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He’ll be on IR. Not the roster.

No you’re right, tight end is a tough projection and a slow-developing position. Bowers is really the exception to the rule. If there’s any recency bias here, it’s because the way that the whole offense runs through Warren reminds me of Bowers. He’s simply the best athlete on the field.

I’m curious about how he’ll weigh. These guys are never as heavy as the schools say, but if he’s really 255 then he’s absurdly loose and coordinated for a dude his size. Natural ball carrier, lines up anywhere. Good blocker. Just seems useful in ways that, for example, Eric Ebron never had a shot to be. Has another dimension to him than most tight ends. Schools with two NFL-caliber backs aren’t usually anxious to put tight ends in the backfield, you know?

I know defense is the bigger need, but if Warren ends up being the pick at 8, I won’t be mad at all.

Cocker? I barely know her!

We have spent every conceivable resource on the offense lately; I don’t know what else you expect.

Just bring Ev back. Get good players and stop making it so hard to build something consistent. I understand this board’s fetish for a 4-3, we had a bunch of great defenses running one, but nobody ever had a good defense under any scheme with a roster this bad.

Horn and Will Johnson would be so fun together.

We're already adding an elite run stuffer by getting DB back. Also, interior defensive linemen take as long to develop as any position in the NFL. Throwing a rookie at it isn't going to immediately solve the problem, so we might as well just grab a developmental run-stuffer later in the draft. Use premium picks on premium positions.

Grand scheme, there are worse things than a year like this. Bryce has every tool he needs to succeed. The defense will be bad. If the offense is great, we’ll have a mid-round pick to use on the defense. If the offense is terrible, we’ll have a high one to use on Bryce’s replacement.

Saw some ideas that these safety/linebacker tweener types might become a little more valuable given the return of the kickoff. Looks like a great coverage player and locker room guy. You can do a lot worse in the 7th.

Grabbing a real NFL defensive lineman in the sixth feels like a win. Nice work.

If things ever get so bad that we have to get excited about a sixth-round QB pick, we should all just find a new team.

lol just saw the pick: completely adequate athlete and I've never thought anything else! His game speed's better than his timed speed, etc.

He's slow. And he's small. Not a lot of good tight ends who are small and slow.