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That doesn’t change there not being a good option beside Sewell in the draft. Christensen might be as good as any other option after him. It’s basically the same line as last year which was just below average. Okung played less than half the time and Scott played serviceable. So Erving will compete with Scott and if he wins the job he is more than likely the better option. Miller, Daley, Paradis, and Moton were all there last year. Now we have Christensen to either take a guard spot or possibly RT if Moton goes LT. It’s not great but not terrible. Moton, Erving/Daley/Elf, Paradis, Miller, Christensen doesn’t seem bad with Brown possibly competing for a guard spot as well.

He is clearly our FS/LT and there is nothing to worry about.

Honestly I wanted Fields or Sewell. The more I see of Horn the more I like him though. He definitely looks the part of a lockdown CB1, something we haven’t had for a while minus one random season from Norman.

I mean we drafted a lineman 11 picks later. From what I read, we didn’t think Marshall would be there at 70, but thought Christensen might. So they had (in their eyes) a first round talent fall into their lap at 59, then addressed another need at 70. Every need wasn’t going to get addressed in this draft. If Sewell was there at 8 I’m certain he would have been the pick. You have to go BPA early in the draft.

Yeah but Jefferson was super polished and NFL ready. Probably the best route runner with a knack for getting open, athletically yeah Marshall has the advantage, but I wouldn’t hold him to Jefferson’s rookie standard. To me if Marshall can stay healthy, he can become what we wanted Benjamin to be. A strong bodied big WR who can win jump balls and become a favorite redzone target.

Greg Little.

1. Sam Darnold wins the starting QB job. 2. Horn becomes the week 1 starter 3. Brown with continue to get pressure while demanding double teams in which the Huddle will complain about his sack total. 4. CMC will make the Pro Bowl 5. Trainwreck will lose his poo every time Fields scores a TD, no matter how well Darnold is playing. 6. Sizzle will get a semi if Darnold struggles and use it for trolling material.

He’s not the only thing on the rise…

He just said Julio was a non-factor. Shows you how little he knows right there…

He was a safe, sure pick that addressed our biggest issue the year before. He should only get better each year!

Like Julio?

So insightful. Thanks for your input.

Girth over depth, am I right?

I don’t think our staff is going to look at QBR. You can have a great QBR and still lose games. Teddy ranking 17 is middle if the pack, yet he was 0-8 in game winning drives. If Darnold is 19, but makes the throws needed to win games that would be a nice upgrade. If he becomes the leader of the offense and gets some wins due to his play, I think we roll with him again.

I mean from 32 to 19 is a nice jump. If he is trending up and ranking around middle of the pack that shouldn’t be too bad. I don’t think anyone thinks he can jump from 32 to the top 10 in one season with a new team/staff/offense, right? If that happens Brady might be the next great coach for whoever signs him.

Must have been a fan of that 80s offense that hid talented QBs and WRs…

Oh yeah, Burrow is legit. Smart, athletic, competitive, and seems to be a film room junkie. The man stays calm under pressure, if they can protect him, he should be the real deal. Check out his jump from Jr to Sr year. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/joe-burrow-1.html He had his chance and didn’t waste it. It will be interesting to see how much of it was Burrow and how much was Brady’s coaching. I’m sure it was a combo of both.

He was crazy accurate in college. Had the NCAA record for highest completion % in a game, and had the most completions in a season. I think he had the most passing yards in the SEC until Burrow broke it. I would say he got drafted because of his stats, not necessarily athletic ability. He had 4275 yards and got Kentucky to 8-4.

Yeah I think Baker launched it 70 yards on a Hail Mary, it was just incomplete. Kirk Cousins being on there shows it doesn’t show the whole story. A 50 yards pass from Rodgers looks a lot different than a 50 yard pass from Teddy. The great arms can launch it without having to lob it up high.

Lol yeah I saw that 70 yard chunk. It was impressive but it was the end of the game and he gave it his all. That’s not something he can do effortlessly from play to play. I bet his arm got iced after that. It (obviously) had some crazy hang time too. I’m just reading draft profiles and it says “underrated arm strength” but never stats it as one if the best. Similar things show up in Darnold’s. Anyway we are splitting hairs here. The fact is Darnold’s arm is more than capable and he went number 3 overall with his turnover issues for a reason right? I don’t think and average arm, average athlete, with turnover issues gets drafted that high.

Definitely has a better arm. I mean the relatively raw athletic QB. I think Darnold throws great off the run, which usually means they have a solid arm. Allen is on another level. I guess when I think of “average” athletic ability I think of Cousins, Ryan, and Mayfield. I’d put Darnold’s arm, scrambling, and ability to throw off the run higher than these guys.