I had no idea about that. Would be interested to know if he's been in England for any significant amount of time during his lifetime.
Moved when he was 3 according to an article I just saw, he has Islington as his location on Twitter, I'm guessing he must have spent some time over here.
Very Happy with the Raiders picks. Wanted Obi as I had followed his career and we need someone to cover TE's. The DT was a 5* recruit out of high school and plays nasty. Torn his ACL in 2015 but came back this year. Normally takes a year to get back to playing hard.
Defense, defense, defense, defense for the Ravens. It's exactly what was needed, defensive backs and pass rushers, but I can't help feeling slightly panicked by the lack of offensive additions so far. Danny Woodhead is the only one so far this off-season.
Don't know if anyone's seen the Reuben Foster interview yet but he had the saints on the phone to his girlfriend telling her how she had to keep him grounded while he went to them, as he only lives up the road. At that the 49ers called him to say they've traded up and were taking him. Straight hung up on the saints. I'm sure it'll still be somewhere on Twitter.
Don't know about everyone else but I'm made up we've traded out of day 1 starters for players that probably make the final squad. Bad day for the Vikings so far. Can't see much worth taking left.
Cowboys just traded next year's 5th round pick for the Jets 6th round pick. They selected Xavier Woods, a safety they were considering at 92 and again at 133.
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At #43, the Philadelphia Eagles select Sidney Jones, DB, Washington.
At #44, the Los Angeles Rams (from Buffalo) select Gerald Everett, TE, South Alabama.
At #45, the Chicago Bears (from Arizona) select Adam Shaheen, TE, Ashland.
At #46, the Indianapolis Colts select Quincy Wilson, DB, Florida.
I'll edit as a to new post spam but Murray, Cook and McKinnon is a very good backfield. Wouldn't be surprised if Cook goes to RB1.
At #48, the Cincinnati Bengals (from Minnesota) select Joe Mixon, RB, Oklahoma.
At #49, the Washington Redskins select Ryan Anderson, LB, Alabama.
At #50, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers select Justin Evans, DB, Texas A&M.
At #51, the Denver Broncos select DeMarcus Walker, DE, Florida State.
At #53, the Detroit Lions select Teez Tabor, DB, Florida.
At #54, the Miami Dolphins select Raekwon McMillan, LB, Ohio State.
At #55, the New York Giants select Dalvin Tomlinson, DT, Alabama.
At #56, the Oakland Raiders select Obi Melifonwu, DB, Connecticut.
At #58, the Seattle Seahawks select Ethan Pocic, C, LSU.
At #59, the Kansas City Chiefs select Tanoh Kpassagnon, DE, Villanova.
At #60, the Dallas Cowboys select Chidobe Awuzie, DB, Colorado.
At #62, the Pittsburgh Steelers select JuJu Smith-Schuster, WR, USC.
Atlanta Falcons trade #63 to the Buffalo Bills.
Atlanta receive #75, #149 and #156 from Buffalo.
At #63, the Buffalo Bills select Dion Dawkins, OT/OG, Temple.
At #64, the Carolina Panthers select Taylor Moton, OT, Western Michigan.
#33, the Green Bay Packers select Kevin King, DB, Washington.
#34, the Jacksonville Jaguars select Cam Robinson, OT, Alabama.
#35, the Seattle Seahawks select Malik McDowell, DT, Michigan State.
#36, the Arizona Cardinals select Budda Baker, DB, Washington.
#37, the Buffalo Bills select Zay Jones, WR, East Carolina.
#38, the Los Angeles Chargers select Forrest Lamp, OG, Western Kentucky.
#39, the New York Jets select Marcus Maye, DB, Florida.
#40, the Carolina Panthers select Curtis Samuel, WR, Ohio State.
#41, the Minnesota Vikings select Dalvin Cook, RB, Florida State.
#42, the New Orleans Saints select Marcus Williams, DB, Utah.
#43, the Philadelphia Eagles select Sidney Jones, DB, Washington.
#44, the Los Angeles Rams select Gerald Everett, TE, South Alabama.
#45, the Chicago Bears select Adam Shaheen, TE, Ashland.
#46, the Indianapolis Colts select Quincy Wilson, DB, Florida.
#47, the Baltimore Ravens select Tyus Bowser, LB, Houston.
#48, the Cincinnati Bengals select Joe Mixon, RB, Oklahoma.
#49, the Washington Redskins select Ryan Anderson, LB, Alabama.
#50, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers select Justin Evans, DB, Texas A&M.
#51, the Denver Broncos select DeMarcus Walker, DE, Florida State.
#52, the Cleveland Browns select DeShone Kizer, QB, Notre Dame.
#53, the Detroit Lions select Teez Tabor, DB, Florida.
#54, the Miami Dolphins select Raekwon McMillan, LB, Ohio State.
#55, the New York Giants select Dalvin Tomlinson, DT, Alabama.
#56, the Oakland Raiders select Obi Melifonwu, DB, Connecticut.
#57, the Houston Texans select Zach Cunningham, LB, Vanderbilt.
#58, the Seattle Seahawks select Ethan Pocic, C, LSU.
#59, the Kansas City Chiefs select Tanoh Kpassagnon, DE, Villanova.
#60, the Dallas Cowboys select Chidobe Awuzie, DB, Colorado.
#61, the Green Bay Packers select Josh Jones, DB, NC State.
#62, the Pittsburgh Steelers select JuJu Smith-Schuster, WR, USC.
#63, the Buffalo Bills select Dion Dawkins, OT/OG, Temple.
#64, the Carolina Panthers select Taylor Moton, OT, Western Michigan.
How does everyone like their teams picks?
Also interesting taking him over Feeney. Both were on the board.
A 5th. Happy with that, obviously chose to take Elflein first so I'll trust the judgement. Nice versatility at C and Guard.
Very excited with that.