Round 2: Trades, Trades and Trades
33) Houston Texans - Xavier Su'a-Filo, OG, UCLA: Grade: B+Trade: Dallas gets 34 and Washington gets 47 & 78 (3rd)
34) Dallas Cowboys (from Washington) - Demarcus Lawrence, OLB, Boise State: Grade: B-
The rumors all afternoon that Dallas wanted to move up for a lineman were true and they moved up to grab the DE/OLB out of Boise. Houston for the second round in a row wasn't able to trade the first pick of the night but came away with a very good piece at a non-QB position. Also the trade makes sense for both Dalls and Washington as Dallas fills a need and Washington needs picks in this draft to fill holes left by the RGIII trade.
35) Cleveland Browns - Joel Bitonio, OT, Nevada: Grade: C+
36) Oakland Raiders - Derek Carr, QB, Fresno State: Grade: C
37) Atlanta Falcons - Ra'Shede Hageman, DT, Atlanta: Grade: B-
38) Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Austin Seferian-Jenkins, TE, Washington: Grade: C
39) Jacksonville Jaguars - Marquise Lee, WR, USC: Grade: A-
One of these things is not like the other... the Bucs pick jumps out of this group for me. Seferian-Jenkins is a target for a QB to be named later but what does he add to the offense that trumps a lineman or a QB. Bitonio was a surprise pick but give a bookend to Thomas or slides inside and sures up gurad. Carr is what he is, C might be a touch harsh but he's a poor man's Bridgewater for me. Good on ya Atl and Jax, you filled needs with good players with 1st round talent and some flaws.
Trade: Detroit gets 40 & 146 (5th) and Seattle gets 44 & 111 (4th) & 227 (7th)
40) Detroit (from Seattle from Minnesota) - Kyle Van Noy, OLB, BYU: Grade: A-
Trade: St. Louis gets 41 and Buffalo gets 44 & 153 (5th)
41) St. Louis Rams (from Buffalo) - Lamarcus Joyner, S, Florida State: Grade: B
Trade: Philly gets 42 and Tennessee gets 54 & 122 (4th)
42) Philadelphia (from Tennessee) - Jordan Matthews, WR, Vanderbilt: Grade C+
Trade-a-palooza at 40 and some shuffling at 41 give up a grouping of trades that shape the round. Detroit moves up to upgrade their LB corps with a player I really like in Van Noy. Joyner and Mathews fill needs for both teams, Joyner at S or CB and Matthews is a big bodied athlete, just Kelly's type.
43) New York Giants - Weston Richburg, OC, Colorado State: Grade: B
44) Buffalo Bills (from St. Louis) - Cyrus Kouandjio, OT, Alabama: Grade: B
45) Seattle Seahawks (from Detroit) - Paul Richardson, WR, Colorado: Grade: D+
46) Pittsburgh Steelers - Stephon Tuitt, DE, Notre Dame: Grade: B+
47) Washington Redskins (from Dallas) - Trent Murphy, LB, Stanford: Grade: C
48) Baltimore Ravens - Timmy Jernigan, DT, Florida State: Grade: B+
49) New York Jets - Jace Amaro, TE, Texas Tech: Grade: B
This can be broken down into two groups, picks I like the fit and understand from a team building standpoint
and whatever Seattle and Washington were doing. I like Murphy and Richardson is an intersting flyer but Washington needed to get help on the line and OLB is a position with risk but depth. Richardson is slight and had to put on a good amount of weight to hit 180. Richburg, Tuitt, Jernigan and Amaro all contribute as rookies and Kouandjio may start outright for Buffalo.
Trade: San Diego get 50 and Miami gets 57 & 125 (4th)
50) San Diego Chargers (from Miami) - Jeremiah Aattaochu, OLB, Georgia Tech: Grade: A-
51) Chicago Bears - Ego Ferguson, DT, LSU: Grade: C+
52) Arizona Cardinals - Troy Niklas, TE, Notre Dame: Grade: C-
53) Green Bay Packers - Davante Adams, WR, Fresno State: Grade: B
54) Tennessee Titans (from Philadelphia) - Bishop Sankey, RB, Washington: Grade: A-
55) Cincinnati Bengals - Jeremy Hill, RB, LSU: Grade: B+
Another group of picks I liked, with a couple of head scratchers in the middle. Ferguson could be a beast down the line for the Bears but he has a lot of polishing left and there were better more immediate help available. Niklas is a weapon for Palmer but he's rough at the position and with two studs at WR this is just as indulgent and wasteful as the Lions in round 1. Adams, Sankey and Hill all join offenses that needed some bolstering and I think the RBs were great value for their respective teams.
Trade: Denver gets 56, 242 (7th) and San Francisco gets 63, 171 (5th) & a 2015 4th
56) Denver Broncos (from San Francisco) - Cody Latimer, WR, Indiana: Grade: B-
Trade: San Francisco gets 57 and Miami gets 63 & 171 (5th)
57) San Francisco 49ers (from Miami from San Diego) - Carlos Hyde, RB, Ohio State: Grade: C+
58) New Orleans Saints - Stanley Jean-Baptiste, CB, Nebraska: Grade: A-
59) Indianapolis Colts - Jack Mewhort, OL, Ohio State: Grade: B-
60) Carolina Panthers - Kony Ealy, DE, Missouri: Grade: A
Ealy may be the steal of the round and the draft for Carolina. Jean-Baptiste and Latimer add depth to teams that were inspired here and although I'm a bit low on the 49ers picking Hyde I love him as a player and wish he wasn't in a log-jam of a backfield.
Trade: Jacksonville gets 61 and San Francisco gets 70 (3rd) & 150 (5th)
61) Jacksonville Jaguars (from San Francisco) - Allen Robinson, WR, Penn State: Grade: B+
62) New England Patriots - Jimmy Garoppolo, QB, Eastern Illinois: Grade: C-
63) Miami Dolphins (from San Francisco from Denver) - Jarvis Landry, WR, LSU: Grade: A-
64) Seattle Seahawks - Justin Britt, OT, Missouri: Grade: C+
This last group after the last San Fran trade to move out of the first round Jacksonville adds another WR favorite of mine to help build a young corps that can help soften the blow post the head case of Justin Blackmon. Love the landry pick here, great competitor, great hands, and a wonderful player. Garoppolo and Britt strike me as upside plays for the futur that I think were a round earlier than they needed. Note: Seattle didn't have a pick in the third due to the Harvin trade so I gave them the half grade higher.
Round 3
65) Houston Texans - C.J. Fiedorowicz, TE, Iowa: Grade: C
66) Washington Redskins - Morgan Moses, OT, Virginia: Grade: A
Trade: Miami gets 67 and Oakland gets 81 & 116 (4th)
67) Miami Dolphins (from Oakland) - Billy Turner, OT, North Dakota State: Grade: B
68) Atlanta Falcons - Dez Southward, S, Wisconsin: Grade: C-
69) Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Charles Sims, RB, West Virginia: Grade: C+
70) San Francisco (from Jacksonville) - Marcus Martin, C, USC: Grade: B
71) Cleveland Browns - Chris Kinksey, OLB, Iowa: Grade: C-
72) Minnesota Vikings - Scott Crichton, DE, Oregon State: Grade: A
73) Buffalo Bills - Preston Brown, ILB, Louisville: Grade: C-
74) New York Giants - Jay Bromley, DT, Syracuse: Grade: C+
75) St. Louis Rams - Tre Mason, RB, Auburn: Grade: B+
76) Detroit Lions - Travis Swanson, C, Arkansas: Grade: B+
77) San Francisco 49ers - Chris Borland, ILB, Wisconsin: Grade: A-
78) Washington Redskins (from Dallas Cowboys) - Spencer Long, OG, Nebraska: Grade: C+
79) Baltimore Ravens - Terrence Brooks, S, Florida State: Grade: B-
80) New York Jets - Dexter McDougle, CB, Maryland: Grade: B-
81) Oakland Raiders (from Miami) - Gabe Jackson, OG, Mississippi State: Grade: A
82) Chicago Bears - Will Sutton, DT, Arizona State: Grade: A-
Love: Moses at 66, Chrichton at 72, Mason at 74, Swanson at 75, Borland at 76, Jackosn at 81 and Sutton at 82
Reaches: Southward at 68, Kinskey at 71 and Brown at 73
Trade: Houston Gets 83 and Philly gets 101 (4th) & 141 (5th)
83) Houston Texans (from Philadelphia from Cleveland) - Louis Nix III, DT, Notre Dame: Grade: A
84) Arizona Cardinals - Kareem Martin, DE, North Carolina: Grade: C+
85) Green Bay Packers - Khyri Thornton, DT, Southern Miss: Grade: C-
86) Philadelphia Eagles - Josh Huff, WR, Oregon: Grade: B-
87) Kansas City Chiefs - Phillip Gaines, CB, Rice: Grade: B+
88) Cincinnati Bengals - William Clarke, DE, West Virginia: Grade: C+
89) San Diego Chargers - Chris Watt, OG, Notre Dame: Grade: C+
90) Indianpolis Colts - Donte Moncrief, WR, Ole Miss: Grade: B+
91) Arizona Cardinals - John Brown, WR, Pittsburgh St: Grade: B-
92) Carolina Panthers - Trai Turner, OG, LSU: Grade: A-
Trade: Jacksonville gets 93 and New England gets 105 & 179
93) Jacksonville Jaguars (from New England) - Brandon Linger, OG, Miami (FL): Grade: C+
Trade: Cleveland gets 94 and San Francisco gets 106 & 180
94) Cleveland Browns (from San Francisco) - Terrance West, RB, Towson: Grade: C+
95) Denver Broncos - Michael Schofield, OT, Michigan: Grade: B-
96) Minnesota Vikings - Jerrick McKinnnon, RB, Georgia Southern: Grade: C-
97) Pittsburgh Steelers - Dri Archer, RB/WR/KR, Kent State: Grade: B+
98) Green Bay Packers - Richard Rodgers, TE, California: Grade: D+
99) Baltimore Ravens - Crockett Gilmore, TE, Colorado State: Grade: D
100) San Francisco 49ers - Brandon Thomas, OG, Clemson: Grade: A-
Love: Nix III at 83, Gaines at 87, Moncrief at 90, Turner at 92, Archer at 97 and Thomas at 100
Reaches: Thorton at 85, McKinnon at 96, Rodgers at 98 and Gilmore at 99
I loved what the Texans and 49ers did today with there picks and the value that they got. I also love the 49ers willingness to manuever themselves for later and next year. I was all ready to crush Detroit but I really like the pieces they put together today and want to see who lands Pierre Desir and a couple other players early in round 4 tomorrow.
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