45catfan

Hey, it's a random thread, asking a random question, so I gave a random-@$$ answer.

I have said all along the Falcons are not taking a QB this draft. If they did, it would the local kid Fields, but that is a SLIM possibility.

Calm down guys. QB4 will be there at #8, with an outside shot at QB3 as well. Everyone ahead of us will not draft a QB. Take a chill pill.

Jimmy Garoppolo. We swap first rounders with the 49ers, so we get a starting caliber QB AND the #12 pick to use on a weapon. Oh, they can have TB if they want him, but doubtful.

Eh, we just know what this team needs and where the deficits on this roster lies while being heavily invested in the draft process. The glaring holes are actually fairly obvious unless we are talking about the casual fan, which there plenty of around here on the Huddle masquerading as die-hards.

Everybody missed the one, big omission: The QBs that particpated at the Senior bowl. Who was supposed to go an opted out because of injury? TRASK! Mark it down fellas.

Some folks project Slater a guard because he supposedly has alligator arms. Leatherwood, on many accounts, had a less than desirable Senior Bowl week. Some are projecting him inside or moving over the right. Mayfield has mainly been a RT, correct? Eichenburg's knock is while he's been solid at ND he's an extremely limited athlete. Walker Little's injuries worry me. Big men with multiple lower leg injuries usually is a very bad sign for longevity. We already have a gimpy Little on the OL, we don't need two. With Sewell and Darrisaw going high, I'm hoping that either Cosmi or Randunz will there at #39. If both of them are gone, I'll take Eichenburg. If he's gone, I'm taking BPA at CB and then Little or Jackson in the 3rd round.

I'm banking on it, especially if we take his college QB. Among the top LTs, he is one of the more athletic. He might not be the stoutest or strongest, however that can be addressed with a full NFL offseason. What he does have is natural bend and a smooth kick-slide. Those are traits that the more athletic OTs possess. Some of the bigger dudes labor in their kick-slides and are vulnerable to the outside speed rush. As long as he can anchor on a bull rush in the NFL, I'll be just fine with him.

^^^Oh, lol on the B+ simulator grade. That my friends, is no less than an A. I won't go A+ because I left out WR, a true 3-tech (drafted Sample to move inside to groom as a 3-tech) or a shutdown corner. If it were to happen in real life, I'm doing back flips. This would even top last year's draft.

My contribution for the day.

Former Jets GM, three words that will absolutely lose you all credibility.

While also proving he replicate his production, you know, not just contract year play.

The top of this draft is loaded at WR, so WR needy teams will be in luck. I'm almost certain we will offer Curtis a tepid (fair market) deal and he will end up testing FA, but I'm not sure he's going to bank like WRs in past years have considering this draft class. Ultimately I think it will be if he's willing to go elsewhere for not that much more money than we put on the table. I don't think a mega-payday is awaiting him.

About the same as last year when the opposite happened...the Combine happened, but many of the Pro Days were cancelled. Scouts get one shot instead of two. Crap, we had arguably our best draft in Franchise history with Pro Days largely cancelled, which is ironic. Honestly the biggest difference will be the lack of overall game tape in 2020. Remember a lot of conference cancelled especially outside of the Power 5 and even some of them had truncated seasons. That will be the biggest factor hindering scouts. A great deal of 2019 tape will be used to evaluate prospects.

Yeah, I'll take the current article over the 13 month old one. Doctor's said he make 100% recovery. There's no indication they were wrong and Tua was simply hand-wringing so soon post surgery. Months later during his Pro Day, he showed no ill-affect of hip stiffness or inability to rotate them sufficiently. Again, his stock value would have dropped fairly significantly. Scouts would have picked up on that immediately.

Absolutely ZERO way we take him in the first round no matter how far back we trade. I would have serious reservations about taking him at 39. Now, trade back again, picking up even more picks and taking him late 2nd round I would be fine with. Not completely happy, mind you, but not upset either.

Just pulled this from NFL. com about Tua reflecting on his struggles this season. I think his past injuries were mentioned once, and that was by the journalist, not by Tua himself. Tua admits the competition and defensive schemes at this level was the reason for his struggles. Oh yeah, also mentioned how much more he has to facilitate/being responsible for leading the offense even beginning in the huddle than when he was at 'Bama...his words, not mine. Tua's "Below-Average" Rookie Season

This is how I see it playing out. If Wilson and Lance are gone at #8, we trade back targeting Newman in the second round. However, if Trask makes it past the mid-round QB needy teams, especially past Indy at #21, I think we repackage some of that #8 trade back capital, jump back into the first round and take Trask.

If we trade back, Newman or Trask have to be the targets. I can't see us not drafting QB at all this year and anything beyond a 3rd rounder is pointless. We are looking for a starter, not a backup.

If Wilson and Lance are gone by #8, I'm down. I'm not sold on Fields at all. The Panthers better have a solid plan for our QB position beyond 2021 though. I can squeamishly endure one more year of Bridgewater, but nothing beyond that.

He had a couple of drops and am not sure if that's unlike him or not. I haven't followed him probably like you, but in a job interview like the Senior Bowl game, he definitely had some bumps.

Jones has less of an arm, even with a healthy lower body, and an overall worse athlete.

He can't drive the ball? I would disagree. He's not necessarily the running threat he used to be, but I put a lot of that on the competition at this level. His stock value should have plummeted if teams/scouts thought he couldn't drive the ball after the injury, but it didn't. He didn't show any ill affects of that during his Pro Day. He's not the hapless gimp you are trying to make him out to be.

Fair enough if he said so himself, but that purely goes to his scrambling abilities. All his major injuries at 'Bama were leg related and now he has to rely more on his arm talent leaning him more towards a pocket QB. So then, let's circle back to Mac Jones. If Mac Jones is a pure pocket guy that benefited from the likes of Smith, Waddle, Dickerson, Harris, Leatherwood etc,etc, etc... while their competition from week-to-week had some fraction of that talent, how does that translate to the NFL? I'd say marginally at best.

So is it the injuries or the fact that he's not on the gravy train at 'Bama anymore? I'd say the later.