kungfoodude

Eh....I feel like we eat our own better than most in The Huddle. Huddle Hate is kind of a tradition. It comes after Huddle Homerism starts to turn.

I didn't like much from Day Two and I didn't feel like we effectively addressed the issues with the OL. Those were my biggest criticisms overall. I am a little nervous about passing on Slater and Fields at 8, but I have warmed up a lot to that pick overall. Outside Horn, I feel like we probably got more depth guys than starters from this draft. That makes me less excited but our roster depth was abysmal last season, so every bit helps.

Agreed. If they have another HR draft, espwcially one that was a lot more polarizing than last year, I think we may have something special here.

I just meant it more as a warning that if Darnold starts to fail(which is admittedly more likely than not), it might get kind of rough in here for a single player fan. We had a lot of Auburn fans come for Cam and a few Louisville fans come for Teddy. The Huddle can get a little vicious about it's QB's. I don't personally believe much in Darnold's ability at the NFL level but I certainly wish him the best. It would be awesome to have a franchise QB again.

BPA works if your scouting works. I think we have executed similarly before, but our evaluations were off. It wasn't until the end that Nippleshorts started panic reaching in the draft(which ultimately started to be his undoing). I am definitely a lot less excited about this draft class than last year's. But, I do think this class might finally solve some roster depth issues we have had since The Great Purge(and before).

So now we have USC fans on the bandwagon for Darnold? Might want to ask the Auburn fans and Louisville fans how that turned out....

Other than going to a Utah based college, I am confused why people keep comparing Christensen to Gross. Jordan had an outstanding college career, became a top 10 pick and was the consensus top OL in the 2003 draft. Christensen has some decent potential but we shouldn't be confusing him for arguably the best offensive lineman to ever play for this franchise. If he is half of what Gross was, that was still a good pick.

Aaron Rodgers probably doesn't make us a serious Super Bowl contender, although we may be a much better team immediately. If things go extremely well on this rebuild, we probably aren't in the discussion for 2-3 more seasons. You don't go from 0 to Super Bowl overnight. It is gonna take time.

I don't think he wants to be here. I am not even sure he would be happy on a West Coast team. I think he just hasn't realized that he is over football.

The media/fan pressure will be extreme after trading all that for him. Should be an interesting circus to watch from afar.

I wouldn't think the NFLPA would have allowed that. I won't be upset if we can do that. I would certainly like to have less dead cap next season than $18.6 mil or not have to scramble to trade him. You have any of those articles handy? I haven't actually seen any mentioning that option specifically.

Well, that was already a Super Bowl participant team without Lance. You have to look at it this way, if they viewed Lance as "the guy" then they made the move they thought they had to. Doesn't mean that they may jump in with two feet right away. Even Mahomes(who was a guy they traded up for) wasn't in the immediate plans for KC. Lance is acknowledged to be a project too. No reason to rush him if he needs more time.

I would be curious to see how they manage that. My understanding was that the rookie deals are basically scaled and there isn't much tinkering allowed.

It's probably an inevitability that this happens. Let's hope it doesn't happen until Belichick retires. Who knows how he will find a way to cheat that system.

Since we picked up the 5th year for Darnold, he would still carry a very substantial dead cap hit next year($18.6 mil) when we move on from him. I suspect he will be easier to trade than Bridgewater was, however. I am genuinely stunned we got anything at all for him. Fitterer looks like a genius based on that trade alone.

I would think it will likely be ATL and us battling it out for last in the division while Tampa easily beats NO for first. It's a process. We'll ascend to the top eventually.

I suspect if/when Darnold fails it will matter how our overall record is. If he fails but we are around .500, perhaps we still don't reach and build the rest of the roster. If he fails spectacularly, I think you might see a little desperation creep into getting a QB in the draft or in free agency. They seem a lot more comfortable dumpster diving in free agency or through trades than taking guys in the draft.

Yeah, he was stout against us last night too. Concerning since he was a 0-2-0 5.00 GAA guy.

This team had given us fits all year long. I was surprised to see us crush them last night. Time to circle the wagons if you want that #1 overall seed.

He is a bust. Please stop pining over these guys, Huddle. Some of this poo is just blatantly obvious.

Yeah, I will take draft failure if I can have that kind of success. Pats are another "used to be successful" draft team. Give me the Seahawks results all day long. fug the draft.

Well, we had some pretty massive fails as far as "draft value" over the course of the draft, as well. I don't think anyone can say with certainty what our plan is that isn't in the organization.

@Zod @rayzor @LinvilleGorge Pin this poo to the top. The legend is back.

The return of @SCP.