prospects

• Lane Johnson, Oklahoma – 1st Round
  
• D.J. Fluker, Alabama - 2nd Round
  
• Terron Armstead, Arkansas Pine-Bluff – 2nd Round
  
• Chris Faulk, LSU – 5th Round
  
• Luke Marquardt, Azusa Pacific – 6th Round
  

Tight End Prospects

• Gavin Escobar, San Diego State – 2nd Round
  
• Kevin Finney, Richmond - 7th Round or UDFA
  

Kicker/Punter Prospects

• Dustin Hopkins, Florida State – 6th Round
  

Defensive Tackle Prospects

• Sharrif Floyd, Florida - 1st Round
  
• Sylvester Williams, UNC – 1st Round
  
• Datone Jones, UCLA - 1st Round
  
• Kawann Short, Purdue – 2nd Round
  
• Akeem Spence, Illinois – 5th Round
  
• Michael Brooks, ECU – 7th Round or UDFA
  

Defensive End Prospects

• Ziggy Ansah, BYU – 1st Round
  
• David Bass, Missouri Western State - 5th Round
  

Linebacker Prospects

• Barkevious Mingo, LSU – 1st Round
  
• Gerald Hodges, Penn State - 4th Round
  
• Brandon Hepburn, Florida A&M – 7th Round – UDFA
  

Cornerback Prospects

• Sanders Commings, Georgia - 3rd Round
  
• Robert Alford, SE Louisiana - 4th Round
  
• Dwayne Gratz, UConn – 4th Round
  
• Blidi Wreh-Wilson, UConn – 4th Round
  
• Kayvon Webster, USF - 6th Round
  

Safety Prospects

• Kenny Vaccaro, FS Texas – 1st Round
  
• Jonathan Cyprien, SS FIU - 1st Round
  
• Matt Elam, SS Florida – 2nd Round
  
• Duke Williams, SS Utah State - 4th Round
  
• J.J. Wilcox, SS Georgia Southern – 4th Round
  
• Zeke Motta, SS Notre Dame – 6th Round