After sifting through some of the post draft news and comments from teams a couple decent pieces of info:
The Ravens gave up a 2015 6th round pick to move up in the 7th and draft Campanaro -
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/...rapup-0511-20140510,0,2951362.story?track=rss
It seems like the Ravens did want him and were not drafting him just as a camp body. The position is thin for the Ravens and adding someone like Campanaro would be a great security blanket for Flacco. Eventually it would be nice to see him become an outside WR like Steve Smith - they are the same type of players - both the same height/weight and run 4.4s (talking about Smith as a prospect not his current state).
Also of note - the Ravens had a 2nd round grade on Urban, who they drafted in the 4th round. Hopefully Urban and John Simon get some playing time this upcoming season.
The Eagles have been one of the bright surprises over the past two seasons. Here are some interesting notes from the press conference on Hart and Allen from Kelly and their GM.
DE Taylor Hart
, Oregon
“I mean, we had a third-round grade on Taylor because when you look at it, it’s interesting because really the last two years of the – first two years in my career that I've been part of looking for 3-4 defensive ends, and when you really get down to it, there’s not a lot of guys in the draft that kind of fit the description you’re looking for, and so, again, Taylor, it’s easy to see what he does. His production really is off the charts. (Defensive line coach Jerry Azzinaro) likes to talk about contacts with the ball, and his ability to make contacts with the ball is extremely impressive.
"He can run, he’s got instincts, obviously he’s big, he’s long, and so we did have that third-round grade, and because you know half the teams don’t run a 3-4, when we study other teams that run a 3-4, they sometimes look for different – there is variation on the 3-4 scheme, so we just kind of looked at it. You also kind of look at top 30 visits and who’s worked them out privately. I felt like we had a good handle on Taylor and the teams that are interested in him, of the teams that are interested in him had they addressed that pick with a different player at that time, were they going to go back in the first four rounds and get the second guy.â€
NT Beau Allen
, Wisconsin
“You know what, every time we're drafting a big guy I think of Bill Parcells who said a long time ago, 'God didn’t make a lot of 330 pound guys that can run.' Beau Allen, the first time I watched Beau Allen, it was impressive how athletic he was for such a big guy. A powerful guy, and for us to find those guys it’s hard. It’s hard to find those guys.â€
