tukafan21

No, because everyone knew Cousins was being taken to be a backup project and any struggles by RG3 wouldn't call for Cousins to see what he could do. If Ward struggled at all, with it being Shedeur, the media calls would be out of control to play him and see what he can do, and you can't put your #1 pick in that situation. It's the same reason we couldn't draft him as even a project backup ourselves (not that I'd want to anyways), if Bryce struggles at all, it would be a disaster of a situation. Again, Steelers, Rams, and maybe Raiders really seem like the only options unless Jerry does what Jerry does best. Only other way is if Shedeur calls up some team with a VERY established QB and convinces them he's willing to learn from them and be a quiet backup and hope they take him to use in a trade down he line. Besides that, the media train that will come with him just isn't worth it as a backup.

Not that this pick needed a cherry on top for me, but just saw that not only is T-Mac the first player the Panthers have ever drafted from Arizona, we were the only team in the NFL that Arizona had never had a player drafted by before. So the Panthers take their first Wildcat and Arizona now has had a player taken by all 32 teams. Cherry.

The problem is that if you don't have a fully settled QB of the future, you can't take him because it's just going to create a distraction that your young QB doesn't need while you're seeing if they can be your guy. Then you also can't take him if you have just a full on legit starting QB because Shedeur likely isn't going to sit well with knowing he has no path to playing either. Realistically at this point, only the Rams, Steelers, or maybe the Raiders make sense to take him, anyone else and it just seems like trouble waiting to happen. With the Rams and Steelers, assuming Rodgers ends up there, it would be where he knows he's going to sit for 1 year and then get the chance to take over while learning from a HOFer. That's a situation I don't think the Sanders family would have an issue with, especially at this point. The Raiders would be a little similar, but he could get stuck behind Geno for more than just one year. And think about it, do you really want a frustrated Shedeur living in Las Vegas? Beyond those 3 teams, I really can't see a situation that is going to not have all sorts of crazy media around it.... so the Cowboys will probably take him, because of course that will happen. In a way, it's Kaepernick all over again. The media distraction that is going to come with him, especially at this point, isn't worth dealing with for a backup QB. Once the Giants and Saints went with different QB's, it really set this up to happen.

I don't need to know anything else about him, I'm in on a TE from Iowa, haha And if we're looking at a kicker, I know after T-Mac people will roll their eyes, but I've brought up Arizona's kicker a few times before too, take a look at Tyler Loop, kid has a monster leg.

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This is what I want to do but for the Center from Georgia

Seeing as I don't follow the draft on twitter as I like to be see it all live on TV, I'm now very interested to see what's about to happen soon (and on that note, leaving the site for a bit to not see it haha)

I'm not going to pretend I know anything about him, but the top Center in the draft and 42nd best player on ESPN's board is still out there and I can't help but think that's a possible 10 year starter at a position of need. Anyone know anything about this kid? Should we trade one of the 4th's and maybe both 5th's to get back in the 3rd here to take him and lock that position down for years to come?

Crazy, the Lions moved down from 130 to 230, 100 full picks, just so they could move up 3 picks here?!?!?! They must REALLY want whoever they're taking

I want defense, but the top Center in the draft is still there, if we can possibly solidify our Center position for the next decade with this pick, that is going to be hard to pass on if he's still there, even with how bad we need defense. I'm not even saying it's what I want to see happen (hell, he could still get taken before us), but I'm having a hard time dismissing it out of hand for a crap shoot defensive selection.

Or they do and realize not a single team between here and where they traded back are going to take a QB and they're betting nobody is going to trade up for him before then. If that's the case, then they just picked up a free Top 100 pick and will still take their guy that would have just taken with this pick.

That knee really must be WAY worse than any of the experts/analysts were aware of but every team is clued in. There's just no explanation for him to still be falling unless they all know something nobody else does, as if there was even one team not that concerned, wouldn't SOMEONE have traded up to get him by now? Not saying he won't go soon because someone hopes the value works out, but those medicals must have been really bad.

lol I can't lie, I've thought a lot about him in the last 24 hours with us taking T-Mac and Shedeur falling like a rock

So I know we all want defense because we need it. But I just noticed that the top ranked Center is still on the board, if he somehow falls all the way to us, that has to be a real consideration, right?

Love how some of our fans were upset at taking T-Mac because we just took a WR in the 1st last year. Then the Bears who already have DJ, take a WR in the Top 10 last year, and still go back to the well one more time here early in the 2nd.