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Why are you blindly trusting Parker?
I get it he is the new thing, but goddamn we got dorks like Locke calling numbers and shit.
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I get it he is the new thing, but goddamn we got dorks like Locke calling numbers and shit.
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Yeah, I can't see myself getting pumped about getting Hood. I'd be more excited by Ponds, Scott, Chris Johnson. And presumably that means we should try to trade down before taking Hood at 20.
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Because Parker kind of specializes in the corners...
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Because he turned two high picks into immediate Pro Bowlers, plus a 3rd in Mukuba who was a very solid starter almost immediately.
Could be misguided but I trust him with the secondary.
The front 7? Who knows.
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What these guys do at 12 relative to moving up or back is going to be fascinating because the top of the class is really cut and dry for the most part.
You know that Mendoza, Love and most likely Tate/Mauigoa will be gone in the top 11, that's 4 offensive players.
You have Reese, Bailey, Delane, Styles, Downs and Bain as the clear top 6 on defense, with potentially McCoy as a 7th depending on what teams think of him medically.
That's either 10 or 11 players, so the only way one of those 7 (or maybe even just 6) drops to 12 is if one or two other offensive players go in the top 11. There's a chance someone takes Fano, maybe a team falls in love with Tyson, Lemon, or Sadiq, but if I had to bet I don't think two of them will go in the top 11, and possibly not even one if we get unlucky.
Conversely, it's almost a certainty that at least 1-2 of the top 6 defensive players (Bain and/or Downs) will be available at 9, maybe even one of them could still be there at 10-11.
So the point is, unless you see something screwy happening in the top 8ish picks like both Mauigoa/Fano are gone, or Tate/Tyson, these guys had better be prepared to both move up once you get around 9-10, and also have things sorted out to possibly move down once they're on the clock.
I like Thieneman plenty but getting caught with your pants down at 12 and taking him, Mesidor, etc. is really kind of unacceptable when you can see the scenario where the board is wiped out coming a mile away. It's unacceptable most of the time, but especially so this year given our needs and how the board looks, and even doubly so if McCoy isn't a real consideration at 12.
You know that Mendoza, Love and most likely Tate/Mauigoa will be gone in the top 11, that's 4 offensive players.
You have Reese, Bailey, Delane, Styles, Downs and Bain as the clear top 6 on defense, with potentially McCoy as a 7th depending on what teams think of him medically.
That's either 10 or 11 players, so the only way one of those 7 (or maybe even just 6) drops to 12 is if one or two other offensive players go in the top 11. There's a chance someone takes Fano, maybe a team falls in love with Tyson, Lemon, or Sadiq, but if I had to bet I don't think two of them will go in the top 11, and possibly not even one if we get unlucky.
Conversely, it's almost a certainty that at least 1-2 of the top 6 defensive players (Bain and/or Downs) will be available at 9, maybe even one of them could still be there at 10-11.
So the point is, unless you see something screwy happening in the top 8ish picks like both Mauigoa/Fano are gone, or Tate/Tyson, these guys had better be prepared to both move up once you get around 9-10, and also have things sorted out to possibly move down once they're on the clock.
I like Thieneman plenty but getting caught with your pants down at 12 and taking him, Mesidor, etc. is really kind of unacceptable when you can see the scenario where the board is wiped out coming a mile away. It's unacceptable most of the time, but especially so this year given our needs and how the board looks, and even doubly so if McCoy isn't a real consideration at 12.