Grade The Cards Draft

[TJ]

C

Left a lot of value on the board at all of the 3rd day picks. John Brown was a bit of a reach, too. Logan Thomas set the tone for the rest of the day.

Drafting Powell was a wasted pick, IMO.

Really like the Bucannon, Niklas, and Martin picks.

 

[Duckjake]

I voted D for one reason:

The Brown pick was a reeeeeaaaaaccchhh based on where he was picked. No way do you use a third round pick on him. Then the other WR in the 6th was a joke of a pick and completely unneccesary in my opinion. That kid has UDFA written all over him when you had Storm Johnson still sitting there and Shayne Skov still sitting there when I felt like both were positions of need. I also felt Thomas in the 4th was a reach. I know Skov went undrafted, but I hate that 6th round pick. Absolutely hate it. Go O-Line or LB, but not that kid. Very disappointed.

Like others have said though, time will tell.

I gave it an F. Every pick was a reach. Projects. Guys they took out of desperation because the guys they really wanted were gone.

The Cards can draft they just don't have any experience drafting lower than 13.

 

[Brian]

I gave it an F. Every pick was a reach. Projects. Guys they took out of desperation because the guys they really wanted were gone.

The Cards can draft they just don't have any experience drafting lower than 13.

Not sure if you are being sarcastic, but I wouldn't go that far. I don't mind the Deone pick, and I think Niklas will be good. I just hated the reaching. Not thrilled with the kid from UNC, not thrilled with the Bama kid. Brown should be entertaining but not in the third round. Did I mention I hate the Powell pick? Why is BA saying the kid has to make the team as a special teamer? WTF is that? That's what UDFA's and backups are for.

 

[NYCARDS]

It is definitely not a flashy draft, so I can see why some would not be to thrilled about it. But I have been fooled by flashy drafts in the past, how many A drafts have we had only to be fooled. Also have laughed at some teams drafts for zero flash only to be fooled again when 1 or two years later later they churned out quality starts out of it.

I can see the thought process behind every pick and will leave it at that for now.

Ala Wendell Bryant and Matt Leinart draft year grades. Not sure what the grade we got in 2004with Fitz, Dansby ANC Dockett bit that was an A+

 

[joeshmo]

Not sure if you are being sarcastic, but I wouldn't go that far. I don't mind the Deone pick, and I think Niklas will be good. I just hated the reaching. Not thrilled with the kid from UNC, not thrilled with the Bama kid. Brown should be entertaining but not in the third round. Did I mention I hate the Powell pick? Why is BA saying the kid has to make the team as a special teamer? WTF is that? That's what UDFA's and backups are for.

Backups should be special teamers by your own account. You are dumbfounded that BA said Powell has to play special teams to start out with. Which means you were expecting us to draft a starter in the 6th round! You wanted Skov in the 6th round, guess where he would have started his career, special teams, because he would have been a back up.

 

[Catfish]

Have to give the Cards a good grade for getting the players they wanted for their plan. It would probably be of significantly less value for the draft gurus who give such grades, and for any fans who don't understand that the Cards plan is to win now, thus requiring players who can play now, (QB excepted).

 

[Duckjake]

Backups should be special teamers by your own account. You are dumbfounded that BA said Powell has to play special teams to start out with. Which means you were expecting us to draft a starter in the 6th round! You wanted Skov in the 6th round, guess where he would have started his career, special teams, because he would have been a back up.

Andre Ellington, Nick Leckey, Reggie Wells and a solid non-starter in Justin Bethel.

Heck it seems like the Cards have received as much value from the 6th round as they have the 3rd.

Though I did have to go back 6-7 years to find 6th round starters other than Ellington.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

I gave them a C cause I am going to wait and C

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

C-, trending toward a D. I posted why in a thread.

 

[RugbyMuffin]

B+

Got a starting SS, got an athletic blocking TE, got some OLB/DE depth, got a replacement for Andre Roberts/KR/PR, a project "new-age" mobile QB, depth on the DL, and a special team/speed WR

Not a bad crop of prospects.

With the team where it is, I think this is a good draft for where this roster is. The foundation is there, but there where some roles that where definitely missing.

I think the "under the radar" prospect is going to be Troy Niklas. There is a HUGE difference in running a 3rd OT out on the field to be your secondary tight end, and putting a guy out there with the potential to go out into the passing game running at a projected 4.7 or 4.8 forty yard dash.

He is just going to make the whole offense better by being the missing piece.