Yeah, I know that Trubisky is the Bears' type of QB, but honestly, I think they could have sat at 3 and maybe taken Jamal Adams, whom I had rated HIGHER than Solomon Thomas. My big board went:
1. Myles Garrett
2. Jamal Adams
3. Malik Hooker
4. Solomon Thomas
5. Jonathan Allen
6. Leonard Fournette
7. Marshon Lattimore
8. OJ Howard
9. Christian McCaffery
10. Marlon Humphrey
Anyways, people keep looking at Allen and Thomas at DEs. They can play DE, but they're DTs. Aaron Donald is NOT a DE, no matter what Wade Phillips says. Arik Armstead and DeForest Buckner can both rush from the edge on pass rush downs, because Thomas will be rushing from the interior. Thomas is a special type of player, and the 49ers DID need him. Thomas will be a floating chesspiece, moving between the edge and interior. He's a matchup weapon. This means that the other two first round DEs will see playing time.
Trubisky may have been the safest QB in the draft in SOME respects, but he's also seen the least playing time out of the top 5. Who knows if he's a one year wonder? That aside, he has the highest floor out of all of the QBs. He has the lowest ceiling out of the top 5, in my opinion, though. He'll provide the most startup value, but I think if the others are groomed right, they'll all pass him eventually. I think it would have been smarter to pick Kizer at the top of round 2, or maybe Webb at the top of round 3. Glennon is a bridge, but what's the purpose of the bridge if you picked the QB in the draft with the most immediate impact and the lowest upside?
Not just ragging on the Bears, though.
How about the Redskins? I see their draft as having 5 early starters. I think it was a great draft for them. Here are the early starters that I see from this draft:
1.17 Jonathan Allen, DE/DT, Alabama. It's amazing that he managed to fall so far. The Redskins will profit from this.
2.17 Ryan Anderson, OLB, Alabama. Allen's teammate is joining the Redskins. "Ryan Anderson is an explosive edge rusher. ... He sets a physical edge. He converts speed to power better than any edge rusher in this draft. ... He's a leverage player. He gets underneath you and knocks your jock on the ground. I like him in the run game. I like his energy in the pass game and he's an all-day sucker. Really good football player." -- Mike Mayock. The 'Skins needed another edge rusher to compete at LB, especially since they Redskins haven't been able to count on anyone across from Ryan Kerrigan in, well, forever.
3.17 Fabian Moreau, CB, UCLA. This guy was at 31 on my big board, and he fell all the way to round 3 because of a torn pec. The Redskins are going to have a very good secondary soon. Josh Norman wasn't as good as expected when he signed, but he's still an NFL CB1. Moreau will be an immediate upgrade over Bashaud Breeland, who struggled this year. Honestly, I believe that the Breeland struggle could have just been a fluke year, because he was a good CB until this year. Combine that with last year's 3rd round CB, Kendall Fuller, last year's 2nd round S/LB hybrid Su'a Cravens, S DeAngelo Hall, S signee DJ Swearinger, and S Montae Nicholson, and the Redskins have a pretty good secondary.
4.7 Samaje Perine, RB, Oklahoma. Perine is going to be the answer to the Rob Kelley starting question. Kelley can return to a complementary role. Perine is a physical RB who is very polished at running between the tackles, very consistent, had the best RB strength at the Combine, and catches the ball a lot better than most people think. The only reason he wasn't used on third downs this past year was because of Joe Mixon's LeVeon Bell-like ability as a receiver. Perine still ran for 1,060 yards and 12 TDs while splitting the time.
4.17 Montae Nicholson. Nicholson is a very physical safety who hits hard and will probably win the starting safety job early. He is a tone setter and a very good athlete overall. He runs a 4.42, got 125 on the broad jump. Nicholson simply needs to find more aggression to make it as an NFL starter, but I see him doing just that on a very aggressive, very physical team. His tape isn't beautiful (in fact, a lot of it's meh), but he does make splash plays on occasion and has all of the traits needed, including great awareness of routes. He just needs to be coached to use his explosiveness in smashing down opposing receivers and in the box.