I tried to put together an understandable comparison of what four popular draft boards say who they are. Unfortunately, I couldn't format the style and it ended up very confusing.
Not that these guys are any smarter, but it's interesting to see what they think. The following are their web addresses ...
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/prospect-rankings/
https://walterfootball.com/nfldraftbigboard
http://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/nfl-draft-prospects-big-board-of-top-100-players/11reeksv3zeht1nxouj5psd3s2
http://www.drafttek.com/Top-100-NFL-Draft-Prospects-2019.asp
The conclusion that I gathered is that there are four tiers (in the top twenty):
Tier #1 - Bosa
Tier #2 - Q. Williams & J. Allen
Tier #3 - E. Oliver, D.White, M. Sweat
Tier #4 - J. .Williams, G. Williams, D. Haskins, D. Metcalf and J. Taylor
I collected cumulative rank numbers, which fit a normal bell curve, but I think it's a bit over-kill
If the boards have any validity, this seems to point a trade-down might be something to think about - #6 overall for a Tier four player at @10.
Hopefully this guy - Jawaan Taylor ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzQ2IdJK22A
Taylor reminds me a lot of Will Hernandez (top 10 to mid 1st round), just needs good pro coaching.
But I wouldn’t put any QB in the top ten.
Metcalf is a top ten physical specimen, but not a top ten prospect.
Murray will be #1, usually not all four of these boards are this wrong. I don't know what to say !
Is Metcalf this year's JPP ? - Scary physical specimen but not an outstanding college resume'
Is Metcalf this year's JPP ? - Scary physical specimen but not an outstanding college resume'
I mean JPP only played one year of college football...and he still did pretty well
Quinnen Williams
IDL
Alabama
2.
Nick Bosa
EDGE
Ohio State
3.
Josh Allen
EDGE
Kentucky
4.
Devin White
LB
LSU
5.
Ed Oliver
IDL
Houston
6.
Brian Burns
EDGE
Florida State
7.
Jeffery Simmons
IDL
Mississippi State
8.
Rashan Gary
EDGE
Michigan
9.
Christian Wilkins
IDL
Clemson
10.
Montez Sweat
EDGE
Mississippi State
Is Metcalf this year's JPP ? - Scary physical specimen but not an outstanding college resume'
Have you read about Metcalf’s route running abilities? Basically, the only route he can run with any “skill” is the 9 route. And all that is is a straight fly pattern.
https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/jason-pierre-paul-1.html
45 tackles, 6.5 sacks. He just looked like Superman and could contort his body like nobody else - that's what the Giants saw.
Looks like you mostly agree with the board (you don't mention Murray). I'm thinking the Giants may be agreeing - they're not in-love with the QBs, either.
This post nails it. Furthermore, I doubt Bosa really justifies a separate tier from Q. Williams or Allen. Which means that your tier 3 is really tier 2, and at 6 the Giants should happily stay put and select a tier 2 defensive player, rather than trade down.
Basically piling in names one thinks or expects of hopes to be almost as good, but who knows, due to bias towards offense or hopes and expectations.
Caveat emptor.
As opposed to trading down, getting none from top 3 tiers, in order to justify drafting offense early.
2. Josh Allen EDGE Kentucky
3. Nick Bosa EDGE Ohio St.
4. Kyler Murray QB Oklahoma
5. Christian Wilkins DL Clemson
7. Jonah Williams OT Alabama
8. Montez Sweat EDGE
9. Ed Oliver DL Houston
10. Brian Burns FSU
Top-tier guys are often available at #6. Recently this exact scenario happened to the jets twice (Jamal Adams, Leonard Williams), and last year Quentin Nelson to Indy.
As opposed to trading down, getting none from top 3 tiers, in order to justify drafting offense early.
i'd be ecstatic with this.
How? By taking Sweat at 6, then catching Oliver slide to 17, and then grabbing Jeffery Simmons - who will be IRed almost surely for all of 2019 at 37.
You wanna turn this team around on D and are willing to wait until 2020 to see the full effect?
Draft those 3 dudes at 6, 17, and 37 if they are available at those slots.
You vacuum up the supply.
Oliver
Bush
Wilkins or best DT over 320lbs
Allen
Oliver or Bush or White
Laurence or whomever it is. The big.
DL isn't one position. It's at least 3 distinct types.
The 4/3 DE/OLB, the NT, The interior rush unicorn
4 types if you include the 'too tall bigs' (clog passing lanes and wreck shit within a one gap but at 350lbs)
I saw him terrorize my Hurricanes. Believe he had a couple of sacks, a strip sack, some batted down passes...He wrecked havoc on our offense.
I saw a very detailed mock that said this. Hard to see Oakland pass on him but it’s possible. DG would have to have nerves of steel to sit and wait for Murray to fall to him.
1, 2, 1, 1, Nick Bosa EDGE 5
2 1 3 5 Quinnen Williams DL 11
3 4 2 2 Josh Allen EDGE 11
4 10 9 4 Ed Oliver DL 27
5 3 10 11 Devin White LB 29
6 18 8 6 Clelin Ferrell EDGE 38
7 5 4 18 Rashan Gary DL 34
8 N/R 19 12 Jonah Williams. OL 51
9 20 11 8 Greedy Williams CB 48
10 N/R 14 10 Dwayne Haskins QB 54
11 6 5 3 Montez Sweat EDGE 25
12 16 17 20 Christian Wilkins DL 65
13 9 16 N/R Deandre Baker CB 58
14 13 N/R 19 Jachai Polite EDGE 66
15 N/R N/R 13 Byron Murphy CB 68
16 N/R 6 14 D.K. Metcalf WR 56
17 15 N/R 15 Josh Jacobs RB 77
18 8 N/R N/R Jeffery Simmons DL 66
19 7 12 9 Jawaan Taylor OL 48
20 N/R 7 N/R T.J. Hockenson TE 67
The numbers are as follows: CBS, Walter football, Sporting News
Followed by Name of player, Position and Cum Score (lowest numbers being the best). I added the numbers in my head (please forgive math errors)
Is from Draft TEK. I agree, Bosa is not by himself. I don't see him as a "gold jacket" guy.