With the 19th pick in the draft.. the Pats get LT Oshinowo

[Burntoatmeal]

I'm floored. He's always gone in the first five picks. I got
Oshinowo at #19! (For those who don't know, he's the 98 OVR LT at 7' 370#)

Anyone else ever seen a can not miss Future 50 prospect go so low?

I guess O-Line was a non-need for all the teams in this draft. I could have had my pick of 90+ rated O-line guys (and these aren't sleepers, these are guys rated that high coming out of college) in round 2 or 3 as well. The only other O-Line pick in the first round was guard D. Lilly at #30.

[Glorious Arc]

They may not be future 50 players but I have seen Jake Long and Chris Long both drop down in the the early 10s on separate drafts. Both times I traded up to grab them because I did not want to risk seeing someone else grab them lol

[Burntoatmeal]

I was really tempted to save and see how far he would have fallen but I was pressed for time and wanted to finish the draft.

[bmcauley]

I actually drafted Oshinowo #16 in my draft. I kept watching the "Pick the Pick" tab and no one came up with a OT so I didnt try to trade up and he fell to me. I was very suprised as well. Ive seen RB Ozzie Jones get drafted at #30 as well.

[Burntoatmeal]

Quote: Originally Posted by bmcauley

I actually drafted Oshinowo #16 in my draft. I kept watching the "Pick the Pick" tab and no one came up with a OT so I didnt try to trade up and he fell to me. I was very suprised as well. Ive seen RB Ozzie Jones get drafted at #30 as well.

The part I couldn't get over was Oshinowo was the #1 or #2 guy on most of the "Pick the Picks" for teams ahead of me. When he went off the board he was the highest production guy left by ~6 points (I think he's rated 97 coming out).

[bmcauley]

Steal!!!!

[TheDMG]

I wish I could have gotten Oshinowo that low in my draft.

Spoiler

I had traded up to get injury bust Paul Abbamonte the previous year, which meant that their combined contracts were a big factor in killing my cap.

However, as I mentioned in the currently active Flash Gorden thread, I lucked out and had mega-LT's Javon Jackson and Selvin Lankford fall into my lap in back-to-back years. One year I was drafting at 13 and was focused on all the stellar linebackers in the English draft to rebuild my 3-4, when I began realizing that Jackson was sinking. I didn't want to move up, though, because picks are so precious in that draft - any one you give up could be a 90 POT player. So I sat still. At #12, the Vikings grabbed my #1 guy Mack "Truck" Jackson, so I didn't hesitate to grab the Future 50 Jackson. Fast forward one year: my highest pick is my first round pick at the end of the round, but I'm loaded with picks and players on the block. There were several players I was hoping to deal into the top 10 for, but each top 10 team was having none of it. Gradually I began realizing that Lankford, who wasn't a target because I got Jackson the year before and still had Chris Samuels, was falling like a rock. I hadn't fully scouted him so I was a bit scared that he might be a bust, but I knew he had insane athleticism from his combine workout. The teams at 11 and 12 were the first to take my calls, but I didn't want to give up what they wanted. And Lankford keeps slipping. Finally I make it through and deal up to 13.

Spoiler

And, while technically not a Future 50 guy, Lankford is hands-down the most athletic O-linemen I've seen in the game. He's got 86 speed, 95 acceleration and 91 agility, to go with 98 strength. About his only "weakness" is that he tops out at a mere 95 run block....yeah, this guy is the definition of fun. Getting the two of them outside of the top 10 also makes their contracts even better and allowed me to slip Chris Samuels inside to LG for a year while I wait on the other Boma brother to come out and take his place on a line that will likely have the lowest potential at 94, even with all balanced philosophies - which tend to be more strictly rated. Being a GM in the Jack English path is like setting a kid loose in a candy store.

[Sanchez_Mareno]

Never seen either Long drop to the 10's