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[QUOTE="timkay99, post: 2870989, member: 635"]
I know you know this from conversations on the basketball board about draft guys, but utilizing the draft prognosticators, while they are the best at what they do publically, are almost throwing things at the wall to see what sticks at this stage of the draft process.  I can't talk with certainty about NFL scouting processes, but have experience with MLB teams and have area scouts as friends.  We'd always laugh at things the draft guys would write and their write-ups because things just don't make sense that they would write in reports (and in baseball, there is a definite follow the pack in terms of public rankings).

Similarly, that's why I say I've always thought he is a 3rd rounder.  In the end, the right to draft players allows your opinion on a guy to be the one that matters.  Doesn't mean I am right or wrong (not like I am qualified to evaluate NFL talent, even if I am right - it isn't for the right reasons), just what my entirely flawed thoughts are.  I note the tools I see above, but he is essentially a plug and play for rotation in the NFL with my view at a desirable position.  He's not a plug and play starter like some of the first and second rounders you expect to be impact dudes.  The scale I use for NFL draft rounds are 1-2 = instant impact, 3-4 = plug and play depth, 5-7 = upside project/fill out roster numbers.

I view Conway and Custis (more for specials) as 6th-7th rounders.
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