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LMU93
I think Jones is one of those players you go into the Draft keeping an eye on but not expecting to be there at 52. I've seen mocks with him going as high as 20th-25th. In general he seems rated somewhere around the 30th-40th best overall prospect. But... IF he slips and he's sitting there at 52 I think, given longer term OL needs, if they like him then take him. Similar happened with Rapp a year ago where he was also rated as a top-40 prospect but ended up in their laps at #61.
The difference is, they were strongly in the market for a safety. They had brought in around 8 safeties last year in their top 30 visits. That was the position which they had scouted the most heavily. And...all of the safties they brought in were projected to go in the 2nd and 3rd round it so they tipped their hands that they would be drafting a safety early.