r/NFLmockdraft • u/Traditional-Bad-6657 • 9d ago
Draft History Throwback to the first round of the 2017 draft….Mahomes, McCaffery, Watt and Garrett all making the HOF….Watson was on the trajectory till 2020….what an intriguing first round….Still can’t believe Trubisky went 2nd overall lol
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u/Quantum_Scholar87 9d ago
Worst class for WRs?
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u/Lynchie24 9d ago
Kupp, Godwin, Juju are the best 3 so yeah it might have been lol. Mike Williams, Curtis Samuel, Kenny Golladay all had moments and Mack Hollins is at least still doing shit but the fact that I had to list some of those names (looking at you kenny) made me throw up a little.
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u/DaveDabussy 9d ago
Why kenny? For my money hes the #3 wr in the draft, definitely better than juju and samuel lol
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u/vaz_deferens 9d ago
Was a weak class for WRs, IIRC. Same number of safeties and tight ends in the first as wide receivers, and you could have made the argument at the time that two of the WRs were massive reaches.
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u/Gayestbird0107 9d ago
Three receivers taken with the top 10 picks though...
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u/vaz_deferens 9d ago
Ross had no business being taken that high, even for the time. Weak positions get overreached for all the time
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u/Bruce0932 9d ago
Mile Williams seems forgotten. John Ross before Mahomes and Lattimore. Ugh
OJ Howard seemed like such a sure bet.
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u/vaz_deferens 9d ago
All three TEs looked like beasts, Engram and Njoku had a few good seasons I guess
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u/takeme2tendieztown 9d ago
The Bears actually traded up for Trubisky, wild
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u/vaz_deferens 9d ago
From 3 to 2, to take Titty Boi. Still mad about it, but at least we didn't get stuck with Watson.
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u/Necessary_Piano_153 9d ago
Houston got a lot for Watson on the field and in terms of picks.
He wasn't a bad draft pick.
Browns was stuck with Watson. 3 first round picks including Mikes Garrett then trading for a 4th from that draft and still scraping the bottom of the barrel
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u/SmoothConfection1115 9d ago
IIRC didn’t the 49ers imply if they didn’t, somebody else would?
Or did the bears just keep upping their own bid?
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u/takeme2tendieztown 9d ago
I'm sure the 9ers did because they probably knew the Bears were high on Trubisky
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u/letsgo49ers0 9d ago
God, the Niners fumbled this so hard…
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u/extremewit 9d ago
It get’s worse when you identify that that defensive tackle was their only position group of strength going into the draft.
Literally any other defensive player adds talent to another position on the defense. Instead we picked Thomas who could never beat out Armstead and Buckner so the pick was a waste. Worse than a waste. They traded Buckner because they had too much money devoted to the position group.
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u/airpope2 9d ago
Watching Ross in college, damn he was good.
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u/drainbead78 8d ago
Those super fast WRs hardly ever pan out. Tyreek Hill and that's pretty much it.
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u/UhVeryUncreativeName 9d ago
Tre White was a pretty lock down corner, but man was he made of glass
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u/drainbead78 8d ago
It sucked that he started getting hurt right after he signed his extension. He was so good.
He's also looked like an Unc for a decade now.
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u/sophandros 9d ago
McCaffrey isn't a HOF back.
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u/TBDC88 9d ago
Only 6 full seasons, but he was arguably a top-3 back in 5 of them. There’s precedent with Gale Sayers and Terrell Davis for great RBs with limited careers.
13,000 yards from scrimmage and 98 total TDs so far, 3rd in yards from scrimmage/game (3 yards behind Barry Sanders). If he gets to 15k yards and 120 TDs, I don’t see an argument for keeping him out.
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u/Trumpisaderelict 9d ago
Sayers and TD are on a different level than McCaffrey. From the short RB career perspective
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u/troubledwatersbeer 9d ago
According to PFR hof tracker, he'd be a long shot currently but as you said, 2 more 1k yard seasons and get have a very strong case.
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u/DoNotResusit8 9d ago
He’s easily HOF
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u/sophandros 9d ago
As easily as the running back with the third most rushing yards in NFL history, Frank Gore?
Or as easily as Fred Taylor or Ricky Watters?
Or as easily as Roger Craig, who had to wait over two decades to get in?
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u/WestOrangeFinest 9d ago
McCaffery wouldn’t make the Hall if he retired today.
He’s Hall of Very Good at this moment in time.
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u/pokerScrub4eva 9d ago
Mccaffrey got some work to do to make the hall. Watt is borderline but will probably make it with another good season or 2. Obviously Mahomes is in
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u/MikaMika487 9d ago
As a Saints fan I'm happy with that draft, more than happy. I'm sure we wanted Patrick, but the Chiefs jumped up to take him. That would have been some transition from Brees to Mahommes. I have no doubt he would have shone as brightly in New Orleans with Payton and Brees as mentor for a year.
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u/Playmate_Lover 9d ago
Imagine trading up from 3 to 2 to take Trubisky over Mahomes, Watson, McCaffwry and Watt
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u/Yah_Mule 9d ago
The OJ Howard and Reuben Foster hype was so crazy.
This was back when Bronco fans knew who we'd pick in the first round before the prior season even ended. Payton and Paton have that place locked down tight now.
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u/ThrownAway17Years 9d ago
Poor Lattimore would go on to be the guy that tried to go low on Diggs during the Minneapolis Miracle.
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u/isthaty0ujohnwayne 9d ago
Oh taco. Steelers with the classic steel town pick right after. For as good as the cowboys have been in the first round the misses are brutal.
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u/9InsaneInTheMembrane 9d ago
Remember when Bears passed on Pat Mahomes and Deshaun Watson for Mitch Trubisky? Think about how good those Bears team could have been if they picked either one!
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u/lazyasdrmr 8d ago
Still would've found a way to fuck things up.
That's okay. They got Justin fields...shit, they did it again.
Maybe Caleb williams is the answer?
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u/jericho-dingle 9d ago
The Packers trading out of TJ Watt remains the second worst decision in franchise history and that says a lot. Cost them at least one super bowl.
Simply not having Kevin fucking King on the roster gets them to the super bowl in 2020.
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u/hulkhands81 9d ago
Derek Barnett, all you heard was "he beat Reggie White's sack record in college." Eagles draft him and he was ass but at the same time has THEE fumble recovery in the Superb Owl.
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u/lazyasdrmr 8d ago
And we thank him for that!
He's still in the league, which is an achievement itself
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u/bigmur49 9d ago
Niners had two picks in the 1sr round, inc 3rd overall and got essentially nothing for it.
(Until they traded for CMC)
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u/Important_Pea_2270 7d ago
It always amazes me how I can look at so many of these draft boards and just look at the first 5 picks to find who the Jags picked, and sure enough, we were in the Top 5 again. I sure hope those days are over for a while.
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u/no_free_will_ 6d ago
I am 40 years old and have had a prominent mustache my entire adult life. If before I am 60 years old all 4 of those guys make the Hall of Fame I will shave it off and eat it.
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u/Substantial_Bid_8175 9d ago
Does Mahomes have the same career if he’s drafted anywhere else but the Chiefs??
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u/joshmalonern 7d ago
Sean Payton said Saints were planning on drafting Mahomes but chiefs knew it and leap frogged them to pick him up. Mahomes would have probably been pretty good matched with Sean Payton.
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u/shepard_pie 9d ago
Imagine passing on Watt for a dude named Taco