45catfan

It will be one of these two. Mark it down.

It's still early in his tenure as GM, so it's going to look good now. Let's give it another couple years and revisit this.

Ugh, no team is in desperate need of a TE where Sadiq's stock is, therefore draftnics/pundits are just linking him to us so he doesn't fall in mocks.

The Rams are way down the list and they crush drafting. Browns are #1 and they suck at drafting. All I can see this chart worthy of the ability of people to predict draft picks of teams better higher on the list than teams lower on the list.

Our QB room:

McShay thinks there will be a run on Edge and OT in the back half of the first round. It's laughable to think Lomu is a reach for us. Some mocks have him about right, early 20's, and some still have him last few picks in round one or slipping to round two. What a joke. I wouldn't be shocked if he's off the board before #19.

So the two guys I originally wanted all the way back in December, that were projected around pick 20 are now mocked to go #3 and #5 overall; Bailey and Styles, respectively. Go figure.

When is 'adding another weapon' narrative going to run its course and Bryce has to actually play well? Next year it will be, 'Well, Bryce needs a Fullback as a weapon out of the backfield.' Heck, at that point, that's all we will be missing.

^This. If we take a S at #19 I think it would shock most people although some mocks have us doing just that. Extremely few, but they are out there.

I told y'all Lomu would overtake Proctor. Freeling jumped over both of them and will be the second OT taken, even over Fano who some teams are projecting as an OG. Freeling will be gone to the most needy LT team after Mauigoa gets drafted; somewhere in the early teens. That leaves the guy who I've been saying for a couple months is best fit for us, Lomu.

'Looking for' and getting are two different things. Most scouts would tell you once you get past the mid-point in the first round, in a typical year, you have past the threshold of sure-fire starters. At that point you are hoping for a day1 starter, but in reality that guy isn't quite ready yet. He's a heir apparent with training wheels for a season. There's nothing wrong with that. That's why LT absolutely should not be off the table at #19. We got one guy with a possible career ending injury and a rent-a-tackle for a season. Solid reasoning for glossing over the second most important position on a NFL team.

Y'all are acting like Walker is a All-Pro on a 4 year deal. He's a rent-a-tackle on a one-year deal that got past over in FA until we snagged him. There are worse things than having a $4M back up left tackle if he gets beat out. Even if he doesn't get beat out by a hypothetical LT rookie, at least said rookie wouldn't get thrown to the wolves and can be eased into the League. Walker also has a injury history. Who says he stays healthy all season?

Wagner played both sides, i believe, but settled in at RT. I'll take the RT that can play both sides if the play on the right side is on par with a couple other guys in question. That's the tie breaker.

At #19, you get a fringe starter, so I guess Dave and Dan are moving up?

They aren't, but Sadiq is overrated. We don't use TEs that much anyway. It's a bad return on the investment at #19. I'm hoping another team has a crush on him ahead of us and I don't have to worry about it.