2016 BZ Pick-A-Day: 17. Atlanta Falcons

[DraftBoy]

1. Tennessee Titans - OT Laremy Tunsil, Ole Miss
2. Cleveland Browns - QB Jared Goff, Cal
3. San Diego Chargers - DB Jalen Ramsey, FSU
4. Dallas Cowboys - DE Joey Bosa, Ohio State
5. Jacksonville Jaguars - LB Myles Jack, UCLA
6. Baltimore Ravens - OT Ronnie Stanley, Notre Dame
7. San Francisco 49ers - QB Carson Wentz, North Dakota State
8. Philadelphia Eagles - RB Ezekial Elliott, Ohio State
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11. Chicago Bears - OT Jack Conklin, Michigan State
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13. Miami Dolphins - CB Eli Apple, Ohio State
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16. Detroit Lions - OT Taylor Decker, Ohio State
17. Atlanta Falcons - ON THE CLOCK
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[YardRat]

Re: 2016 BZ Pick-A-Day: 17. Atlanta Falcons

Jesus Christ GV sleeps in during the week, he probably won't open his eyes until mid-afternoon on a Sunday. Lazy bastard.

[DraftBoy]

Re: 2016 BZ Pick-A-Day: 17. Atlanta Falcons

Jesus Christ GV sleeps in during the week, he probably won't open his eyes until mid-afternoon on a Sunday. Lazy bastard.

On weekends, you can go crazy and vote before he does.

[Scumbag College]

Re: 2016 BZ Pick-A-Day: 17. Atlanta Falcons

Shaq Lawson here. ATL's D is a mess on the DL and at DB.

[swiper]

Re: 2016 BZ Pick-A-Day: 17. Atlanta Falcons

E.Ogbah, Oklahoma St, DE/OLB

[Ginger Vitis]

Re: 2016 BZ Pick-A-Day: 17. Atlanta Falcons

Jesus Christ GV sleeps in during the week, he probably won't open his eyes until mid-afternoon on a Sunday. Lazy bastard.

Indeed... Shaq lawson

[YardRat]

Re: 2016 BZ Pick-A-Day: 17. Atlanta Falcons

On weekends, you can go crazy and vote before he does.

YAY!!!

Hmmm...LBer, WR, DE or center?

Shaq Lawson and Graham Glasgow are the only ones that fit that list and have been in for a private workout, and Glasgow should be there in the second round at least, so I'm going with DE Lawson.

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Indeed... Shaq lawson

LOL...bastard. Good pick, though.

[DraftBoy]

Re: 2016 BZ Pick-A-Day: 17. Atlanta Falcons

E.Ogbah, Oklahoma St, DE/OLB

You like Ogbah over Lawson, or is this more scheme fit?

[DraftBoy]

Re: 2016 BZ Pick-A-Day: 17. Atlanta Falcons

YAY!!!

You know owe the BZNC a $10,000 donation.

-DB Wasserman

[YardRat]

Re: 2016 BZ Pick-A-Day: 17. Atlanta Falcons

You know owe the BZNC a $10,000 donation.

-DB Wasserman

OK, but you're going to have to give a behind-closed-doors speech to my stockholders.

[scartown]

Re: 2016 BZ Pick-A-Day: 17. Atlanta Falcons

Ragland

[Lone Stranger]

Re: 2016 BZ Pick-A-Day: 17. Atlanta Falcons

Kevin Dodd, DE, Clemson

[Ed]

Re: 2016 BZ Pick-A-Day: 17. Atlanta Falcons

DE Shaq Lawson - Clemson

[Dr. Who]

Re: 2016 BZ Pick-A-Day: 17. Atlanta Falcons

Shaq Lawson

[swiper]

Re: 2016 BZ Pick-A-Day: 17. Atlanta Falcons

You like Ogbah over Lawson, or is this more scheme fit?

http://profootballwarroom.com/

The problem is that the public perception of Lawson doesn't seem to match that of NFL talent evaluators. They see him as a very good prospect, just not a Top 10 prospect.Independent NFL draft analyst Nolan Nawrocki, after talking to numerous scouts and personnel executives, has Lawson as a Top 40 pick. He grades him as his 24^thoverall prospect, and the ninth-best defensive lineman. He's behind players such as Dodd and Penn State defensive lineman Austin Johnson.

It's unlikely Nawrocki's ninth-best defensive lineman is the 10^th overall pick. The reasons seem to show with the Scout's Take in Nawrocki's book "NFL Draft 2016 Preview":

"(Lawson) received a lot of hype because Clemson was No. 1 in the country. People are going to say he was an elite rusher. Maybe at 260 he could be. He played at 279 and 284 during the year, and he looked it."

Nawrock lists in Lawson's weaknesses that he "lacks ideal edge burst and acceleration to take the corner." That is what his tape shows as a two-year reserve and one-year starter. But his Combine numbers may say differently.

Lawson weighed 269 at the event in late February.

Still, the perception of NFL teams appears to be that he's more of a mid-first-round pick than a Top 10 selection.

Here are scouts from three different teams (as told to NJ Advance Media's Mark Eckel):

"He's a good player. He has a good burst and some explosiveness, but he's not real dynamic. He's a first-round pick, but not as high in the first round as some people think."

http://www.nj.com/giants/index.ssf/2016/04/why_clemson_de_shaq_lawson_wont_be_the_giants_pick.html

The ZONE GMs have him rated higher that he should be.