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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.

Bryce is just an overall significant limitation on our offense. No way to sugarcoat it. We can either choose to keep trying to figure out bandaid around it or move on.

Honestly, I don't love taking another edge at 19. They usually take a couple years of development and we just took two in the second. I think we need some vet help in that unit while we keep developing those two.

Yeah, that's why I think the source is us. I can't imagine any team wanting to trade anything for the washed up version of Dalton that took the field last year.

Honestly, the source is probably the Panthers desperately trying to drum up a market for him.

Literally anything sounds like a great deal. I'd just love to see him gone to force us to seek an upgrade at that spot. I honestly can't imagine any team entertaining trading for him. He looked beyond washed this year.

Yeah, he looks like a stud. If his arms come in sub-31" that's definitely cause for concern but I still don't see a pass rusher with his game tape falling out of the top 10. Maybe it would keep him from going top 5. Micah Parsons only has 31.5" arms.

Presumed top 10 picks not working out at the Combine has just become standard operating procedure. Sucks, but it is what it is. Not working out hasn't seemed to hurt anyone's stock so until that dynamic changes thats what it's gonna continue to be. They have more to potentially lose than to potentially gain.

I'd always look into it. If there's time on the clock and the phone is ringing there's no good reason not to have a conversation. Someone on the other end might be ready to do something stupid. Granted, historically that someone has been us but hey... LOL

I've never seen utter unawareness of the sideline at the NFL level prior to XL. It's not like a one tike one off thing, it's happened multiple times. What should've been easy catches turn into incomplete passed because he seemingly has no clue where he is on the field and makes no effort to get both feet inbounds. I mean, this is stuff that's just second nature playing sports before you hit muddle school.

That's what I was kinda thinking after his rookie year but honestly he hasn't shown me any kind of vision or shiftiness as a runner. For a guy with his measurables he sure seems easy to get down.

We already have a roster full of third string TEs.