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He’ll probably be very good but he will never be fun to root for. I just don’t want to deal with it. Hope they pick someone else.

I love Mukuba, hope that one works out.

Picking a first round talent at a premier position? This isn’t crazy or new.

That’s fine. Defensive line is deep this year, and you take advantage of that by taking late-round guys. That’s smart and he’s a good prospect.

Regardless of whether they take Graham, I’m amped at how much they apparently like Cam Jackson. This draft’s got a weird number of huge guys and I hope we end up with one of them.

Walker freaks me out. I’ve seen too many people who don’t love his play at linebacker, and that’s where he’s going to play most of his snaps. If we’re picking a linebacker higher than we picked Luke, I’d like his linebacker instincts to be flawless. Why not just pick Barron? Even if he’s overmatched at outside corner, he’s a perfect nickel prospect. Perfect. Ditto at safety. Why are we trying to do this linebacker/edge half-measure when we can get a great prospect at another position of need?

Nice post! Crumedy's more of a backup end than a nose at only 305, right?

Sure. I still hope we grab one a developmental nose in this draft. There are a bunch late who will get pushed down by the strength of this d-line class.

lol the Raiders are replacing him with Chinn…

Yeah, there's overpaying and then there's what the Pats did.

Man let me cope just a little.

That's fine, but you also can't just go out and make a good rotational player the third-highest-paid player at his position group, either.

I'm happy to see him here. Both safeties are in the fit all the time in 2-high shells. Good player, helps us where we need it, shaves off a position of need for the draft, where we're now pretty much locked into overhauling the line.

Feels like we dodged a bullet at that number. Deepest DL draft in ages right around the corner, it's not the end of the world.

Fees like prep to take an EDGE at 8 and look for a true nose later in the draft.

I hope it’s Horn. If we extend him now, his contract will be less than if we have to do it at gunpoint later, with a higher cap. Philly does this with all their young guys. Might as well learn from the champs.

This reads a lot like Seattle doesn’t want to pay him what he wants and he’s using the “contender” nonsense as an excuse to find a team that’ll pay him. It’s anyone’s game.

That would be a second-rounder on Brooks, whatever pick we use on Skattebo, and another pick on a faster back. That’s a lot to dump into the running back room, and that doesn’t even include the deal for Chuba.

Hand-timed at a pro day. It doesn’t show up on the field. I think the point remains.

I have a heart, so I love him as much as everyone else. But: it would be really nice to find a backup with the speed to bring some volatility to the offense, and Skattebo doesn’t have it. Chuba and Skattebo have very similar games. Obviously that’s a good game, but Skattebo doesn’t bring anything to the offense that it doesn’t already have. And we need someone to return kicks/punts. Tuten, Brashard Smith, Etienne, Rocket Sanders…so many guys ran in or below the 4.4’s this year. Obviously if the GPS data says he plays as fast as those guys, throw the combine numbers out the window. But if it matches up, he’s not my favorite type of back for us.

He follows Rodgers. So not here.

Great write-up. To add to the murkiness, it’s confusing to me that EZ demolished the 3-come and short shuttle but refused to run the 40. It’s not a huge red flag but I’d really like him more if he weren’t a little small AND kind of slow. And that’s the only reason I can see him skipping the 40.

Eff it, we need a really talented player somewhere on this defense. We got rid of CMC, DJ Moore, and Burns. Gotta use all those cap savings somewhere. Might as well grab a playmaking defensive lineman, everyone always needs more of them.

This would be great. The offense needs speed that can actually get on the field. A late-round dart throw rookie won’t earn snaps. Hopefully Slayton can come in on a cheap short deal and we draft a guy to develop behind him.

It happens. Will McDonald was even smaller than Stewart, and Iowa State had him playing 4i for absolutely no reason. He got drafted 15th overall and just had 10.5 sacks for the Jets. Micah Parsons, obviously, got shifted from edge to linebacker so Penn State could get more big fasts onto the field. Nobody had any idea what they were doing with him, including the Cowboys until they had so many edge injuries that they had to put Parsons back at his high school position. Also, Stewart had a lot of pressures. 33. No idea how he managed to get 1.5 sacks off of 33 pressures--it's one of the weirdest things I can remember in a college player's career. And I get that "almost" doesn't count. But he was great in practice and the game at the Senior Bowl. He's got insane tools. He was genuinely good against the run all year, and if the coaches think they can get him over the hump and start turning those pressures into actual sacks, I won't hate it.