I'd like to mention something that I've said before but I am still reading on this site. Below is a list of the top 96 players in the draft by position, which would take in the first 3 rounds:
Bolded players are rated as fourth round picks. Nuff said.
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/prospectrankings/2014/FS
Hasean Clinton-Dix Overall rank: 17 Position rank: 1
Calvin Pryor Overall rank: 20 Position rank: 2
Terrence Brooks Overall rank: 72 Position rank: 3
Ed Reynolds Overall rank: 103 Position rank: 4
Dion Bailey Overall rank: 124 Position rank: 5
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/prospectrankings/2014/CB
Justin Gilbert Overall rank: 10 Position rank: 1
Darqueze Dennard Overall rank: 16 Position rank: 2
Kyle Fuller Overall rank: 27 Position rank: 3
Jason Verrett Overall rank: 31 Position rank: 4
Bradley Roby Overall rank: 33 Position rank: 5
Marcus Roberson Overall rank: 49 Position rank: 6
Lamarcus Joyner Overall rank: 55 Position rank: 7
Jaylen Watkins Overall rank: 67 Position rank: 8
Pierre Desir Overall rank: 74 Position rank: 9
Bashaud Breeland Overall rank: 84 Position rank: 10
Stanley Jean-Baptiste Overall rank: 87 Position rank: 11
Keith McGill Overall rank: 95 Position rank: 12
Phillip Gaines Overall rank: 99 Position rank: 13
Louchiez Purifoy Overall rank: 101 Position rank: 14
Victor Hampton Overall rank: 112 Position rank: 15
E.J. Gaines Overall rank: 115 Position rank: 16
Rashaad Reynolds Overall rank: 120 Position rank: 17
Chris Davis Overall rank: 121 Position rank: 18
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/prospectrankings/2014/OLB
Khalil Mack Overall rank: 6 Position rank: 1
Anthony Barr Overall rank: 8 Position rank: 2
Ryan Shazier Overall rank: 29 Position rank: 3
Kyle Van Noy Overall rank: 39 Position rank: 4
Jeremiah Attaochu Overall rank: 51 Position rank: 5
Trevor Reilly Overall rank: 64 Position rank: 6
Carl Bradford Overall rank: 68 Position rank: 7
Telvin Smith Overall rank: 85 Position rank: 8
Jordan Tripp Overall rank: 94 Position rank: 9
Jordan Zumwalt Overall rank: 106 Position rank: 10
Christian Kirksey Overall rank: 116 Position rank: 11
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/prospectrankings/2014/WR
Sammy Watkins Overall rank: 4 Position rank: 1
Mike Evans Overall rank: 13 Position rank: 2
Odell Beckham Overall rank: 19 Position rank: 3
Brandin Cooks Overall rank: 21 Position rank: 4
Marqise Lee Overall rank: 28 Position rank: 5
Kelvin Benjamin Overall rank: 32 Position rank: 6
Allen Robinson Overall rank: 34 Position rank: 7
Davante Adams Overall rank: 44 Position rank: 8
Martavis Bryant Overall rank: 47 Position rank: 9
Donte Moncrief Overall rank: 52 Position rank: 10
Paul Richardson Overall rank: 65 Position rank: 11
Jordan Matthews Overall rank: 69 Position rank: 12
Bruce Ellington Overall rank: 77 Position rank: 13
Jarvis Landry Overall rank: 91 Position rank: 14
Robert Herron Overall rank: 97 Position rank: 15
Jered Abbrederis Overall rank: 105 Position rank: 16
Dri Archer Overall rank: 109 Position rank: 17
Josh Huff Overall rank: 115 Position rank: 18
Mike Davis Overall rank: 125 Position rank: 19
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/prospectrankings/2014/OT
Greg Robinson Overall rank: 2 Position rank: 1
Jake Matthews Overall rank: 5 Position rank: 2
Taylor Lewan Overall rank: 12 Position rank: 3
Zack Martin Overall rank: 15 Position rank: 4
Cyrus Kouandjio Overall rank: 36 Position rank: 5
Morgan Moses Overall rank: 48 Position rank: 6
Joel Bitonio Overall rank: 58 Position rank: 7
Jack Mewhort Overall rank: 62 Position rank: 8
Antonio Richardson Overall rank: 80 Position rank: 9
Billy Turner Overall rank: 98 Position rank: 10
JaWuan James Overall rank: 111 Position rank: 11
Cameron Fleming Overall rank: 126 Position rank: 12
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/prospectrankings/2014/OG
Xavier Su'a-Filo Overall rank: 25 Position rank: 1
David Yankey Overall rank: 37 Position rank: 2
Gabe Jackson Overall rank: 50 Position rank: 3
Dakota Dozier Overall rank: 70 Position rank: 4
Cyril Richardson Overall rank: 86 Position rank: 5
Brandon Thomas Overall rank: 119 Position rank: 6
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/prospectrankings/2014/DT
Aaron Donald Overall rank: 14 Position rank: 1
Timmy Jernigan Overall rank: 18 Position rank: 2
Louis Nix Overall rank: 24 Position rank: 3
RaShede Hageman Overall rank: 35 Position rank: 4
Stephan Tuitt Overall rank: 40 Position rank: 5
Dominique Easley Overall rank: 59 Position rank: 6
Will Sutton Overall rank: 66 Position rank: 7
Kelcy Quarles Overall rank: 73 Position rank: 8
Ego Ferguson Overall rank: 79 Position rank: 9
Daquan Jones Overall rank: 83 Position rank: 10
Anthony Johnson Overall rank: 96 Position rank: 11
Juastin Ellis Overall rank: 102 Position rank: 12
Daniel McCullers Overall rank: 127 Position rank: 13
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/prospectrankings/2014/DE
Don't care.
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/prospectrankings/2014/C
Don't care.
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/prospectrankings/2014/QB
Don't care.
So what does it tell us about this "deep" draft? To me it says that it's deep at some positions. It is not deep at all at the
purple positions so no one should just throw that "deep draft" comment around without some context.
14 WRs in the top 96 players.
12 CBs in the top 96 players.
11 DTs in the top 96 players.
9 DEs in the top 96 players.
9 OTs in the top 96 players.
9 OLBs in the top 96 players.
6 Qbs in the top 96 players.
5 OGs in the top 96 players.
3 FS in the top 96 players.
2 OCs in top 96 players.