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As someone who was very loudly wrong about him before that draft: what I learned from his failure is the difference between violence and toughness. Simmons will hit, but he doesn’t like collisions he’s not going to win. His career highlight is still blocking a kick and then walloping the defenseless kicker. But he won’t get downhill and splash a lead blocker in the hole as a box linebacker. I could be wrong about him again, I guess. But I don’t see a role for him as a safety, and he’s not a nickel, and if he won’t/can’t do the linebacker stuff well, then I’m not sure what he’d do for us. Of course, if we do sign him, I’ll talk myself into it immediately.

Those middle rounds are exactly what id wish for. But Stewart shouldn’t have a shot here.

All these hypothetical Carter trades make me think the national guys don’t know what Evero values in an edge player. We traded away Burns, traded up for DJ Johnson, and signed Jadeveon Clooney. We want big, edge-setting outside linebackers. I love Carter, but he’s not that guy.

Fortunately he’s dropping across pretty much all mocks and rankings that I’ve seen, and I haven’t seen any smoke lately connecting us to him. Feels like Mykel Williams is the one we have to worry about.

Did we need info on recycling?

I know we’re all still dealing with the scar tissue from Jonathan Brooks’ second ACL tear, but Kevin Winston would be awesome in the second. Dude was a sure fire first rounder and is a prototypical safety prospect.

He’ll probably be very good but he will never be fun to root for. I just don’t want to deal with it. Hope they pick someone else.

I love Mukuba, hope that one works out.

Picking a first round talent at a premier position? This isn’t crazy or new.

That’s fine. Defensive line is deep this year, and you take advantage of that by taking late-round guys. That’s smart and he’s a good prospect.

Regardless of whether they take Graham, I’m amped at how much they apparently like Cam Jackson. This draft’s got a weird number of huge guys and I hope we end up with one of them.

Walker freaks me out. I’ve seen too many people who don’t love his play at linebacker, and that’s where he’s going to play most of his snaps. If we’re picking a linebacker higher than we picked Luke, I’d like his linebacker instincts to be flawless. Why not just pick Barron? Even if he’s overmatched at outside corner, he’s a perfect nickel prospect. Perfect. Ditto at safety. Why are we trying to do this linebacker/edge half-measure when we can get a great prospect at another position of need?

Nice post! Crumedy's more of a backup end than a nose at only 305, right?

Sure. I still hope we grab one a developmental nose in this draft. There are a bunch late who will get pushed down by the strength of this d-line class.

lol the Raiders are replacing him with Chinn…

Yeah, there's overpaying and then there's what the Pats did.

Man let me cope just a little.

That's fine, but you also can't just go out and make a good rotational player the third-highest-paid player at his position group, either.

I'm happy to see him here. Both safeties are in the fit all the time in 2-high shells. Good player, helps us where we need it, shaves off a position of need for the draft, where we're now pretty much locked into overhauling the line.

Feels like we dodged a bullet at that number. Deepest DL draft in ages right around the corner, it's not the end of the world.

Fees like prep to take an EDGE at 8 and look for a true nose later in the draft.

I hope it’s Horn. If we extend him now, his contract will be less than if we have to do it at gunpoint later, with a higher cap. Philly does this with all their young guys. Might as well learn from the champs.

This reads a lot like Seattle doesn’t want to pay him what he wants and he’s using the “contender” nonsense as an excuse to find a team that’ll pay him. It’s anyone’s game.

That would be a second-rounder on Brooks, whatever pick we use on Skattebo, and another pick on a faster back. That’s a lot to dump into the running back room, and that doesn’t even include the deal for Chuba.

Hand-timed at a pro day. It doesn’t show up on the field. I think the point remains.