Jay Roosevelt

I'm 50/50 on Higgins. On one hand he's better than anyone we have; on the other, he's sure to be overpaid. We'll see.

I'm not nearly as impressed by the interior DLs in this class as I am with the EDGE class. If we don't take Mason Graham early the only interior DL I like in the 1st/2nd round is Tyleik Williams from Ohio State. Luckily, we're in much better shape at that position than we are at EDGE with Derrick Brown returning next year. Outside of the obvious pick in Abdul Carter, I like Kyle Kennard, Mykel Williams and Jalon Walker in that order. But it seems Kennard is ranked quite a bit lower than the other two. If we're going DL back-to-back I'd LOVE a Mason Graham-Kyle Kennard combo. I'm not sure there's a combo of a 1st round DE + 2nd round DT that makes sense, TBH.

I don't see the Jets letting him go for less than a 1st rounder and I'm not giving up a top-10 pick for him.

I sometimes think, what if Bryce had played the way he has since returning to the lineup, but did it last year as a rookie? The narrative would likely be completely different than it has been with far fewer doubters. I feel like some people are holding his past bad performances against him, which on some level is fair, but when there's such a stark and obvious dividing line between then and now (pre/post-benching) it seems obvious there has been real growth and improvement. Forget last year. Forget weeks 1 and 2. Just evaluate him based on how he's playing NOW.

Yeah, that stuff is worse than Tepper. Somehow.

They deserve more time. Am I completely sold? No. But we've shown more potential this year than we ever did under Rhule or Reich.

After watching that abomination last night, it's clear the Panthers set D.J. Moore's career back years by trading him to Chicago.

Good lord. Even the 'best' of the offense is bad this week.

Cam and Josh Allen are about as similar as players get. I still think Cam was a better runner, though.

I'm not sure how much of this is on Evero considering the lack of talent we have up front, but it probably is best to move on at this point. I tend to agree that a return to a 4-3 defense would be a welcome change right now.

Compared to weeks 1 and 2? Yes, this was light years better. I'm not 100% sold on Bryce as the guy either, but the idea that the improvement we've seen since he returned to the lineup suddenly means nothing because of one bad game is dumb. It was a bad game by the entire team, but Bryce has had far worse performances. I don't think this fundamentally changes the trajectory of his career; it was one game. If you were sold on Bryce before this game, you probably still are. If you were convinced he wasn't the guy before, you still feel the same. And if you're like me and are hopeful, but not convinced yet, nothing has changed either. In any case, it was still only one game.

Not really. He was still considerably better today than he was earlier this year and for most of last year. The team as a whole played poorly today; the Bryce from weeks 1 + 2 would have have completely folded and finished with like 80 yards passing. That he didn't do that is another sign of progress.

As bad as we need edge help we BADLY need help at safety.

I like him better than Abdul Carter, TBH.

Why not get this taken care of before now?

I can see the new training camp drills now...

I don't see us picking #4. I think we win a game or two and end up picking #6 or #7.

Some of this is down to the scheme. The KC offense is 75% easy throws, screens, quick throws, etc. I feel like Dave Canales runs a naturally more aggressive offense in general that asks the QB to make more tight-window throws. To be honest the Chiefs WR corp is better than ours, but probably not by as much as you'd think.

If you have $3.1M you can afford to bet on a football game what difference is $400k going to make to you? Whoever that is deserves to lose their money.

I wouldn't be against it, but I'm not sure there's going to be a team looking to move up at that spot. You figure it'd be for a QB, but I'm guessing Sanders goes before our pick so it'd have to be a team moving up for Cam Ward and I'm not sure that is likely to be the case. If we end up picking #5 I'd probably favor taking Tet McMillan (if he's there, which seems unlikely), Mason Graham, Will Johnson or even Malaki Starks. Granted, Starks would be a better trade-down option.

Carter is a little too raw for me as a top-5 pick. Honestly sounds a lot like Travon Walker coming out of Georgia to me.

Another headcase WR.

Thielen is a free agent, isn't he? And regardless we need a younger version of him anyway. I see XL + Coker as our #1 and #2 with Palmer as the #3 in that scenario.

Higgins is the only one I'd feel comfortable giving big money to. Godwin is good, but coming off a major injury and, IMO, hasn't flashed true #1 ability the way Higgins has. Granted, both play opposite elite WR1s. I do think there are some solid #3 options available; Josh Palmer from the Chargers is my favorite.

Bryce, just because there's still room to grow. Jameis is what he's going to be at this point, which is probably underrated by most fans, but he's never going to be a true franchise QB long-term. He's basically the Vinny Testaverde of his generation. Bryce may not end up being a franchise QB either, but he still has a chance to be. Especially with his recent performances. Even if he never plays better than he has the past month that still likely means he ends up having a better overall career than Jameis in the long run.