2017 NFL Draft Day 2: Recap - tubaSimulator's Blog

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2017 NFL Draft Day 2: Recap

Posted on October 16, 2017 at 06:19 PM.

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San Antonio Get Their QB; WR's Fly Off the Board
On day 2 it was the Wide Receivers who were flying off the board. With a deep and skillful class, many NFL teams were looking for an upgrade and the landslide of receiver talent started with the 49ers grabbing Luke Sullivan (Auburn) who slipped out of 1st round and down to #37. The two New York teams immediately followed, the Giants grabbing Trey Garza (USC) at #38 and the Jets picking Gabriel Rolle (Penn State) at #39. A total of 9 WR�s were picked in the 2nd round, Miami getting the last after trading places with Atlanta who had moved up to get TE Carlos Rubio ( TCU). The Dolphins selected their second rookie out of Miami University, WR Dawson Staley.

The 2nd round started off as many expected with the Express selecting a QB, but they passed on James Cave and got the their 2nd pick from Texas A&M with Jackson Mix. James Cave instead went to San Diego who�s planning for a future without Philip Rivers.

The lack of talent at MLB had Jacksonville use their first pick of the day to select Antjuan Heyward-Bey (Massachusetts) before Cleveland went with CB Cory Clayton (Miami) at #36.

The first HB was finally taken by Minnesota Vikings at #62 and it was Shariff Cromartie who was first off the board as expected. As mentioned, this HB class looks rather weak and it allowed HB Denard Dyikes (Stanford), projected to go in the 2nd round, and Malik Silvers (Oklahoma) and Lynn Reece (William & Mary), projected to go in the 3rd, to go undrafted. All three could be good options for the Express who open round 4 tomorrow.

Round 3 started the same as round 2 ended, with the Express picking CB Ladarris Braxton (Mississippi St.) on top of the 3rd right after the Steelers grabbed CB Derek Aikens (Tennessee). This was also where the Broncos had their 2nd and final pick of the 2017 draft (unless they trade back in) and they elected to go with WR Sylvester Goodwell (Buffalo). The Broncos have done a good job in free agency � although a lot of fans have been critical of the Elway�s willingness to trade away draft picks for players � and don�t have many needs on their roster so adding another weapon to develop behind D.Thomas and E.Sanders looks like a decent solution.

A few teams decided to dip into the 4th round projections as well to find their guy, the most interesting one being the Kansas City Chiefs drafting OLB Kevin Griffen from TCU. Griffen was suspended for not showing up for team activities at TCU and his draft stock might have taken a hit because of it. If the Chiefs don�t experience any disciplinary problems with Griffen, he might have been a steal in the 3rd round rather than a reach.