NFL Draft 20222

adrian522

When - April 28–30,2022

Where - Allegiant Stadium, Paradise, Nevada

TV Network(s) - ESPN, ABC, NFL Network, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Radio

Realt Dearg Sec

20222 seems a long way off, hard to know who is going to be good in 18000 years.

adrian522

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118833965#Comment_118833965

Frank gore will still be playing, Brady will still be QB, and that will be it.

I hope this is not the first thread someone sees after waking up...

Whoever gets Tyler Linderbaum are a lucky team.

eagle eye

A lot of teams seem to think there's great value in the middle rounds of this draft.

There might not be as much moving up to grab a player as we normally see.

Realt Dearg Sec

Shocking how little talk there is about this draft. Presume the main reason is nobody seems to rate the quarterbacks?

boccy23

More buzz about free agency and trades this year definitely.

Whatdoesitmatter

Happy Draft Day. Lets hope we bag a few goodens

Foxtrol

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118988442#Comment_118988442

True about the QBs but for the most part very few players rated as elite, especially in 'exciting' positions - the media loves throwing out 'generational' at every opportunity and even they are struggling the hype anyone up.

Rather than players they are pushing the uncertainty angle to the casuals, which personally think will make the next few days quite interesting.

Ohmeha

The build up to this draft definitely has less buzz due to QBs not dominating the discussion but I think this year in some ways is more intriguing as I don't think there is much between most of the top prospects with as many good players available outside the top 10

There will be more teams looking to trade back rather than up, unless there is a very early run on QBs or wide receivers I don't see many teams giving up crazy amounts of capital to move up seen in recent years which bad news for Jacksonville, Detroit, Houston, Giants, Carolina who are all surely are open to moving back from where they all are

I'll stay up tonight to catch the first 10 picks, if there are surprises I may stick it right through it, Vegas is some location to hold this!

eagle eye

I'm of the opinion that the best player in the draft is Kyle Hamilton. It's just that safety isn't a major concern for many teams. He's projected to go in the mid to late teens. If this guy stays injury free he'll be a multi All-pro and pro-bowler.

eagle eye

My mock

1. JAC - EDGE Travon Walker, Georgia

2. DET - EDGE Aidan Hutchinson, Michigan

3. HOU - OT Ikem Ekwonu, NC State

4. NYJ - CB Ahmad Gardner, Cincinnati

5. NYG - OT Charles Cross, Mississippi State

6. CAR - OT Evan Neal, Alabama

7. NYG - EDGE Kayvon Thibodeax, Oregon

8. ATL - EDGE Jermaine Johnson, Florida State

9. SEA - CB Derek Stingley Jr., LSU

10. NYJ - WR Garrett Wilson, Ohio State

11. WAS - WR Drake London, USC

12. MIN - WR Jameson Williams, Alabama

13. HOU - WR Chris Olave, Ohio State

14. BAL - DL Jordan Davis, Georgia

15. PHI - S Kyle Hamilton, Notre Dame

16. NO - OT Trevor Penning, Northern Iowa

17. LAC - LB Quay Walker, Georgia

18. PHI - CB Trent McDuffie, Washington

19. NO - WR Treylon Burks, Arkansas

20. PIT - QB Malik Willis, Liberty

21. NE - S Dax Hill, Michigan

22. GB - DL Devonte Wyatt, Georgia

23. ARI - G Zion Johnson, Boston College

24. DAL - C Tyler Linderbaum, Iowa

25. BUF - CB Kaiir Elam, Florida

26. TEN - OT Tyler Smith, Tulsa

27. TB - DL Logan Hall, Houston

28. GB - LB Devin Lloyd, Utah

29. KC - WR Jahan Dotson, Penn State

30. KC - S Lewis Cine, Georgia

31. CIN - CB Kyler Gordon, Washington

32. DET - QB Kenny Pickett, Pittsburgh

Faugheen

Reading between the lines of what the analysts on NFL Network suggests to me that Hutchinson is going #1.

Faugheen

Or not!

Lions get the man they want, then.

eagle eye

I think Walker is the right pick at no.1, he's a wrecking ball with incredible athleticism for his size.

Xavi6

Hopefully the Chiefs trade up for a good WR.

phatkev

Stingley goes before Gardner

Xavi6

How was that crowd reaction? 😂

Faugheen

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118991282#Comment_118991282

He definitely has a lot of upside, but I think right now Hutchinson is the better player.

phatkev

queue the "Big Apple Sauce" jokes!

Faugheen

Don't think the Giants can complain too much with getting Thibodeaux as well as one of Neal/Ekwonu.

Board fell perfectly for them with Texans taking Stingley.

KrustyUCC

Thought it would be other way around

Still we should get a good OT anyway

KrustyUCC

Saints first trade of the night

QB surely

Xavi6

Trades coming in now.

KrustyUCC

Bit strange to give up so much for a WR

KrustyUCC

Baltimore get very good player in Hamilton

Xavi6

Hollywood Brown to the Cardinals and AJ Brown to the Eagles, this is getting fun.

Oat23

Kirk and the Jags are responsible for all this WR craziness. Teams would rather draft a rookie than pay who they have.

phatkev

Draft is drunk, time to go home!

Xavi6

Pickett to the Steelers at 20, he seems happy about it.

phatkev

Pats trading back, the one safe bet in every draft :D

eagle eye

I'm gutted, was hoping we'd get McDuffie but we trade out of the spot and the Chiefs take him.

Xavi6

Happy with that pick for McDuffie. Defense again with Pick 30 hopefully.

eagle eye

No doubt in my mind that the Jets are the clear winners of the draft tonight, my grade for them is A+.

And I'm a Patriots fan so I don't like saying that.

Xavi6

Yep, three good pick from them. Giants did alright too with 5 and 7. The Packers are still ignoring the WR position.

Happy with the two Chiefs picks if they weren't going to get one of the top WRs, needs have been addressed.

cosatron

really like the packers picks. No wide receiver worth a first round were left on the board at 22 so strengthen the defence. Hopefully we will pick up watson or pickens today but will probably have to trade up.

Mr. Guappa

That was great craic. The middle of the first round from about 10-20 was just great entertainment with trades flying all over the place. The Lions absolutely fleeced the Vikings and added Jameson Williams to Aidan Hutchinson - I like what that regime are doing.

Big fan of the Patriots trading back from 21 and picking up 2 extra picks, but then they went and quickly burst that bubble by taking Strange way earlier than anyone had him going.

Interesting to see if Baker Mayfield gets traded over the weekend now. Seems Deebo won't get his move anyway.

Foxtrol

That Lions trade was great value, as was getting AJ for nearly the same draft capital as Hollywood, even taking into account the new contract he received.

Not sure about the Packers picks at all, as a regular NFC playoff opponent I'm happy with the route they took. In a vacuum they are good prospects but Packers have a ton of capital, it was a relatively cheap year to move up, and they dont have too many holes in their roster so rather than selecting non-premium positions where they stood they should have moved up and gotten one of the top WRs or other elite players and filled LB and DT holes on day 2 or 3.

Glad Deebo didn't get moved, the AJ Brown contract now sets a reasonable marker for him. If he truly wanted out he must be extremely angry with his agent who managed to get two of the other WRs he manages their trade with them staying quiet. It was still very tense around the 10th pick waiting to see if a trade happened.

Overall a very interesting night 1 and looking forward to some action on night 2. One note regarding the NFL media again showing themselves to be just making things up at draft time - this year claiming a trade for a WR would have to be in place well before the draft and everyone would know about it due to contracts and medicals and yet two guys get moved on draft night with not a word in advance, Hollywood even showed up to a draft party.

Mr. Guappa

Breece Hall to NYJ. I know damn all about any of these draftees but seems like the Jets are killing it. Really improved their roster and put talent around Zach Wilson.

Mr. Guappa

LOL.. love that guy announcing the Vikings pick! Absolute gold.

Loved the make-a-wish kid with Thibodeaux last night too.

Faugheen

It's all very American but you can't help but love the pomp that comes with the draft.

Malik Willis could easily fall to the Lions at 46 here and, if that does happen, I think they'd be foolish to pass on him. Yes QB can be a tough one to get right but he's absolutely worth a shot at that pick. Has a much higher ceiling than Pickett imo.

EDIT: Just saw the Texans traded up. Has to be for QB..

EDIT2: Or not...

Itssoeasy

The Viking’s pick was amazing.

Faugheen

Paschal is a great pick, but I don't know if he's a good pick for the Lions when Willis and Nakobe Dean were right there for them.

Oat23

Justin Fields has a questionable line and very few targets and the Bears are stacking DBs through the draft.

Not that the picks are bad but we're doing nothing to help the kid succeed.

eagle eye

Jets have rely toed up.

Patriots took a big speedster in Tyquan Thornton, could be exciting.

Still only one QB off the board.

eagle eye

Pick 85 is Marcus Jones, not sure how he'll do as a corner in the NFL but he'll be exciting as a kick returner.

He had nine kick/punt return TDs in his college career. He averaged over 28 yards on kick returns and over 14 yards on punt returns.

He has speed, hopefully the Patriots can work on him and turn him into a solid starter on defense.

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CMcsporty

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Faugheen

I've Linderbaum as one of the Top 5 players in the draft. Excellent prospect.

The_Honeybadger

Feel bad for Willis falling all that way down the board, must have been agonising sitting there waiting for his name to be called. The media obviously hyped him up above any assessment teams had on him but it’s still surprising that nobody took a flyer on him earlier.