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Sax: Who To Expect

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35 minutes ago, Bear Hands said:

McShay and a few others have said the Jets are looking at Membou vs Warren. You could be right.

Unsure about the Jags though. 

Both currently have abysmal TE rooms.

  • JAX: Hunter Long, Brenton Strange, Johnny Mundt, Shawn Bowman, Patrick Murtagh
  • NYJ: Jeremy Ruckert, Zack Kuntz, Neal Johnson, Stone Smartt

JAX needs an RT like you said though... could go with the big boy in Membou to play across from Walker Little. Positional value is there which would keep the Khans happy as well.

I think on the off-chance that the Jags trade with Chicago should they want to jump LV for Jeanty that they'd probably sit pretty at #10 and scoop him.

I'm still leaning towards the Jets unless Graham is still on the board.

Shoot... I wouldn't be too upset with the Panthers trading back and letting another team (Indy?) take him at #8 (especially if they land Ez wherever they land :3)

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30 minutes ago, Icege said:

Both currently have abysmal TE rooms.

  • JAX: Hunter Long, Brenton Strange, Johnny Mundt, Shawn Bowman, Patrick Murtagh
  • NYJ: Jeremy Ruckert, Zack Kuntz, Neal Johnson, Stone Smartt

JAX needs an RT like you said though... could go with the big boy in Membou to play across from Walker Little. Positional value is there which would keep the Khans happy as well.

I think on the off-chance that the Jags trade with Chicago should they want to jump LV for Jeanty that they'd probably sit pretty at #10 and scoop him.

I'm still leaning towards the Jets unless Graham is still on the board.

Shoot... I wouldn't be too upset with the Panthers trading back and letting another team (Indy?) take him at #8 (especially if they land Ez wherever they land :3)

Yeah Graham wearing the Jags gear at his pro day and the new GM’s Rams background (was part of landing Fiske who is very similar) have me fitting them. And Strange was a 2nd round rookie last year. Who knows I could vibe totally wrong.

But the Jets, yeah they’re team to watch there.

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Just now, Bear Hands said:

Yeah Graham wearing the Jags gear at his pro day and the new GM’s Rams background (was part of landing Fiske who is very similar) have me fitting them. And Strange was a 2nd round rookie last year. Who knows I could vibe totally wrong.

But the Jets, yeah they’re team to watch there.

The only thing giving me pause in locking Graham to Jacksonville is that they took both LSU DTs in last year's draft (Maason Smith in the second, Jordan Jefferson in the fourth). Might be more palatable for them to go TE vs. DT since Strange was a second-rounder in 2023 and after two seasons hasn't cracked 500yds total. Membou just makes too much sense though given their need at RT and him being a mammoth.

I think their board might go Membou, Warren, Graham based on the current roster. They're in a decent position to trade back if it isn't too far for their liking.

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2 hours ago, Jon Snow said:

If you go by last years 30 visits they will probably take about 4 of those guys in the draft. Whether that's by design or just plain luck I'll let you decide. Last year the 1st pick couldn't keep his mouth shut before the draft but this year, so far, it's been silence. 

It is possibly a process of elimination as much as it is a term of endearment.  And they also like to bring in guys they think might not get drafted and will feel a connection with them and sign an UDFA contract. 

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26 minutes ago, Icege said:

 

I think their board might go Membou, Warren, Graham based on the current roster. They're in a decent position to trade back if it isn't too far for their liking.

a while back, I read that they really liked TMac.  It has been at least a month since then...

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3 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

It is possibly a process of elimination as much as it is a term of endearment.  And they also like to bring in guys they think might not get drafted and will feel a connection with them and sign an UDFA contract. 

There's probably some intel gathering with a lot of those visits as well.

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39 minutes ago, Icege said:

The only thing giving me pause in locking Graham to Jacksonville is that they took both LSU DTs in last year's draft (Maason Smith in the second, Jordan Jefferson in the fourth). Might be more palatable for them to go TE vs. DT since Strange was a second-rounder in 2023 and after two seasons hasn't cracked 500yds total. Membou just makes too much sense though given their need at RT and him being a mammoth.

I think their board might go Membou, Warren, Graham based on the current roster. They're in a decent position to trade back if it isn't too far for their liking.

Man Strange is going into year 3? Time flies.

No more Engram but yeah, they could probably upgrade.

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