NFL Draft

2018 NFL Draft: Scouting The Quarterbacks

April 23, 2018
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The quarterbacks in this draft has been a source of discussion for the past two years. Teams that need quarterbacks have been looking to this draft with anticipation since 2016. Sam Darnold, Josh Allen, Josh Rosen Baker Mayfield and Lamar Jackson have been evaluated and dissected. Talent evaluators across the board have different opinions on all of them. They all have strengths but they also have their fair share of…

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2018 NFL Draft: Scouting the Running Backs

April 22, 2018
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The running back position is stacked in this draft. It has been the deepest this position has been in over ten years. Saquon Barkley heads the group. He is the best running back to enter the draft since Adrian Peterson in 2007. Barkley is a better prospect than Ezekiel Elliott was in 2015. I know it is hard to believe considering how good Elliott had been but Barkley is a…

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2018 NFL Draft: Scouting the Wide Receivers

April 21, 2018
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The wide receiver position is usually a position of strength in the draft. 25 receivers have gone in the first round since 2012. Six were drafted in 2015 alone. It would be shocking if more than two receivers were drafted in the first round of this draft. Here are top twenty receivers and some thoughts on the position. XNOJOE’s Top 20 Receivers 1. Calvin Ridley, Alabama, 6-1 190 2. Courtland…

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2018 NFL Draft: Scouting the Tight Ends

April 20, 2018
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The tight end position has evolved in the last ten years. Tight ends are no longer big, vertical targets that strictly line up next to the offensive tackle and run block first. Tight ends are athletes now. They are mixed and matched within personnel groupings and line up as split ends or in the slot. Tight ends are used to generate match ups now. The 2018 class has a handful…

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2018 NFL Draft: Scouting the Offensive Tackles

April 19, 2018
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Offensive tackle has always been the strongest offensive line position in the NFL draft but that is not the case in this draft. It is a position with two tackles possibly going in the first round. After Notre Dame’s Mike McGlinchey and UCLA’s Kolton Miller, there is a drop off at the position. Texas’ Conor Williams and Oklahoma’s Orlando Brown have first round talent but teams have reservations about both…

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2018 NFL Draft: Scouting the Guards

April 16, 2018
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The guard position in this draft is as good as I have seen in my twenty of years of covering the NFL draft. Quenton Nelson is the best guard prospect I have watched on tape since David DeCastro. He has everything you are looking physically and technically. There are not many flaws in his game. Here are our top ten guards and some thoughts on the position. XNOJOE’S Top Ten…

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2018 NFL Draft: Mock Draft 2.0

April 14, 2018
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The Browns are going to shock the football world and take Josh Allen number one overall. My second of three mock draft is here. There are some changed at the top based on pro days and some of the chatter that is circulating around teams at the top of the draft. Here is our second mock draft of the pre-draft process. 1. Cleveland Browns: Josh Allen, QB, Wyoming: Where there is…

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2018 NFL Draft: Scouting the Centers

April 13, 2018
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The center position has experienced a revival of sorts in recent years. Gone are the days of the short, compact center. Teams are now looking for centers who have size, length and offer versatility. Offensive line coaches want centers who can also kick outside and play guard. Here are our top ten centers in this draft. XNOJOE’S Top Ten Centers 1. Billy Price, Ohio State, 6-4 305 2. James Daniels,…

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2018 NFL Draft: Scouting the Defensive Tackles

April 12, 2018
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The defensive tackle position is home to some of the best pure talent in this draft. There are five tackles in this class who could go in the first round and make an immediate impact as rookies Here are our top 20 defensive tackles in the 2018 NFL Draft. XNOJOE’S Top 20 Defensive Tackles 1. Vita Vea, Washington, 6-4 337 2. Da’Ron Payne, Alabama, 6-2 311 3. Maurice Hurst, Michigan,…

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2018 NFL Draft: Scouting the Defensive Ends

April 8, 2018
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As many as five defensive ends could go in the first round round in what is a top heavy class at this position. Here are our top twenty defensive ends. 1. Bradley Chubb, N.C State, 6-4 269 2. Marcus Davenport, USTA, 6-6 264 3. Harold Landry, Boston College, 6-2 252 4. Sam Hubbard, Ohio State, 6-5 270 5. Arden Key, LSU, 6-5 238 6. Lorenzo Carter, Georgia 6-5 251 7….

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