Mike Mayock: No quarterbacks worth taking in top 10

“The combine is big for me, ” said the 6-4, 245-pound Njoku, who despite leaving UM with two years of eligibility remaining, is poised to be selected in the second half of the first round, according to prominent draft analysts such as the NFL Network’s Mike Mayock and ESPN’s Mel Kiper, Jr. They’ve had the 23rd overall pick before, but when they did, it came in the second round, per Tom Rock of Newsday.

He graded well against the run, but it was in coverage where he truly stood out, grading negatively in five games, but only twice below -1.0.

“I think he’s a talented kid”. “But I think priority number one has got to be to help Russell Wilson take less hits”. “So there is talent throughout for the edge-rush group”. “At the end of the day, to me, he’s a first-round draft pick, but you’d better have a plan for how you’re going to use him”.

The offensive-tackle class is so shallow this year that Mayock felt his No. 3 player at the position in this year’s class, Troy’s Antonio Garcia, would be a third-rounder “at best” most years. Dupre is the classic case of an uber-talented LSU receiver who didn’t have the passing game around him to showcase his talents, and the big-bodied prospect could show in Indianapolis that he has the speed to be a high-potential pick.

“O.J. Howard is my No. 1 tight end”, Mayock said”. I think Hooker has better range and ball skills. “But, again, I don’t think he’s ready to play yet”. “His tape is outstanding and it doesn’t matter which tape you put in”. I think he’s going to go 10 to 22, somewhere in that range. And I think he can do it in several ways. The problem is the Eagles are roughly about $11 million under the projected salary cap for 2017, which isn’t enough to sign someone like Jeffery, let alone address their other needs at cornerback, running back, linebacker and possibly along the defensive line. It seems absurd that the ADA would apply to elite college football players – a cohort that is among the most physically able in America. “We haven’t had free agency, so that can change everything as far as what a team is looking for”. I’ve got [Ryan] Ramczyk and [Garett] Bolles one and two.

“I’m a little bit intrigued by the Leonard Fournette-Carolina conversation”, Mayock said.

The NFL Draft is back in Philadelphia for the first time since December of 1960. In the same stream of thought, Mayock implied that quarterbacks like Dolphins QB Ryan Tannehill and Ravens QB Joe Flacco as simply “starting quarterbacks” and not franchise players.

Mayock said he considered Garrett and Allen the top two players in the draft.

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Mayock was also not very high on the class in general. They should! I just think it’s important that we understand how hard it is to find these guys.

He added: “I would feel like I had a difference-maker on defense and we had a quarterback on offense”. The Titans’ sacks allowed fell from 54 to 28, and the former Michigan State standout became one of three rookies named to the All-Pro first team. But I love his versatility.