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From Dog faceOrange heart (@WhereMyDawgz): Other than Farley and Parsons that could potentially slip, who else can you see fall?
To be clear here, Caleb Farley’s issues are health-related (back surgery), and Micah Parsons’s go back to his makeup/character. Both are freak athletes. Both are capable of being top-shelf pros at their position (Farley a cornerback, Parsons a linebacker). Farley needs a little luck. Parsons needs a little maturity. I know their blemishes aren’t disqualifying for some teams, so we’ll see who takes the plunge. If either reaches the back half of the first round, the value there could be sky-high.
Some others that have slid a little …
• Michigan OT Jalen Mayfield was banged up this year, playing just two games last fall, and didn’t work out well at his pro day. At this point, I’d be surprised if he goes the first round.
• I don’t think Minnesota WR Rashod Bateman is falling so much as some of the speedy slot receivers (Ole Miss’s Elijah Moore, Florida’s Kadarius Toney) have passed him. Part of that, too, is just the NFL trending toward players like that (call it the Tyreek Hill Effect).
• Oklahoma State OL Teven Jenkins and RB Chuba Hubbard are two others who’ve slid. There are concerns over Jenkins’s injury history (back) and makeup, and Hubbard’s a back whose calling card, lacking elusiveness, was speed, and he only ran in the 4.5s.
• Miami DE Greg Rousseau is another opt-out who could have used a great spring and has just been so-so in the run-up to the draft.
From Ken Mosca (@acegrid): Is Dallas really looking at Surtain?
Ken, I don’t know if the Cowboys like Alabama’s Patrick Surtain II more than they like South Carolina’s Jaycee Horn—but I do know that corner is very much in play for Dallas at No. 10. Surtain may be the safest play of any in the draft, a rock-solid player with NFL bloodlines who, with a little luck, should be a starter in the league for a decade. Horn (also the son of a former NFL star) doesn’t have the airtight tape Surtain does, but he brings more upside.
Really, both guys are top prospects, and if it weren’t for Farley’s back surgery then the Virginia Tech star would be in that mix too.
But I wouldn’t totally rule out the Cowboys’ going offensive line either. Tyron Smith and Zack Martin are both 30 and were nicked up last year, and Travis Frederick’s retired. So the idea of taking someone like Rashawn Slater to give Dallas’s once-dominant front an infusion of youth would make some sense, especially when you look at the emphasis the Joneses have put on being strong up front over the years.
From Dog faceOrange heart (@WhereMyDawgz): Other than Farley and Parsons that could potentially slip, who else can you see fall?
To be clear here, Caleb Farley’s issues are health-related (back surgery), and Micah Parsons’s go back to his makeup/character. Both are freak athletes. Both are capable of being top-shelf pros at their position (Farley a cornerback, Parsons a linebacker). Farley needs a little luck. Parsons needs a little maturity. I know their blemishes aren’t disqualifying for some teams, so we’ll see who takes the plunge. If either reaches the back half of the first round, the value there could be sky-high.
Some others that have slid a little …
• Michigan OT Jalen Mayfield was banged up this year, playing just two games last fall, and didn’t work out well at his pro day. At this point, I’d be surprised if he goes the first round.
• I don’t think Minnesota WR Rashod Bateman is falling so much as some of the speedy slot receivers (Ole Miss’s Elijah Moore, Florida’s Kadarius Toney) have passed him. Part of that, too, is just the NFL trending toward players like that (call it the Tyreek Hill Effect).
• Oklahoma State OL Teven Jenkins and RB Chuba Hubbard are two others who’ve slid. There are concerns over Jenkins’s injury history (back) and makeup, and Hubbard’s a back whose calling card, lacking elusiveness, was speed, and he only ran in the 4.5s.
• Miami DE Greg Rousseau is another opt-out who could have used a great spring and has just been so-so in the run-up to the draft.
From Ken Mosca (@acegrid): Is Dallas really looking at Surtain?
Ken, I don’t know if the Cowboys like Alabama’s Patrick Surtain II more than they like South Carolina’s Jaycee Horn—but I do know that corner is very much in play for Dallas at No. 10. Surtain may be the safest play of any in the draft, a rock-solid player with NFL bloodlines who, with a little luck, should be a starter in the league for a decade. Horn (also the son of a former NFL star) doesn’t have the airtight tape Surtain does, but he brings more upside.
Really, both guys are top prospects, and if it weren’t for Farley’s back surgery then the Virginia Tech star would be in that mix too.
But I wouldn’t totally rule out the Cowboys’ going offensive line either. Tyron Smith and Zack Martin are both 30 and were nicked up last year, and Travis Frederick’s retired. So the idea of taking someone like Rashawn Slater to give Dallas’s once-dominant front an infusion of youth would make some sense, especially when you look at the emphasis the Joneses have put on being strong up front over the years.
