hate to be overly harsh but I ignored the other drafts you have admitted were rather fail. this is very similar to those....
1st Round – David DeCastro – G/C --- lots of people love DeCastro and he would be a day 1 starter. But is he a large enough improvement over Nagy/Bern/r2 draftee at OC to make this worth pick 14? I argue no but could live with this. I think there is great value at OC with pick 45. And Konz might be a better pure OC yet available into the 20s.
2nd Round – Harrison Smith – SS --- Smith is somewhat intriguing but 45 seems fairly high for a non-elite safety. And you have now went two traditionally undervalued/underpaid positions. Dallas got 3 projected starters in free agency at OG/S for about 9 million in cap cost next year.
3rd Round - Bruce Irvin – OLB --- You seem to be making an all pet cat draft and that is probably why they are failing. Irvin is a solid value in R3 but he is about 15 pounds lighter than our starting OLB. In our defense he would be a good speed and coverage OLB but he could be blocked by TEs and RBs at his current size.
4th Round - Greg Childs – WR --- I like the ARK WRs a good deal but Childs seems least of a fit to me. Dallas does love them some big WRs though so they may well prefer Childs to the smaller guys.
4th Round - Ron Brooks – CB --- Not sure he is drafted anywhere near this high. He started 3 games in college. Obviously LSU has the talent to make that reasonable but still r4 seems high to me considering the very deep CB pool.
5th Round – Akiem Hicks – DE --- Common pick assigned to us. Could definitely go in this area. Very low in draft to address this need though. Weighs around 320 so probably a DT/NT player. No where near the athlete the other 320 pound guy we'd play at DE are.
6th Round - TJ Barnes – DT --- Complete project player. Came out of HS as an OT prospect. Seems a lesser version of Hicks.
7th Round - Nick Provo – TE --- Interesting H-Back type. Can definitely catch the ball. At 237 pounds he doesn't replace any Bennett blocking though.
End of the day I would pencil in DeCastro as a day 1 starter but that's it. I think Smith would eventually be a starter but the other guys are situational at best to me and many would struggle to make the opening week roster.
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