The consensus among draft analysts seems to be that you don't get to anyone on defense until like #12 on the big board. So saying that in the name of value you'd rather go corner or edge isn't the same as most years. Usually at #8 you would have a top 5 overall player at edge, dl, or CB there because QB and OT sees reaches. Atlanta reaching at Edge seems to be the safest bet to bust outside of Chicago at QB in the entire world of professional sports drafts. Edit, Brugler has Arnold at #10, but after that there are only three more defensive players in the top 20. The top of this draft is all offense though.
Does Chicago trade either the 8 or the 9 for more picks or do they go WR/OT back to back? Lots of moves to be made still.
Don’t see Wash trading #2 for Fields. #12 though….. https://www.bleachernation.com/bears/2024/02/20/2024-nfl-mock-draft-2-20/
this feels like every GM he spoke to paid him to post a smoke screen selection…. Adonai going ahead of Franklin is laughable. And somehow he topped it by having Adonai going in the first round. Pats not selecting a QB given what’s on the roster and what’s on the board is also crazy town.
This is one of the worst revisionist bullshit tweets I've ever seen. Tunsil has never made an all pro team, on what planet is he a future hall of famer. Collins never topped 500 yards, Schultz is a very average TE. Just nonsense, find me 1 person who thought the Texans were set up for success.
I can't stand the argument he's making. Drove me nuts when people made it around the Lions back in the day about not taking Stafford in 09. If you think a QB is worth the pick, you take him. If not, take someone else. It's really that simple. On top of the revisionist nonsense you called out.
My hottake is that you should always take a QB in round 1 if the grades are close at all, the economics alone make it worth it. If you don’t have a QB you keep taking them until it works. Especially if you don’t have to give up any extra capital like the Pats this year.
I think the top 3 receivers are closer together than people think, but I still think Marvin Harrison is #1.
Matt Miller making a career out of being an NFL Draft dipshit is kind of fucking wild. Like when did anyone decide this guy has any fucking idea what he's talking about? Obviously not referencing anyone here but someone had to decide he was worth giving a platform to and what went into that decision?
I don’t think that tweet was comparing odunze to the other draft class wr’s, it was saying that he’ll be considered a number 1 receiver in the nfl. He still has him as his third receiver off the board in his latest mock
What's the downside on Keon Coleman? Every time I watched him this year he looked really good and I imagine he'll be a steal for someone in the 20's
Would also like Florida State fan’s take on Johnny Wilson. Dude had terrible hands in high school as well as his time at Arizona State. Did he finally learn how to catch? Surprised he had just 2 TD this year (and 8 total in 4 seasons) for being a 6’7” 235 lb WR. Should be a RZ nightmare.
Feels like he dropped a ton of passes every time I watched him. I'd bet he's out of the league in 3 years.
This would be a good burn if N'Keal Harry wouldn't be the best WR Oregon has ever produced had he gone there.
That’s fair, despite us having elite offenses since 2007, we’ve produced jack shit at WR. Like 500 yards in the NFL. Troy Franklin’s skinny ass is by far the best we’ve ever had.
It’s kind of like last year, when folks were debating Stroud and Young, and we were telling everyone that Stroud was better.
He improved a ton on drops his first year at FSU and stayed relatively steady in year 2. He has a lot of Mike Evans in his game in that he makes impossible catches look easy and easy catches look impossible at times. He was hurt a lot of 2023 but he was nearly unstoppable when healthy. Everyone remembers Keon against LSU and rightly so but Johnny had 7 catches for 104 yards and also had big games against Clemson and Miami. Back half of the year he was never 100%
He got hurt mid-season and lost some of the hype. I'd be curious to see what he runs at the combine which is the only real knock on his game (lack of top end). He started returning punts this year and was shockingly good for his size
I don’t know if that’s the comp. But he has the same problem analytical data issue that Harry had. And most prospects that are in that group turn out to be a bust. I would not waste a top 10 pick on Odunze. Some team will regret it. Your betting on him being an outlier.
He's got an extremely high contested catch %. That's not something that translates to the NFL He's still a top 5-10 WRs just not top 10 overall
Can we all remember my hatred for Riley Ridley... and who drafted that sure fire bust? Nailed that evaluation
It mostly means you’re over powering or out athleting the DBs. In the pros you can’t do that as often, production drops
I believe the amount of contested catches he has is a very high % of his overall catches, meaning he doesn't separate and bullies weaker college dbs
Or his QB couldn’t stop throwing the ball to him on terminal downs and in the red zone where coverage is significantly more aggressive Because he is a baller
Bankz’ final 2023 WR board: WR Quentin Johnston - TCU (34.8% contested catch rate) Jaxon Smith-Njigba - Ohio State (90.0%) Jordan Addison - USC (22.2%) Cedric Tillman - Tennessee Kayshon Boutte - LSU Josh Downs - North Carolina (72.2%) Marvin Mims - Oklahoma Zay Flowers - Boston College (58.3%) Jalin Hyatt - Tennessee Parker Washington - Penn State Jared Wayne - Pittsburgh Jonathan Mingo - Ole Miss Jayden Reed - Michigan State Andrei Iosivas - Princeton Rakim Jarrett - Maryland Dontayvion Wicks - Virginia Rashee Rice - SMU Tyler Scott - Cincinnati Trey Palmer - Nebraska Donovan Greene - Wake Forrest Tyler Hudson - Louisville Xavier Hutchinson - Iowa State Please don’t Ctrl+f: Puka Nacua