2026 Draft Week Chatter Thread...

[bbgun]

Sturm and the Ticket guys wondering the same thing. Three years playing ILB.

Apparently Brugler didn't like him that much though.

 

[boozeman]

Beck and Allar will eat Payton’s dust.

 

[Prodigal_Son]

~patiently waiting for Simp's top 14 prospects to track for tomorrow~

 

[boozeman]

~patiently waiting for Simp's top 14 prospects to track for tomorrow~

What? The guys that we won’t draft?

 

[Genghis Khan]

I would suppose it was a character thing that we do not know about yet.

Or that teams are afraid that he can't actually cover.

 

[Simpleton]

Just give me some sort of half reliable RB tomorrow and no 2 round reaches in the 4th and I'll be very happy with this haul.

 

[boozeman]

I guess it is time to call it a night.

Be like me and thank our Lord that we got Dee Winters.

Remember that we are all blessed.

 

[Plan9Misfit]

Barham's highlights do look good, no matter where he's lined up. You want violent, he seems to have that.

That he is. He plays angry.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

If I had to guess we aren't really going to use him as a traditional ILB playing 60 snaps a game.

I bet the idea is to use him situationally in clear passing situations on disguised blitzes, with his value coming as a guy who can blitz/bring pressure better than most ILB's, but who won't embarrass himself in coverage like most pure edge rushers.

I think we wanted a big ILBer, sort of why Quay Walker was actually the LBer we offered more money to in free agency. Similar physical profile maybe to Zach Baun of the Eagles in terms of size and speed.

 

[Simpleton]

~patiently waiting for Simp's top 14 prospects to track for tomorrow~

In due time.

 

[Cotton]

In due time.

Soon even?

 

[Plan9Misfit]

Not that “analyst” grades matter, but it’s nice that we aren’t getting killed for a change.

 

[Simpleton]

I think we wanted a big ILBer, sort of why Quay Walker was actually the LBer we offered more money to in free agency. Similar physical profile maybe to Zach Baun of the Eagles in terms of size and speed.

I could definitely see him being used like Baun who blitzed quite a bit and was also an edge/traditional LB tweener coming out that teams didn't really know what to do with.

Might take a year to get there but I could see him and Winters being in a bit of a timeshare a month or two into the season.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

I could definitely see him being used like Baun who blitzed quite a bit and was also an edge/traditional LB tweener coming out that teams didn't really know what to do with.

Might take a year to get there but I could see him and Winters being in a bit of a timeshare a month or two into the season.

Yeah I'm kind of curious to hear the presser because I am curious where they plan to play him. Versatility with him which sounds right up Parkers alley.

 

[Cotton]

 

[Simpleton]

Schottenheimer said they're going to try Barham at ILB first, but also mentioned Baun specifically in terms of versatility and moving on/off the ball.

 

[Plan9Misfit]

Maybe if the “GM” spent less time drinking, whoring, and praising himself on the radio, we may have done this years ago.

 

[NoDak]

Maybe if the “GM” spent less time drinking, whoring, and praising himself on the radio, we may have done this years ago.

Let's not get crazy now.

 

[Plan9Misfit]

Let's not get crazy now.

Sorry. I still pray for his death instead. We have a better chance of that happening sooner than the other.

 

[boozeman]

How the fuck has Steve Smith kept his job this long?