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How will the Buffs do in the Draft?
- Thread starter BlackNGold
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It's near impossible guessing how the late rounds go because so much is dependent on what teams like each guy, and what they ended up doing earlier in the draft.
My guess is that two guys are picked on Saturday and the other is signed as an UFA on Sunday.
My guess is that two guys are picked on Saturday and the other is signed as an UFA on Sunday.
CitizenKane
Well-Known Member
Crawley should be the highest of the players drafted and if Ithink he is likely going to be the best pro. Sure he got beat, but then any corner, even the best would get beat when the rest of the defense gets zippo QB pressure. If I had to guess he will go in the 5th or 6th and then surprise teams.
Spruce was a great Buff but unfortunately I don't see him being athletically gifted enough either with speed or with quickness in and out of cuts to make it work at the pro level. I do think he might get drafted in the 7th, but I don't see him making a team.
Nembot shouldn't get drafted, but some team will take a flyer on him in the 7th. The guy is strong and looks like a beast, which is why teams will take a flyer on him. Very likely he will make someone's practice squad because some coach will think they can cure his feet issues and the fact that there are stretches where he doesn't play with the strength he possesses.
Spruce was a great Buff but unfortunately I don't see him being athletically gifted enough either with speed or with quickness in and out of cuts to make it work at the pro level. I do think he might get drafted in the 7th, but I don't see him making a team.
Nembot shouldn't get drafted, but some team will take a flyer on him in the 7th. The guy is strong and looks like a beast, which is why teams will take a flyer on him. Very likely he will make someone's practice squad because some coach will think they can cure his feet issues and the fact that there are stretches where he doesn't play with the strength he possesses.
That seems generous.
SECOBuffsFan
Active Member
I think Spruce in 6th and Crawley in 7th
DiggerBuffs
Well-Known Member
Nembot is getting drafted with his upside alone. Spruce may go 7th or may go undrafted. Crawley's speed may get him late but his ability never really showed.
6'0" with a good frame and ran a 4.43. KC has a good chance to get drafted. On a 53-man roster, you need guys like that because they can play on your special teams while providing positional depth as they develop. I don't see how he's that much less of a prospect than Jalil Brown, who went in the 4th round. Brown was bigger and had better ball skills (all-around athlete who could even play wildcat QB), but KC is almost as big and he's faster.
I believe we all now what team will target Spruce...
I believe we all now what team will target Spruce...
Lot of teams will be interested in the late rounds. Spruce is a prototypical slot WR. He will get his shot. I hope its not for the Pats though.
I believe we all now what team will target Spruce...
Spruce is a very different WR than those guys, though. Edelman and Amendola are generously listed at 5'10" and 5'11", respectively. Spruce is a few inches taller, 10-15 lbs heavier, and is slower + less explosive.
But if we're talking about systems where you've got a very smart and accurate QB who relies on precise route running from his receivers, Patriots could be a fit. Spruce will do best with a QB like that because he's not going to win many jump balls.
Green Bay or NO would be a good landing spot.
Indy, too. I think Luck is becoming this type of QB.
He has regressed the past season and a half, but definitely worse situations for Spruce.
Jordy, Spruce and Janis as Rodgers' WRs would be allsome!
BehindEnemyLines
beware the habu
Nembot round 5 pick 167
Crawley round 6 pick 201
Spruce round 7 pick 237
Crawley round 6 pick 201
Spruce round 7 pick 237
DiggerBuffs
Well-Known Member
Crawley was exposed regularly. Brown wasn't. Hope for the best and expect him to be drafted but I don't see NFL talent on him. Just the measurables.
They mean everything to NFL teams, it's the Gil Brandt rule.
BehindEnemyLines
beware the habu
Someone needs to continue the ratbirds character standards
Joe Theismann's Leg
Well-Known Member
The Ewes have two draft picks to our zero. Urgh.
What we are seeing is that CU had some seniors who were good college players, but still not there with next level talent. The recruiting classes at the end of the Hawkins era pretty much left the cupboard bare and Embree found a few guys in his couple years but that was punctuated with a ton of misses on guys who wouldn't even contribute. We'll see some Buffs drafted relatively high in 2017, led by Chido.
...or not.
CitizenKane
Well-Known Member
I was just thinking that same thing and I agree with Buffnik that shows just how poor the recruiting has been from the end of the Hawkins era and right through recently.