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Official Day Three Draft Thread - May 2nd 2015

There are some BIG running backs left too if we want. Brown (Texas), Williams (Florida St.), Brown (Louisville).
 
jra166 said:
With some decent safeties on the board, they knew one of them would fall to their second 6 round pick. I expect Harris, Prewitt, or Holliman
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Agreed, I hope we add another DB here, I like the kid from Ole Miss.

So glad we grabbed Walton to replace Thomas, will save some cash and have added a much better prospect!
 
take a flier on Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, CB and put him on IR for the year. We are thin at the position and most likely anyone drafted will probably go to the practice squad anyway.
 
bermudasteel said:
I'd take La'el Collins now - if we go O line...what could it hurt???
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He already said through his agent he refuses to sign with any team that drafts him below the 3rd round... he will re-enter the draft next year (unless he is in prison, I guess)
 
bermudasteel said:
I'd take La'el Collins now - if we go O line...what could it hurt???
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Yeah, this is about that spot where it may be worth the risk. If he checks out with the police interview monday, AND you can talk him off the ledge, you just grabbed a top 20 player at the end of the sixth round. If he can't clear his name, you lost a comp pick, the type that usually ends up on the practice squad or just can't make the team anyway. If there's any team that may convince Collins to strap em up and get his career going - even with all the disasppoinment he's faced - you'd think it would be the Steelers.
 
madinsomniac said:
He already said through his agent he refuses to sign with any team that drafts him below the 3rd round... he will re-enter the draft next year (unless he is in prison, I guess)
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From what I understand about the draft, that is false. He's is not supplemental draft eligible, so his rights go to which ever team drafts him. I'm not sure how long that lasts, I suppose at least a year, but when the Raiders drafted Rocket Ismail out of college and he went to the CFL, they had his drafted rights in the NFL, so when he came back to the NFL, he had to go to the raiders. Anyone else have insight on this?
 
S/OL/RB still likely
 
Cope said:
From what I understand about the draft, that is false. He's is not supplemental draft eligible, so his rights go to which ever team drafts him. I'm not sure how long that lasts, I suppose at least a year, but when the Raiders drafted Rocket Ismail out of college and he went to the CFL, they had his drafted rights in the NFL, so when he came back to the NFL, he had to go to the raiders. Anyone else have insight on this?
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That's absolutely correct. And why I made the suggestion...
 
I think any team that drafts Collins will hold his rights, they're not going to allow him to re-enter the draft next year. So it all boils down to what teams may know - or not know - about the police investigation. He may be worth a flyer with the hopes he can clear his name.

As tempting as it is, maybe we should just stick to the straight and narrow and continue stacking depth with players we know will be there in camp.
 
No one even knows how big the pick for the Packers is....
 
Steelers on the clock!!!
 
Chickillo it is!

He looked good in the East-West Shrine game. Long arms but I don't know where he fits UNLESS as a sub DE until he either adds weight/strength to play DE or adds some quicks to play OLB.
 
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