I'm All In On Drafting a QB in Round 1

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4 minutes ago, OldhamA said:

It was more that they had to draft that QB.

They made a big song and dance about vetting them all. They thought they were the smartest guys in the room.

Instead Fitterer is now bumming around in someone else's Front Office making coffee and Tepper is out tens of millions of dollars. 

You can refine the point with that picture but the overall issue is that Tepper was tired of waiting.  
 

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1 minute ago, 45catfan said:

If I remember correctly, there was a consensus among the top brass on Bryce.  At least that's what was reported.  

Yeah that was what was reported. 

[methodtoll]

Unpopular opinion here but I would not mind picking up Diego Pavia in the 3rd or 4th round. The dude has this Moxie about him that I really like and he is tough. I know many probably won't want him because he is undersized but I love his confidence.

 

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4 minutes ago, strato said:

Yeah that was what was reported. 

That's what's always going to be reported. That's always the message. Just like every player who has ever been drafted was the BPA on that team's board. It's not like they're ever going to admit that there was any disagreement in the draft room or that they panicked and reached based on need.

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Just now, methodtoll said:

Unpopular opinion here but I would not mind picking up Diego Pavia in the 3rd or 4th round. The dude has this movie about him that I really like and he is tough. I know many probably won't want him because he is undersized but I love his confidence.

 

3rd or 4th is too high but 6th? Wouldn't mind it and that's about where I expect him to go.

[45catfan]

Two problems with taking a QB in round one this draft, well three considering Bryce isn't going anywhere, are draft spot and quality of depth.  So I think we are probably going to be closer to the teens than we are top 5.  That said, the crap teams needing a QB this year will undoubtedly scare some guys back to school.  This is a HEAVY underclassmen group.  Very few of the top guys have run out of eligible years.  If the board stacks like Jets. Browns...bet the bulk of the underclassmen go back to school.  Then that's going to leave the class with the likes of Beck, Klubnick and Allar (whose a medical red flag now).

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2 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

Two problems with taking a QB in round one this draft, well three considering Bryce isn't going anywhere, are draft spot and quality of depth.  So I think we are probably going to be closer to the teens than we are top 5.  That said, the crap teams needing a QB this year will undoubtedly scare some guys back to school.  This is a HEAVY underclassmen group.  Very few of the top guys have run out of eligible years.  If the board stacks like Jets. Browns...bet the bulk of the underclassmen go back to school.  Then that's going to leave the class with the likes of Beck, Klubnick and Allar (whose a medical red flag now).

I hate to break it to prospects but if you're looking at being a high 1st round pick you're going to a poo team. 

[45catfan]

2 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I hate to break it to prospects but if you're looking at being a high 1st round pick you're going to a poo team. 

Eh, teams have off years, a few franchises are just poo all the time. If I had a NIL deal and still was eligible with the very real prospect of being taken by the Jets or Browns, you had better believe my butt would be going back to campus.  NIL deals have reduced the lure of foregoing school for a for a quicker payday.  If a QB is good enough for a first or second round grade, he's already making a million or more of NIL money.

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Just now, 45catfan said:

Eh, teams have off years, a few franchises are just poo all the time. If I had a NIL deal and still was eligible with the very real prospect of being taken by the Jets or Browns, you had better believe my butt would be going back to campus.  NIL deals have reduced the lure of foregoing school for a for a quicker payday.  If a QB is good enough for a first or second round grade, he's already making a million or more of NIL money.

Those teams are gonna be ass again next year too.

[45catfan]

7 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Those teams are gonna be ass again next year too.

Yes, but if they draft a QB this year or another team has a really down year....bullet dodged.  

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2 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

Yes, but if they draft a QB this year or another team has a really down year....bullet dodged.  

If you're a high 1st rounder your highly likely going to a poo situation. It is what it is. It's always going to be that way.

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28 minutes ago, methodtoll said:

Unpopular opinion here but I would not mind picking up Diego Pavia in the 3rd or 4th round. The dude has this Moxie about him that I really like and he is tough. I know many probably won't want him because he is undersized but I love his confidence.

 

I haven’t seen him but just want to comment that the mid rounds are where you are supposed to take a chance on an undersized outlier type of a guy. 

[OldhamA]

10 hours ago, methodtoll said:

Unpopular opinion here but I would not mind picking up Diego Pavia in the 3rd or 4th round. The dude has this Moxie about him that I really like and he is tough. I know many probably won't want him because he is undersized but I love his confidence.

 

I don't think he has an NFL arm.

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23 hours ago, Navy_football said:

We don't have great young talent at WR and TE. We have young potential at WR and TE. They are NOT great - yet.

Depends on perspective. I do think the talent is great. Whether T-Mac reaches his potential is another story, especially within these current circumstances. Some of the metrics are really good already (like average yards per catch). Even PFF already had him as the 20th or so best WR in the league.