Personally assuming 1st round Edge rushers are gone, I like Dre'Mont Jones, DT, Ohio State if he is there @ 1.26 and Wilkins is gone.

Don't really want to "Red Shirt" Jeffery Simmons @ 2.02, injury and assault charge kind of takes him off my board.

I would rather get best edge available. Just my opinion.

Fine with Tillery as well should Jones be gone.

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Curious if anyone has ever went back and graded all of these talking heads mock drafts? See if any of these guys are any better than us un-paid amateurs !!! :cool:

It's funny how off some of these guys are in mocks.

So, it's looking like we won't even have a shot at a top FA pass rusher. They just don't become FA's. I sometimes wonder if we should have entered the Khalil Mack sweepstakes.

I keep going over the draft and I don't see a good pass rusher dropping to us. They are all gone and I don't like the idea of reaching for a Ferguson or Ximines.

Mocks are entertaining but useless, especially before FA.

If you think he might be a Fletcher Cox type player would you take him then?

Jones came in light and had a poor combine showing that makes his athleticism, which was one of his biggest selling points, come into question. Tillery, OTOH, is exactly what Eberflus wants in a DL if his time with Dallas and here last year is any indication. Tillery is big, long, fast for his size, and weighed in just under 300 pounds. From strictly a size and athleticism perspective, Tillery is very similar to David Irving (and again I stress, this comparison is limited to body type and on field play style), a player who produced very well when he was on the field for Dallas. If the choice is between Tillery, Jones, and Jaylon Ferguson or someone of the like at 26, Tillery is the pick for me easily.

I like the idea of picking up Simmons at 34 because he's a top 15-20 talent in this draft, but I can understand the argument against.

I think in this draft, unless someone like Clelin Ferrell unexpectedly falls, the value at edge rusher likely won't be there until the end of Round 2.

I agree, I just thought it was stupid to see the Colts getting a WR, then seeing the Chiefs or Cheaters(!) get Ferrell, since that would NEVER happen with Ballard as GM.

Based on what Ballard did with Leonard and Smith last year, I expect him to take his top-rated EDGE at 34 rather than risk the wait. That's assuming he doesn't go ahead and do it at 26.

Watched Ohio State couple times and Jones impressed me, had not looked at combine results. I don't put in much time watching combine, probably should. As a ND fan I am fine with Tillery as well. :cool: