Wicked's 6-Round Mock (v2)

[wickedsolo]

Priority UDFA Players for Baltimore:

RB -
Chase Edmonds, Fordham
Phillip Lindsay, Colorado
Jeff Wilson, North Texas

WR -
Dylan Cantrell, Texas Tech
Ray Ray McCloud, Clemson
Deon Cain, Clemson

TE -
Dalton Shultz, Stanford
Tyler Conklin, Central Michigan
Durham Smythe, Notre Dame
Chris Herndon, Miami

OL -
Colby Gossett, OG/T, Appalachian State
KJ Malone, OG, LSU
Mason Cole, OC, Michigan
Austin Golson, OC, Auburn

DL -
Poona Ford, DT, Texas (love this guy on tape)
Kyle Fitts, DE, Utah

LB -
Chris Worley, LB, OSU
Garrett Dooley, Wisconsin
Nick De Luca, North Dakota State

FS/SS -
Trayvon Henderson, Hawai'i
Jordan Whitehead, Pitt
Sean Chandler, Temple

[202Belden]

That's a nice haul - I'm a big fan of DaeSean Hamilton having seen every one of his games. He's going to be fine on Sundays.

My only comment on your selections is I think it would be very hard for Ozzie and Eric to pass on Denzel Ward if he were there at 16.

[wickedsolo]

Great work, Wicked. Much appreciated. I'm with you on building from the O line out. I do NOT want us to waste high picks on WRs -- because we don't know how to evaluate or develop young WRs.

I figured a starting OL that looked like this would be pretty damn sweet.

LT - Ronnie Stanley
LG - James Hurst
C - Frank Ragnow
RG - Marshal Yanda
RT - Mike McGlinchey

McGlinchey and Hurst able to move to LT if necessary (hopefully not).


Depth -
Alex Lewis - LT, LG, C, RG, RT
Nico Siragusa - LG, C, RG
Matt Skura - LG, C, RG
Jermaine Eluemunor - LG, RG, RT

That's pretty damn good depth and a really young OL other than Yanda. However, I would imagine behind Yanda we'd have Skura (who did well at RG last year), Lewis, Siragusa, and Eluemunor.

Could have a really solid, young OL for several years and the only high dollar player would be Ronnie Stanley in what...2 years?

[wickedsolo]

That's a nice haul - I'm a big fan of DaeSean Hamilton having seen every one of his games. He's going to be fine on Sundays.

My only comment on your selections is I think it would be very hard for Ozzie and Eric to pass on Denzel Ward if he were there at 16.

Considering their depth at corner, I would be quite surprised if they looked at corner again. I like Ward, but they have Tavon Young coming back, who I expect to be out on the field in nickel and dime packages.

Jimmy
Humphrey
Carr
Young
Canady
Hill

That's 6 guys right now that are good players and could potentially be starters on a lot of different teams.

I suspect the Ravens may add a corner in this draft, but it probably would be a UDFA.

[GreatWhiteNorthRaven]

You're gonna have to explain Deon Cain going undrafted to me....

[wickedsolo]

The big issue I have with this draft class is the TE position. Not a lot of depth there.

You basically have Gesicki, Hurst, and Goedert...all of which will potentially be over-drafted. Not that they're bad prospects (they're great prospects), but none of them are guys I'd look at with pick 16. I think those guys will be gone by the time Baltimore picks in round-2 assuming they don't trade up/down.

Then, you have Mark Andrews who is a good receiver, but not a very accomplished blocker.

Then you have Troy Fumagelli who has shown flashes of being a decent receiver, but had a lot of drops at the Senior Bowl.

Then you have Ian Thomas who is a decent blocker, but is pretty raw and untested as a receiver - although he is athletic.

After that, you have a lot of late rounders and UDFA's that have some upside (Shultz, for example), but aren't likely better than what the Ravens currently have on the roster.

I wouldn't be surprised in the least if they didn't add a TE at all in this draft.

A veteran option that is still available is Julius Thomas. He's only 29 and he is probably just as good of a receiving TE option as Ian Thomas is. I'm not sure why he fizzled out in Jacksonville or Miami.

[wickedsolo]

You're gonna have to explain Deon Cain going undrafted to me....

May not happen. I don't see him being a high draft pick though.

Lots of talented players go undrafted every year.

[usmccharles]

Building the OL is something I definitely ok with, but DJ Moore going to NE made me want to shoot myself in the dick

[trailhiker85]

I like your picks for the Ravens, Wicked. I'd be fine with all those in the (unlikely) event it actually went down that way.

Just two things I'd mention:

1) It was interesting to see you picked no TE's, (oops, just noticed your post #18 addressing this very thing) and

2) I'm not convinced Oz & Company would pass on a good corner in the event one fell. While we have a ton of depth right now at that position, Jimmy and Carr are both candidates for release in 2019 due to age (Carr) and injury history (Jimmy).
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[HbgPARavenfan]

So to recap Baltimore's picks -

1. Mike McGlinchey, OT, Notre Dame
2. Frank Ragnow, OC, Arkansas
3. DaeSean Hamilton, WR, Penn State
4. Kyzir White, FS, West Virginia
5. Kurt Benkert, QB, UVA
6. Leon Jacobs, LB, Wisconsin
6 (comp). Justin Watson, WR, Penn

Great work, Wicked. Much appreciated. I'm with you on building from the O line out. I do NOT want us to waste high picks on WRs -- because we don't know how to evaluate or develop young WRs.

Agree....but also how sad is that as fans we feel this way

[sawraven1]

So to recap Baltimore's picks -

1. Mike McGlinchey, OT, Notre Dame
2. Frank Ragnow, OC, Arkansas
3. DaeSean Hamilton, WR, Penn State
4. Kyzir White, FS, West Virginia
5. Kurt Benkert, QB, UVA
6. Leon Jacobs, LB, Wisconsin
6 (comp). Justin Watson, WR, Penn

Duded you are killing me Smalls with the Patriots Picks. (Sandlot reference) You give them Mason Rudolph, DJ Moore and Kalen Ballage?
I might rather those be our picks. It was a nice Mock, Cant say i would be unhappy with the 1st, 2nd and 3rd rounders but my favorite is Justin Watson. I really like this kid. I know the Steelers are looking hard at him.

Any WR they are looking at is worth stealing a round early

You don't have the 1st round right, Pick #23 is not the Rams its the Patriots also

[Culex]

A late round QB would be a waste when we're just gonna draft one in the first round in about a year or two but not bad.