BrianS

FWIW: I saw a stat over the offseason that showed Mingo had the most uncatchable balls in the NFL thrown his way. I'm definitely not ready to write him off just yet.

Honestly, when draft picks fail it's almost never for athletic reasons. If you get drafted, you have the athletic talent. It's all those other things that can't be measured which cause failure. I wish the guy the best. There are certainly those rare players who finally figure it out. If we just get a rotational option out of this guy, that's a win for us.

It's a more realistic take than most. He was far more honest about our defense last year than most pundits.

Not sure if anyone else caught it, but in the section where the coaches and scouts were talking about what they wanted in an OLB, there was a point where someone said that they needed guys who could press the edge and finish by getting the guy to the ground. I couldn't help but think that some subtle frustration with Burns may have come out right there.

Incorrect. TB5 vs BY9 is a push at best. They are effectively the same player. Here is BY: Here is TB (Carolina year): So yea, BY had slightly more intended air yards per attempt (tried a touch more to go downfield). However, he completed far less downfield than TB5 (fewer completed air yards per attempt). Effectively, BY tried more, but TB was more effective.

Actually, he didn't throw any real deep balls in his pro day. I think the longest I remember seeing was about 45 yards in the air. Not sure how we could see Stroud, Richardson and Levis in the same week we saw Bryce and conclude that his arm was anything but the 4th best in the class.

Not exactly. They show that Jones was making the most of the opportunities he had. I was never a fan of his, but I think that the talent level in NE last year is somehow escaping the massive negative attention it should have received. That team was terrible - especially the talent and coaching on offense - and everyone was still afraid of the wrath of hoodie. He'll have a chance to restart his career at some point. He was a middle of the pack QB as a rookie. Plenty of teams out there would love to make it up to middle of the pack at QB.

Actually, it does. This graph shows yards missed when pressured and yards missed when not pressured. As you can see here, under no pressure, Bryce left 600 yards on the field. Under pressure, he left just short of 400 yards on the field. Yes, Josh Allen was also out there with missed chances. However, Josh Allen had 4300+ yards passing last year. I suspect no one would be all that concerned about BY if he had anywhere near 4000 last year.

I didn't see this posted here, apologies if I missed it. I just saw this breakdown today, it really shows just why this guy is someone we want around.

Just watched his interview. Man, all I can say is "pleasebegoodpleasebegoodpleasebegood".

I'm sorry, what? Much smaller? At draft, DK Metcalf was 6' 3", 228. XL is 6' 1", 221. The both ran 4.3 40's. Both had a 40" vertical jump. Both had a combined next gen score of 79. If you read their draft profiles, they have a lot of the same strengths and weaknesses. How much closer could they be and not be the exact same player? Of course I'm not saying that XL is the next DK Metcalf. Only production and performance can determine that. But as prospects, they are incredibly similar.

So, I don't like the Deebo comparisons after watching that. XL is not great at or behind the line of scrimmage. Far more failures than successes with those type plays. Maybe he is DK Metcalf. I hope so.

Moose for example. Morgan. Thomas Davis. Lots of guys really. We definitely used to be that team that played harder than everyone else.

I don't think so. Dallas really liked him. Even if the Joneses didn't take him, the Cardinals likely would have as well, given they picked up the second best back in the draft at 66.

If that was - at one point - part of the post, it's gone now.

Based solely on who we drafted and where, I gave it a B. We picked players who can compete for playing time this year, and largely got them where we should have. The tipping point for me was taking Wallace at 72. Most boards had him between 150 and 200. A better choice in that round and I would have given it an A. Getting a second rounder for next year should probably make it a B+ draft tbh.

I hope he lives up to his potential. I hope we are smart in how we use him. He could be a mainstay of our backfield for the next seven or eight years.

I could make a pretty strong argument that AT will be a better player with fewer snaps, largely due to his age. He tailed off significantly toward the end of last year, and yes, some of that was defensive adjustment. Some of it was also that he was just worn out. I would love to see AT turn into this years Ricky Proehl or Jerico Cotchery.

If this guy winds up giving us 30-40 quality reps per game as a rotational piece, it's a well spent draft pick.

You give him all 17 games. If he leads the team to a top 10 draft pick, he's done and we draft his replacement.

NONE. I want NO TARGETS. I want us taking BPA the rest of the way. The team needs to hit on draft picks and get players in who can challenge to play NOW.

There is absolutely no defending the Wallace pick. None. It was an INCREDIBLE reach based solely on athletic traits. Most boards had him between 150 and 234. We took him at 72! SEVENTY TWO!!! Depending on which board you follow, there were at least six or more LB'ers rated higher than Wallace on the board when we drafted: Payton Wilson, Trotter Jr, Cedric Gray, Jordan Magee, Nathaniel Watson and Curtis Jacobs.

So we totally misread the board again. We are on the clock again in the third, and we are the only team to pick a RB, while passing on other great players in positions of need. So Panthers.

I agree with this. Deebo became excess to requirements when CMC proved he doesn't really have an injury problem. This is Deebo's last year in SF, which is why SF is trying to trade him now. No way they let it go all the way to 2025 with the salary that year.

Stop it. The dude caught 39 of 44 targets last year. He had a higher catch percentage than CMC did. You gotta be willing to process and evaluate new information. Players improve areas of their game.