That's it. How do you feel about this draft class.

[Bear Hands]

Overall, fine.  Wish we landed a guy to pair with Lloyd but I presume this means they're giving Trevin one final year to put it together (72nd overall 2 years back).  Flashed potential year 1, had a dud last year.  

R1: Freeling LT - Great value and a need; landed our new long term LT that could end up starting off the bat.  Icky had a terrible injury and is not playing in his contract year.  Walker is what he is on a 1-year rental, who even knows how he fits. You get premier OTs early if you can find em' and he has what you want.  I thought he could have gone as high as 6/CLE pre-draft, so am a big fan of the selection.  Looking at this class, he's one of the guys at the top that is like "okay that's the LT".  Others have this right/left or G/T type discussion about them.  Freeling is an LT.  

R2: Hunter NT - We didn't really have anyone replacing A'Shawn's snaps in our rotation.  Wharton & Brown aren't 3 downers so adding Hunter to the mix fills a big void. I dug deep into S and LB this draft so was a bit to zeroed in - I recognize the value and impact add in the trenches.

R3: Brazzell WR - Intriguing.  Given our history, I don't really want to place any expectations here, but a different style weapon for Bryce. I pretty much expect a WR drafted yearly with this regime.

Other notables..

Hecht C - These are the type of rounds where starting centers have been found.  We got a starter for this year, but Hecht seems pretty capable and I like it for a long term find.  SOLID AF. 

Wheatley S - A pretty well regarded safety prospect.  And we see it every year (like this one) safeties get hyped, people think they may go sooner than expected, and the league reminds them how it rolls.  Plenty of nice safeties have been found in the 4th-6th in recent years.  Big fan of Wheatley.

Can't say I know enough about Lee or the others. 

[WhoKnows]

On 4/26/2026 at 11:38 AM, TD alt said:

lol. That said, the hopium around the 7th rounders and UDFAs is crazy. The legends of Beau Sandland and Jeremy Cash come to mind. Aside from Norwell and maybe Philly we’ve had tiny flashes, but nothing real for over a decade. Butker was the only other chance in the 7th but we all know how that went.

[TD alt]

2 hours ago, WhoKnows said:

lol. That said, the hopium around the 7th rounders and UDFAs is crazy. The legends of Beau Sandland and Jeremy Cash come to mind. Aside from Norwell and maybe Philly we’ve had tiny flashes, but nothing real for over a decade. Butker was the only other chance in the 7th but we all know how that went.

I can agree with that. The likelihood of an actual legit weekly presence is low, but there's promise in Coker. He may be a Norwellian type gem to a degree, but Philly was JAG. Like you, I keep my expectations for anything beyond the 4th round, maybe 5th, pretty low. 

[strato]

16 minutes ago, TD alt said:

I can agree with that. The likelihood of an actual legit weekly presence is low, but there's promise in Coker. He may be a Norwellian type gem to a degree, but Philly was JAG. Like you, I keep my expectations for anything beyond the 4th round, maybe 5th, pretty low. 

I was watching a YouTube and it was said that scout and GM insider types were saying the NIL had killed rounds 4-7.

I don’t know that I buy it, seems like it might for a year or maybe two but then those guys have to move on. 

NCAA is apparently about to give 5 years of eligibility. It is gonna skew those entrants older maybe.