LinvilleGorge

Pretty much. Good size, good 40, seemingly everything else optional.

We keep drafting speed and trying to make WRs out of them. I think we need WRs not just guys who do well at the underwear Olympics.

I'm talking historically. We have historically paid the poo out of off the ball LBs and RBs specifically. I doubted Parsons' ability to be a dominant edge rusher in the NFL. I was wrong. Wasn't the first time and won't be the last. That's not what we're talking about here though. Parsons was drafted as an edge and became a dominant edge. Well done. He wasn't drafted to be an off the ball LB. I'll never be a huge fan of drafting guys high to play a different role in the NFL. No matter how you slice it, that's a tougher evaluation that ups the risk factor.

Dramatically overspending on lesser value positions has played a big role in why we have never consistently fielded good teams. Positional value exists for a reason.

Understandably so.

We have plenty of roster holes and opportunity for rookie contributions. Given that reality I don't think that we can afford to do anything but draft the guy who we think is the best talent on the board from our first pick to our last. Contenders with good overall rosters with a few weak spots can afford to go position hunting. Teams with Swiss cheese rosters just need to try to get the best possible talent infusion they can.

Injury issues usually don't clear up as you're closing in on 30. I'd be interested but he's probably going to get way overpaid based on past resume and name recognition. He's basically been relegated to a rotational type defender for the past three years and missed a lot of time due to injury. If the contract reflects that... okay. Sure. But if we're counting on him being anything more than a rotational player who is almost certainly going to miss some games then we're probably expecting too much. Not sure why he'd sign that type of contract with us though when he could likely get one from a legit contender.

Can't get onboard with it. He's a good safety but if you want elite money you need to be a game changer.

Yeah, the guy should be a smaller version of Lamar but he's basically just a run of the mill average starter. I always think back to Patrick Peterson... https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Hb4h5Hbgq/

Love the first two picks but if we don't come out of this draft with an edge in the first three rounds we fuged up.

Yeah, I'm expecting mid to late round pick and a low level FA to be added

I'd rather keep that diva far away from our young receivers were trying to develop.

Yeah, I don't think anyone is trying to follow our blueprint. It's just that protecting your young QB is a good idea. That ain't rocket science.

Guys generally do not get better and/or more durable after signing for huge money.

Our secondary gets terrifying without Horn. But then again, history indicates he'll probably miss half the season anyway. But make this trade and you can pretty much just hyper focus on D in free agency and draft.

That's a very concerning injury history to be the highest paid player on the league at a premium position.

If you can get him for a 4th or 5th you do it for damn sure if Canales signs off on it from his time working with him in Seattle.

Same. Give me a guy with "good enough" talent with endless heart and non-stop motor who loves football over the elite athlete who is just there because he's good at it and it pays all day everyday. Elite athletes with questionable motivation are the prototypical draft busts. Then again, just wanting it really bad isn't enough either obviously. You have to meet certain physical prerequisites but I don't see talent red flags with these guys. They're not elite talents and that's why they're not being talked about as first rounders but I'll be surprised if these guys don't at least have solid careers injuries aside.

He doesn't have long speed. I think that's pretty clear watching him play. But he has everything else. And let's be real, how often does long speed really come into play for a RB. How often does a RB really break out into the open and cut loose in the NFL? Honestly probably only a handful of times a season for most. I'll take a guy who has the elite vision, agility, short area burst, power, etc. over the guy who has wheels in the open field.

I was definitely pretty damn surprised by that. Imagine getting trucked on the gridiron then he walks into the gym and you think you're gonna get it back on this 5'9" dude and then he drops a hammer on you on the hardwood too. Dayum...

Good. Deep RB class. I'm all for taking one in the mid-late rounds. If he's there in the early 4th? Sure. Let's go.

If gas leak and carbon monoxide are rules out I wonder if something happened with his wife causing her to suddenly pass whether it was heart attack, stroke, aneurysm, whatever and 90+ year old Gene Hackman was just unable to care for himself properly without her? I don't know, just a really weird situation.

Solid DL. The Seahawks just say overpaid him so he became a cap casualty. Still only 28. He's been consistently solid.

Sportrac's projection is even worse on a per year basis. This is for a guy who basically put up Legette level numbers last year and half the fanbase is ready to write him off as a bust. LOL