JawnyBlaze

The Texans were easily the #1 winner, drafting elite players at the two most important positions. Only time will tell if they’re able to successfully utilize them. On paper the Eagles did really well, but one of the biggest red flags to me is if your college coaching staff doesn’t speak highly of you and Carters whole coaching staff hated him apparently. All of our division rivals failed at drafting this year, the only caveat being yea Bijan is good but not as good as CMC and we saw how much success he helped us have. A top ten RB better be Eric Dickerson and Barry Sanders rolled into one. And I dunno wtf Detroit thought they were doing. Probably the worst first round of anyone. The Bills also did well, only one pick but they navigated the board well and got a stud TE by trading ahead of the Cowboys who most likely would have taken him. Bonus points for screwing dem boys.

At this point we don’t need the 3rd anymore. Our 4th plus maybe a throwaway could get 31. Or just the 4th at the beginning of tomorrow night

I was hoping we’d trade up around where the Bills did with Kincaid still on the board. Now I’m hoping any pick now could be a trade up for Mayer. I don’t know any defensive guys worth trading up for but I wouldn’t be surprised there either. Mayer is still my preference. Lotta people thought he’d be gone by the middle of the first.

Ugh. Hope Bijan helps the Falcons win as many games as CMC helped us

Richardson at 4! I think it was the right pick, more potential than Levis, and even now I wouldn’t put him too far behind Levis as a passer (I don’t like Levis)

Wow did the Texans borrow Tepper’s brass balls? Trading up to 3 for back to back picks lol. Gutsy

Stroud goes second, of course. No way he could be passed by a QB needy team. Sucks for him, hope the best for him (except when they play us heh)

He’s ours now. All aboard the train! Official Bryce Bro now

Nah. Corral is that shot in the dark backup. Didn’t play last year and it’s a new system anyway so same blank slate as a second QB in this draft.

Agree with your best and two runners up

The history made might be the first time ever Mel kiper gets our pick right

Dunno, haven’t researched Maye. The only thing I do know is that he won’t be as highly thought of next year as he is this year. “Next year’s draft class is better syndrome”

Honestly, I’d rather have 39, depending on who is there. If the guys I had my eye on are gone then sure trade back. But I’d be willing to bet there’s someone at 39 that our FO has a first round grade on. edit: specifically Mayer, Kincaid or maybe Washington. I haven’t researched the OLBs or CBs really so I don’t know names. Even if there’s a really high potential OG I’d want to take him, often the lower value positions can have really good players available in the upper partner the second round and I’d rather have a stud OG or TE than a rotational YGM style player at a higher value position.

Yea, it’s the transition to base 3-4 that makes me think our DL is fine. They’re there to plug holes and Brown & co should be sufficient for that

Yea, other than DL I’d agree that a potential starter at any of those positions is someone we can’t pass on at 39 (with LB including edge rushing OLBs). I’d also add TE, even if they’re not necessarily going to start over Hurst on day one, there’s two or three guys that have really high potential to be exceptional players I would hate to pass on too

There’s certainly merit to the “crapshoot” philosophy to drafting, but I tend to prefer quality over quantity and trust the decision makers. Rarely do the teams known for trading back and stockpiling picks actually turn those picks into better players than they could have taken at their original spot (at least, in my observations). I’d rather have two firsts, two seconds and nothing else in every draft than a pick in every round, heh. I’ll take a quarter over three dimes any day, when it comes to football players.

I’d prefer not to trade down from 39, seems like a sweet spot where some guys I think will truly make an impact will be available. I wouldn’t mind trading up from 93 though. Would be awesome to land a top TE at 39 then trade up from 93 for Mingo

Don’t think Jones can make it official. Looking that way, but it’ll be official in a couple days.

Yep that was it. Best draft site I’ve ever seen

I dunno, I never go off stats, barely ever even know what a prospect’s stats look like unless it’s mentioned here. I just use what I see with my own two eyes and Richardson was more prone to wild throws , and even when they weren’t wild they weren’t well placed often making the receiver have to work harder to catch, than just about anyone I’ve ever seen. Maybe most of that was due to wrong routes or something I have no way of knowing since I’m not in the huddle or QB room, but just based on the frequency that passes dropped to the ground nowhere near the receiver I’ve determined for my own opinion that Richardson is, right now, an awful passer. 100% based on watching every pass he has thrown that’s available on YouTube. on a related topic, I really miss that website that existed years ago that would chop up games of prospects into every play they were involved in, for QBs it was entire games with every single throw and passing play. I forget the name of it, I remember it had a red theme. That site was great and really helpful for armchair GMing.

Rivera was putrid. Rhule was more inept but Rivera definitely wasted much better talent.

Of course, Tepper probably encourages then to speak their minds and be honest. If you’re asking if Tepper told them to do something would they say no? Not unless it was illegal/unethical. I doubt Tepper is going to put them in a position they have to say no. If it’s about QBs, that’s their decision, Tepper isn’t going to tell or insinuate they should take someone they don’t want.

Eh, if Rodgers is there for one year and plays 65%+ of the snaps, they got fleeced. If he’s there two years, it’s a bad deal. If he’s there three or more years it’s a good deal for them. And it’s entirely possible. Rodgers is a nutcase and not a good person but he’s still a great QB and maybe a change of scenery is all the motivation he needs.