Assuming MHJ is gone and we pick top 5, would you go LT or trade down? Braxton has proven himself to be a very capable tackle so I’d kind of be less enthused about spending a top pick on him. Maybe grab Kool Aid McKinstry and resign JJ would be the play.

  • Neat_On_The_Rocks@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Let’s go through our actual options assuming we are picking 4th, and the top qbs + MHJ are gone

    • LT - this is a good draft for LT, and olu is very good. Alt is also an option
    • TE bowers - we have kmet, highly unlikely
    • WR Nabers or Coleman - MHJ is king of the class, but make no mistake, all three of these WR would have been wr1 in last years draft. I think WR is a sleeper pick here and definitely possible.
    • DE Latu - I think this is ultimately where we go if we don’t take an OT. He may not be a blue chip DL prospect, but he’s the best in this class and still a great prospect with potential to end up a game wrecker.

    All are interesting choices. The decision at LT is definitely fascinating. I do like braxton, but I do’t think he’ll ever be more than average. At the end of the day I don’t think you can pass on a franchise LT personally

    • FujiHakarl@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Scouts and talent assessment sites say there are 5 elite ratings in this draft. Williams, Maye, MHJ, Olu, and Bowers. They rate as high as Jalen Carter.

      As much as I may appreciate Jones and Kmet. You take elite talent when it’s there. Kmets contract makes him very tradeable if Bowers is there with our second pick and we should consider it. The floor for him is probably Kmet as he is today, the ceiling is Kelce.

      No defensive player rates as high as those 5 and this is a weak class for DLine overall. Most of the talent wouldn’t have made the first round last year. So you would be drafting strictly for need, and if that’s the case, trade back and do it.

      Not a deep draft it looks like (years from now we may say different, you never know) but as it stands if you are in a position to grab two of those 5 elite talents you do exactly that. Don’t overthink it.

    • Buick_reference3138@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      People are sleeping on Rome Odunze at UW. I think he’s a can’t miss NFL WR. DBs can’t stay with him without committing PI. He’s the reason Penix is a Heisman candidate.

      • one8sevenn@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        I think WR > OT all day. You can’t rely on getting one this good in the 3rd round