2025 1st round pick 16 is Walter Nolen DT

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An aside am I the only one who notices scouting reports on Nolen refer to him as being a bit undersized and think 296 pounds is undersized? I get there's a ton of 320 pound DT's now but much of that is just fat, Nolen is just not a fat guy he's really put together.
 

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An aside am I the only one who notices scouting reports on Nolen refer to him as being a bit undersized and think 296 pounds is undersized? I get there's a ton of 320 pound DT's now but much of that is just fat, Nolen is just not a fat guy he's really put together.

Probably because he plays next to a bunch of guys with big old guts and Nolen looks like he is chiseled from marble.
 

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I set the over under so that's the low bar.

I don't see anyone lining up to take it but to answer your question double it and it's a great pick.

Production scale:

Under both - terrible pick.

One over - maybe pick

Both over - good pick

Either double - great pick.
I appreciate the context. Honestly, Im as excited as I am every year, because I don't know enough to be anything other than. So this will be a fun thing to go back and look at. I hope you're wrong about him, though I imagine you do as well.
 

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JAS, and I'm not saying that you give up on the Cardinals, but consider following a second NFL team. It would give you a comparison, and by the start of the RS, you could leave the Cardinals, as a fan, or leave your other NFL team. Like I said it is just a suggestion.
You don't get to question someone's fandom and tell them to follow another team. If this happens again, this will be a LONG ban.
 

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He was ranked 28 on The Ringer's Big Board; was 11 in their final mock draft. 21st on MockDraftable's consensus board.
Sweet, two sites had him differently. How about OTHERS?
Of course it's an extremely different era today than it was in 1996 when Marvin Harrison, Sr. came out and 2004 when Fitzgerald was a rookie. Harrison was out-produced by two other rookies with arguably worse quarterback situations in Malik Nabers and Brian Thomas. He was also outproduced by Ladd McConkey, who wasn't exactly surrounded by people begging for targets.
How many of those rookie receivers were competing with a TE with over 100 catches? Nabers was pretty much force fed the ball. Harrison could also point to how many bad passes Murray threw his way too.
 

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