Draft Day 3 Thread

[powderblueboy]

Drue Tranquill, ILB, Notre Dame, 6-2, 234

Overview
Tranquill is a strong, tough football player who loves to play the game. What evaluators are going to see is a player who has below-average size, recovery athleticism, and man cover skills. He Might not get much bigger so he needs to gain the attention of general managers with explosive testing and then prove he can shine as a special teamer in order to secure a roster spot and make a living as a backup linebacker.

Strengths

• Aggressive, physical mindset made transition from safety to linebacker much easier
• Beach-body build with strong base and low center of gravity
• Plays assignment-based football and is effective doing dirty work as run blitzer
• Revs up motor from the first snap to the last and rarely lets off the gas
• Improved ability to elude and work around head-on blocks
• Stalks running backs with good patience and desired leverage to sideline
• Uses strong hands and powerful upper body to jam and redirect tight ends headed into routes
• Experienced and productive in kick and punt coverage

this description befits a priority free agent? small, limited athleticism, but a real gamer.

[Xenos]

Another Notre Dame player. TT seems to favor them.

Correct me if I'm wrong but before this draft, it was only Watt and Teo right?

[Lone Bolt]

So we are drafting career special teamers in the fourth now? We already have Kyzir White and J. Brown as backup WILLs...I don't hate the prospect, we just have a couple guys just like him already on the roster. Another head scratcher.

[blueman]

Love it

[Topcat]

Tranquil, the better ND linebacker. This is a great pick.

Tranquill sounds a lot like Dzubnar, but at least Tranquill can drop back into coverage...had 4 passes defensed last year...

[Xenos]

to get road graded by the NFL elite?

It's a passing league now. But he'll probably be replacing Dzubner on ST before (and if) he cracks the starting lineup at all.

[powderblueboy]

I noticed a bit about too many missed tackles last year.

[Xenos]

We really seem to be going for these safety/linebacker hybrids.

[Topcat]

His biceps are bigger than your head.
The Draft Network

Yep...got that right, Wood:

[Boltjolt]

Tranquill sounds a lot like Dzubnar, but at least Tranquill can drop back into coverage...had 4 passes defensed last year...

DZub sucks and shouldn't play on defense at all

[charger1993]

Tranquill sounds a lot like Dzubnar, but at least Tranquill can drop back into coverage...had 4 passes defensed last year...

He is, we just drafted a special team player for us as of right now. Best case scenario he takes adrian phillips job if Phillips goes down with injury or leaves us. Other wise i dont see him beating out the lbs we got now.

[Topcat]

NFL.com analysis. He has injury concerns. And sounds literally like a Kyzir White clone (who was also a 4th round pick last year). We seem to want LBs that can cover and can stay on third downs.

And that's a good thing...we need LB's who can cover...need to be ready for pass ANY down...