Mr. Scot

Simplified route concepts are kind of a thing all over these days because it's gotten kind of hard to find college receivers that run a full route tree.

Tis true...

I suppose it's possible, but part of the problem right now is that he still coaches like a college coach, and the pro game is a very different animal. Even the world's greatest checkers player isn't necessarily a good chess player.

I'm guessing he was talking about comp picks. Those start in Round 3.

FYI: Here's the full Albert Breer quote that Bleacher Report was citing. So yeah, pure speculation.

Can't say I'm familiar with that one, honestly. I didn't think Dodgeball was funny.

Well if he wants 12, I've got a feeling that might be available soon.

That's a new one to me.

O'Brien is a longtime personnel guy who used to work with Pat Stewart in new England. Giants also fired former Panthers pro personnel guy Mark Koncz.

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No I didn't

General consensus has been as soon as that happens, he's a Steeler. (not sure if the Pickett draft pick makes a difference) That could also change the opinion of the Seahawks.

You hear DeAndre Hopkins got suspended?

I don't know that it's that. I'd say more so that they had more than one QB they were comfortable with (which the article confirms). I'd add i's not that they didn't have the capital as they didn't want to spend it.

Yeah, but next year's predictions will be accurate for sure

Gee, I wonder who this is

We have skill position players that are built for a WCO. We have an OC with a primarily WCO background. But we no longer have an ideal WCO line. That's not to say it can't work, but I find it... curious.

Foles was drafted in the 3rd round too, Brees in the second. Here's a full table of Super Bowl quarterbacks that includes what round they were drafted in. Draft history: Super Bowl Quarterbacks

There was also that guy in the 6th, and that one undrafted guy...

Possible. Can't say I agree but hey, we believed in Darnold. Also possible, but it's not like Carroll is getting any younger (he's 70 if I remember correctly).

Teams (besides us) that were expected / predicted / mocked to take a QB in this draft: - Lions (nobody took that too seriously) - Falcons - Seahawks - Steelers (they did) - Saints (by a few) - Vikings (same) Am I missing anyone?

Because the ones that are available aren't worth it.

They had to have valued someone if they entertained the idea in the first place. What derailed them was the additional cost of trading up that far. From the article... “I had the card in my hand, and he looks at me and says, What do you want to do?” Fitterer said. “And we both just kind of took a moment, and we looked at the board, and we decided the right thing to do was to be patient. Let’s not overpay. Let’s be smart about this. Let’s not dig ourselves in a hole for next year. Let’s inch back on trading with these quarterbacks.” At that point, he, Rhule and the group resolved to wait a little longer and, since they had enough conviction on a couple of the guys left, take another look when another quarterback came off the board. It didn’t happen for a while. But eventually, 10 picks into the third round, the Falcons pulled Cincinnati’s Desmond Ridder off the board. Twelve picks after that, the Titans drafted Liberty’s Malik Willis. And, stunned again by how guys at a certain position fell, the Panthers got aggressive and started making calls—very comfortable with the idea of taking either Ole Miss’s Matt Corral or North Carolina’s Sam Howell.

New Orleans I somewhat get because they like Winston. Seattle I don't get at all. Lock? Smith? Eason? Yikes! I suppose they could still go after Mayfield but they still seem lukewarm on that idea.

We did. Breer confirmed we had a deal in place to trade into the second but backed off.