DawgTalkers.net Forums The Archives 2017 NFL Season 2017 NFL Draft Browns pick Jabrill Peppers with the 25th pick

I despise this pick.

GW will move him all over the field. He's a football player. He hustles and is a good tackler. Solid pick.

Jabrill Peppers: "This is the best day of my life ... Myles Garrett is going to be a terror, and I'm going to do my part."

lol... He's made the Pro Bowl 2x and was an alternate last year. I'd say he was better than anything we had last year.

People loved his big hits, but love to forget how awful he overplayed the ball here in Cleveland. Let's not even talk about his lackluster coverage ability, too.

#goblue

I thought peppers had a dilute sample issue though???

I like the pick. I hate the team he came from...

Are you serious??? He did all that? Plus he runs faster than Adams in a straight line? Wow!!!

We may love him in a few years, but you want a fist round pick to start tomorrow, not start learning his position tomorrow. That's my knock on it.

Peppers does whatever coach asks him...and always puts his team before himself which i love...hes not a me me me guy...heck they had no LB fast enough to get outside the tackles last summer so asked him to switch to help the team even though his stock would drop with a change...and he did so willingly...that i love

I get it. I probably wouldn't have made the pick, but we'll see how it goes. We're stocking up on young guys with high Sparq scores and solid production. Peppers has the physical ability, and Williams can use him in different ways and hopefully clean up his coverage.

I don't know if I'm way off base and I hope I'm wrong, but Peppers reminds me of a more athletic Nic Harris; who was a hybrid type out of Oklahoma in 2009. I think that in today's environment a versatile player is key, but I would rather we find a front seven player with the athleticism to drop into coverage in passing situations rather than a secondary player who has the ability to come up on the box in running situations. Maybe I've been influenced by others opinions, considering he always showed when I watched Michigan play, but I think there was better value at corner and we could have got a solid safety at the top of two before the trade up to 29.

Mayock ... Who I think is the best of the commentators ... Says with a lot of conviction in his voice, he LOVES Peppers.

Hue Jackson said Jabrill Peppers will play defense but they will find a role for him on offense.

yeah he needs to learn...but he offers imense upside my biggest knock with him is he isnt a play maker...however I hope he can become an enforcer we need.

I like the versatility, coupled with a 1st next year, I approve.

Link please

We were so bad on returning kicks and punts...he will help immensely there

Harris was the better football player. "Athletic" is just code for "does not know any true position."

Can he play quarterback?

Wildcat

Gonna be honest. I know you're a troll and I think you should crawl back under your bridge, but in this case I agree; that pains me.

This. We got a safety and we got an extra first rounder next year. Peppers plus a first round pick is greater than Hooker IMO. Time will tell. We did get an elite pass rusher, a safety and the TE that the Steelers were said to have wanted.... We also have two first round picks and three second round picks in next years draft so whatever QB we covet we can likely get him. Not a bad night in my opinion.

JC: I'm okay with the pick. I think he will be a SS who fits Williams system. Like someone said earlier, I'm interested in what Barron's role was. I don't expect Peppers to be returning many kicks, but who knows.

I'm not a big Buckeye guy, so I don't care that he's from Michigan.

Guy's definitely an athlete, and I'm hoping his best football is ahead of him.

Plus we got an extra 1st next year, one I suspect will be top 20 pick. That's fine by me.

I'd prefer Hooker, but Peppers and a 2018 QB-less Texans 1 sounds good to me

Let me get this straight. Jabrill Peppers makes plays all over the field, is good against the run and is a good tackler. Weren't there chronic complaints on this board last season about our D not making plays when we needed to, lousy tackling and not being able to stop the run? Sounds like this guy can do all 3 and he's a hustler too. Also sounds like a team player. So what's the problem?

Time will tell. Could turn out to be a star. Skeptical at this time.

On a side note, Lindor hammered a HR to put the Tribe ahead tonight for the win!

Yeah, I'm coming around to your line of thinking. Yes, we passed on the best TE and arguably the best Safety in the draft at 12 ... but instead we got a Safety, Tight End AND a first round pick next year. That's pretty good. (So long as Hooker doesn't turn into Ed Reed)

The problem is is DB who isn't good at coverage.

Heres another thing that slowed us last year...team speed...we just looked slower than most teams weekly in all phases...all 3 of our guys are rather quick and fast for their given size...Jabrill also brings energy...something we struggled with back there.

Indeed.

Through team need he was asked to play LB most of last year. So is it that he can't cover, or that he wasn't coached to?

We'll find out. Dude has some spark and electrified his team. Looks to be a impact play waiting to happen.

He was rarely asked to "cover" at Michigan. Peppers was the #1 CB coming out of high school and has more ability than most. Harbaugh said he and Andrew Luck are the smartest players he ever coached, and I think Peppers will blossom as a SS once he can focus solely on that.

My 3rd favorite safety in the draft...and alot of experts had him that way as well.

Hopefully we got alot of tape on Jourdan Lewis while they looked at Peppers...I would love Lewis in round 3. He'll take Haden or Taylors job from them.

We all have our opinions. I liked the other two picks. It's not like I am being biased. I have said I did not like Peppers as a player in the first 3 rounds for quite some time.

Right, everyone has their opinions. No guarantees for any player, but I've watched Peppers a ton and he always seems to be in the right place at the right time. He is instinctual, blazing fast, a great tackler, and I feel he has great potential in coverage.

If true about his CB ability I'm really encouraged.

And while I don't like Harbaugh, I think he's a great coach and straight shooter... This post makes me feel much better about the pick.

I don't like the pick, but I hope to be wrong.

Instinctual? Blazing fast?

Nah, don't think so.

I wouldn't be surprised if we use him as a halfback. Punt returns etc.

I think Williams can get a lot out of him but, at 25 I was hoping for Obi. Now, at 52 I hope we get Marcus Williams.