I like Brown a lot, but I don't know that you have to take him a #31. I've not seen a mock where he's gone at #63.
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Possibly not, although NFL.com had him as their 72nd rated player prior to pro days.

I've seen chirping at various sites that his pro-day confirmed what everyone was seeing on tape athletically and because of hit he could make a rise up boards. I think one of them mentioned they wouldn't be surprised at all with a late 1 or very early 2nd.

I just don't think a guy with measurements that match tape like he has lasts long.
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You may be right. I seem to have read a profile that indicated he's a smart, high effort kid too. I don't see how a kid like that with measurables like that isn't going to be a good player.
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Solid list. The contrarian in me can't find a single bone to pick with this. Of course there's exceptions here and there
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He and Radunz, both.

Putting a smart guy at LT, next to a certified genious like Thuney, seems like a unique situation where you might actually be able to survive having a rookie LT.
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He's originally from Lenox IA and went to school in-state. He got a first-class education for sure but until he actually LEAVES this hellhole, I wouldn't say he's "smart". :-)
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His production at LT is zero bc he played RT. So, I’d turn that question mark into a check. Another question would be, why didn’t he beat out the existing LT?

We need to link a gambling site to this bc I’d bet that brown is a late 2nd at the earliest, probably later. You don’t draft a LT or really any lineman early for how he performs in spandex!
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lol. He's the 72nd rated player on NFL.com (Zeurlein), before spandex.

Josh Edwards at CBS mocked him to KC at 31 3 weeks ago.
A bunch of guys at SI have had him in the 1st, as high as 19 to Washington.
Matt Miller at Bleacher Report put him at 23 5 months ago.

So there have been instances of him in the 1st and plenty with him as a 2nd rounder.

I'd wager late 2nd would be the latest, not the earliest, and that was before he confirmed the tape didn't lie by putting up a monster workout.

You watch this kid for 30 seconds you'll see a guy that can move and pass block.

As for LT, I'm not sure why he didn't get that spot, that's up to the coaches. That said, they have a really good LT over there in Trevor Penning who's going to be an NFL player in my eyes and probably goes pretty high. He's also 6'7" 305 and moves well.
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you can't argue with him. Didn't you see The Blind Side?!

Right tackles are guys that couldn't play Left tackle!
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haha. right?!

Apparently, he did not take note of Jedrick Wills only playing RT at Alabama but testing well athletically and becoming the Browns starter at LT.
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Quite honestly, I still like these rules. Can't find much to disagree with.
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I might add-

from round 4 on, you take superior athletic profiles and coach 'em up.

if you have a 'hole' in the line-up at an important spot, take 2. One early, one late.
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I got 2 pages in before I realized this thread was 8 years old.

And I agree with the rules essentially.

There are always exceptions to the rules, but by and large, yeah.

I like Spencer Brown a lot. Also Radunz.
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Niang’s calves are too skinny!
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and can only step right and not left!
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