grimesgoat

In addition to the better supporting cast here (offense and coaching), our much improved defense will help immensely. Its nice for a QB to know he doesn't have to be perfect to win games. Takes a little pressure off. 2021 Darnold Stats Completion %: 60% Yards: 4,000 TDs: 30 INTs: 12 Rushing Yards: 300 Rushing TDs: 4 Wins: 9

Not damaged goods, lol. But anyone can get hurt - this is football. Let’s say CMC has to enter the concussion protocol and misses 3 games. You want to rely on a jag? A luxury pick is drafting a kicker with a kicker on the roster for “competition”. Nailing down a solid backup for possibly your most important weapon on the team is just smart (imho). I was selecting Chuba in almost every mock I did. Makes perfect sense to me. We’ll agree to disagree.

CMC’s backup started 10+ games last year.

Nixon is nice. Solid rotation piece. Now grab Smith or Brown at OG at 166 and we may have the most productive draft in our history.

Nixon please. Can’t believe he’s still out there.

4th and later is where we pick up our backups. These are important players. Just because Hurney didn’t take it seriously does not mean we can’t start now. i have a feeling Rhule and Fitt may be better talent evaluators than the last crew. They may have better luck finding contributors after the Hurneys of the world stop go home.

I doubt Tepper gave him a 7-year contract and said 'you better win by year 2 or you're out of here'. Does anyone remember what a poo show we were at the end of rivera's reign? Its a miracle we won 5 games last year.

Agree. I actually like Eiflein a lot I think he plays LG this year and slides over to C next year. If Moerig is there you have to take him. Otherwise slide back and grab Grant. Go T in third, At this point, i don't think there is a rookie LT that is ready to start day 1 anyway, but there are some guys that will be ready by mid-season. The defense is starting to look nasty.

Saints are trying to pressure us to move up for sewell and waste draft capital. No way they can move up that far.

If it's not us, it will be someone else. I want in on the trade-rape.

If Sewell is somehow there, he is the pick. If we trade back, we select Vera-Tucker.

If he's decent, he'll help us and then net a good comp pick next year. There is going to be a ton of money out there next year and he will get paid by someone. It's like getting a CB1 for a year plus an extra 3rd.

Getting Gilmore suddenly makes our defense nasty. Then let him walk next year and cash in that 3rd round comp pick. With 15, you could still probably get Darrisaw, Slater, or Vera-Tucker. Then grab a slot WR in the second, Grant in the 3rd, Davis Mills and a G in the 4th, and RB in the 5th. I might even try to convert some of this year's 6ths to 2022 5ths. If Darnold is decent, I think this puts us in the playoffs.

No guarantee that the same deal would be available after the draft. Boils down to this... 1. Keep Teddy. Cap hit is 23m in 2021 and plus 5m dead in 2022 assuming he's cut after the season. 2. Cut Teddy Now. Cap hit is 20m. No pain in 2022. Save 3m. 3. Trade Teddy. Cap hit is 17m . No pain in 2022. Save 6m and get a early 6th. You take option 3 all day long.

Not sure if that was directed at me. I just followed the link and listened to this on youtube. If this was "first take", that's news to me. I've never seen first take (until now I guess?). Since you asked, I mostly read. Don't watch a lot of TV, listen to the radio, or own a CB. Since the link was provided, I thought I'd give it a fair listen since the guy is a legit ex-QB who does this for a living as opposed to some message board hack. Still trying to understand your point. Is Simms opinion less worthy because he presented them on this "first take" show?

I listened to almost all of it. I think he's got a lot of it right - especially the first 7. If we snag WFTs first, second and 2022's first and maybe some change, I'd be on board with the trade. And with a deep T draft and an extra 2nd this year, It's not crazy to roll the dice on possibly the best cb in the class given our needs. I'd probably take slater, then Stokes/Newsome with our second, then Grant with Washington's second.

it was tongue and cheek, but i am an actuary. its what i do.

Stirs is an optimist. My numbers say there is a 59.2% chance he is gone. 45.6% chance he goes to the bengals. If he slips past the bengals, I give the lions a 25% chance of selecting him. So there is a 41.2% chance he is there and I assume we would select him at 8. The only caveat is if Denver is worried about NE giving us a bid for a QB that is too good to pass up and they offer us a 3rd or something to switch places. Then I assume we pick him 9th. If anyone would like to see my math, let me know.

good stuff.

I think it will be Sewell / Grant. But could be Pitts/Leatherwood.

He may be traded to a team that does not want to bid on him on the open market. There are a lot of really good teams with stud QBs and below average backups. They don't want to throw away their season if their franchise QB goes down for 6-8 weeks (think NO). TB can hold things steady and keep a team afloat while waiting for their guy to return. Think of a team like Tampa. Brady is old - he could screw up his knew and miss 8 games in the middle of the season. That team is too good to have to rely on Gabbert. TB probably allows them to go 5-3 or 6-2 until Brady is back for the playoff push. Cutting him saves us 3m. But if Carolina can convert 7m of his salary to bonus - reducing his base salary to 10m. I think some teams might be willing to bite on this price. In this scenario, we save 6m instead of 3m, and receive some compensation (maybe a future 3rd or 4th). Savings could increase in 2021 if we spread the dead hit into next year.

I like it, but I think I'd see if anyone in the 11-16 group would take the 2022 second I just got from Washington and maybe a 3rd to switch places with me at 19. I like the guys that went 11-16 a lot more than Farley.

Waddle's comp is tyreke hill. Who wouldn't draft tyreke hill at 8 if given the chance? If Panthers want a weapon, my bet is the Panthers board looks like this: 1. Sewell 2. Pitts 3. Waddle 4. Chase 5, Slater