Topic: The NFL Thread

[voodoo ray]

if penix is picking up a gold jacket in 20 years time that pick still won't make any sense.


odd little coincidence how 2 teams traded with the Bills to go and get kids called xavier.

[Statto Red]

The Penix pick doesn't make any sense, unless they think Cousins isn't going to be around when his contract expires, even then that's 4 years away, but then the Falcons could have waited a couple of years & drafted a QB to be Cousins replacement.

[rafathegaffa83]

Penix was at 8 which is even worse. They could have gone for the best defensive player in the draft or at least given Cousins some support.

Yep. Daft, wasteful pick

[Zimagic]

Dallas once again not screwing up. Second best tackle at #29 and a third rounder for 5 spots and a 7th next year......
It's not flashy, but it's a good pick.

Fingers crossed to today!

[Skeeve]

the falcons do know they've just signed cousins don't they?

It was an odd pick in general, but then got weirder when you see his age and that he was considered to be a more NFL-ready option, which would seem to be even more unnecessary for them.

[Ray K]

Anything is possible folks. Follow your dreams, because unqualified idiots are paid to do things they shouldn't be doing every day, why not you?

Hi Spencer Hall   

The draft was going so normally until the Falcons pulled that one.
Hope they sign a few more QBs in the later rounds.

[Boston Bosox]

The first-round draft results as published at 05:02

A fantastic first night of the 2024 draft in Detroit - thanks for joining us. Here's a recap of those first-round picks - six of them quarterbacks.

1. Bears - Quarterback Caleb Williams

2. Commanders - QB Jayden Daniels

3. Patriots - QB Drake Maye

4. Cardinals - Wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr

5. Chargers - Offensive tackle Joe Alt

6. Giants - WR Malik Nabers

7. Titans - Offensive tackle JC Latham

8. Falcons - QB Michael Penix Jr

9. Bears - WR Rome Odunze

10. Vikings - QB JJ McCarthy

11. Jets - Offensive tackle Olu Fashanu

12. Broncos - QB Bo Nix

13. Raiders - Tight end Brock Bowers

14. Saints - Offensive tackle Taliese Fuaga

15. Colts - Defensive end Laiatu Latu

16. Seahawks - Defensive tackle Byron Murphy

17. Vikings - Line backer Dallas Turner

18. Bengals - Offensive tackle Amarius Mims

19. Rams- Defensive end Jared Verse

20. Steelers - Offensive tackle Troy Fautanu

21. Dolphins - Defensive end Chop Robinson

22. Eagles - Cornerback Quinyon Mitchell

23. Jaguars - WR Brian Thomas

24. Lions - Cornerback Terrion Arnold

25. Packers - Offensive tackle Jordan Morgan

26. Buccaneers - Centre Graham Barton

27. Cardinals - Edge rusher Darius Robinson

28. Chiefs - WR Xavier Worthy

29. Cowboys - Offensive tackle Tyler Guyton

30. Ravens - Cornerback Nate Wiggins

31. 49ers - WR Ricky Pearsall

32: Panthers - WR Xavier Legette

[MBL?]

I've nothing to go on with this other than the clips but the Tight end Brock Bowers looks like he could be a great player to watch. Looks really explosive for the position.

[Skeeve]

He was highly-rated prior to the draft and thought to be a likely top 10 pick until that run on QB's pushed him further down.

[Statto Red]

Round 2 is draft pick trade central right now, the Commanders have traded the 40th pick to the Eagles

[MBL?]

Round 2 is draft pick trade central right now, the Commanders have traded the 40th pick to the Eagles

Picked a white corner back. Didn't think that was a thing from my limited knowledge. Always hear yanks saying there's no such thing?

I could be wrong and that may come across as very racist. I don't mean it that way I just think I've heard people over there saying there are no white cb's.

[mc_red22]

Picked a white corner back. Didn't think that was a thing from my limited knowledge. Always hear yanks saying there's no such thing?

I could be wrong and that may come across as very racist. I don't mean it that way I just think I've heard people over there saying there are no white cb's.

That’s such a great pick for them. Could potentially move to safety at some point in his career but sounds like he wants to stay on the outside.

[voodoo ray]

Picked a white corner back. Didn't think that was a thing from my limited knowledge. Always hear yanks saying there's no such thing?

I could be wrong and that may come across as very racist. I don't mean it that way I just think I've heard people over there saying there are no white cb's.

It's true. White CBs are extremely rare.

[MBL?]

It's true. White CBs are extremely rare.

Find it odd since there's always some white wide recievers and they seem interchangeable position wise in some respects.

[PeterTheRed ...]

Chiefs have made good picks in Worthy and Suamataia ...

[voodoo ray]

Find it odd since there's always some white wide recievers and they seem interchangeable position wise in some respects.

I think all the white kids get bumped inside to play safety instead. I've even seen dejean listed as DB and not CB in the build up to the draft.

it seems to be one of those things where there's a big kind of 'group think' and everyone just subconciously goes with it.

[Skeeve]

While there's some element of 'group think' in action, if the pool is smaller in high school then the more athletic white guys might tend towards opting for the sexier option of WR over CB, so the more rugged ones would end up being a better fit at S over CB.

[Skeeve]

I'm really confused right now, a draft as a Bears fan and no complaints about it, obviously a great 1st round, got Montez Sweat with the 2nd round pick and in the 3rd an OT with great upside even if they are a bit of a project right now due to the level of competition he faced in college.

[voodoo ray]

I'm really confused right now, a draft as a Bears fan and no complaints about it, obviously a great 1st round, got Montez Sweat with the 2nd round pick and in the 3rd an OT with great upside even if they are a bit of a project right now due to the level of competition he faced in college.

considering the bears only went into the draft with 4 picks(!) they could do with hitting on all of them and they seem to have done well. there seem to be weapons all over the place now and taking O line players is rarely a bad idea.

[Skeeve]

Depending on any preseason cuts, I wouldn't mind them using one of next year's 2nd round picks to trade for some DE help, but maybe they can unearth a gem in the 4th that could help in that area too.

[Statto Red]

Lool Colts GM Chris Ballard letting rip in a presser over reports on Adonai Mitchell's character issues.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNXEVQUhX0s

[Boston Bosox]

Rounds 2 and 3 picks

Round 2
33. Buffalo Bills (from Carolina): Keon Coleman, WR, Florida State
34. Los Angeles Chargers (from New England): Ladd McConkey, WR, Georgia
35. Atlanta Falcons (from Arizona): Ruke Orhorhoro, DT, Clemson
36. Washington Commanders: Johnny Newton, DT, Illinois
37. New England Patriots (from L.A. Chargers): Ja’Lynn Polk, WR, Washington
38. Tennessee Titans: T’Vondre Sweat, DT, Texas
39. Los Angeles Rams (from Carolina through N.Y. Giants): Braden Fiske, DT, Florida State
40. Philadelphia Eagles (from Washington through Chicago): Cooper DeJean, CB, Iowa
41. New Orleans Saints (from Green Bay through N.Y. Jets): Kool-Aid McKinstry, CB, Alabama
42. Houston Texans (from Minnesota): Kamari Lassiter, CB, Georgia
43. Arizona Cardinals (from Atlanta): Max Melton, CB, Rutgers
44. Las Vegas Raiders: Jackson Powers-Johnson, C, Oregon
45. Green Bay Packers (from New Orleans through Denver): Edgerrin Cooper, LB, Texas A&M
46. Carolina Panthers (from Indianapolis): Jonathon Brooks, RB, Texas
47. New York Giants (from Seattle): Tyler Nubin, S, Minnesota
48. Jacksonville Jaguars: Maason Smith, DT, LSU
49. Cincinnati Bengals: Kris Jenkins, DT, Michigan
50. Washington Commanders (from Philadelphia through New Orleans): Mike Sainristil, CB, Michigan
51. Pittsburgh Steelers: Zach Frazier, OL, West Virginia
52. Indianapolis Colts (from Carolina through L.A. Rams): Adonai Mitchell, WR, Texas
53. Washington Commanders (from Philadelphia): Ben Sinnott, TE, Kansas State
54. Cleveland Browns: Michael Hall Jr., DT, Ohio State
55. Miami Dolphins: Patrick Paul, OT, Houston
56. Dallas Cowboys: Marshawn Kneeland, Edge, Western Michigan
57. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Chris Braswell, Edge, Alabama
58. Green Bay Packers: Javon Bullard, S, Georgia
59. Houston Texans: Blake Fisher, OT, Notre Dame
60. Buffalo Bills: Cole Bishop, S, Utah
61. Detroit Lions: Ennis Rakestraw, CB, Missouri
62. Baltimore Ravens: Roger Rosengarten, OT, Washington
63. Kansas City Chiefs (from San Francisco): Kingsley Suamataia, OT, BYU
64. San Francisco 49ers (from Kansas City): Renardo Green, CB, Florida State


Round 3
65. New York Jets (from Carolina): Malachi Corley, WR, Western Kentucky
66. Arizona Cardinals: Trey Benson, RB, Florida State
67. Washington Commanders: Brandon Coleman, G, TCU
68. New England Patriots: Caeden Wallace, OT, Penn State
69. Los Angeles Chargers: Junior Colson, LB, Michigan
70. New York Giants: Andru Phillips, CB, Kentucky
71. Arizona Cardinals (from Tennessee): Isaiah Adams, OT, Illinois
72. Carolina Panthers (from N.Y Jets): Trevin Wallace, LB, Kentucky
73. Dallas Cowboys (from Detroit through Minnesota): Cooper Beebe, G, Kansas State
74. Atlanta Falcons: Bralen Trice, Edge, Washington
75. Chicago Bears: Kiran Amegadjie, OT, Yale
76. Denver Broncos: Jonah Elliss, Edge, Utah
77. Las Vegas Raiders: Delmar Glaze, OT, Maryland
78. Houston Texans (from Philadelphia through Washington and Seattle): Calen Bullock, S, USC
79. Indianapolis Colts (from Arizona through Atlanta and Jacksonville): Matt Goncalves, OT, Pittsburgh
80. Cincinnati Bengals: Jermaine Burton, WR, Alabama
81. Seattle Seahawks (from New Orleans through Denver): Christian Haynes, G, UConn
82. Arizona Cardinals (from Indianapolis): Tip Reiman, TE, Illinois
83. Los Angeles Rams: Blake Corum, RB, Michigan
84. Pittsburgh Steelers: Roman Wilson, WR, Michigan
85. Cleveland Browns: Zak Zinter, G, Michigan
86. San Francisco 49ers (from Philadelphia through Houston and Philadelphia): Dominick Puni, OL, Kansas
87. Dallas Cowboys: Marist Liufau, LB, Notre Dame
88. Green Bay Packers: MarShawn Lloyd, RB, USC
89. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Tykee Smith, S, Georgia
90. Arizona Cardinals (from Houston): Elijah Jones, CB, Boston College
91. Green Bay Packers (from Buffalo): Ty’Ron Hopper, LB, Missouri
92. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (from Detroit): Jalen McMillan, WR, Washington
93. Baltimore Ravens: Adisa Isaac, Edge, Penn State
94. Philadelphia Eagles (from San Francisco): Jalyx Hunt, Edge, Houston Christian
95. Buffalo Bills (from Kansas City): DeWayne Carter, DT, Duke
96. Jacksonville Jaguars (compensatory): Jarrian Jones, CB, Florida State
97. Cincinnati Bengals (compensatory): McKinnley Jackson, DT, Texas A&M
98. Pittsburgh Steelers (from Philadelphia, compensatory): Payton Wilson, LB, North Carolina State
99. Los Angeles Rams (special compensatory): Kamren Kinchens, S, Miami
100. Washington Commanders (from San Francisco, special compensatory): Luke McCaffrey, WR, Rice

[voodoo ray]

steelers are loving players called "wilson" these days

[Statto Red]

steelers are loving players called "wilson" these days

Both R Wilson as well. 

A few years, it was double barrel names the Steelers liked.

[Rob K]

Packers best pick someone with a crazy name tonight, won't feel like a proper draft otherwise.

I was sure they were gonna draft Kool-Aid McKinstry but the Saints ruined it.

[slotmachine]

Liverpool legend Karl Heinz Riedle has just announced the Seahawks 4th round pick 

[voodoo ray]

Quite funny that. Day 3 does get a bit weird.

[voodoo ray]

sedrick van pran-granger is some name.

[cdav]

Liverpool legend Karl Heinz Riedle has just announced the Seahawks 4th round pick 

Torres now at Atletico announcing for the Dolphins

[slotmachine]

Torres now at Atletico announcing for the Dolphins

 

Titi Camara in the 7th round next

[Boston Bosox]

The Draft is over

Rounds 4 - 5 - 6 and 7 were yesterday

So recap is by team now
ESPN - 2024 NFL draft grades: Mel Kiper's winners, losers, sleepers


https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2024/insider/story/_/id/40030429/2024-nfl-draft-grades-all-32-teams-mel-kiper-winners-losers-steals-sleepers-favorite-picks-classes


PFF - 2024 NFL Draft grades for all 32 teams


https://www.pff.com/news/draft-2024-nfl-draft-grades-all-32-teams

[Knight]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/apr/28/travis-clayton-former-eighth-tier-rugby-star-chosen-by-buffalo-bills-in-nfl-draft

This is cool. Is it an easier (relatively speaking obviously) position to learn than some others?