This should have been our pick

[mav1234]

2 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

100%. I wish we had gotten one of those high level MLB's in the 2nd or 3rd. Oh well, the draft results don't look too awful so far.

They do seem to have him on a snap count of sorts. Not sure if that is intentional or just that he isn't a starter. 

TBH, in hindsight I would have much rather gambled on him than Wallace. Wallace appears to be quickly descending towards being a special teams guy, while at least Wilson can play at a high level for spurts of time. Even if he got injured in his rookie deal, probably would end up better off than we have with Wallace.

Putting aside rather having him than Wallace ( I don't disagree ), I think the last few weeks before his injury it looked like Wallace was starting to put it together. He was getting TFLs, sacks, PDs, etc. I don't think he will ever be a star for us, though.

[kungfoodude]

8 minutes ago, mav1234 said:

Putting aside rather having him than Wallace ( I don't disagree ), I think the last few weeks before his injury it looked like Wallace was starting to put it together. He was getting TFLs, sacks, PDs, etc. I don't think he will ever be a star for us, though.

He's just a backup caliber player. Nothing wrong with that. I'd love to have him as a second stringer. 

Maybe one day our FO will agree that the LB corps is due a big upgrade.

[strato]

That draft might be best off just forgotten.

Let’s hope they can repeat or at least come close to repeating this year’s draft. 
Difference being less urgency to help the QB than in 2024, and both Canales and Morgan have been in place for the whole year again and that that was a factor in last year’s improved results. Early results anyway. 

[BrewerHouseBeer]

1 minute ago, kungfoodude said:

He's just a backup caliber player. Nothing wrong with that. I'd love to have him as a second stringer. 

Maybe one day our FO will agree that the LB corps is due a big upgrade.

I suspect this off season will be when they attack the LBs and DBs. They seem to be focusing each off season on one or two areas to overhaul. I honestly think it's been relatively successful. It's just a slow process. 

[kungfoodude]

1 minute ago, BrewerHouseBeer said:

I suspect this off season will be when they attack the LBs and DBs. They seem to be focusing each off season on one or two areas to overhaul. I honestly think it's been relatively successful. It's just a slow process. 

Yeah, possibly so. They still have to overhaul the DL too. We only have two quality starters in Robinson and Brown. The rest of that entire unit are second and third string guys.

[strato]

4 minutes ago, BrewerHouseBeer said:

I suspect this off season will be when they attack the LBs and DBs. They seem to be focusing each off season on one or two areas to overhaul. I honestly think it's been relatively successful. It's just a slow process. 

Definitely hoping for a LB upgrade program. Attack it with the same intensity as they have the other projects. 
 

We needed so much after years of serious defensive neglect. It took years to make it what it was it will take years to bring it up. 
 

[mav1234]

35 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

He's just a backup caliber player. Nothing wrong with that. I'd love to have him as a second stringer. 

Maybe one day our FO will agree that the LB corps is due a big upgrade.

I think he's trending upwards but yeah I can see him mostly being a second stringer.

We definitely need LB upgrades heh.  But I do understand why they devoted so much to the offense. Hopefully next draft continues to shift / at least keep things balanced. We should be in good position to grab a strong player for our defense 

[Mistuh Jones]

I get it but after brooks we couldn't roll on another injury prone dude. 

[mrcompletely11]

1 hour ago, mav1234 said:

I think he's trending upwards but yeah I can see him mostly being a second stringer.

We definitely need LB upgrades heh.  But I do understand why they devoted so much to the offense. Hopefully next draft continues to shift / at least keep things balanced. We should be in good position to grab a strong player for our defense 

That dude from the sooners looked great today