Tetairoa McMillan

[micnificent28]

Picking at 8 I believe the dream of landing an elite blue chip defensive player is all but dead. Carter is gone Hunter is gone Great chance Graham is gone, so at this point I know most of the board will say we should grab the next best pass rusher or edge. I say if the board falls right you still have a chance at grabbing the best wide receiver in the draft. 

Hunter is an elite generational talent and maybe the best overall player in the class. But he's not the best wide receiver in the class if that makes sense just pure wide receiver. T-Mac has elite size at 6'5 He's the big bully ball wide receiver the the red zone threat that this team has needed for years. A lot of scouts are calling him the next Mike Evans but when you watch T-Mac play he plays with a lot more burst than Evans ever did. TMac has legit run after catch ability with an elite ball radius to one hand and jump and make all those incredible highlight reels and if you watch Xavier legette play last year and your soul that he's the sure number one wide receiver of the future then this could be a bad call. 

But anyone who's being serious with themselves right now you wouldn't want to put all your eggs in one basket or bet the farm on him becoming the player you hope he can become after all the drops and iffy he play from him. I think this class is deeper at edge pass rusher and defensive tackle talent then playmakers so I'm praying to the gods mac falls.

[Verge]

Yeah I more or less agree. TMac is an awesome prospect. If the elite defensive guys are gone, hop on TMac or Tyler Warren without much hesitation.

[micnificent28]

2 minutes ago, Verge said:

Yeah I more or less agree. TMac is an awesome prospect. If the elite defensive guys are gone, hop on TMac or Tyler Warren without much hesitation.

I love Warren as well Warren would be my next guy because we've lacked that elite playmaking tight end for a long time and Warren is more or less a gronk clone so to speak. I don't think Ian will be back nor do I think Tremble will be back. There is room for another tight end to play alongside Sanders and while Sanders is solid I think we would benefit from an elite talent and playmaker at the position.

[Jon Snow]

Rather have Warren or an OT if we go offense.

[La Pantera]

We need a true deep threat. Not a 50/50 jump ball guy.

 

[micnificent28]

40 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

Rather have Warren or an OT if we go offense.

Tackle? Haven't even considered it.. are you thinking moton replacement?  This is a bad tackle class and most of them people are saying would be better guards. 

[micnificent28]

Just now, La Pantera said:

We need a true deep threat. Not a 50/50 jump ball guy.

 

We don't have either truthfully.. but speedsters are easier to find that alpha jump ball number 1 big body type guys which is why we gambled on legette.

[CarolinaLivin]

My only problem with selecting TMAC is that we have to trust our staff to find those defensive gems late round... But don't get me wrong I wouldn't hate TMAC in process blue. Maybe after free agency I'll feel even better about it. I mean regardless of who we take at 8 we HAVE to hit on late round picks. Idk this is almost like a "prove it" draft for the staff. 

[LinvilleGorge]

1 hour ago, La Pantera said:

We need a true deep threat. Not a 50/50 jump ball guy.

 

Imagine if the Bucs had that mentality and passed on Mike Evans to take Brandin Cooks because 4.33 sure is a lot faster than 4.53.

[LinvilleGorge]

4 minutes ago, CarolinaLivin said:

My only problem with selecting TMAC is that we have to trust our staff to find those defensive gems late round... But don't get me wrong I wouldn't hate TMAC in process blue. Maybe after free agency I'll feel even better about it. I mean regardless of who we take at 8 we HAVE to hit on late round picks. Idk this is almost like a "prove it" draft for the staff. 

We have three 4ths and two 5ths. I don't think we make five picks on the 4th and 5th rounds. I think we package some picks to move up. Yeah, we need bodies but when you get past the 3rd round you're basically throwing darts at the board. Your odds of finding quality players is dropping dramatically. Yeah, we all know great players get drafted in the mid to late rounds and even go undrafted, I'm just talking about playing the odds.

[CarolinaLivin]

10 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

We have three 4ths and two 5ths. I don't think we make five picks on the 4th and 5th rounds. I think we package some picks to move up. Yeah, we need bodies but when you get past the 3rd round you're basically throwing darts at the board. Your odds of finding quality players is dropping dramatically. Yeah, we all know great players get drafted in the mid to late rounds and even go undrafted, I'm just talking about playing the odds.

Yeah I expect the same, as far as likely packaging one or more of those day 3 picks to move up. I still worry about our drafting day 2 on. They like to get "cute" and gamble a lot. Issue is we aren't normally on the green side of those gambles. 

[ncfan]

1 hour ago, Verge said:

Yeah I more or less agree. TMac is an awesome prospect. If the elite defensive guys are gone, hop on TMac or Tyler Warren without much hesitation.

What guys do you have in that “elite defensive guys” tier

[micnificent28]

11 minutes ago, ncfan said:

What guys do you have in that “elite defensive guys” tier

Most people have Abdul Carter as the number one overall defensive player. Behind him you have Travis Hunter Mason Graham and Will Johnson at corner after that you start going at high upside guys mykel Williams, jaylon walker, shamar Stewart.

[Waldo]

We picked Moore in the later 1st at 24. Plenty of very good WRs in the 2nd. I would rather them take an OT than a WR at 8 this year. Trading back and getting an extra pick and spending that on D guys would be way better IMO. Too lopsided of a move with their recent moves and much bigger needs. The D needs talent desperately. If a DT is there I would hate to see a WR over that.