McShay Top 32 and Top 10 by position

[dbair1967]

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(Underclassmen are noted with an asterisk.)

1. Joey Bosa DE Ohio St.*
2. Jalen Ramsey CB Florida St.*
3. Laremy Tunsil T Mississippi*
4. Vernon Hargreaves CB Florida*
5. DeForest Buckner DE Oregon

6. Ronnie Stanley T Notre Dame
7. A'Shawn Robinson DT Alabama*
8. Myles Jack OLB UCLA*
9. Jared Goff QB California*
10. Jack Conklin T Michigan St.*

11. Robert Nkemdiche DT Mississippi*
12. Reggie Ragland ILB Alabama
13. Jarran Reed DT Alabama
14. Laquon Treadwell WR Mississippi*
15. Ezekiel Elliott RB Ohio St.*

16. Jaylon Smith OLB Notre Dame*
17. Carson Wentz QB North Dakota St.
18. Eli Apple CB Ohio St.*
19. Hunter Henry TE Arkansas*
20. Shaq Lawson DE Clemson*

21. Sheldon Rankins DT Louisville*
22. Taylor Decker T Ohio St.
23. Darron Lee OLB Ohio St.*
24. Paxton Lynch QB Memphis*
25. Kendall Fuller CB Virginia Tech*

26. Mackensie Alexander CB Clemson*
27. Leonard Floyd OLB Georgia*
28. Andrew Billings DT Baylor*
29. Connor Cook QB Michigan St.
30. Kevin Dodd DE Clemson*
31. Kenny Clark DT UCLA*
32. Su'a Cravens S USC


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Quarterbacks
1. Jared Goff, Cal*
2. Carson Wentz, North Dakota St.
3. Paxton Lynch, Memphis*
4. Connor Cook, Michigan St.
5. Christian Hackenberg, Penn St.*
6. Jacoby Brissett, NC St.
7. Dak Prescott, Mississippi St.
8. Cody Kessler, USC
9. Brandon Allen, Arkansas
10. Cardale Jones, Ohio St.*

Running backs
1. Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio St.*
2. Derrick Henry, Alabama*
3. Alex Collins, Arkansas*
4. Jordan Howard, Indiana*
5. Paul Perkins, UCLA
6. Devontae Booker, Utah
7. Kenneth Dixon, Louisiana Tech
8. Kelvin Taylor, Florida*
9. Kenyan Drake, Alabama
10. Josh Ferguson, Illinois

Wide receivers
1. Laquon Treadwell, Ole Miss*
2. Michael Thomas, Ohio St.*
3. Will Fuller, Notre Dame*
4. Josh Doctson, TCU
5. Corey Coleman, Baylor*
6. Tyler Boyd, Pitt*
7. Pharoh Cooper, South Carolina*
8. Braxton Miller, Ohio St.
9. Cayleb Jones, Arizona*
10. Rashard Higgins, Colorado St.*

Tight ends
1. Hunter Henry, Arkansas*
2. Austin Hooper, Stanford*
3. Nick Vannett, Ohio St.
4. Bryce Williams, East Carolina
5. Caleb Smith, Oregon St.
6. David Grinnage, NC St.*
7. Jake McGee, Florida
8. Henry Krieger Coble, Iowa
9. Kyle Carter, Penn St.
10. Jerell Adams, South Carolina

Offensive linemen
1. Laremy Tunsil, T, Ole Miss*
2. Ronnie Stanley, T, Notre Dame
3. Jack Conklin, T, Michigan St.*
4. Taylor Decker, T, Ohio St.
5. Germain Ifedi, T, Texas A&M*
6. Shon Coleman, T, Auburn*
7. Joshua Garnett, G, Stanford
8. Cody Whitehair, G, Kansas St.
9. Jerald Hawkins, T, LSU*
10. Ryan Kelly, C, Alabama

Defensive linemen

1. Joey Bosa, DE, Ohio St.*
2. DeForest Buckner, DE, Oregon
3. A'Shawn Robinson, DT, Alabama
4. Robert Nkemdiche, DT, Ole Miss*
5. Jarran Reed, DT, Alabama
6. Shaq Lawson, DE, Clemson*
7. Sheldon Rankins, DT, Louisville
8. Andrew Billings, DT, Baylor*
9. Kevin Dodd, DE, Clemson*
10. Kenny Clark, DT, UCLA*

Linebackers
1. Myles Jack, OLB, UCLA*
2. Reggie Ragland, ILB, Alabama
3. Jaylon Smith, OLB, Notre Dame*
4. Darron Lee, OLB, Ohio St.*
5. Leonard Floyd, OLB, Georgia*
6. Jordan Jenkins, OLB, Georgia
7. Kamalei Correa, OLB, Boise St.*
8. Kyler Fackrell, OLB, Utah St.
9. Antonio Morrison, OLB, Florida
10. Joshua Perry, ILB, Ohio St.

Defensive backs
1. Jalen Ramsey, CB, Florida St.*
2. Vernon Hargreaves III, CB, Florida*
3. Eli Apple, CB, Ohio St.*
4. Kendall Fuller, CB, Virginia Tech*
5. Mackensie Alexander, CB, Clemson*
6. Su'a Cravens, S, USC*
7. Tre'Davious White, CB, LSU
8. Vonn Bell, S, Ohio St.*
9. Jayron Kearse, S, Clemson*
10. Keanu Neal, S, Florida*

 

[cmd34]

I know how much you guys love the insider stuff so here goes.

I was at the AFCA convention in San Antonio a few weeks ago. After the session with David Shaw, we were walking out and I saw I was standing next to some of the Florida State coaches. I saw Mario Edwards and started asking him about Ramsey. Now, first off, anytime you ask a coach about a player you are going to get all sunshine and rainbows. With the exception of the Minnesota defensive coordinator a few years ago telling me that Ra'shede Hageman takes off too many plays, they always say their guy is amazing. The Louisville secondary coach told me Gerod Holliman has no tackling issues at the 2015 convention.

That being said, Mario said Ramsey is an elite player that won't get out of the top 5 picks. He said the defense could line him up anywhere, slot, safety, on an island, and he would lockdown a player. I asked him why he didn't have a lot of plays on the ball and he said that teams game planned away from Ramsey last year. He said to look at how little Ramsey was targeted. Again, I've learned that these guys are going to hype their guys, so take it for what it is worth.

 

[dbair1967]

That being said, Mario said Ramsey is an elite player that won't get out of the top 5 picks. He said the defense could line him up anywhere, slot, safety, on an island, and he would lockdown a player. I asked him why he didn't have a lot of plays on the ball and he said that teams game planned away from Ramsey last year. He said to look at how little Ramsey was targeted. Again, I've learned that these guys are going to hype their guys, so take it for what it is worth.

Thats certainly possible, but what about the other seasons? He didnt exactly make many plays then either, and as I mentioned FSU's DB's have been pretty stacked for several years now. Teams cant avoid everyone.

I think I'd go with Byron Jones at FS and draft one of these other 2nd/3rd round guys to play SS, or maybe spend some dollars on a proven safety in free agency and just outright cut Barry Church.

 

[onlyonenow]

teams targeted Ramsey before he made his rep and he did not make plays. No reason to think he will now. To be blunt lockdown CB's are not as important as they once were. CB's that get turnovers are more important now.

 

[onlyonenow]

Tunsil to me is the safest pick in this draft. If you are going to use a top 5 pick anyway.

 

[cmd34]

teams targeted Ramsey before he made his rep and he did not make plays. No reason to think he will now. To be blunt lockdown CB's are not as important as they once were. CB's that get turnovers are more important now.

The 2 Super Bowl teams have 4 very good-to-elite CB's between them.

Carolina - Josh Norman
Denver - Chris Harris, Aqib Talib, and Courtney Roby

 

[Bob Sacamano]

I usually care about stats, but not in the case of Ramsey. Dude is a baller.