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This draft did virtually everything it needed to do, with that said.
We got a starting nose, the best this draft had to offer. Guys like Chapman and Ta'amu may have offered better value, but we escaped this draft with the best nose on the table.
We shored up the starting line for years with Allen, and Stephenson is a fascinating risk that (a.) offers us depth at the least, and (b.) gives us the immense upside of a potential left tackle.
They lost me with Wylie and Menzie, but they regained me with a strong closing trio of Gray, Long, and Hemingway. Gray is the jack-of-all-trades guy you need to succeed, Hemingway is solid WR depth, and Long is the kind of small program gamble you take. 70 tackles with 5 sacks is crazy from the 2- and 3-tech position, which is where he played last year with SDSU.
The midrounds really bummed me out, and my cooler head prevailed with the first three. The last three were very good selections.
I give it a C+ for now, but in three years I can see this being something crazy like an A+ if Poe and Stephenson hit their ceilings and we actually find something for Wylie to do.
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