The first run of defensive players started with Arizona taking Temple's Haason Reddick at No. 13, which drew a big cheer from the huge crowd at Philadelphia's Museum of Art city officials estimated 100,000 attended the Draft Experience. Their first selection was not scheduled until pick No. 145 of the fifth round.
Bucs coach Dirk Koetter said after the draft that he wants Tampa Bay to be known as a "bad-ass team". 145 and 175 to the Denver Broncos and also received No. 252, the second-last pick of the draft.
Many teams are believers in allowing a quarterback to sit and learn for a year or two, think of it as a redshirt year.
I said in my mock draft that I wanted to give the 49ers Solomon Thomas at #2 overall, but I was hesitant to give them a first round defensive line player for the third year in a row. This is the same team that started 2016 fourth-round pick Tajae Sharpe at receiver all last season despite ho-hum production.
San Francisco rookie general manager John Lynch made the trade with the Bears and gained a third- and fourth-rounder this year and a third-rounder next year to move down one spot and pick superb pass rusher Solomon Thomas from Stanford.
But, hey, ratings are ratings, and ESPN management will likely take all the positives they can get at this point.
John Guidetti confident Celta Vigo can upset Manchester United at Old Trafford
He said: "We are playing a lot of games and we are playing to get to a European final and for us that is fundamental". Previous year we scored three goals away against Atletico Madrid to go through and their defence is very strong.
Every need for the Packers was addressed during the draft. The team upgraded talent at positions where safety Tony Jefferson and linebacker Kevin Minter left in free agency. He was expected to go much sooner than he did, and he's a long target for Rodgers to hit at WR.
In all, five first round picks (including the picks they were selected with) and four third round picks were invested in these young quarterbacks.
Stanford's Christian McCaffery shot up the draft boards and landed with the Carolina Panthers at No.8.
Leonard Fournette to the Jacksonville Jaguars will bring a new offensive style and potentially some hope to a team that needs it. They let picks fall to them, and only adding more picks would have been better. "I'm looking forward to wearing the Bears jersey". This draft was heavy on defense, especially CBs, so it will be interesting to see who pans out and improves their team's defense.
UCLA's Takkarist McKinley, right, hugs Deon Sanders after McKinley was selected by the Atlanta Falcons during the first round of the 2017 NFL football draft, Thursday, April 27, 2017, in Philadelphia.
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