interesting and FYI on the question of Robinson over Newton:
https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/commanders-rookie-johnny-newton-needs-foot-surgery
it sure would be nice if:
Paris took the next step
Jonah shows that jump in grading when on the Right isnt a fluke
and somebody grabs the LG spot with both hands: Gaines, Adams, Colon, Wilkinson.... somebody
Daniel Jermiah (worked in the Ravens FO) said that, generally, all 32 teams have pretty much the same players in their top 50 -- with variations on the exact order
after that -- lots of variation. One teams #70 player might be another teams #200 player.
maybe we just have a "Twitter Randos" standing thread where if you want to see what Kratos the Fourth has to say about Petzing's power run game -- its a click away
I know its not a bright line between the randos and content types like Johnny Venerable ....
you have to figure the nine were "he was our third round pick, lets give him every opportunity to be the guy / we have no better options here"
i read somewhere that the 3rd round has a ~25% hit rate, so those numbers are in that range
its a premium position -- and Ojulari hasnt proven anything. This year they had enough ammo that buring a couple mid round picks would have been painless.
I would have liked to have added another young edge -- because if both work out it is an easy problem to solve
I thought what Monti said was interesting:
"If you have 5 players at a spot that you like, and you move down 8 spots, you feel pretty good about your chances"
i would have moved up the Jags spot and gotten Dallas Turner
Minnesota went from #23 to #17. In addition to the first swaps --
Minn gave up: 2024 5th (#167), 2025 3rd and 2025 4th
While moving up from 27 is four spots more, the Cards could have packaged a 2024 3rd and a 2024 4th and...
old man post:
draft grades are like Ivy League grades: B is the new "D", C is the new "F".
I suspect many of the graders have scouts on teams that feed them info, and they dont want to make sources look bad
when the actual draft happens, we see how the NFL values certain prospects very differently than media
I dont think its a stretch to think that if the media got Cooper DeJean's pre draft ranking wrong by 20 spots, maybe it got Max Melton's ranking wrong by 20 spots