Your draft picks are in! Predict where they go?

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1.  Do any UM players get drafted TONIGHT (1st round) and, if so, by whom?

2.  Which UM players go TOMORROW night (2d & 3d rounds)?  (Kudos if you wanna pick where but that's really a crap shoot).

I will say:  Jabrill tonight by the Saints (last pick) -- they need defense something fierce, their coach likes UM, Jabrill even opens up a possible weapon for Brees time to time, plus they get special teams covered.

Tomorrow -- Taco and Jake.  Lewis's legal thing notsogood for his draft status.

Alumnus93

April 27th, 2017 at 11:03 AM ^

Mags, times are a changin'.  In my 40 year Lion fandom, not until Quinn recently came along, thanks to Ms. Martha Ford, have we truly prioritized the lines, and/or understood the vast importance of the trenches, and he has acted accordingly, in draft and in FA recently, when he snagged Lang from GB which has GB fuming.

 Quinn gets it, and in a few more drafts, we will be built to last, and that is when the incidental winning happens, and when you can really make a run.  I will be watching intently this draft, if he continues stacking the trenches.

lilpenny1316

April 27th, 2017 at 12:08 PM ^

..."my 40 year Lion fandom".  j/k

I think this is the first time since the Barry years where there's real reason for hope.  But Ansah's rookie deal expires after the season and Stafford is also looking at a new contract.  I don't see how the Lions make this work without crippling the salary cap in the future.  Hopeful, but still concerned.

DCGrad

April 27th, 2017 at 9:23 AM ^

tonight sees JP and Taco gone.

Tomorrow I bet JD, Wormley, and maybe Butt.

Day 3 sees a lot of guys go, Darboh, Chesson early. Don't sleep on Clark either. Recovering from injury hurt him quite a bit, but he's got good size and film.

Michwolve05

April 27th, 2017 at 9:27 AM ^

Would like to see the lions take Taco but feel they have bigger concerns at LB.  I think JP goes to the Steelers tonight and Taco to the Cowboys.  Lewis and Wormley in the 3rd, the receivers in the 4th and the rest after.  I do think Clark and Stribbs both get drafted.

MGOENGINEER

April 27th, 2017 at 9:30 AM ^

Taco - 1st

Jabrill - 2nd

Wormley - 3rd

Lewis - 3rd

Butt - 4th

Glasgow - 5th

Darboh - 6th

Magnuson - 6th

Stribling - 6th

Chesson - 7th

Gedeon - 7th

Outliers: Hill, Thomas

mgobaran

April 27th, 2017 at 10:08 AM ^

Literally everyone on 97.1 talks about Taco like he is a reach for the Lions now. Freaking Stoney refered to him as a situational pass rusher! 

He exploded as a senior only because he was used less as a junior. His numbers his junior year told everyone he would be one of the best DE this season, and he played up to the hype. And he isn't Just a Pass Rusher(tm). He is stout against the run, plays within his rushing lane really well, and can literally run a LT back into his QB. 

Guy is a stud. 

 

Caille33

April 27th, 2017 at 9:48 AM ^

Taco goes to Dallas at 28 is my guess.  Unless one of the top 2-3 CBs fall further than expected or Barnett is somehow still on the board.  

Peppers, Wormley, Butt and Lewis all go tomorrow hopefully!!  I could see Peppers going with one of the last 2-3 picks tonight but I thinks it's more likely he is an early second rounder.

Perkis-Size Me

April 27th, 2017 at 9:54 AM ^

Two Wolverines go in the first round tonight:

Taco goes to the Bucs. They trade back from the 19th spot to pick up maybe a 3rd or 4th round pick, pass on Cook, and decide to help out their DL. Right now McCoy is the only real difference maker they have on the line. 

Peppers gets picked up by the Cowboys. With their entire secondary depleted, Jones will be looking to add some versatility in the back end of the defense. Peppers provides that and more, and maybe occasionally gives their offense another weapon to in certain packages. Trying to defend against Prescott, Bryant, Elliott and Peppers, all with the best OL in the game, would be a near impossible task.

I think Jake going in the first round is highly unlikely. He's torn his ACL twice, and even though he's a proven commodity, there's no telling what he'll be like when he gets back. Even if he was healthy I'd think he's a round 2 guy. I'm thinking he's a day two or very early day three kind of guy. He won't last past round 4. 

I think Lewis, Butt and possibly Wormley get called tomorrow. Maaaaaybe Glasgow, but I'm thinking he's more likely a Day 3 guy. 

1VaBlue1

April 27th, 2017 at 11:49 AM ^

If Taco is available at #19, the Bucs better take him if they want him!  He won't last much further than that, and I wouldn't trust that he'd be there were I that GM.

I see Taco in the first.  Peppers, IMO, was a first round lock until the diluted sample.  That moved him to the second.  But I would be ecstatic to see Quinn take him at #21!!  Won't happen, but he would fit nicely.  I'd also be very pleased to see Cook taken by Quinn at 21 if Taco isn't there.

BlueWon

April 27th, 2017 at 10:09 AM ^

when it comes to Butt's draft position.

I have a friend who is a scout with the Bengals and they don't have him in their top four. Part of that is his injury but they were never very high on his ability to get seperation in the NFL. They don't currently have him in their top four TE's.

Michigan4Life

April 27th, 2017 at 10:26 AM ^

TE class is deep with elite athletes. Jake Butt's 2 ACL injuries is hurting his stock and the fact that he's an average athlete (especially when you compare to the rest like Howard, Njoku, Kittle, Shaheen, Engram, Hodges), it doesn't help his case at all.

4th round is the earliest that I can see him getting drafted but 5th round seems reasonable. They viewed him as a #2 TE and is similiar to Indy Colts TE, Jack Doyle.

WorldwideTJRob

April 27th, 2017 at 10:12 AM ^

I think there is a team out there leaking all this bad news on Jabrill with the hopes he falls to them late in the 1st round. I predict both he and Taco will get selected tonight.

Everyone Murders

April 27th, 2017 at 10:14 AM ^

I think Taco Charlton goes in the first, with Peppers high in the second and Wormley in the middle of the second.  Butt slips to the third, and Darboh and Chesson go in the fourth or fifth.  All of which is a WAG, without much research.

The fun thing will be if Malik McDowell slips into the late second round or the third round.  Especially after the Connor Cook debacle last year.  WOTS is that McDowell's interviews were among the worst ever at the combine, and certainly some of the worst this year.  "Come to Michigan State, where even if you somehow avoid trouble with the law and display exceptional potential, people still question your character and drive."

WestQuad

April 27th, 2017 at 10:22 AM ^

You wonder if going to Michigan would have changed his character or not.   His mom wanted him at Michigan, but he wanted to hang with his bad influence friends at MSU.  Kudos to him for at least staying out of trouble on a team that has had a lot of trouble.

DCGrad

April 27th, 2017 at 10:49 AM ^

the Lions guys I have been reading say there's no way the Lions take McDowell. Some in the organization think he will keep being the same person he is if he stays in Michigan. A change of scene would probably benefit him. But I think he is a fringe day 2/early day 3 guy. High upside but high risk.

ak47

April 27th, 2017 at 10:24 AM ^

I'd be pretty shocked if peppers went in the first round. Think taco is the only shot to have his name called tonight. Wormley and peppers tomorrow night. Maybe Lewis or butt sneaks into the back half of the third round

Magnus

April 27th, 2017 at 10:32 AM ^

Peppers is pegged as a 1st rounder in a lot of mock drafts, and even where he's not, he's looked at as a high 2nd round pick. It's pretty common for those guys to slip into the 1st round and push some low 1st rounders into the 2nd round.

It may not be likely, but it shouldn't be shocking at all.

ak47

April 27th, 2017 at 12:49 PM ^

I'd be very surprised.  These guys have a lot of insider information.  The fact that Peppers is all over the place either means every team has putting out smokescreens on him or more likely no team is targeting him with their first round pick leading to a lack of rumors for the analysts to use.  I mean sure it could happen, but I'd say over 80% chance he isn't picked in the first which to me would qualify as shocked.

The People's Jones

April 27th, 2017 at 10:29 AM ^

Never saw pep as a 1, doesn't really have a position. Jack of all master of none applies here.

Michigan4Life

April 27th, 2017 at 10:48 AM ^

Taco: early 2nd

Jabrill: early 2nd

Wormley: mid 2nd

Darboh: mid to late 3rd

Lewis: late 3rd to UDFA (has DV trail plus stuck in the deepest CB class in years)

Butt: mid 4th to early 5th

Hill: 6th

Chesson: 6th

Gedeon: 6th

Stribling: 6th

Clark: 6th

Glasgow: 7th

Thomas: 7th to UDFA

Braden: 7th to UDFA

Kalis: 7th to UDFA

Smith: UDFA

Magnuson: UDFA

Magnus

April 27th, 2017 at 10:37 AM ^

That's...good?

I mean, if the NFL decides to take a stand against criminals and abusers, then good for them. It seems an odd place to start with Lewis, but as long as they apply it to Joe Mixon and others, then I'm okay with it.

Personally, I think Lewis is going to get drafted. The NFL hasn't shown in the past that it cares THAT much about stuff like this, and Frank Clark is a familiar example from just two years ago.