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Mid to Late round draft picks (5-7). Your picks?


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Just thought I we could have alittle more fun talking fantasy draft, but who would you pick. These are mine.

WR - Dexter Jackson (5th round) KR/PR special teamer

OT - Geoff Schwartz (6th round)

QB - Ricky Santos (7th round)

P - Benjamin Dato (7th round compensatory) can also KO

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Predicting late round picks like that is practically impossible.

I think the best way, as a drafting philosophy, to approach those late rounds is to look for more highly rated players who have slipped through the cracks, and it happens every year. I think it's silly to target certain positions in the 6th and 7th rounds.

Many prospects who are projected as late round picks are often available as free agents after the draft, anyway.

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The only one I can think of off the top of my head is Round 5 I'd like us to pick up that kid Brian Johnston, DE from Gardner-Webb if he is there, though he might go in the 4th. Reading about the guy he seems like a beast and an extremely hard worker. His workout for scouts was ridiculous for a guy his size (6-4, 274):

4.66 40 yard dash

1.51 10 yard dash

35 inch vertical

10 yard split was the same as Darren McFadden

4.18 20 yard shuttle...faster than any DE or RB at the combine.

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These are the perfect rounds to see if there are any kickers, punters or good special teamers out there. A bust here doesn't cost you. Take a chance on a guy who was projected at the start of the college season to be a 2nd or 3rd rounder, but injury reduced his value. Keep an eye out for the small college guys or someone that has poor technique but good atleticism. Technique can be taught. Youth, size and speed cannot be. Unfortunately, with 127 picks plus compensatories coming ahead of the first pick in the fifth round, the pickings are slim and cannot be planned.

This is the real chance for the the scouts and the GM to shine. But this requires work. It takes countless hours of looking at tape to find these guys. Everybody knows Branden Albert is going to be great and barring injury or jail, the same can be said for about 85% of the first round picks. It doesn't require great scouts to find that talent. Finding talent in a game of Bowling Green vs. Kent State, now that's finding a diamond in the rough.

If Vinny ever wants to be considered more than just another GM, this is where he and his department of scouts can shine.

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Just thought I we could have alittle more fun talking fantasy draft, but who would you pick. These are mine.

QB - Ricky Santos (7th round)

Amazing how quickly Santos dropped, he went from being a Payton Award winner to not even the best QB in his conference (Flacco)

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Just thought I we could have alittle more fun talking fantasy draft, but who would you pick. These are mine.

WR - Dexter Jackson (5th round) KR/PR special teamer

OT - Geoff Schwartz (6th round)

QB - Ricky Santos (7th round)

P - Benjamin Dato (7th round compensatory) can also KO

Dude, i've caught the draft bug! I love the Dexter Jackson pick, the kid has true speed. If he's still there (i've seen him ranked higher lately) he would be nice.

My Fantasy Draft late round picks....

5th Round- Drew Miller/Center-Florida

http://profootballexperts.scout.com/a.z?s=211&p=8&c=1&nid=3203793&yr=2008

6th Round- Corey Lynch/FS-App State- (Dude is a interception magnet!)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AQZqkcubYjQ

http://profootballexperts.scout.com/a.z?s=211&p=8&c=1&nid=3525502

7th Round- D.J. Wolfe/DB CB/S- OU

http://profootballexperts.scout.com/a.z?s=211&p=8&c=1&nid=3222056&yr=2008

7th Round Comp- Arman Shield/ WR -Richmond

http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/arman-shields?id=2706

:cheers: Here's to internet scouting baby!!

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