Mock 1/8

[kccrow]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Ryan Connelly...exists. I have nothing to really say about him. I'd probably prefer we look at interior OL with that pick if he's the best of the edge defenders still sitting around at that spot. He just doesn't seem to have a true fit anywhere. Seems more of a SAM in a 4-3 than someone with a home in a 3-4. I guess they could view him as a long-term hybrid LB/SS but that's kinda what O'Daniel is for. I dunno - can't see a role I really like for him on this squad.

Connelly, to me, is the better pro prospect at LB coming out of Wisconsin. All the hype goes to T.J. Edwards but he's slow. Connelly is a really good player in all facets. He's not the jump off your screen guy, he's just the guy always getting the job done doing a lot of dirty work. Sticks his nose into the gap to close things off. Even if he can't make the tackle he's forcing a guy to make a decision and flow to others. I love his game much more than guys like Pratt, Dye, and so on who don't take on blocks. I think he fits perfectly on the inside in a 3-4.

And thanks for a thought out response. I'm not sure what to make of most of the posts in this thread because there isn't much I can do with "this sucks" and so on. What sucks? Why does it suck? I will say that my original rendition of this had Deiter from Wisconsin as the 2nd rounder over Mattison and then Armstead at RB in the 5th. That's the only change I made last minute.