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Caleb Downs is definitely not gonna be there at 19.

That's insane. That's getting into fuging Vince Carter territory.

Thibodeaux had one good season and has missed 12 games over the past two seasons while only getting 8 sqcks over those two seasons bottoming out with 2.5 this past season. Why is anyone chomping at the bit to trade for that guy and give him $15M this year?

Yeah, not sure I see that either. McVay's offense I a lot. If you have a guy already struggling with the mental aspects of playing QB in the NFL not sure I see that as a good fit. Honestly, the Eagles should consider him as a backup. It's hard to find a QB that can emulate how they use Hurts and Richardson might be a good fit for that. As is, if Hurts go down they'd basically have to run their offense completely differently. That's not ideal.

Saw where some are predicting three WRs in the top 12 picks. That would bode well for us. I could see us picking a slot guy in the mid to late rounds but I doubt we're looking at receivers until day three.

It seems like they've been pretty honest with Dalton and that he's basically being viewed as an emergency last ditch of all else fails backup plan.

There's already been 7 DTs go sub-5.0. 4.76 leading the pack. Pretty wild.

Meanwhile, at Panthers' HQ...

I honestly don't think he's a lock to be on the roster next year and it wouldn't shock me to see him moved if anyone offered anything (which I would also be surprised to see).

I'd be surprised if the Rams were all that interested in him. I mean, they moved on from Goff pretty quickly because they saw that his physical ceiling was limited. I just don't see plus NFL tools with Simpson. He's just NFL average Joe across the board IMO.

Unless we have some mad scientist that can put Bryce's brain in Anthony Richardson's body I'll pass.

The Simpson hype is just something I can't wrap my head around. I can't see drafting a guy in the 1st whose absolute ceiling looks to be Kirk Cousins.

the consensus #1 overall prospect in the draft

If his on the field QBing of the defense helped it be a great defense, sign me up. We'd all love another Luke but I'd settle for a lesser version. And if this kid has that type of football mind, what better mentor could you ask for than Luke Kuechly. Even if he's not that type of impact after the snap I'd just love to have that defensive QB again, especially one being mentored by Luke.

As a pure player, honestly I agree. But doubling as that QB of the defense on the field might push him over the top and make it worth it over say a Hill or Golday in the 2nd, especially if we don't think one of those guys will he there at #51 which I think is very possible.

I've been really warming up to Allen here of late. I'm usually not a big fan of off the ball LBs in the 1st but if we could get another impact LB who doubles as the QB of the defense... I mean that sounds very tempting.

Yeah, I've been saying for awhile it's more likely he ends up top 10 than available at 19. Unpopular opinion here though, but I think he carries one of the bigger bust risks in the 1st round. Love the athlete but I'm not sold on the football player.

I'm for addressing edge in FA. We just drafted two in the 2nd round and they usually take a couple years of development. I don't think another rookie would provide much immediate help and might stretch our development resources thin. I'd rather look for bandaid vets while we continue to focus on developing the young talent already on the roster.

Not sure he's a great fit for us schematically. Small for NT and lacks length for DE. Historically Evero has liked smaller quicker NTs but I hope he gets over that. Finding a smaller quicker guy who can hold up to consistent double teams is looking for a real unicorn.

Big guys with a history of foot injuries give me a lot of pause. They have a bad track record of reoccurring and he already has a history of reoccurring foot injuries.

I like that we're actually showing interest in a true FS type of safety, but Bud Clark is the mid-round safety I'm really keeping an eye on.

I don't think 31" arms are gonna hurt him. Maybe he only goes top 10 instead of top 5. He would've had to show up arms amputated to be available at 19. LOL

RAS all day!!! You could almost perfectly predict pur picks just based off of highest RAS on the board. We weren't drafting for a football team, we were trying to build a track and field squad.

Surprised to see the 40 as the strongest predictor by a hair but not surprised to see it as the metric that gets guys overdrafted the most. Not surprised to see shuttle and 10 second split as strong predictors. I've always thought those were undervalued. I am surprised to see the three cone as basically just a nonfactor. It's one I've always valued but the data doesn't bear it out. Maybe just drop it or find some other test that might provide better insight. That one just doesn't seem to matter at all so why bother?

I like Dungy but in terms of being an on air television personality he's extremely forgettable. He's probably being paid more due to his football resume than he's worth as a commentator/analyst on air. Seems like a matter of time before they conclude the same about Brady.