Send The Drafties Back Into Their Hole
The draft is over. Finally. Once again we can be at peace and go outside and touch grass. We will miss football soon enough and even one day yearn for the inane nonsense of mock draft season, but for now, it feels like a relief. All those damn draft weirdos can go back to being irrelevant. Sure, they’ll still produce content. They’ll still look at players and report on things. But now we don’t have to pretend they matter. Their power over the news cycle is gone. Not a moment too soon.
DRAFT IMPRESSIONS FROM ME, A GUY WHO DOES NOT SCOUT PLAYERS OR KNOW MUCH OF ANYTHING.
The Giants draft seemed meh to me. We didn’t address the offensive line at all. After losing Kevin Zeitler and signing no one else (though we get Solder back) our o-line is gross to look at. For once the tackles might be our best spot. I’m pretty pissed we didn’t take a single flyer on a guy in round 3 or lower. The trades were good and I’m glad we got stacked for 2022, and I think I’m happy with Toney+The Picks over having Devonta Smith. Engram, Shep, and Slayton are all prime candidates to leave in the coming years so getting some weapons now isn’t the worst idea.
I’m very pumped they picked two edge rushers, a glaring weakness in an otherwise stout defense. Azeez seems like a great pick where we got him and who knows, the other guy might work out. We also grabbed two cornerbacks, which, I dunno, we have Bradberry and signed Adoree Jackson, did we really need that? Over O-line? The 6th round RB pick is fine, late rounds are good for RB picking. So overall I’d give the draft a B-. The draft itself was weak but the value built in for next year is very nice. As of right now Gettleman has had two terrible years and one good year. If he wants to stay employed he better hope this year works out.
As for everyone else? Eh. Can’t really judge any of them yet! We’ll have to wait and see!
Broncos draft is in a weird place where we’d be pretty damn happy with the talent we got if Justin Fields hadn’t been available at 9th
Now the general feeling is “Rodgers or Riot” and as much as I want to believe… that’s a pipe dream right? It’s gotta be a pipe dream.
I want to call it a pipe dream but Denver’s the favorite to land the guy if he gets traded. I know Vegas odds aren’t much to go by but still, Rodgers with the Broncos would be something fierce.
If we do actually get Rodgers Dave owes me a comic about the Denver GOATburglers stealing everyone else’s HoF quarterbacks.
It was supposed to be Luck, dammit! We had the tradition of only stealing Colts QBs and Caveman Andy fucked it all up by retiring early.
First they snag Rodgers then what? Tom Brady aged 52 looking for ring number 12? Then Mahomes a few years after that?
Dave, the other edge guy you got is a stud. Elerson Smith, from UNI, I kind of scout and he stood out a lot. He’s 6’6″ and runs a pretty good 40. During the senior bowl, he caused so much trouble for the offense and lit Kellen Mond up. So watch out for that name in the near future.
I’m still on the fence about the Toney pick. On one hand, can never have enough weapons and he looks like one hell of a weapon. On the other, they could have taken Teven Jenkins at 20. Tackle isn’t the biggest issue right now, but neither is WR. If they took Jenkins they at least have Solders replacement, and for the first time in a long time, a long term solution at RT. I also would have liked to see ANY attempt to fix the Guard position like you said. I just want the Giants to Giants actually address the O line instead of selecting or signing a linemen ever 2 or 3 years.
GO BEARS
i’m really surprised about no o-line at all. it’s always good to even pick up a few late rounders for depth at the very least.
As a Niners fan I am happy to be past the baseless speculation about who the Niners will draft and dreading a summer filled with baseless comparison of Lance, Fields, and Mac Jones’ training camps and preseaons.
I think Fields will be the best QB out of the three, I think Lance will need time to develop, and Im not sold on Mac Jones
Of the three, Fields landed in the worst place to develop. Lance’s develop may depend on the pcs around him offensively, at least at first. Jones has the best chance to succeed in my mind. Why? BB won 11 games with Matt Cassel. Yes, they had more talent then. But Tom Brady wasn’t a world beater in his first few seasons as a starter either. In fact, I would say that had Brady wound up anywhere else, he may never have become what he is today.
Agreed Fields landed in the worst spot with the Bears coaching situation in flux, but I think Trey Lance has the best chance because he’ll probably sit a year behind Jimmy and he goes to a loaded team run by one of the best offensive minds in football
Jones is going to a worse spot. The Patriots offense last year was awful, and was also bad in 2019 with Brady still there. We need to stop viewing Brady as any sort of norm at all when at this point, especially after last season, he’s proven he’s an exceptional outlier.
I loved the Lions draft precisely because it was so UN-Lions. Our new GM took the best player available in the first three rounds, regardless of position, which makes sense for a roster as bad as ours. We need everything. Some Lions fans were upset we took two DTs and a CB instead of a WR in the second and third rounds, but honestly, this team is going to be bad no matter what. Why reach for a WR if the team thinks there are better players at other positions still on the board?
The Lions stole both of the interior linemen I wanted for the Browns. Particularly Alim McNeill. A nose tackle who can rush the passer from 0T or 3T? Those guys don’t come along all that often.
Good Point, But now the Lions have the worst receiving core in the NFL.
I’m very happy with the Browns’ draft. Newsome and the Browns clearly wanted to be together – Newsome has been campaigning for them to take him for at least a month. I’m cautiously optimistic that JOK can do what he did in college at the NFL level, or that he can put on enough weight to hold his own, but that trade was masterful at least. Schwartz literally has world record speed, and hopefully he can catch better in the NFL than he did at Auburn. Hudson is a three-position backup with starting upside. That trade at 113 was very pretty. Togiai is the only pick I didn’t like – he’s a defensive tackle with no legs. Fields is a backup JOK, in case the first one breaks. LeCounte is fun just for the name. Felton is a good guy to stash on the practice squad and see if he can turn into an NFL wide receiver.
Browns look Like an Incredible Team this Year , But the Ravens and Chiefs also had Exellent draft so I wont be supprised if they make the Super Bowl
Jerry Jones was mostly being typical Jerry Jones this draft. However, he was spot on with the Jabril Cox pick. Ignoring when the Boys reached for Osa whatever-his-last-name-is, my Cowboys had a decent draft. Still, there’s no way the Boys will have a good D, even with 8 defensive picks.
I’m very surprised the Giants didn’t address the O-Line at all. We had the 31st ranked line last year and need to protect our young QB and give him a little time in the pocket. We lost out best guard so we probably go down to 32nd ranked line. We’re going to have another year where Jones is running for his life and another year where it’s tough to make a decision on him because of that.
My thoughts exactly. I wanted to at least see an attempt to fix the line. Solder is back so the RT position should be better off then last year but the interior sounds like it will be a total mess.
Chargers drafted good
Agreed! I can’t believe either of our first two picks were still on the board.
The rest of them look interesting and I hope they pan out, which is all you can expect for picks in round 3 or later.
I figure anyone who’s any good at scouting talent already has a position working for one of the NFL teams or heck even the CFL. We’re hearing the clamorings of factory seconds. Looks like every team had a decent draft… no one traded away their picks for a handful of magic beans: good job everyone!
In general, maybe, but there’s always people who’d rather keep their cushy TV gigs than go do grunt work at a team for less money. Like, if Mike Mayock had been offered something else other than GM he might still be doing draft coverage for the NFL Network
*burning alive*
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