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They actually have a solid very young DL that’s improving every week since Verse/Fiske are rookies. The Rams drafting has been amazing the last few years, the type of results we only dream about. Unfortunately, that 2nd we picked up from the Rams that we thought early in the season would be similar to ours is not pick 25-32 and quite a bit worse than the pick Chicago owns.

I think TMac and the Tackles are going to be the BPAs at our pick. I see the two QBs and Hunter, Graham, Carter and Johnson being the top 6. Unfortunately, even if 1 of them fall, I think the Jets will steal that player.

I’m not so sure about that. We tend to overrate our guys. I don’t blame him for taking as much as he can get but that article says nothing about him having a ton of interest. It’s basically from his side and likely his agent trying to drum up interest in him. All that said, this is another example of us being bad drafters. We take project WRs over solid to stud OL and long snappers/tiny QBs over day 3 OL that have started elsewhere. Now that we have a ton of day 3 picks we better be shooting tons of shots at lineman, O or D.

I saw a Panthers article about what we could have done in the draft like McConkey and then Sainristil, but what hurt was seeing Beaux slimmer instead of Wade in the 6th. I didn’t realize Limmer went that late because I remember Huddle folks mentioning him as later (not 2nd like Frazier) center and we still avoided him that late like Trey Smith a few years ago for a long snapper. It’s truly sad to look at our last few drafts and how good they could have been if the Huddle did our draft.

That’s our MO. We drafted a risky torn ACL in the 2nd as the 1st RB drafted when the 2025 RB draft class is loaded and deep. A healthy Brooks might be a 3rd rounder in 2025 and we took him in 2024 knowing he might not even play in 2024 which makes the not looking ahead at the 2025 RB class all that much more idiotic. I know our finish and Young were way better than expected but we really need honest to goodness good drafts. While we won two OT games in the last 4 games, we also lost 30-14 and 48-14 in the other two games. We can’t have another feel good draft where we tell ourselves that Legette, Brooks, Wallace and Sanders might be OK someday. I’d bet good money that there aren’t many, if any, teams that would trade their top 4 picks for our top 4 in this past draft.

Remember we made fun of Rhule’s wife picking Hubbard because she liked him. Rhule was very familiar with Hubbard so you are right, I doubt he had much to do with the 2021 draft. Chuba ran for 173 and 2 TDs against Rhule’s last Baylor team.

Might be. I am pleasantly surprised by his turnaround from week 2 to when he got back in the lineup. I'm ecstatic that he played well enough that we won’t waste draft capital on another QB in this meh class. We can see how he looks in 2025 to see if DCs will take him more seriously and solve for him with all the video. I’m just glad he looks decent and we can focus on the D that was the worst scoring D in NFL history.

His stats were decent but that’s not surprising given the fact that Legette led the team in WR snaps (50% more than Coker and Thielen) and led the team in targets, 84 compared to 46 and 62. He was not nearly as effective as Coker and Thielen. He had 5.9 yards per target to their 10.4 and 9.9. The only WR he was more effective than was Mingo. Again, as a rookie, you expect some of that but I think the disappointment was from the key drops and his body catching. He needs to improve on that and hopefully he can but McConkey had no concerns about his hands and quickness/separation. Legette was a little disappointing and McConkey was exactly what his draft fans were hoping he would be, a QBs best friend. Based on watching the Texans-Chargers game, I highly doubt the Chargers make the playoffs if MConkey isn’t their pick.

Yep, you never know but I’d hope they would have “tried” the approach to maximize the pick. That said, outside of McCarthy who we didn’t see, this class appears to be a solid QB year. 4 of them were solid starters (remember still rookies) and Penix barely played.

This is how I see it. Not a single average starter, just guys we start because the alternatives are David Moore, Ian Thomas and mediocre/injured LBs. There are Mays, Zavala, BC and Tremble guys all over NFL benches. Sorry to the OP, but his grades were way too generous. Calling the 2024 class as 5 or 6 players is beyond generous because again they are all backups or below/well below average starters. Bryce’s play turned around the 2023 draft even though we still gave up too much considering we could have had Williams/Daniels/Maye with no trade up, start Corral tank for a QB season. I also like Chuba, but he’s replaceable. If you have a top rushing OL you can make average guys look like studs. Look at Miles Sanders in Philly as an example. Chuba’s better than Sanders but Barkley plays behind Sanders’ old Philly OL and he’s chasing records. Hubbard was a great pick because we took him in the 4th like we should have done instead of a risky Brooks in the 2nd.

Geez, can we stop with this crap. Morgan is the GM, he worked with Canales and the scouts. They picked him.

Honestly, he should be. If he doesn’t have his own Jugs machine at home, then he should be there every day. Amon Ra St. Brown had a segment they showed during a pregame or halftime where he said he still takes over 100 catches a day from the Jugs machine. I don’t care about a squirrel but he needs to have a bug in his ear about becoming a hands catcher. I couldn’t disagree more. Successful teams draft the best player not the guy who physically resembles a former player in the system. Bad teams draft lesser players that fit their system. We drafted like poo while Fitterer was here because he wanted to repeat what he saw in Seattle and he failed miserably. If you want a playoff team, you draft the BPAs and work the plays and system to fit them in. Do you recall Andy Reid/KC saying they drafted Mahomes because he reminded them of Alex Smith? Was CMC drafted because he reminded us of Stewart? McConkey would have been a great weapon for us, period because he gets open a ton and catches the ball like Thielen.

It’s too bad he didn’t draw a comparison with Mahomes and 12 seconds left against the Bills. Might have been meme worthy.

I like it. Throw the first pass out of bounds. No one expects it. For good measure throw the lateral out of bounds too. Did Allar have money on the game? ND is damn lucky they didn’t score a TD with 20 seconds left. Give Allar 10 more seconds and PSU ties the game, lol.

Whoever that was he doubled down on it by saying ND shouldn’t score a TD with 20 seconds left and give Allar enough time. Enough time to what, get picked again?

lol, the announcer is an idiot. Allar is not Mahomes. Giving Allar 20 seconds to score an 80 yard TD? If ND breaks away for a TD, score. I think a 20 yard FG missing is a lot more possible that Allar leading a TD drive in 20 seconds.

ND gave the game away there. Horrific play calling. Reminded me of Georgia Tech passing the ball all the time in OT against Georgia instead of running which they do better. LOL, Allar sucks balls. He should have 3 interceptions now.

I don’t like either of these teams. I’d rather they both lost but those penalties for Penn St were doubly huge because they wiped out both turnovers.

ND might have still got a TD on that one and I thought it was a PI. Penn State got both of their interceptions turned into TDs. The trash calls have definitely benefited PSU more just because they wiped out turnovers and resulted in TDs. All 3 of Penn State’s TDs had key penalties/non-call. Here’s to hoping we don’t see anymore bailouts.

Not hard to get a lead back when both of Allan’s interceptions turned into goal to go TDs.

Penn St getting some nice calls. PI on their first TD drive which has happened twice on both interceptions. That non holding call on the last TD drive would have likely meant a FG instead of a TD. Penn St has 18 points from 3 penalties. I hate when the refs determine the game.

One guy I was interested in is going back to school Jayden Ott from Cal had an injury plagued year this year so he’s going back to school. Might not be the best idea as RB shelf life isn’t long but he likely would have dropped to 6-7 round. With all of our extra picks, might have been a nice flyer based off his freshman and sophomore years.

Good question and I’ll be more up on it when we know who enters the draft. I would think anyone eligible as RB is not a position that you risk going back to school. I will say that while Skattebo was fun to watch in college, I don’t think he’s an NFL RB. He was so worn down facing NFL quality DL that I wouldn’t touch him unless he knocks the combine out of the park. I don’t think he’d make a full NFL season as a lead back. I will watch the combine to see who impresses. Henderson from OSU, Moss from Texas A&M and Neal from Kansas are all RBs I have seen a bit of that could be decent compliments to Chuba if they drop into day 3. Not too sure about Judkins, it just seems like Henderson just produces more when I’ve seen him and I think Judkins is ranked higher. The rest of the RBs will go too early for us to pick given we did invest in Brooks or are RBs I’ve never seen. We do have to give Brooks a shot because we aren’t playoff bound in 2025, but we also need to realize he may never be who we hoped and Chuba needs someone to help.

Still pisses me off that we could have had Frazier and gotten a solid complimentary RB in round 4+. Tracy was available when we took Wade and Irving and a few others were available when we took Sanders. Imagine coming out of this past draft with the picks the Huddle consensus liked and gotten McConkey, Frazier, Wallace, Sanders and one of the several day 3 RBs. It’s sad to think we took two risky picks early and they look like poor picks.

If we use anything more than a day 3 pick, I’d be upset. I want OL/DL with all the extra day 3 picks we have because we need depth desperately and solid NT/DT/C/Gs are found on day 3. Even with some misses, we should get some hits. Day 1 and 2 are for shoring up the D with BPA as we have needs everywhere.