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I looked at both of these guys and Andreas Keaton in my mock. I see them all going in rounds 3-4. Bowman is my favorite but also the consensus favorite and should go 10-15 picks before either of the others.

Don't know him, but you gotta love this: Strengths Big back with frame and demeanor for volume carries. Gets going downhill without much dancing. Adequate burst with plus tackle-breaking ability between the tackles. Uses stiff-arm and shoulders to batter tacklers in space. Possesses an insatiable thirst to score when he smells paint. Smooth screen release with natural hands. Capable of handling protection asks with more work.

But I was told the length of his arms didn't matter as much as the girth!

kk and Star were STUDS on an already stacked defense. That was a good draft. Not to mention that Klein would have been a starter on most other teams.

Yeah, apparently I have more confidence in BC as a starter and heir apparent to Moton than 32 NFL GM's. I don't think he even got a nibble on the open market. Still glad to have him as depth though.

Big fan of this move. He's a raw RT with a ton of upside but only 1 real year of starting. Sit him behind Moton for 2025 and we may just have our RT locked down for the next few years. Worse case scenario, we have a solid, cheap back up.

FWIW, I went back to the last 4 minutes of the Sept 2022 Cleveland game and he appears t hold his own, even though Thomas did come in to help on a lot of plays. He's done nothing but get better since then.

I know that there was a thread on this video a while back, but it ties in exactly with your point. Rewatch from 9-15 minute marks (or all of it if you really want to get fired up). A lot of talk about Ickey's improvement. So glad we have Hunt locked in long term next to him.

Yes, IMO.

He sounds like Moss, now he just needs to play like him!!

NEWTON!!!

That must have been 1 hellova off season! I would be very surprised if we didn't pick up a few to test out from day 3 and waivers.

Damn! DMo still has that LB stare. I just peed myself a little.

@MHS831 out here spitting truth!

heck yes! With the Sanders/Dowdle trade and Mingo, Morgan has already screwed the cowboys so much that our marketing team is working on a video called "Danny Does Dallas"!

He was a partial owner before he bought us out!

If the Steelers offer up that haul for Sanders... they're definitely smoking something!

Fair enough. I was referring to our "splash" moves: trading up for XL and Brooks, signing not 1 but 2 big time FA guards, even signing a "QB whisperer" as a head coach. Everything was done to make Bryce better.

100%!! Last year we focused completely on offense, and it made leaps, especially when Bryce settled in for the 2nd half of the season. We kept all those players and improved our RB stable this free agency! This year we focused almost entirely on D, specifically our run D. I expect it to jump to at least average, which would be awesome considering they are starting at dead frikin last. Our draft class from last year, however, doesn't exactly make me tingle. I know, I know..."traded away our first round pick, give them time to develop", but still. The 1 gem was Coker, a UDFA who I really like, but he ain't exactly Randy Moss. We have to do better! We can't afford to only build via Free agency.

Yeah,,,I keep forgetting about NIL. Times they are a changing.

I've been thinking the same thing all along. There is no sure thing pass rusher in this draft (maybe Carter, but he's not projected to be there at #8) but there is a LOT of them that could easily be day 1 starters for us. I'm not sure that talent drops very much from round 1 to round 2; especially if we trade up to late 30's early 40's range which I could see us doing. If we stay at #8, I can see us going offense. We have a damn good line, really good RB's (still draft one of each later), and we have Bryce. Get him a weapon. Whether that is Tmac, Golden, or Warren has already been thoroughly talked about, but I like Warren. I'm sure that you've already told us, but who do you want at 8. No trade backs.

Because on April 25th, he's a millionaire. Whether it's at #8, #18, or #28...he's a first rounder. I will never hate a man for getting his money.

Hey Tom...