The 2016 NFL Draft

                

                The 2016 NFL Draft has come & go now it’s time to take a look back at all the storylines & headlines that surrounded it. It varies from the Laremy Tunsil saga, the 12 players from THE Ohio State University being selected, The Rams & Eagles trading up to select QBs.

                The Laremy Tunsil topic dominated the storylines at the beginning of the draft. With the video posted to his official Twitter account of him smoking a bong. Then the text message thread of him asking an Ole Miss assistant coach for $300 so his mother can pay her light bill. Both events contributed to him falling to the Miami Dolphins at pick #13. However, his talent and overall grades from many scouts and teams had as the best player on their boards. He possibly could’ve been the #1 overall selection if the Tennessee Titans had not traded out of the pick. The Titans big need was offensive line help to help protect young QB Marcus Mariota. Tunsil can wind up being the steal of the draft having the big time talent but falling low because of the afore mentioned issues. It’s also good to see that he won’t start the season on the NFL’s substance abuse program, but however, he will be closely monitored.

                The NFL Draft also seen big time talented players selected from THE Ohio State University. The Buckeyes had 12 players overall be selected in this year’s NFL Draft. Including 2 in the top 5 (Joey Bosa & Ezekiel Elliot), 3 in the top 10 (Bosa, Elliot, & Eli Apple), and 5 in the top 20 & first round overall (Bosa, Elliot, Apple, Taylor Decker, & Darron Lee). Making the Buckeyes the first school to have 5 first round selections. The school also had 10 selections in the top 100 picks. All of the picks from Ohio State had very successful college careers and being a huge Ohio State fan myself I’m really pulling for all 12 to have successful NFL careers as well. The talent pool from one school hasn’t been seen on this level before. The 12 selections go as such

·         DE Joey Bosa 1^st Round 3^rd Overall to The San Diego Chargers

·         RB Ezekiel Elliot 1^st Round 4^th Overall to The Dallas Cowboys

·         CB Eli Apple 1^st Round 10^th Overall to the New York Giants

·         OT Taylor Decker 1^st Round 16^th Overall to The Detroit Lions

·         LB Darron Lee 1^st Round 20^th Overall to the New York Jets

·         WR Michael Thomas 2^nd Round 47^th Overall to the New Orleans Saints

·         S Vonn Bell 2^nd Round 61^st Overall to the New Orleans Saints

·         DT Adolphus Washington 3^rd Round 80^th Overall to the Buffalo Bills

·         WR (former QB) Braxton Miller 3^rd Round 85^th Overall to the Houston Texans

·         TE Nick Vannett 3^rd Round 94^th Overall to the Seattle Seahawks

·         LB Joshua Perry 4^th Round 102^nd Overall to the San Diego Chargers

·         QB Cardale Jones 4^th Round 139^th Overall to the Buffalo Bills

The Los Angeles Rams & Philadelphia Eagles both traded up in the draft this year in hopes of finding the next great QB for each respective franchise. In this year’s case the QB were Jared Goff from Cal and Carson Wentz from North Dakota State. In the Rams case they traded with the Titans for its first-, fourth-, and sixth-round selections (1st, 113th, and 177th) in exchange for Los Angeles's first-round, two second-round, and third-round selections in this year's draft (15th, 43rd, 45th, and 76th) as well as Los Angeles's first- and third-round selections in the 2017 NFL draft. In the case of the Philadelphia Eagles they traded with the Cleveland Browns. Cleveland traded this selection (2nd) and a conditional fifth-round selection in 2017 (this selection would be upgraded to a compensatory fourth-round selection if the Browns receive one in 2017) to Philadelphia in exchange for Philadelphia's first-round, third-round, and fourth-round selections in this year’s draft (8th, 77th, and 100th) as well as Philadelphia's first-round selection in the 2017 NFL draft and second-round selection in the 2018 NFL draft. Philadelphia’s trade came more into question having already signed QB Sam Bradford and Backup QB Chase Daniel to big extensions. Los Angeles’s case was justified as they seen struggles last season from Nick Foles & Case Keenum. The Rams wound up selecting Jared Goff with the 1^st Overall selection, & the Eagles took Carson Wentz 2^nd Overall.

        Now that the 2016 Draft is concluded and the rookies are reporting to NFL Camps we have officially started their NFL journeys. Only time will tell if all the selections pan out or not but it will be an exciting one nonetheless now that we’re nearly 2 months away from the start of training camps. Anticipation and anxiousness will only build for players and fans until that day arrives. Nonetheless we fans can’t wait for the season the begin. Best of luck to all of the 2016 NFL Draftees.

For A Full List Of Selections Check Out:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_NFL_draft