WP: Jason La Canfora's Mock Draft

[30gut]

Originally Posted by WaldSkins

Isn't he 5'10". We need a big target not another small receiver.

No we don't need a 'big' target, we need a good receiver

Originally Posted by Dirtbag359

If you're talking about Manningham the answer is no. He's list at 6'0 1/4 inch. Yes I know he's still small but at the same time he's the best playmaker from that group and it's possible that his ability might make the front office look past the fact that the he's not a "big" guy. However if Vinny's serious aboth the 2nd teir of Recievers then the canidates are Manningham, Nelson, Donnie Avery, Earl Bennett, Jerome Simpson (This is a guy I would look at very carefully, if the Skins pass on Jordy and Manningham then this guy might be the next best thing), and Harry Douglas

I like Jerome Simpson with the 3rd round comp pick
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You didn't mention Will Franklin or Paul Hubbard?
Will Franklin (6-1/214/4.37)
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Paul Hubbard (6-2/ 221/4.39-4.49)
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Whaddya think?

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by 30gut

No we don't need a 'big' target, we need a good receiver



I like Jerome Simpson with the 3rd round comp pick
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You didn't mention Will Franklin or Paul Hubbard?
Will Franklin (6-1/214/4.37)
NFL Events: Combine Player Profiles - Will Franklin
http://missouri.rivals.com/video.asp...ge&vidid=33274
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Paul Hubbard (6-2/ 221/4.39-4.49)
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Whaddya think?

I don't know. I think that scouts consider the guys you listed might be the top of third tier. I guess that guys that are predicted to fall in the late third through the fourth round are consdered third tier guys and right now I think the Redskins want to be safe and not overpay or overdraft the first tier (Sweed, Thomas, Kelly) but at the same time not let the guys from the second teir pass them by (Manningham, Nelson, Avery). Yet it's still very possible that Hubbard and Franklin could get drafted, given they have decent college numbers and measureables that rival that of DJ Hacket.

However given the priority placed by the front office at wide reciever I doubt that they don't end up with at least one guy from the top of the second tier.

I think the answer to your question of "could the Skin's draft these guys" is what tier of tight ends was Chris Cooley in. If cooley was a third tier guy then it's very possible that the Skin's could draft one of the two guys you listed.

[SeanTaylor21]

Originally Posted by 30gut

No we don't need a 'big' target, we need a good receiver



I like Jerome Simpson with the 3rd round comp pick
Jerome*Simpson, WR, Coastal Carolina - 2008 NFL Draft Scout Profile, Powered by The SportsXchange
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Whaddya think?

Jerome Simpson would be a great addition to our team, he has reliable hands, a good red zone target, and rarely drops a pass.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by SeanTaylor21

Jerome Simpson would be a great addition to our team, he has reliable hands, a good red zone target, and rarely drops a pass.

I'm starting to think that Skin's also might be taking a long hard look at the other Caldwell. The guy has the combination of size and speed that the Skins are looking for as well as the intangibles that a guy like Gibb's would be proud of.

Initially I was hoping that the team wasn't going to look at him since he never had a 1,000 yards recieving in college but in light of his percieved attributes and football IQ I'm hoping that the team gives him a long hard look. Now that I think about, maybe Vinny was right about the second tier of Recievers. They are a pretty good groupe. Only guy I don't really understand is Early Douchet. I mean seriously, why do scouts go crazy over LSU's slot recievers?

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So with that said the second tier guys that will probably get the longest and hardest look will be Mario Manningham, Andre Caldwell, Jerome Simpson, and Jordy Nelson. Come draft day one of those four will probably be a Redskin. At this point my moneys on Jordy Nelson or Jerome Simpson

[SeanTaylor21]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag359

Only guy I don't really understand is Early Douchet. I mean seriously, why do scouts go crazy over LSU's slot recievers?

If we pick Early Doucet any earlier than the third round it would be way too high for him, he ran like a 4.7 at pro day, some TE's run better than that, I know he has reliable hands but he has no speed.