Jay Roosevelt

The 5th year option is arguably more valuable with WRs than any other position, so trading up one spot will be well worth it if XL ends up working out for us. TBH, I like him as a player but I'd have preferred Ladd McConkey due to his route running ability. However, Dave Canales has helped develop a similar prospect to XL in D.K. Metcalf in the past and XL does have higher upside than Ladd, IMO. Plus, there's always the chance we double-dip and take Ladd tonight.

My final mock this year...

Edgerrin Cooper is my choice for #33 if he's there. Then grab a WR.

I'm certain we double-dip at WR, just not necessarily in the 2nd round. I think we go WR with one of the 2nd rounders and get another WR in the 3rd/4th.

Every time a team debuts new uniforms that try to be all "sleek" and "modern" they always end up looking dated within 5 years. See the Browns, Bucs and Jaguars re-designs from the mid-2010s. All three teams ended up changing back or to a new design by the end of the decade. Then look at the most iconic uniforms in the league that have been roughly the same for decades: Steelers, Packers, Raiders, Cowboys, Giants, etc. The one common factor is simplicity. Everyone wants to be the Oregon Ducks of the NFL. They should stop trying so hard to fix what's not broken.

Maybe. Depends on the round. He's hard to pass on at the top of the 4th round for sure. 3rd? We have bigger needs.

That's my absolute DREAM scenario. I know everyone will flip if we don't take a WR in the 2nd round but both of those guys are legit All-Pro caliber prospects that would be core players on this team for the next 10+ years barring injury. 2nd: Jackson Powers-Johnson, C, Oregon 2nd: Edgerrin Cooper, LB, Texas A&M 3rd: Johnny Wilson, WR, Florida State 4th: Braelon Allen, RB, Wisconsin 5th: Mohamed Kamara, EDGE, Colorado State 5th: Ainias Smith, WR, Texas A&M 7th: M.J. Devonshire, CB, Pittsburgh

Depends entirely on the situation. Who's on the board? How far are we trading down? What are we getting in return? I don't have any issues with trading down, but it needs to make sense. I do think often times staying where you are and taking the better player provides more value than trading down and getting 2 or more lesser players.

I think we could very well draft XL in the 2nd round, but I think it's more likely to be with #39. I think we go defense with #33, trade down, or take a higher-rated WR prospect who falls out of the 1st round.

Could very well be true, but at the same time you hear after the draft all the time players who are surprised when a team doesn't pick them after telling them that they're going to.

The only defensive player I'm really interested in with either of our 2nd rounders is Edgerrin Cooper. Otherwise it needs to be offense.

Tried something a little different this time...

Nah. This ain't it.

No to Kool Aid. He's a bust waiting to happen.

So it's official; we're not trading back in the draft.

Mel Kiper for GM?

WR + TE in the 2nd would be great as long as we draft the right ones.

A'Shawn Robinson sitting next to the 6'3, 247lb Derrick Henry...

The Ole' Miss offense was probably like quantum physics compared to what Reich had us running last year.