It's cool to hear the opinions of guys who actually may know some stuff about what teams are thinking.
The only one I really disagreed with was the guy who took Fields at 2. I don't think there is any way he goes over Wilson, but hey it's the Jets so...??? None of them seem to have any idea what the 49ers will do. Some weird trades in 7-9 range too.
And one gave us Surtain over Slater. If I have to choose between those 2, I'm not mad at all. Both are very good at what they do. But even though CB is the greater need at this point, I lean towards taking Slater.
For two reasons:
1. Slater has perennial All Pro potential as an offensive lineman. As good as he is, I don't really think Surtain has that potential at CB.
2. There are too many very good CB's that can be had later in this draft, vs probably 0 very good OT's after rd 1.
I'm taking the player I can plug in at his potential all pro spot, who has ability to move to a spot I think he can be a pro bowler at the very least if/when I need him to. Over the player who is very good, but his position has several very good players that should be available a later. If you compare the talent levels of the top 10 CB's vs. the top 10 OT's it's obvious that it is condensed way more in the top half of the 10 OT's vs it's fairly even through the 10 CB's. So if you call Surtain a 9/10, someone like Newsome is probably an 7/8. If you call Slater a 9/10 someone like Cosmi is probably a 5/6. So it's much easier to still get a higher quality CB in rd 2 vs getting a higher quality OT after rd 1. And then when you take into consideration that the rd 1 OT has perennial all pro potential vs the rd 2 OT that may just be good/ok, IMO you have to go that route. Even against the greater need.