Global Draft

[Blue In BC]

Mock draft suggests we draft a punter and a DL. Since we only have 1 global on the current roster, both should make the PR. Teams don't seem to add a couple of extra that weren't drafted to create some competition.

10:00 am ET.

[Blue In BC]

Really curious to see if any team drafts the QB on the list of top players. There isn't really any ratio advantage so he'd have to show something that impressed somebody. It would be one way to fill the global PR requirement I suppose.

6 of out 1st 10 picks are punters or kickers ( again ). It's the best use on the roster IMO.

[Blue In BC]

So we drafted a DL and a punter.

Draft compete. 10 punters or kickers selected out of 18. No surprise there. selection order nothing like the mock draft though. lol

[theaardvark]

The DL sounds interesting, a punter in the Glo draft ad a P/K in the Nat draft.  Never hurts to have something in the pipeline.

[Blue In BC]

The DL sounds interesting, a punter in the Glo draft ad a P/K in the Nat draft.  Never hurts to have something in the pipeline.

I can see the global punter moved to PR as a development player with the required allocations. The Canadian is another issue. I can't see him also on the PR and it doesn't appear he has another year of school? Maybe he " retires " so we can retain his rights for 2027 but he may not accept that.

The DL makes sense as a rotational player behind Munier-Bailey if he's injured or not playing well.

[Pigskin]

We drafted a DL last year and he never saw the field.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

The Finnish guy isn't a bad choice. Least he's played down in the NCAA as a bit of rotional player. Bit older so he probably is what he is but worth a look anyway and the roster rules certainly give him more of a chance than many, at a position where he may be able to contribute a bit.

Probably think of him as a 7th round pick or so if he were Canadian.

[Pigskin]

Vesterinen 6'3" 282, he's more of a DT then a DE.

[Blue In BC]

We drafted a DL last year and he never saw the field.

No kidding. He had high praise from O'Shea which made it more of a surprise.  Our Canadian LB's saw the field on ST's but not on defence.

I'd like to see the newbies all get more work when opportunity happens.

[Pigskin]

This is the way of MOS.

[Tecno]

When they switched GLOB from 2-must-dress to 1-must-dress it kind of neutered the whole program.  It's basically irrelevant now.  If it was still 2-must-dress I'd be a lot more excited about having a GLOB DT as that would be great for rotation if they guy can play.

But as of today the dude has to prove more valuable than the last STer on the AR (say, Ball?).  Is that the case?  History says no.

[Blue In BC]

When they switched GLOB from 2-must-dress to 1-must-dress it kind of neutered the whole program.  It's basically irrelevant now.  If it was still 2-must-dress I'd be a lot more excited about having a GLOB DT as that would be great for rotation if they guy can play.

But as of today the dude has to prove more valuable than the last STer on the AR (say, Ball?).  Is that the case?  History says no.

There are several issues. We only have 1 global on the roster at the moment. Of the 2 we drafted, I believe one has an NFL mini camp invite. I expect the punter to end up on the PR, but we have no competition. Maybe we sign one or two that weren't drafted.

I don't expect any 2nd global on the AR. It's already going to be complicated getting Daniels on the AR. Best guess is that one of Kelly or Ball is bumped. Maybe Novak.

[Jesse]

Vesterinen seems like a legit prospect. Another guy invited to a NFL min-camp.