Last years prospects + This years prospects

[Jakey]

Im interested to see how you think last years prospects would be ranked if they were prospects for the upcoming draft. Please try not to let last years rookie success' make you bias...rank them together as prospects :)
For instance...

RB:

1: Darren McFadden
2: Rashard Mendenhall
3: Jonathan Stewart
4: Beanie Wells
5: Knowshon Moreno
6: Donald Brown
7: Matt Forte
8: Lesean Mccoy
9: Kevin Smith
10: Felix Jones

Thats just a quick example...but you get the idea ;)

[JRTPlaya21]

OT:

1. Jake Long
2. Gosder Cherilus
3. Jason Smith
4. Eugene Monroe
5. Ryan Clady
6. Jeff Otah
7. Andre Smith
8. Michael Oher
9. Eben Britton
10. Branden Albert

Btw no Chris Johnson for you?

[Jakey]

OT:

1. Jake Long
2. Gosder Cherilus
3. Jason Smith
4. Eugene Monroe
5. Ryan Clady
6. Jeff Otah
7. Andre Smith
8. Michael Oher
9. Eben Britton
10. Branden Albert

Btw no Chris Johnson for you?

Mannn, OT's a hard one to rank. Props for even attempting it :|

And i thought about Chris Johnson, but all those other RB's were definative 1st to 2nd rounders...CJ was widely viewed as a 2nd to 3rd rounder, and seens as a reach by the Titans. But heck...it sure payed off! XD

EDIT: In fact scratch that...i was thinking about Johnsons projection before his absurd combine resluts. Yeah i'd probably rank him in the 6 to 10 range.

[JRTPlaya21]

Thanks yeah it was a tad tough. I think an idea of like comparing the top 10 at each position over like the past 5 or so drafts would be neat too.

[TACKLE]

OT:

1. Jake Long
2. Gosder Cherilus
3. Jason Smith
4. Eugene Monroe
5. Ryan Clady
6. Jeff Otah
7. Andre Smith
8. Michael Oher
9. Eben Britton
10. Branden Albert

Btw no Chris Johnson for you?

Gosder Cherilus #2? He was the 5th ranked OT last year and would probably be 4th this year.

Here's mine.

1. Jason Smith
2. Jake Long
3. Eugene Monroe
4. Ryan Clady
5. Jeff Otah
6. Andre Smith
7. Branden Albert
8. Michael Oher
9. Chris Williams
10. Gosder Cherilus

DE (4-3)
1. Chirs Long
2. Vernon Gholston
3. Brian Orakpo
4. Derrick Harvey
5. Everette Brown

CB
1. Leodis McKelvin
2. DRC
3. Mike Jenkins
4. Malcolm Jenkins
5. Aqib Talib
6. Vontae Davis
7. Antoine Cason
8. Brandon Flowers
9. Darius Butler
10. Tracy Porter

[Michigan]

If we're talking about as prospects:

OT:
1. Jake Long
2. Jason Smith
3. Eugene Monroe
4. Michael Oher
5. Ryan Clady
6. Andre Smith
7. Chris Williams
8. Branden Albert
9. Jeff Otah
10. Godser Cherilus

QB
1. Matthew Stafford
2. Matt Ryan
3. Mark Sanchez
4. Joe Flacco
5. Josh Freeman

[JRTPlaya21]

I'd put Flowers at 3 and I was just coming up with something kinda quick on the tackles.

[TACKLE]

I'd put Flowers at 3 and I was just coming up with something kinda quick on the tackles.

I absolutely love Flowers. He's on of my favorite defensive players in the NFL and was amazing at VaTech. But I still don't think he's be the #3 CB at 5'9 with a high 4.5 forty.

[Jakey]

I absolutely love Flowers. He's on of my favorite defensive players in the NFL and was amazing at VaTech. But I still don't think he's be the #3 CB at 5'9 with a high 4.5 forty.

Yeah i'll second that man. I had a boner for Flowers for years. But as far as prospects go, i couldnt put him that high.

[JRTPlaya21]

Yeah he wasn't ranked as high as some of those guys coming out.

[Splat]

I absolutely love Flowers. He's on of my favorite defensive players in the NFL and was amazing at VaTech. But I still don't think he's be the #3 CB at 5'9 with a high 4.5 forty.

I'm just glad so many teams thought he was to small and slow to go first round so the Chiefs could steal him in round two suckers....:)

[TheBuffaloBills]

This is a cool thread.

TE:

1) Brandon Pettigrew

2) Dustin Keller

3) Shawn Nelson

4) John Carlson

5) Jared Cook

6) Fred Davis

7) Chase Coffman

8) Martin Rucker

9) Travis Beckum

10) Cornelius Ingram

[jj45]

Wr
1 Micheal Crabtree
2. Desean Jackson
3. Jeremy Maclin
4. Malcom Kelly
5. Devin Thomas
6. Dhb
7. Kenny britt
8. Percy Harvin
9. Limas Sweed
10. Donnie avery

[Malaka]

S

1. Kenny Phillips
2. Louis Delmas
3. Tyrell Johnson
4. William Moore
5. Rashad Johnson
6. Patrick Chung
7. DaJuan Morgan
8. Reggie Smith
9. Tom Zbikowski
10. Michael Hamlin

WR

1. Michael Crabtree
2. Jeremy Maclin
3. Darrius Heyward-Bey
4. Percy Harvin
5. Kenny Britt
6. Hakeem Nicks
7. Devin Thomas
8. Brian Robiskie
9. Limas Sweed
10. DeSean Jackson

Easy ones :P

[TheBuffaloBills]

Wr
1 Micheal Crabtree
2. Desean Jackson
3. Jeremy Maclin
4. Malcom Kelly
5. Devin Thomas
6. Dhb
7. Kenny britt
8. Percy Harvin
9. Limas Sweed
10. Donnie avery

I don't think Desean Jackson should be ranked that high. He is good, don't get me wrong, but I think he is neck and neck with Harvin. Maclin should be number 2 since last years WR was about depth, and not quality.

[Jakey]

I'll give WR's a shot aswell i reckonz...

1: Michael Crabtree
2: Jeremy Maclin
3: Percy Harvin
4: Darrius Heyward Bey
5: Devin Thomas
6: Desean Jackson
7: Limas Sweed
8: Kenny Britt
9: Hakeem Nicks
10: Malcom Kelly

Seems abit strange, but i think the top 4 would all be ranked higher than last years prospects...i have no idea why tbh :p

[Rjspartan]

QB:
Matt Ryan
Matt Stafford
Mark Sanchez
Joe Flacco
Josh Freeman

[JRTPlaya21]

Wr
1 Micheal Crabtree
2. Desean Jackson
3. Jeremy Maclin
4. Malcom Kelly
5. Devin Thomas
6. Dhb
7. Kenny britt
8. Percy Harvin
9. Limas Sweed
10. Donnie avery

Who is that guy in the middle of your sig?

[OneToughGame]

J-Stew > Mendenhall : P

[etk]

Im interested to see how you think last years prospects would be ranked if they were prospects for the upcoming draft. Please try not to let last years rookie success' make you bias...rank them together as prospects :)
For instance...

RB:

1: Darren McFadden
2: Rashard Mendenhall
3: Jonathan Stewart
4: Beanie Wells
5: Knowshon Moreno
6: Donald Brown
7: Matt Forte
8: Lesean Mccoy
9: Kevin Smith
10: Felix Jones

Thats just a quick example...but you get the idea ;)

How do you know I love these threads? I'll do the RBs and edit later...my memory might not be 100% with my opinions from last year though.

RB
1. Jonathan Stewart
2. Chris Wells
3. Rashard Mendenhall
4. Darren McFadden
5. Donald Brown
6. Matt Forte
7. Knowshon Moreno
8. Jamaal Charles
9. Shonn Greene
10. Felix Jones

*I have no clue where I had Chris Johnson so I left him off

QB: Let's not go there...

[SimonRath]

Gosder Cherilus #2? He was the 5th ranked OT last year and would probably be 4th this year.

Here's mine.

1. Jason Smith
2. Jake Long
3. Eugene Monroe
4. Ryan Clady
5. Jeff Otah
6. Andre Smith
7. Branden Albert
8. Michael Oher
9. Chris Williams
10. Gosder Cherilus

DE (4-3)
1. Chirs Long
2. Vernon Gholston
3. Brian Orakpo
4. Derrick Harvey
5. Everette Brown

CB
1. Leodis McKelvin
2. DRC
3. Mike Jenkins
4. Malcolm Jenkins
5. Aqib Talib
6. Vontae Davis
7. Antoine Cason
8. Brandon Flowers
9. Darius Butler
10. Tracy Porter

jason smith is not better then jake long in my mind

[Hurricanes25]

OT
1. Jake Long
2. Jason Smith
3. Ryan Clady
4. Eugene Monroe
5. Jeff Otah
6. Andre Smith
7. Michael Oher
8. Branden Albert
9. Chris Williams
10. Gosder Cherilus

[SKim172]

Purely from "as a prospect" and "how I thought of them as prospects":

1) Jonathan Stewart
2) Rashard Mendenhall
3) Ray Rice
4) Beanie Wells
5) Knowshon Moreno
6) Felix Jones
7) Darren McFadden
8) Chris Johnson
9) LeSean McCoy
10) Matt Forte
11) Donald Brown
12) Shonn Greene

I guess I'm the only one who liked last seasons RBs a lot better than this year's?

Being completely honest, this is probably how it look. I was and still am really confident in Ray Rice, though I admit being surprised at how effective he's been as third down back. I really liked Steve Slaton, but I didn't expect him to be more than a role player. I was really down on McFadden - he's done much better than I thought. Matt Forte, I confess, I hadn't really studied. All I knew was big guy who runs well - should've done my homework.

McCoy, Greene, Brown - for me, they're at pretty much the same level as prospects. They're entirely different runners, mind, but I still have questions about each of them that holds them back for me. Brown, I want to see more physical, and I wonder if he's hit his peak. Greene, I question the speed and if he's just a one-year wonder. McCoy, I'm slightly more confident in his game, but I also saw some bad habits when he struggled - the Sun Bowl, I saw him trying to bounce stuff outside, pull some fancy moves and ending up losing yardage.

I'm more confident in Moreno, but that's probably just bias.

[TACKLE]

jason smith is not better then jake long in my mind

Personally, I like Monroe more than Smith but I just put JS higher of the two because he's the favorite right now. I should have put Monroe #1, but you already quoted my post. I know Jake Long was just awesome in college, but many had serious questions on whether he could play LT in the pros. He did prove doubters wrong with a real solid season but at the draft, some thought he'd be a RT. Although he was the #1 pick, he was almost nobodies #1 player. Most had Chris Long, DMac and Dorsey ranked ahead of him. Similar situation this year but Nobody question Monroe's/Smith's ability to play LT. That's what gave them the very slight edge on the rankings.