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I know someone has to be drafted from picks 1-10 but my question for the board is how many of the top 10 players in this draft class would go top 10 in an average draft?

Can a legitimate case be made that none of the top 10 players in this draft class would go top 10 in an average draft class?
 
Mendoza... not necessarily 1 overall but there's enough to his skillset that he'd be top 10.

Reece just on his upside gets him in the 8-10 discussion.

Love's skillset gets him into the same discussion.

McCoy if he didn't have the injury and put together a 2025 that matched his 2024 would have been a lock!
 
Verdict said:
I know someone has to be drafted from picks 1-10 but my question for the board is how many of the top 10 players in this draft class would go top 10 in an average draft?

Can a legitimate case be made that none of the top 10 players in this draft class would go top 10 in an average draft class?
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exciter said:
Mendoza... not necessarily 1 overall but there's enough to his skillset that he'd be top 10.

Reece just on his upside gets him in the 8-10 discussion.

Love's skillset gets him into the same discussion.

McCoy if he didn't have the injury and put together a 2025 that matched his 2024 would have been a lock!
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Does Reece have the biggest bust potential of players penciled in as going top 10?
 
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Does Reece have the biggest bust potential of players penciled in as going top 10?
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Can he be overdrafted due to his upside as a potential edge... yes!
Even then I think he's going to be a better fit as a SAM OLB in a 34.
I think his floor is having to be moved back to MiKE and he's still a plus starter for 10 seasons barring injury.
 
Verdict said:
I know someone has to be drafted from picks 1-10 but my question for the board is how many of the top 10 players in this draft class would go top 10 in an average draft?

Can a legitimate case be made that none of the top 10 players in this draft class would go top 10 in an average draft class?
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In a good draft Mendoza would probably be the only due to the QB tax.

A healthy McCoy would and Bailey might.
 
I think you can make a legitimate argument that in an average year none of these players would go top 10. In a strong draft it’s highly likely none of these players would go top 10.

Most of these guys in the top 10 would arguably go from 15 to the end of round 1. Having said that it makes zero sense to give up any premium talent from 2027 to move up in this years draft.

I think the players from 20-60 in this year’s draft might be very favorably though compared to an average draft class. There is some real meat and potatoes in two sweet spots of this draft class.

I do not believe this draft class is nearly as bad overall as the special teams draft we had many years ago. (2009?).
 
Verdict said:
I think you can make a legitimate argument that in an average year none of these players would go top 10. In a strong draft it’s highly likely none of these players would go top 10.

Most of these guys in the top 10 would arguably go from 15 to the end of round 1. Having said that it makes zero sense to give up any premium talent from 2027 to move up in this years draft.

I think the players from 20-60 in this year’s draft might be very favorably though compared to an average draft class. There is some real meat and potatoes in two sweet spots of this draft class.

I do not believe this draft class is nearly as bad overall as the special teams draft we had many years ago. (2009?).
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I don't think they could have done worse if they blindfolded themselves and threw darts in the direction of the wall the names were posted on!
 
Reese and Love would be top ten in any draft that did not have an unusual number of similar players. So the argument that none would make it in an average draft is without factual support
Mendoza as mentioned would still be top ten in any draft that did not have at least five real Blue Chip QB prospects
 
JBS said:
Reece is absolutely a top 10 pick in just about any draft
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Jalon Walker 15th overall, Micah Parsons 12th overall...etc etc etc

Those types of hybrid players don't go top 10 in a normal class.
 
cnuball21 said:
Jalon Walker 15th overall, Micah Parsons 12th overall...etc etc etc

Those types of hybrid players don't go top 10 in a normal class.
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Micah wasn’t a hybrid player. People keep pretending like he was. Yes, he was talked about it in that sense a bit. But he was considered mainly an off ball player first. Reece is considered by many more of an edge first. Granted, there are some that do prefer him off the ball. That is true. However, Micah’s success absolutely makes Reece more appealing. I agree w that for sure.
 
Mendoza looks like a mid-range starting QB... I think he projects somewhere between Sam Darnold on the high end and Joe Flacco on the low end. Any kind of starting QB is going top 10 no problem, but he'd get more scrutiny about his game in other classes, where he might not be the set-it-and-forget-it #1 pick for 6 straight months.

David Bailey is a super clean pass rush prospect, he'd go top 10.

Arvell Reese is a pass rusher with the physical tools that get coaches drooling, he'd probably go top 10.

Styles, Love, and Downs would be right on the cusp, but they would probably be on the outside looking in. Very few guys at RB, LB, or S go top 10. Maybe one would sneak in.
 
JBS said:
Micah wasn’t a hybrid player. People keep pretending like he was. Yes, he was talked about it in that sense a bit. But he was considered mainly an off ball player first. Reece is considered by many more of an edge first. Granted, there are some that do prefer him off the ball. That is true. However, Micah’s success absolutely makes Reece more appealing. I agree w that for sure.
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Parsons was an off ball LBr that was an elite blitzer. Jerry called him a "pressure player which is fair.

Reese is not an Edge...he is a LBr that rushes off the Edge at times and being projected as an Edge by some analysts.
 
Probably 5-6. Mendoza, Reese, and Bailey are pretty much always top 10.

There's little to differentiate Styles from Roquan Smith or Devin Bush.

I'm not sure how to really evaluate OL from one year to the next, but I think you could make a case that the top ~4 OL this year are as good or better than the three that went in the top 10 last year.
 
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