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2015 NFL Draft: Good and Bad Fits in the Seventh Round

Find out which picks were good fits and bad fits in the 7th round of the 2015 NFL draft.

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The 2015 NFL draft has come and gone; therefore, it is time to analyze each pick with excruciating detail. As is the case every year, there are picks that are perceived as bad fits and others that are perceived as good fits. With that in mind, let’s take a look a couple of the picks that look to be good fits and some that appear to be bad fits.

Good Fits

Tre McBride – Tennessee Titans

Tre McBride was ranked as a top-eight wide receiver in this class by a ton of analysts, which makes you wonder why he fell all the way to the Tennessee Titans. This is likely because of some character or injury concerns that haven’t made their way to the public as of yet. When McBride is on the field, he is a crisp route-runner with incredibly soft hands. He creates natural separation and controls his body extremely well in the air. McBride should be able to develop into a fantastic target for Marcus Mariota for years to come.

Hayes Pullard – Cleveland Browns

Hayes Pullard is an undersized, but athletic linebacker with plus instincts. He likely figures into the weak-inside linebacker for the Browns and he should develop nicely there. Pullard needs to work on some of the fundamentals, but he could be a great nickel linebacker for them from day one. Pullard will likely turn a lot of heads in training camp because of his ability to flow to the ball and cover tight ends coming up the seam.

Gerod Holliman – Pittsburgh Steelers

Gerod Holliman is a tough prospect to evaluate. He displays incredible instincts and ball skills to play the middle of the field as a free safety. However, he is below-average athletically and an awful tackler. Nevertheless, the fact that the Pittsburgh Steelers were able to get a player with an unteachable trait of instincts that Holliman posses is a great get. They will need to develop him as a tackler, but he could potentially become a fantastic deep middle defender for the Steelers.

Bad Fits

Kenny Hilliard – Houston Texans

Kenny Hillard was a head-scratching selection in the seventh round. The Texans are one of the best zone-blocking teams in the NFL, but Hilliard struggles in all the traits that you look for in a zone running back. He doesn’t have good vision or one-cut ability and he struggles to pace his carries. Hilliard likely only bring special teams upside as he would probably be a disaster in the Texans’ running scheme.

Geoff Swaim – Dallas Cowboys

Geoff Swaim was a puzzling in the seventh round, but it was compounded by the fact that the Dallas Cowboys traded back into the seventh round to get him. Swaim is an athletic tight end who has showcased good ability as a blocker at Texas. However, he is a very bad route-runner and he doesn’t know to create separation as a tight end. Plus, the Cowboys are stacked at the tight end position and it is unlikely that he makes the roster, which is bad value, even in the seventh round.

John Owning is a NFL columnist for Football Insiders. He has years of experience covering the NFL, NFL draft and NCAA football. John's work has been featured on the Bleacher Report and DraftBreakdown.com

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