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If we draft well at OLB this year, no one on that list is a must keep outside of maybe Moton.

Yea, I didn’t say I expect it. Ha But it would be nice.

I was talking about 2026. We need to draft at least one OLB and get them in our program so they can hit the ground running when Clowney/Wonnum’s contracts expire.

Agreed. The only OLBs we have under contract for 2026 are DJ Johnson and newly acquired Patrick Jones. It would be great if Johnson made some noise this year.

Higgins won’t be there past Rd 2 imo

I get it. It’s no slam dunk. I think TMac would be for our team. Moving forward in 2026 with a core of 3rd year XL/Coker & 2nd year TMac for Bryce sounds nice. I think Stewart is the better prospect than Mykel though. From what I see on film, Stewart’s first step is much better than his.

The counter argument could be that he was playing around 20-30lbs heavier than his ideal playing weight. I don’t know this to be true, but it’s possible he lost some agility/flexibility beefing up to play his role.

It was often a 3-3-5 and he was rarely free to pin his ears back from the edge.

Played close to 290 for A&M and was used more on the interior similar to our DEs. He was tasked primarily with stopping the run. He slimmed down to 267 in preparation for the combine. I like the flexibility he would provide being able to play OLB or rush DE for us.

I would like TMac to be the pick, but I’m fine with Stewart. He might not blow us away his rookie year, but he’ll be a really good player for us for a long time. My nightmare draft scenario is we pass on TMac and the Saints select him and we have to deal with another Mike Evans type WR for the next decade.

We’re more insulated to injury problems with the additional bodies on the defensive line. That I can appreciate, but we can assume Milton was Plan A for us for a reason. Like those guys mentioned, having an adequate Plan B is a good sign for our front office. Hopefully, it materializes on the field this year.

All Texas fans say Golden was the far superior player to Bond. I didn’t watch them play a ton, but I’ll take their word for it. Why do you think Jayden Higgins doesn’t get separation?

Higgins or Higgins? I’d rather draft Jayden Higgins in the 2nd, if he’s still there, than trade for Tee. They are nearly identical in height, weight, wingspan, and hand size. Comparing Jayden’s combine to Tee’s pro day, Jayden seems to be the faster and more explosive athlete. He’s also known as a savvy route runner. Plus, we wouldn’t have to pay him near $30mil per year for a while. Tee’s Pro Day:

Demani’s name was flashing in camp last season. Seemed he was getting INTs more than other members of our secondary. Maybe, and hopefully, it wasn’t a fluke.

I like this signing. Cheap too unless he has a huge year for us, which in that case we’ll all like it. For those who don’t like it, try and view the $ as potentially a draft pick. Dowdle on a one year, incentivized deal is an attractive trade option for a contender who loses their starting RB to injury.

He’ll be 30 then. I doubt his market will increase substantially. I love the deal for us. Wish we had locked him in for 3 years at that rate.

The 2024 receiving yards for Ertz would equal ~84% of Tremble’s career yards. Tremble has a ways to go to be that level of ‘meh.’ At least the deal sounds better than on initial reports, as expected. Here’s hoping Tremble hits his incentives.

This is my hope. Maybe it seems better once the details come out. Right now, it sounds stupid.

That’s ridiculous. I’d much rather have DK if that report is true.

If Wonnum is an OLB in our system, then Stewart could be as well.

If we’re going to move Brown to NT, then I see it more. Graham will get swallowed up at NT. He’s under 300lb and only put up 24 reps on bench. Many LBs have done better than that.

Give me Stewart over Graham all day. I’ve watched Graham’s highlights, and there are a couple DTs in this draft I’d take over him. Compare hit tape to Derrick Brown’s or Jalen Carter’s college tape. Those guys jump off the film as top 10 interior DL plus had the measurables to boot.

Milton seems like more of a pass rushing threat than Brown imo. Brown is a monster at 6’5, 320+. I view him as primarily a run stopper and the stats support that. I just don’t understand why we don’t put him at NT and sure up the middle of our DL.

I posted this article in a couple threads, but I thought it might help some warm up to the idea of drafting Stewart with our first pick. https://www.sbnation.com/2025/2/20/24368685/shemar-stewart-nfl-draft-profile-texas-am So Stewart played at a beefed up 290lb and lined up at 4i for Texas A&M this year. He pretty easily (one offseason) leaned up to 267lb for the combine. People obviously point to his lack of production, and it shouldn’t be ignored. But what would his stats look like if he had played at 270lb as a traditional 4-3 DE or a power rushing OLB this year? Plus, for a team as lacking on the defensive line as we are, I love Stewart’s versatility. He can operate as a strong side OLB on rushing downs and move in to DE on passing downs. Wonnum and Clowney are both under contract one more year here. We need a plan, and I think we could do a lot worse than Stewart.

Silly they don’t establish EDGE as a position. It’s crazy that off ball LBs and EDGE rushers cost the same to franchise tag.