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Me Too say six'ish rangeI'd love it if we could trade down a little and still get Odunze.
Me Too say six'ish rangeI'd love it if we could trade down a little and still get Odunze.
Draft positional value matters. Elite QB, Edge, OT and WR are almost always found in the top of the 1st. We are not drafting QB, there is no Edge worthy of the #4 pick. The pick has to be OT or WR if staying at #4Starting LTs can be found in later rounds. If you need a 10 year franchise LT, that's usually done in the first half of the first round.
Hes #2 in all the mock draft but was a distant No1 in production last year. Hes smooth and very hard to tackleNabers the #2 WR in the draft.
We have 3 quality tackles on the team. Hump is under contract for 2 more years, still in his prime we could extend him. Even if they draft a tackle high, they likely wouldn't start over beachum or hump.While Humps injury sucks, it maybe a silver lining that it happened when it did, right before FA and draft and not early in the 24 season where we would probably be unprepared for it fully. Now we can address tackle in FA and / or draft for the foreseeable future which the luxury of two 1st rounders.
That's actually a lot of LTs. A full 21%. If you expand that out to the first round I bet it's close to 50%.If someone claims that LTs are constantly being picked in the top ten, the first thing I do is check to see how many teams have starting LTs who were drafted in the top ten.
Just checked the rosters and 7 of 32 teams have starting LTs that were drafted in the top ten of the first round.
As I've been saying for years - you can build a solid line without using a top pick for a lineman. Most teams have a mix of one or two 1st rounders (some high but mostly middle to late round) a couple from the 2nd or 3rd rounds, and then lower picks or even UDFA players.
I could see us picking an offensive lineman with a high pick this year had we not just done that last season. As I pointed out, most teams do not have multiple OL top picks, regardless of where they play on the line.
And it doesn't count the tackles moved to the right or kicked in to guardThat's actually a lot of LTs. A full 21%. If you expand that out to the first round I bet it's close to 50%.
Not every draft has an Alt and Fashanu.
I like Beachum but he is not a quality starting OT in the NFL. Hump is a solid LT but he probably won't play next year.We have 3 quality tackles on the team. Hump is under contract for 2 more years, still in his prime we could extend him. Even if they draft a tackle high, they likely wouldn't start over beachum or hump.
We definitely need a WR1, a LG, CB and DT.
As impressive as CJ Stroud is I hope Lamar vastly outplays him.I don't think anything is off the table.
I still think MHJ is there at #4 though. Lots of talk teams have Daniels high on their boards and will only get higher when they speak to him as his football IQ is supposed to be next level.
Teams are going to looking at CJ Stroud and thinking Daniels could be that with legs.
Nabers is 6'1", 200 lbsMore on topic with the OP;
Honest question. Dont you kind of neutralize a good percentage of Nabors' insane skill set by pairing him with a QB who is not as tall as whats considered ideal? It makes sense to me that a huge QB can find a smaller receiver. And a smaller QB can find a big bodied WR1. But a smaller QB to a smaller WR seems to makes things a bit difficult, potentially limiting all the good things each of them so separately.
Just a thought...
Cool, I guess I assumed smaller based on something previously read, but obvs misremembered. So, he's in the "average" size range for a WR1. I wish we could have a 6'3" WR1. But its probably just nit picking. Thanks for the info.Nabers is 6'1", 200 lbs
The question is, do you have the OL coaching to get the most out of those lower round picks?If someone claims that LTs are constantly being picked in the top ten, the first thing I do is check to see how many teams have starting LTs who were drafted in the top ten.
Just checked the rosters and 7 of 32 teams have starting LTs that were drafted in the top ten of the first round.
As I've been saying for years - you can build a solid line without using a top pick for a lineman. Most teams have a mix of one or two 1st rounders (some high but mostly middle to late round) a couple from the 2nd or 3rd rounds, and then lower picks or even UDFA players.
I could see us picking an offensive lineman with a high pick this year had we not just done that last season. As I pointed out, most teams do not have multiple OL top picks, regardless of where they play on the line.
I feel like Odunze might be the best of the bunch when the story is ultimately toldI'd love it if we could trade down a little and still get Odunze.
Daniels has got to be a red herring, I just don't see him as a top 5 QB. Maybe I'm a salty ASU fan, but I've watched that dude for years and was never that impressed. 1 great year at LSU doesn't change my opinion of him.I don't think anything is off the table.
I still think MHJ is there at #4 though. Lots of talk teams have Daniels high on their boards and will only get higher when they speak to him as his football IQ is supposed to be next level.
Teams are going to looking at CJ Stroud and thinking Daniels could be that with legs.
His contested catch rate really jumps out. He wins a lot of them and when you watch him play, I think he will continue to do so.I feel like Odunze might be the best of the bunch when the story is ultimately told
Daniels has got to be a red herring, I just don't see him as a top 5 QB. Maybe I'm a salty ASU fan, but I've watched that dude for years and was never that impressed. 1 great year at LSU doesn't change my opinion of him.
My thinking is that:Daniels has got to be a red herring, I just don't see him as a top 5 QB. Maybe I'm a salty ASU fan, but I've watched that dude for years and was never that impressed. 1 great year at LSU doesn't change my opinion of him.
Yeah but Burrow didn't have years of struggle on tape. He was maddeningly inconsistent at ASU. Emory Jones a total JAG played better than him once he left.Joe Burrow went #1 based off 1 great year at LSU.
I think he goes top 3.
Joe Burrow didn't have a bunch of bad tape out there before that, though. Burrow's "great" year at LSU was legendary. 5600 yards, 60 TDs.Joe Burrow went #1 based off 1 great year at LSU.
I think he goes top 3.
Yeah but Burrow didn't have years of struggle on tape. He was maddeningly inconsistent at ASU. Emory Jones a total JAG played better than him once he left.
But at 4 I think thats a little high but Monte and Gannon have a better idea Just no More Clyde Duncan's or Bryant Johnsons PLEASE!!!!Nabers the #2 WR in the draft.
But at 4 I think thats a little high but Monte and Gannon have a better idea Just no More Clyde Duncan's or Bryant Johnsons PLEASE!!!!