[CrazedZooChimp]

[quote author=OutsiderFan link=topic=11257.msg107306#msg107306 date=1417631681]
[quote author=CrazedZooChimp link=topic=11257.msg107305#msg107305 date=1417630762]
I'm pretty sure if a team drafts a tackle in the first round, even a good team, they expect him to play early on.  Of course, DeCastro didn't, but that was because he blew out his ACL in the pre-season...

He had a torn medial collateral ligament and dislocated knee cap, if you're scoring at home.  He actually ended up playing in four games that, his rookie season.
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Also, if you are scoring at home, DeCastro is a Guard, not a Tackle, though perhaps Chimp meant to write "... if a team drafts an offensive lineman in the first round..."

BC
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Ahh yeah, well, I was thinking of linemen we've had drafted in the range of 16-32 or so.  And yes, I remember he came back later in the year.  But still the point being that NFL teams tend to want to play their first round draft picks, and I think especially on the line where there always seems to be a dearth of good players.

I guess looking away from Stanford, Justin Pugh was drafted at 19 in 2013, started all 16 games for the Giants.  Ja'Wuan James was drafted also at 19 this year, and has started every game for the Dolphins.  Tackles don't get drafted in round 1 as backups, unless they end up sucking.

The point is, if Peat goes he's not getting a year of training.  If he gets drafted early it's because someone wants him to be ready to go, and he's getting thrown into the fire.  He probably could do that, and he will get drafted if he declares, but it isn't necessarily the best for his long term football career.

[CrazedZooChimp]

[quote author=OutsiderFan link=topic=11257.msg107306#msg107306 date=1417631681]
[quote author=CrazedZooChimp link=topic=11257.msg107305#msg107305 date=1417630762]
I'm pretty sure if a team drafts a tackle in the first round, even a good team, they expect him to play early on.  Of course, DeCastro didn't, but that was because he blew out his ACL in the pre-season...

He had a torn medial collateral ligament and dislocated knee cap, if you're scoring at home.  He actually ended up playing in four games that, his rookie season.
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Also, if you are scoring at home, DeCastro is a Guard, not a Tackle, though perhaps Chimp meant to write "... if a team drafts an offensive lineman in the first round..."

BC
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Ahh yeah, well, I was thinking of linemen we've had drafted in the range of 16-32 or so.  And yes, I remember he came back later in the year.  But still the point being that NFL teams tend to want to play their first round draft picks, and I think especially on the line where there always seems to be a dearth of good players.

I guess looking away from Stanford, Justin Pugh was drafted at 19 in 2013, started all 16 games for the Giants.  Ja'Wuan James was drafted also at 19 this year, and has started every game for the Dolphins.  Tackles don't get drafted in round 1 as backups, unless they end up sucking.

The point is, if Peat goes he's not getting a year of training.  If he gets drafted early it's because someone wants him to be ready to go, and he's getting thrown into the fire.  He probably could do that, and he will get drafted if he declares, but it isn't necessarily the best for his long term football career.