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5 hours ago, Hoenheim said:

Trading down from 8 in a draft without premium offensive talent is going to be difficult imo. We traditionally don't move from 8 and stick and pick, ala Horn (8), Brown (7), CMC (8), Kuechly (9)

 Jordan Gross was drafted at 8 as well. The 8th pick has been good to us.

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20 hours ago, ChuckWag78 said:

But look at the FA list for this off-season, it is not real appealing for young edge talent. 

Well most teams are not eager to let young edge talent go. It's tough to find them that aren't basically busts or underperforming players. Even those guys usually get moved via trade rather than in free agency.

If we don't get help in the draft, we aren't likely to be able to make meaningful upgrades in free agency outside maybe some improvements over our terrible depth.

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On 1/13/2025 at 3:08 AM, PantherChris said:

We actually had the 9th pick that year the goofball vikings let the time expire on there choice and slid two spots.

And the Viking still got 5x All Pro Kevin Williams. The most accomplished player of the 3 teams involved.

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