# Nfl draft 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 22, 2018, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-draft-2018/812909 "2018-04-22T19:23:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-draft-2018/812909/61 "2018-04-27T00:23:32Z")
Like the Barkley fit in NYC. Assuming he’s not a bust, he could give Eli 2-3 more years of mediocrity. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-draft-2018/812909/62 "2018-04-27T00:24:32Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > A guy with a decent college arm, and decent college capability, in the NFL, guaranteed to start week one with no Joe Thomas. > Over-under on how many games before he gets hurt? You forgot that he’s a twerp. I’ll give you 3.5 games. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-draft-2018/812909/63 "2018-04-27T00:25:13Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > A guy with a decent college arm, and decent college capability, in the NFL, guaranteed to start week one with no Joe Thomas. > Over-under on how many games before he gets hurt? He’s somewhat elusive at OU, and he doesn’t seem to be a complete idiot despite the PI and evading charge last year, so I think he’ll actually make it through the season without injury. Depending on who the Browns surround him with, and definitely losing Thomas is a kick in the teeth. Drafting Allen here or Jackson would have been hilarity; I actually don’t think Mayfield will be that bad for them. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-draft-2018/812909/64 "2018-04-27T00:26:42Z")
Dumb of the Giants to not try and trade back in order to get a QB here, along with some other 1 rd talent? ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-draft-2018/812909/65 "2018-04-27T00:26:48Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > And the Jets are taking a QB, I think. No non-QB is worth trading up to #3 for. Maybe they think everyone else undervalues what they think is the best QB and they’re confident they’ll get him at #3 (and if their target is mayfield they may be right). Maybe they tried to trade to #1 or #2 and failed, and so they’re doing the best they can. Either way I don’t see them making that trade for, who, Barkley? Well, if your speculation was correct, the Jets are kinda fucked now. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-draft-2018/812909/66 "2018-04-27T00:28:00Z")
If his head is in the right place, Baker Mayfield could be an above average NFL QB. Should be interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-draft-2018/812909/67 "2018-04-27T00:28:25Z")
I didn’t know the Jets picked up Teddy Bridgewater in the off season. Is he not still considered a prospect? Did he never fully recover from his injury? ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-draft-2018/812909/68 "2018-04-27T00:28:34Z")
> [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > Drafting Allen here or Jackson would have been hilarity; I actually don’t think Mayfield will be that bad for them. If he’s the next Manziel the Browns will fucking implode to a degree never before imagined. It’s a non-zero possibility. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-draft-2018/812909/69 "2018-04-27T00:29:33Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > A guy with a decent college arm, and decent college capability, in the NFL, guaranteed to start week one with no Joe Thomas. > Over-under on how many games before he gets hurt? That was supposed to be escapeability not capability, but auto corrected because it’s not a word, and I have a cold. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-draft-2018/812909/70 "2018-04-27T00:30:11Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > I didn’t know the Jets picked up Teddy Bridgewater in the off season. Is he not still considered a prospect? Did he never fully recover from his injury? Pretty sure he’s not expected to be ready for week 1. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-draft-2018/812909/71 "2018-04-27T00:32:16Z")
Haha Jets took another USC QB. Didn’t they learn from the last time? ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-draft-2018/812909/72 "2018-04-27T00:32:18Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > If he’s the next Manziel the Browns will fucking implode to a degree never before imagined. It’s a non-zero possibility. He didn’t seem to have the off-the-field warning signs, or at least, as many of them, as Manziel. I haven’t heard, e.g, of any of Mayfield’s friends/posse/hangers-on being media personalities like that one cretinous friend of Manziel’s. Then again, draft news hasn’t been as overwhelming down in Houston this year like it was during Manziel’s draft. No billboards have been taken out, urging the Texans to draft anyone, unlike Manziel’s time. Though I don’t want my team leader doing things like running from the cops a year prior to my team deciding to use the #1 pick on him. That said, Winston did some stupid stuff prior to the draft, and he seemed to turn out OK. Hard to go through college unscathed it seems in the social media era. EDIT: If Teddy B returns to near 100%, does he become trade bait for the Jets, given their picking up Darnold? I wanted him pretty badly for the Texans that draft, and I wonder if he’s still got any left in the tank? ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-draft-2018/812909/73 "2018-04-27T00:36:05Z")
I have a terrifying feeling that Nelson will come off the board at #7…just like every year with the Bears. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-draft-2018/812909/74 "2018-04-27T00:38:48Z")
Not an awful choice by the Brownies at 4, though I probably would have agreed more with Chubb. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-draft-2018/812909/75 "2018-04-27T00:39:08Z")
**First round** 1. **Cleveland Browns - Baker Mayfield, QB, Oklahoma** 2. **New York Giants - Saquon Bakley, RB, Penn State** 3. **New York Jets (from Indianapolis Colts) - Sam Darnold, QB, USC** 4. **Cleveland Browns (from Houston Texans) - Denzel Ward, CB, Ohio State** 5. Denver Broncos 6. Indianapolis Colts (from New York Jets) 7. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 8. Chicago Bears 9. San Francisco 49ers 10. Oakland Raiders 11. Miami Dolphins 12. Buffalo Bills (from Cincinnati Bengals) 13. Washington Redskins 14. Green Bay Packers 15. Arizona Cardinals 16. Baltimore Ravens 17. Los Angeles Chargers 18. Seattle Seahawks 19. Dallas Cowboys 20. Detroit Lions 21. Cincinnati Bengals (from Buffalo Bills) 22. Buffalo Bills (from Kansas City Chiefs) 23. New England Patriots (from Los Angeles Rams) 24. Carolina Panthers 25. Tennessee Titans 26. Atlanta Falcons 27. New Orleans Saints 28. Pittsburgh Steelers 29. Jacksonville Jaguars 30. Minnesota Vikings 31. New England Patriots 32. Philadelphia Eagles Seriously, what are the Browns doing? Does somebody jump up to grab Chubb? Do the Broncos roll with the semi-local boy in Allen? Amazed that we made it through the top 4 with no trades. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-draft-2018/812909/76 "2018-04-27T00:39:38Z")
The prospect interviews by Deion are so fucking stupid. I feel my brain leaking out as they spew their pre-packaged answers and Deion mugs. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-draft-2018/812909/77 "2018-04-27T00:40:38Z")
There goes every mock draft’s accuracy. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-draft-2018/812909/78 "2018-04-27T00:43:58Z")
Broncs get the windfall. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-draft-2018/812909/79 "2018-04-27T00:44:30Z")
Broncos probably get the steal of the draft so far to line up across from Von Miller…yikes. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-draft-2018/812909/80 "2018-04-27T00:45:33Z")
First trade inbound? Bills maybe? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-draft-2018/812909.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-draft-2018/812909.md?page=5)