REPORT: Cade Mays will hit the free-agent market

[kungfoodude]

29 minutes ago, Dingo_ate_Babies said:

Considering how expensive our O-line is and how little Cap room we have, I bet they let Mays walk (unless he wants to return on a discount). I’m betting they resign Corbett and Christensen and let them battle Samac for the starting C spot. Also, I think they kick the can down the road again via draft since we have so many needs.

BC is unlikely to be able to sign with us until sometime either very close to the regular season or during it.

He tore his Achilles and he will be unable to pass a physical for a long time.

[frankw]

1 hour ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

Not true. Need factors in. If you have Barry Sanders backed up by Adrian Peterson, you don't draft a RB because he's ranked higher on your board than a position where you have zero starting caliber players. 

Right and RB's now are a dime a dozen you draft them in the later rounds. Not to mention all the money we put into two FA guard signings $153 million. With that much investment in the interior OL you shouldn't need a 2nd round running back anyways let alone one that is already injured. It's wild anyone with a functioning brain is still trying to justify it.

Edited 6 hours ago by frankw

[WhoKnows]

6 hours ago, Khyber53 said:

I think most folks undervalue Centers. Teams that win championships, though, seem to put high draft picks there and then hold onto those guys for a decade.

The problem is that there are only one or two pro-level centers in each draft. If there's a guy who is big enough, strong enough and smart enough, he sticks out and chances are if you don't jump he'll be gone before the next round comes back around to you.

And poaching one from another team via free agency is never cheap and you're often grabbing damaged goods unless that team has found itself in cap hell.

Sadly, I'm not seeing a guy in the draft right now that rings all the bells, but it's early still. James Brockermeyer might be that guy, though, and I hope we're giving him a solid look. He's out of Miami, so big league program, and can't beat the pedigree as his dad, Blake, was a first round draft pick for us in 1995 as a tackle.

Go read some of the Senior Bowl info. They specifically called out a few centers including a G (from Duke?, don’t remember) who looked decent working at C. Seems like some day 2/early day 3 talent.

[strato]

The draftek site has us drafting Connor Lew Auburn at #51. Which according to their rankings makes it a 10 spot reach. 

He is their top rated C. 
 

https://www.drafttek.com/2026-NFL-Mock-Draft/2026-NFL-Mock-Draft-Round-2.asp

I don’t know how to rate draft sites. That one is easy to navigate 

Edited 1 hour ago by strato

[frankw]

18 minutes ago, strato said:

The draftek site has us drafting Connor Lew Auburn at #51. Which according to their rankings makes it a 10 spot reach. 

He is their top rated C. 
 

https://www.drafttek.com/2026-NFL-Mock-Draft/2026-NFL-Mock-Draft-Round-2.asp

I don’t know how to rate draft sites. That one is easy to navigate 

For some reason that link takes you to 2021.

For reference these should work.

https://www.drafttek.com/m/2026-NFL-Mock-Draft-Round1.asp

https://www.drafttek.com/m/2026-NFL-Mock-Draft-Round2.asp

Edited 1 hour ago by frankw

[strato]

2 minutes ago, frankw said:

For some reason that link takes you to 2021.

For reference these should work.

https://www.drafttek.com/m/2026-NFL-Mock-Draft-Round1.asp

https://www.drafttek.com/m/2026-NFL-Mock-Draft-Round2.asp

Thanks. Too late to edit mine.

This is weird. I took it right off the page where that stuff was. 
 

The weirder part is the page looks totally different graphic wise using your link. 

[frankw]

Just now, strato said:

Thanks. Too late to edit mine.

This is weird. I took it right off the page where that stuff was. 
 

The weirder part is the page looks totally different graphic wise using your link. 

Probably just something with their HTML coding.

But anyways. I do like us finally drafting a Center. If it lands that way and we take the best one available I'll accept it as progress.