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Both the New York Jets, with four seventh round compensatory picks, and the Seattle Seahawks hinted at a desire to land the second-team All-American, with the Jets going so far as to place a call to Siedlecki before contacting Lawrie in the moments leading up to the draft...
...amazes me that [the Buccaneers] know they’re going to get a guy like that in the sixth round,” Siedlecki said. “And if they feel people are going to take them late, they are going to take them earlier...
Whether that confidence in their picks will pan out in a spot on an NFL roster is as yet up in the air. While Siedlecki compared Lawrie favorably to Johnson—“a receiver who survives as a blocker”—and acknowledged that he has both the size and the intellect to succeed at the professional level, the speed of the game will certainly take some adjusting to if his stay is to last...
...He’s going to be a guy playing inside and he’s not going to be a flex guy,” Siedlecki said. “He’s going to be down in the three-point stance. The ability to get off the ball, to get away from the blocker is going...
...You’ve got to be a good enough player, bottom line, to get taken,” Siedlecki said. “But they like the intelligence factor. They like to have some guys like that in the locker room. I think it gives them an edge. They know they’re getting a quick learner...