3rd Annual Draft Game: TRADEDOWN, ROUND 2

[Astrobot]

In our Draft Game, the Bills have taken Aaron Maybin DE/OLB and Alex Mack OC, both in Round 1, by trading their RD1#11 and RD3 pick to Philly for their #21 and #28.

Here is the draft so far, up to the Bills' RD2#42 Pick:

 

Round Pick Team Selection Psn School

1 1 Detroit Andre Smith OT Alabama

1 2 St Louis Michael Crabtree WR Texas Tech

1 3 Kansas City Aaron Curry OLB Wake Forest

1 4 Seattle Eugene Monroe OT Virginia

1 5 Cleveland Malcolm Jenkins CB Ohio State

1 6 Cincinnati Michael Oher OT Mississippi

1 7 Oakland Everette Brown DE Florida State

1 8 Jacksonville Jason Smith OT Baylor

1 9 Green Bay BJ Raji DT Boston College

1 10 San Francisco Brian Orakpo DE Texas

1 11 Philadelphia Knowshon Moreno RB Georgia

1 12 Denver Rey Maualuga ILB USC

1 13 Washington Brian Cushing OLB USC

1 14 New Orleans Peria Jerry DT Mississippi

1 15 Houston Matthew Stafford QB Georgia

1 16 San Diego DJ Moore CB Vanderbilt

1 17 NY Jets James Laurinaitis ILB Ohio State

1 18 Chicago Jeremy Maclin WR Missouri

1 19 Tampa Bay Percy Harvin WR Florida

1 20 Detroit Mark Sanchez QB USC

1 21 Buffalo Aaron Maybin OLB Penn State

1 22 Minnesota Eben Britton OT Arizona

1 23 New England Brandon Pettigrew TE Oklahoma St

1 24 Atlanta Vontae Davis CB Illinois

1 25 Miami Alphonso Smith CB Wake Forest

1 26 Baltimore Tyson Jackson DE LSU

1 27 Indianapolis Chris Wells RB Ohio State

1 28 Buffalo Alex Mack OC California

1 29 NY Giants Hakeem Nicks WR North Carolina

1 30 Tennessee Sean Smith CB Utah

1 31 Arizona LeSean McCoy RB Pittsburgh

1 32 Pittsburgh William Beatty OT Connecticut

2 33 Detroit Michael Johnson DE Georgia Tech

2 34 Kansas City Robert Ayers DE Tennessee

2 35 St Louis Darius Butler CB Connecticut

2 36 Cleveland Larry English OLB Northern Illinois

2 37 Seattle Darrius Heyward-Bey WR Maryland

2 38 Cincinnati Max Unger OC Oregon

2 39 Jacksonville Derrick Williams WR Penn State

2 40 Oakland Kenny Britt WR Rutgers

2 41 Green Bay Clint Sintim OLB Virginia

2 42 Buffalo

 

This pick can make or break your draft, because there is no 3rd Rounder. Do you...

...get a TE who's different from Derek Fine?

...take a true OLB?

...take the top-graded Guard?

...Get another DE?

...Pair Stroud with a DT named Ziggy?

...Get the draft's possibly-best FS?

...Snare the Doak Walker winner at RB?

...Take the pick the Jets covet, Josh Freeman?

 

You're on the clock. We await your card at the speakers' table.

[BigdaddyinOrlando]

Voted For Mathews. Heard the guys on sirus radio talking awesome about him and also comes from from good bloodlines!

[ans4e64]

Tough choice.

 

I chose Casey.

[Astrobot]

This is from a draft site I like when looking at the positives and negatives of players.

NFLDraftU

 

Chase Coffman - Missouri (HT: 6'6" | WT: 245)

Projection: 3rd Round

 

Strengths:

-one of the better receiving TEs in the draft

-hands and concentration, good leaper which makes him a taller target than he already is, makes catches in traffic

-creates mismatches with the combination of his size and athleticism

-runs smooth routes, quick off the line of scrimmage

-can read coverage, always finds a way to get open

-character (hard worker, plays through pain)

 

Weaknesses:

-lacks bulk and overall strength

-struggles to sustain blocks

-speed is below average (estimated 4.83 40-time), lacks speed to break a long run after the catch

 

James Casey - Junior - Rice (HT: 6'4" | WT: 245)

Projection: 3rd-4th Round

 

Strengths:

-versatile and athletic, has been drafted by the Chicago White Sox as a pitcher, spent a year on the Rice track team, began his career in football a DE and played 7 positions one game as a freshman

-field awareness, helps that he can take a perspective from multiple positions

-has shown he can easily gain or lose weight based on position

-has only played 2 years of college football, so who knows how good he can be

-has great hands, pretty elusive in the open field, good quickness in space

-would be a good fit as a Wildcat QB, does a good job throwing the ball and runs well on reverses and QB draws

-one of the most intriguing prospects in the draft

 

Weaknesses:

-is already 24 years old, he started late because of his baseball career

-plays in a pass-heavy offense at Rice which may inflate his stats

-not great height for a TE, he could add another 10 pounds

-does not have great TE speed

-his draft stock will be dependent on his height and weight at the combine

-does not have much experience in the blocking game

[Astrobot]

It's a 3-way race right now. We'll give it another hour.

Some of us would want 3 DE's in the first 2 rounds!

[LabattBlue]

I voted for Matthews. Ellison isn't cutting it and Mitchell is nothing more than a stop gap for another year or two. In addition, there is little to no quality depth at the LB position.

[Astrobot]

It looks like we want a TE here in Round 2. How great would it be if the Bills signed a FA tight end so that we could consider the BPA here?