2020 CHORUS MOCK DRAFT 3.0: FINAL • Page 35

Ravens pick Bryan Edwards, WR, USC.

Ravens need a big body who can block, be a presence in the red zone, and take a hit in across the middle. Plus, he has return experience, which is something else the Ravens are lacking.

From the Athletic:


STRENGTHS: Well-built athlete with functional play strength...quickly enters his routes with initial acceleration to get himself open...twitchy body type at the catch point to smoothly transition from catcher to runner...NFL physicality to do the dirty work inside the numbers and finish in a crowd...built to withstand a defender on his back, not disrupting his focus or route path...elevates or pulls down high throws...excellent run power to fight for every inch and carry tacklers...shared punt return duties as a junior and senior, averaging 11.0 yards per return (20/220/0)...four-year starter with consistent production, lighting up the school record books.

WEAKNESSES: Frustrating drops with too many balls off his hands...focus wanes with more double-catches than ideal...suspect downfield skills and needs to better track over his shoulder...not explosive and forced to decelerate mid-pattern, leading to rounded route paths...needs to better attack leverage, forcing cornerbacks to turn their hips...gives receivers a large target vs. press and needs to use more violence to overpower off the snap...physical ball carrier, but not elusive and won’t consistently make pursuit miss...missed the combine and part of the draft process with a broken foot (February 2020); missed the final two games of his career due to a knee injury (November 2019); suffered a non-contact torn meniscus in his right knee (October 2015), which ended his senior season of high school.

SUMMARY: A four-year starter at South Carolina, Edwards lined up primarily on the right side of the formation for the Gamecocks and occasionally in the slot. He finished his career with the school records in catches, receiving yards and consecutive games with a catch (48) – also finished top-3 in touchdown catches (22). A physically impressive size/speed athlete similar to New York Jets’ Quincy Enunwa, Edwards will deliver more blows than he takes and uses his big body to his advantage, making him effective on slants, screens and crossers. While graceful as an athlete, he isn’t sudden in his patterns and coverage will be able to match his speed downfield. Overall, Edwards needs to hone his technique and reliability finishing catches, but his athletic skill and physicality as a pass catcher make him a potential NFL weapon, especially over the middle of the field.

ok goodnite

 

It’s just kinda shitty to drag it out when people are waiting around to make their pick

It takes 2 minutes to send your board to someone to keep it moving

 

I want everyone to know I really, really wanted to take Edwards for the Bills AGAIN. But since I did it in v1 and v2 I wanted to let someone else have him this time.

Bryan Edwards as a big slot and eventual Cole Beasley replacement is my 2020 draft crush

 

yeah bad idea to have this dude in charge

Randall, Dave, or Elf moving forward or we riot!!

 

I’ve had to keep updating the front page too

 

Front page has been updated

 

@Randall Mentzos otc with bungles

 

Im only helpful during the workdays when I’m not slammed lol.

I think we’re being a little harsh. It’s not like a mock is anything more than a fun thing to pass the time.

 

There's a lot of people not working right now because of the pandemic which causes there to be more availability to do setup and make picks and all that, but the flipside of that is a lot of the people that ARE working right now are MUCH more busy

I'm not sure if @uuu anticipated that he'd be working right now and be as busy as he is

Also running things on Chorus is hard cuz people naturally bail or don't follow instruction and it's exhausting

tldr it's fine to be upset about the speed it's going but don't rip on him just do the work next time if you want it fixed

 

Four guys have my login. Four. lol. Including all three he named. All four have offered to help and keep it updated because I didn't want to hold you guys up. I did not anticipate my staff being furloughed while I am still here.

Though, in the long run, doesn't matter to me. Y'all have my login, feel free to group pick my picks / update the front page.

 

Watching people dump on uuu is getting out of hand at this point. It's a mock draft. It's really not important.

 

How about this for next time? We use the email we have for TDN Premium and make a chorus account everyone can use to update shit as they go? That way the burden doesn't fall on one single person or a handful of people when schedules are hard to predict.

 

Yeah. I’m pretty sympathetic with Ursaring. I have way less time in my hands than I usually do since working from home/being “essential” adds so much extra work...

 

That would be ideal.

 

Yeah, I've added 3 full-time jobs to my list since furloughs began. It's madness.

 

Cool, then that's what we'll do and just be on the honor system that no one trades Pat Mahomes for a 7th lol

 

That's smart nice

 

March 17th

March 24th.

7 days pass between the first overall pick and the start of the 4th round.

7 Days pass between the first overall pick and the start of the 4th round.

 

See! I don't JUST fight with Randall. Sometimes I try to make peace too haha

 

I have spent a not-insignificant amount of time trying to figure out how to pronounce Ursaring

 

Same, I think its

Ursa


Ring.

 

I’m going to have to drop out the rest of the draft. My grandma just got a cancer diagnosis and I’m struggling with it and probably won’t be posting as much for a bit to try and get my head straight and calm down a little.

 

Damn. Sorry to hear, man. This news is never easy. Stay strong.

 

man fuck

so sorry to hear that. Will be thinking of ya'll.

both sets of my grandparents went through that (both passed now) and it definitely messed me up for awhile

 

Damn Joe sorry to hear that. Sending positive thoughts your family's way.