3rd Joe Noteboom OT A+ This guy is gonna surprise people. His footwork is elite and he's almost a clone of Whit. Under Kromer and Whit, this guy is gonna be a STUD.
4th Brian Allen C B+ Super solid guy who has held his own against solid competition. Smart and durable. He's the kind of guy you want at C. He can play all the interior positions.
4th John-Franklin-Meyers DE B This is a guy to develop to potentially replace Brockers in 2019. These are the kinds of picks winners make. Brockers is likely to ball out, but we can only pay so many players and with AD, Peters, Cooks, Goff, Gurley...that's a LOT of top contracts.
5th Micah Kiser ILB A+ interior thumper who's already an order of magnitude better than Ogletree ever was and frees up one of the best cover LBs in Barron to do that. We needed to improve our interior run D and between Suh and Kiser, we've done just that.
5th Obo Okoronkwo OLB A+ Edge with speed, burst, motor, multiple rush moves, excellent hands. With Wade, this guy is maybe the steal of the draft. He could potentially be the DROY, that's how good a fit this is.
6th John Kelly RB A Excellent North/South runner with speed and balance. Keeps his shoulders square and trucks much bigger people. He's a load and will embarrass some pros on game day as they get run over. Also excellent in the pass game. Fantastic compliment for Gurley who touched the ball too much last season.
6th Jamil Demby OG B+ This could be much higher if he outplays Jamon Brown who started to really come around last year. Another durable 4 year starter with good feet.
6th Sebastian Joseph DT B This was almost a need pick as Suh seems to be a 1 year deal. He has to be better against the run than Tyrunn Walker or 2019 will be a year they look for an NT in FA. He's got the ability to step up.
6th Trevon Young Edge B+ This might be an A+ paired with Okoronkwo. Not that I don't like Ebukam. I do. Point is that Young may be a super steal as he recovers from his hip in 2015. Towards the end of last year, he really came on and if he'd had a full year at that pace, he's a day 2 player, easily. I honestly think these guys under Philips may just be our rush tandem in 2019 and beyond.
I'd talk about our 7th (we have two), but...even nfl.com is at commercial during our pick. NFL Network isn't even pretending to cover the picks anymore.