Bear Hands

Bolded my faves. Relooking at this list, Michael Mayer, Joey Porter Jr. & Brian Branch may be the only one I'd say warrant us not listening for calls at pick 39. I'd also say Adebawore is a BIG name missing. His name is coming up sooner than later tonight. He's unique in being a 3-4 guy that can play in the dirt or standing. Super athletic. Branch is like Antonio Johnson who is entirely capable at playing NB as well as S. Fluid defender. I like Ojulari but he has a lack of burst that drops him from the pound-the-table list. He reminds me of Jordan Willis some years back. Liked him as a prospect but the lack of burst just really held him back. He's had good moments but I'd like more star upside. I kind of like Hall better. Bill Musgrave's son has too many injuries for me to be excited but LaPorta or Kraft would be pretty dope. Can see having an impact earlier than normal for a TE. Huge Turner & Brents fan. Would welcome either.

I very much like a non-social media owner

Alright alright alright

Did Malik or Corral stick around? I forgot if they did or not.

The "Will Levis" that attended the S2 test was really Shane Steichen in a scooby-doo style skin suit.

huh?

A lot of nice long EDGE and DB talent. Love Mims at WR. Think he's going to be a steal. LaPorta & Kraft are my top TEs remaining.

Entirely plausible, not too shocking but agree.

If one of Levis or Hooker is available at 39, let's figure out who wants him and make something happen. Could get maybe a bit more value than usual if said team is trading up for a QB

Precisely. As always, it's somewhere in between. Between those beating the Levis drum for months on end (we know who you are...) and those unnecessarily panning the guy's character and whatnot. Teams have legit concerns, we don't really know the details, and we can claim we do, or over analyze to the inth-degree, but they just didn't see a R1 guy at the end of the day. Simple as that. He's not bad, could still do well. But team's don't view him nearly as highly as some thought.

So what have we learned here?

I'll never forget Tyrod one rather nice year in Buffalo. He took me to a fantasy final in my big money 14-teamer. What a journey of a career he's had.

Oh yeah they did the Tyrod thing for the first few weeks

Must've mis-remembered.

Not Baker.

Was Baker not the first overall pick and played his entire first season and broke the rookie TD passing record?

What's this even mean?

There's a lot of reasons I can see for the slide--evident when you watch him play and it was clear as day at his pro day. He just has no control over his arm. And yeah, maybe he didn't interview well, but I'm not going to assume anything about his character.

Yeah there's a lot of good talent left. Maybe we can shift down a tad but no problem if we can't. There's 8 picks to go and we've still got Drew Sanders, Brian Branch, Joey Porter Jr., Michael Mayer, DJ Turner, BJ Ojulari, O'Cyrus Torrence, Sam LaPorta, Darnell Washington all out there. Good stuff.

The Detroit Lions mishandled the first round immensely. They had pick 6 & 18...trade down to 12 (Witherspoon taken at 5 screwed up their plans methinks), land Gibbs at RB over guys like Van Ness and Gonzo, then pick ILB Campbell at 18. They now have pick 34, 48 & 55...but shipped 81 so have a gap until 152 after 55. Just a weird strategy. More trades coming for them methinks.

I heart Bryce. The future is now.

If PHI take Adebawore over Smith that will be something

Word was NO wanted him at their 1st as well

JAX and CIN both have pretty major DB needs. Branch & porter still out there. PHI could be a trade up target

Kincaid incoming for NYG? Or maybe Nolan?