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7th round. Trade chart value near the bottom. Afterthought. He has good size and excellent speed and is a willing special teamer. Position group he joins has probably the lowest floor of all our groups. He has a great chance to make team. If he does, he’ll have eyes on him for ILB snaps.

The worst thing he did was trade up 2 slots. Which I don’t consider bad at all but some people were raging. The overlooking of ILB was unfortunate but if you are gonna do that, at least do it for your front and that’s the way it went. As far as the players, nobody knows the future. They were all sound decisions.

I never thought they used him right.

His money is guaranteed, I don’t know how much savings we can really get from a trade. I’d rather see him kept as depth if he doesn’t make himself a problem over losing his status.

I think Cherilus may be beating Wallace out.

Yeah. I called it a crisis in the works and caught a lot of pushback from the WR and TE crowd. But I stand by it. That Icky injury was a real setback. I don’t know what they would have done if we had not had things fall like they did. Glad I didn’t have to see, and hope Freeling picks things up quickly.

They were asking him if he had heard how they wanted to use him. He said no but…. And then said he’d play wherever. So there is no solid reason to think they intend to do that. And then we drafted a S later. But we will make a note of it.

I was hoping for a RB late but they say it is a down year for RB maybe there wasn’t a great option. But I don’t feel like building that room should be thought of as a finished job yet.

He said he would play wherever to help the team, outside, slot, and could even play safety if they want.

He does not lack confidence. Two weeks lol.

I suppose if the defense is further upgraded and it sure seems to be, maybe tossing a deep up for grabs ball won’t penalize failure (turnover) as much. So maybe we are more willing to take a risk.

For me it took care of business outside of ILB. I am good with letting TEs Sanders and Evans have another season to see where they can get to, rather than starting over with a hyped prospect. Can do that next year if they don’t come along. I guess we are about n the same boat with Wallace and Claude, which isn’t that horrible since we got Lloyd. If we couldn’t have ILB at 51 (or 49) DT was my acceptable alternative and I think this guy will compliment DB very nicely. Front could be nasty this year. PS I know we threw darts at a lot of needs later on, I am not going to pretend I know the players but it is supposedly good value and f a couple pan out, good to go.

We are for sure missing a tough quicker smaller prototype. You take what you can get though sometimes. This ‘next guy’ concept, is foreign to me. We have been sentenced to Bryce for life and are basically told to suck it up.

Yeah, that. He had to slow down for a few in his highlights and did really well. Of course they were highlights… It seems to me a fly route can only with with fast and Bryce if Bryce throws it up like, as soon as the ball is in his hands. Down the field the defenders can close on Bryce’s ball enough to close some large windows. This guy seems good at fighting for it though. The main thing is, I guess, if the defense has to appreciate it can be completed over their heads they have to respect that. Which for three years, they have not.

Yeah. Swapping those late picks like that is how they get to those one point margins. It is a common and convenient thing. I mean I don’t worry about any of those picks outside the 4th really. Such long shots…

He was asked how he felt about the team moving up to get him. Said his response was he will run through a brick wall for them. I kind of liked that.

I mean, they are his best plays in a highlight reel not a documentary, but his hands are pretty damned good and he has great concentration and also superb balance. I tire of the cookie cutter tall long guy too but I get why they like him.

I could, and can, live with misses. I can’t live with trading future first round picks. My hate for Tepper/Fitterer over the Bryce thing has deep roots and Marty’s bullshit with that is a big part of it.

That’s fair. His top isn’t what the problem really is, it is his very low floor and very high inconsistency from one outing to the next, and even inside the 60 minute game structure.

We are getting into the take a shot zone. I don’t know if I want to even risk a 4th but it is a hell of a lesser penalty if you miss.

Lol, it will be a great deal if he kicks Bryce’s ass because that jersey will be marked way down.

Yeah that desire for a fast deep threat has never made sense with this QB. What’s he gonna do? Run down the field and stop at a designated yard line? If he keeps running that ball will never reach him. Or are we going to have him go 6 yards and make the catch and then leave everyone in the dust?

Fair enough. I said I wanted ILB. For months. Years lol. Hill was not my choice really but I would have been okay with it. I completely disagree that LT was not a need. OT in general. It was what had to be done. So we won’t see eye to eye there.