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I don't understand the Sewell love-in. If he was an inch taller and had longer arms I'd understand the whole furore about him, but as he's got very similar measurables to Slater I don't think there's too much separating them as prospects.

6 minutes in they start talking about Carolina / Darnold / #8:

I don't make recommendations on prospects if I haven't seen them play.

I wouldn't touch him with a barge pole I'm afraid. He's one of those picks that if someone takes him and he turns into an All-Pro you just have to shrug your shoulders and applaud. Dude hasn't played football for two years. It's a no from me.

He has the same measurables as Sewell and Slater: 6'5" (actually taller than both), 33" arms, over 300lbs. Some of you were willing to throw the world at his teammate - why wasn't level of competition a concern then? He was also voted the practice player of the week at the Senior Bowl - he more than held his own against the vaunted SEC players.

He's far more potential than many are admitting. His technique needs a lot of work and, to be honest, he doesn't have a prototypical NFL OT build. I'm not saying he's a bad player, but he's not this 'generational' prospect many are making him out to be imo.

Assuming we don't receive a blockbuster offer to trade down, take Sewell / Slater at #8. Double dip in the second round with Radunz / the top OT prospect left on our board. Loser in TC moves inside to play OG. Third round I take the BPA, depending on who falls.

Spot the guy that just watched the SEC last year.

Please back up your claim about me being a 'Miami apologist' with evidence. As for Herndon being a slightly better Thomas, gtfo. Thomas is absolute doggers.

I don't think Leatherwood will be able to handle the speed rushers in the NFL. Roche abused him in the Senior Bowl practices and he's, at best, a third round pick.

He's not an in-line TE. He's wasted if you don't flex him out into space.

It pains me when people talk bad about Herndon (who'd walk into our TE room and be the man tomorrow) and Berrios (who'd happily fit into our WR corps as a slot guy).

McAfee said on his show that the rumour is Peyton Manning vouched for him. I can't believe the Jets are that dysfunctional, right?

Trojans sticking together.

Generational gets thrown around here like World Class does in football. It loses meaning when there's multiple generational talents in every Draft (or about 50 World Class players walking around).

Not a massive fan of his technique:

But they literally did give up three first round picks. Now granted they got a first round pick back, but how else would you possibly word it?

The same Cam Newton that never put up back-to-back winning seasons? He was good, but he wasn't great. He had an excellent defence in 2015 (and a pretty decent offence).

The Browns roster literally shits on ours.

If you listen to Pat McAfee, Manning was the de facto GM too.

By 'okay' you mean 'turned two dumpster fire programs around in short order', right?

I think it's the opposite. Bridgewater was too conservative with the ball - he wasn't taking the shots that were there. That was clearly frustrating Brady and Rhule. It's also not what the system is about - you have to take those shot plays when they present themselves.

They've already picked up his 5th year option.

Strangely I actually prefer the Darnold trade to the Stafford one - I thought Stafford was very much a 'win now' option, but still leaves us struggling to address the OT position with an elite prospect. The Darnold trade could be good for the next decade plus and allows us to build the team around him. Obviously Stafford is the better QB, but we need to build a team.

Here's what I'll say, check out Burrow's stats pre and post Brady: https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/joe-burrow-1.html Rhule and Fitterer have handed our OC (who was getting HC interviews after one year as an NFL OC!) a QB that ticks all the boxes you want physically and mentally. He's also 24 when the season starts. If this dude (and the QB Coach tbf, 'cos he has some footwork issues to overcome) is as good as they say he is then Darnold will be the future for us. If not then he shouldn't be getting those HC calls.