Won't be there...WR and TE

[Marguide]

On 3/31/2017 at 10:14 PM, AU-panther said:

If I remember correctly he even said something about players were coming off of their board quickly.

This kind of goes back to what I was saying earlier about being able to predict where you can select certain players.  Judging talent is just part of drafting, being able to figure out what other teams are going to do is part of it also.

Maybe Shaq was BPA but lets imagine if we hadn't picked him.

We traded up to 41 for Funchess, we drafted Shaq at 25.  What if we had picked Funchess at 25?  If you are willing to trade up to 41 he probably isn't far off at 25 either.  Then you could have kept your original 2nd (57), 3rd(89), and 6th(200).  Since you still have your 89th you could have easily picked up Williams. who we traded up to 102 to pick. The trade up for Williams cost the team 124,161,242.

So in hindsight you could have picked:

Funchess at 25 (we drafted at 41, so pretty safe he would have been there at 25)

Kept 57

Williams at 89 (we drafted at 102 so pretty safe he would have there at 89)

Kept 124

Kept 161

Mayo at 169 (actual pick)

CAP at 174 (actual pick)

Kept 200

Kept 242

So instead of Shaq we could have had a 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th.  Would any team in the league trade us that for Shaq now?

BTW I think Shaq has the potential to be a really good player, I'm just not sold on the draft as a whole. Maybe going a little more need based would have resulted in a little better draft.

That is flat out depressing. I had forgotten what we gave up for the two moves. In hindsight, there is no way to put a positive spin on how DG handled that draft.

[Jeremy Igo]

"He won't be there " is the default comment for someone who doesn't know anything but wants to pretend he does.

[The Lobo]

15 minutes ago, Jeremy Igo said:

"He won't be there " is the default comment for someone who doesn't know anything but wants to pretend he does.

How do you feel about all these trade up rumors?

[t96]

On 3/31/2017 at 10:41 AM, top dawg said:

I never bought that. Butler was his BPA! I think G-man is all about taking the BPA, especially this year after putting us in a needy position last year. I don't think he's going into the draft this year with any preconceived notions based upon need. 

And paying a DT like KK is significantly different than paying a guard. We can sign both for less than what KK would demand. Hope KK takes a slight discount and we can keep all 3 but love the approach we're taking by getting a better look at what we have in Butler this year while we have KK on the tag.

[t96]

1 hour ago, Jeremy Igo said:

"He won't be there " is the default comment for someone who doesn't know anything but wants to pretend he does.

Subtle hint here from the man with insider info... Garrett falling to 8. Super Bowl.