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Ohio State no. 8 won it all last year. No. 6 Penn State and no. 7 Notre Dame advanced to the semi-final. This year no. 7 Ole Miss is going to win it all.

Who was that? I am not seeing great ILB value around the Wallace pick. We should be able to get one of Sony Styles (OSU), CJ Allen (UGA), or Anthony Hill (UT) with our first pick, with the dream scenario of Arvel Reese somehow dropping to us. The Giants Raiders tankathon should be interesting to watch. Lose that and the Giants can trade the no. 1 for a ransom.

As someone has already pointed out, there is a worry that Styles looks so good because he plays next to Arvel Reese. It may not matter because i'm seeing mocks with Arvel Reese no. 1 and Style long gone by our pick. We may need to focus on the ILB from UGA.

Warren has had the benefit of a good qb and team. Now that the qb is out, his stats are down. Tetairoa was a good pick.

David Njoku (29), Dallas Goedert (30), Kyle Pitts (25), Foster Moreau (28) will all be free agents in 2026. There are a lot more of course (Spotrac list) but i didn't include anyone over 30. We can't afford to use an early pick with all the holes we have. I think our first three picks need to address edge, linebacker and oline so we shouldn't be drafting a TE until fourth or later and that will just get us another mediocre tight end. We don't need another one of those.

My take on Darnold was always that he was fine with a good offensive line but would wilt under pressure with a poor line (Jets and Panthers). Seattle began the year w/ a pretty bad oline and they improved somewhat but Darnold is showing he is a pretty good qb. Imagine what the Panthers would be today with Darnold and without Bryce Young and all the wasted draft picks to get him.

I was about to say that we are helping him any by using our top picks to prop up Bryce, but didn't he want DJ Johnson?

I'm pretty surprised no one in the press had the stones to ask him if he regretted getting Tee Higgins paid. I thought he was going to cry at one point.

You would only pick up the option if you think he could possibly develop into a starter, which he cannot. Keeping him around in '26 and '27 will just complicate the qb room. I absolutely agree Dalton must be cut. I think Tepper and Morgan pick up the option shortly after the season though.

Agree. We were idiotic to move up in '23 when we should have known '24 was the qb draft class. Teams would be wise to wait until '27 unless you can get Mendoza. I have doubts about the Oregon and Bama qb's this year.

David Njoku will be a free agent at the end of the year. When he is healthy, he looks really good. Older and more injury prone though.

The obvious answer is Dan Morgan (go ahead and fire him now). He has been here since 2021 and was responsible for the 2024 draft. If we fire Canales, who is going to want to come here? Evero will self-deport as they say. Let the new GM come in and find his own HC and QB and take part in the draft.

I would argue Morgan should be first since we can't fire Tepper. Morgan then Evero then Canales or just do all three. DO NOT PICK UP BRYCE'S FIFTH YEAR OPTION.

This team sucks. Time to lose out and continue the rebuild.

I can't imagine two ILB's going in the top eight. Has that ever happened? I think Reese could go no. 1 considering the dude can play on the edge too and looks great. OSU v. IU was the first time i watched him this year.

Our qb room sucks enough as it is.

Supposedly they already came up with a new rule for ND because they cried so much: NY Post.

And the draft pick allocation. '25: 1st O 2nd D; '24: 1st O 2nd O; '23: 1st O 2nd O '22: 1st O 2nd O. Let the man get a first rounder for a change. My preference is Arvell Reese but no way he drops to us. Looks like a man among boys on the field. I've seen him rush and cover the slot too.

Yikes, that is not a good draft for us. I would go Francis Mauigoa OT Miami in that scenario, but I would much prefer a LB or Edge considering we don't need Moton's replacement until '27.

The Saints reached (was thought to be more like a late 2nd early 3rd not no. 8 in the second) for a 26 yo qb prospect in the draft so they obviously saw something the believed in so i think they hold off on using their first rounder on a qb. That means they can trade down for someone who wants one of the top three guys.

Howell is an UFA in 2026 so it would not cost anything. For those who want to cut Dalton, that would be a 5.8M cap hit. They guaranteed 5.9M of Dalton's salary because they thought he was a good mentor for Bryce so the plan is obviously to keep them both in '26, which really means they plan to pick up the fifth year option in May. Adding a Sam Howell or third round draft pick in '26 makes sense even though it limits roster spots. Dalton is Bryce's security blanket.

Why? He signed a contract that says he gets paid 3.9M next year as a 39 year old or we take a 5.8M cap hit. He would be a fool to walk away from that.

I hope we sign Icky but the more i look at the '26 draft the more i think we are in a good place for tackles. Moton is signed through '27 so....

There are several options for BY: 1. Cut him now and incur a 12M cap hit=no. 2. Keep him for 2026 and risk (.0001%) him balling out and leaving in FA=no. 3. Wait until April 23 for the draft to see if we get a qb=yes. 4. Decide before May 1 whether to exercise the fifth year, which would cost us 26M in '07=yes.

He would not be a big cap hit liability, but then we really need to move up the wr position in the draft or fa.