NFL-OT [2024 DRAFT] MOCK SZN
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Sounds fun! I always assume attending the draft would be boring as 99% of the time you are just waiting. Would you say its worth going to?
I'd say yeah, I went to the Vegas one and it was nuts as hell, I was there for the Davis pick and after my brother saw the Bills picks, we kinda hung around. It's basically the Super Bowl experience but it has the stage for the draft too.
Also went the next day too and we just bullshitted and left because it was Vegas, we had a lot to do per se until my brothers leg gave out.
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What a time to be a Bears fan
Hopium overdosing
Yeah. I didn't do any of the attractions (hoping to do the 40 yard dash today) but honestly the vibes are worth it. Just walking around the city shooting the shit with other teams. The Texans were the only team that I did not see a fan for. Lots of bears fans. I would say between the draft area + downtown area, there were at least 400,000 people in downtown detroit last night
I'd say yeah, I went to the Vegas one and it was nuts as hell, I was there for the Davis pick and after my brother saw the Bills picks, we kinda hung around. It's basically the Super Bowl experience but it has the stage for the draft too.
Also went the next day too and we just bullshitted and left because it was Vegas, we had a lot to do per se until my brothers leg gave out.
nice might go next time around.
Woke up this morning and still can't believe this league let Pat and Andy get their hands on Xavier Worthy....
LOL thank you Buffalo.
I'm on cloud 9...the Legion of Zoom is back...
LOL thank you Buffalo.
I'm on cloud 9...the Legion of Zoom is back...
I mean isn't he like 165-170? Even for small receivers, that is tiny.
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Hoping NE trades down from 34, sounds like that is what they want to do any to accmulate more picks....while DeJean is a great fit, they can't go D with the state of the offense. And guessing the Bills go McConkey at 33. Guess they could go AD, but based on what keeps getting reported, sounds like there is something about AD that teams know about, but isn't known by the general public yet and that is why he is dropping.
He's damn near the same size as Devonta Smith...he'll bulk up a bit and be fine, he's almost 6'0''.
IDGAF about his weight TBH, Andy is a master at scheming guys open and getting them into space and if Worthy does that, good luck.
He wouldn't work in a lot of systems. Andy Reid will get that man free down field.
playing with Pat Mahomes all you have to do is beat your man down field and catch. As long as Worthy's hands are good he'll eat in that offense.
Let the Raiders take him…would have much preferred trading down and gambling on a Rattler. Nix is not an early first round QB talent.
NFL gives players option to wear Guardian Caps during games
The NFL has embraced the Guardian Cap for practice.
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This is huge. Get that league-wide mandate ready. Going to have to figure out a way to get logos and stuff on those to make them look decent.
He's gotta be more than a deep threat, NFL teams all do a 2high shell, but I think his intermediate route running is fine enough. I can't see him having much value within the redzone at his size, however
You gotta think the Chiefs want him to put on about 15-20 lbs of muscle cuz 160 is light, ain't no way around it.
I feel like if Caleb embraces it (and it seems like he might as while he does care about his appearance, is also very fuck-the-haters), it'll catch on quick.NFL gives players option to wear Guardian Caps during games
The NFL has embraced the Guardian Cap for practice.
This is huge. Get that league-wide mandate ready. Going to have to figure out a way to get logos and stuff on those to make them look decent.
NFL gives players option to wear Guardian Caps during games
The NFL has embraced the Guardian Cap for practice.
This is huge. Get that league-wide mandate ready. Going to have to figure out a way to get logos and stuff on those to make them look decent.
How do these work?
It's just padding on the outside of the helmet. Absorbs contact and reduces head injuries. The big thing, imo, is that it doesn't let a player use their helmet as a weapon.
Iirc, one of the big negatives of them is that they wear out pretty quickly. At the pro level, they'll probably replace them pretty often.
I'm currently watching this video,
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I saw that video, I think his route running is decent overall hence the intermediate comment. His size is the issue. All those dbs played off press. He ain't gonna see that often in the NFL, especially at his size.
Running out the end of his own end zone once more.
Oh that's interesting - taking it away as a weapon probably would help with a fair amount of injuries.
I'm seeing a few people just rip both the Falcons and the other analysts. Mina was flat out calling this stupid and Stephen A was clapping her for it. It's a totally different situation with Love and Rodgers, and even then you could argue that was the wrong call.
People are blatantly trying to talk themselves into this making sense and also you have insiders/organizational people calling defending themselves.
Also some people feel bad for ripping Penix on what should be a happy day for him.
Penix is fine if any other team had taken him around that spot (rumors were Raiders were very high on him at 13) it'd be a fine pick. The issue is taking him when you are gonna have to sit him for at least 2 years. It's not an indictment on Penix. Atlanta taking any QB in that spot would be dumb.
So the comment from Veach yesterday was that they plan for him to add 10-15 pounds. He's got the frame for it, and he's only 20, so it shouldn't be a problem. Tank Dell and Devonta Smith have already been successful at 170 and below, Hollywood Brown as well, and of course Reid managed the same with Desean Jackson years ago. You can only get away with so much press against that kind of speed anyway.
Putting him in motion will help as well of course.
I love Dan O arguing that people wouldn't be complaining if they had the 2nd overall pick and had chosen Jayden D. Just flat out stupid shit.
Byron Murphy was right there. God gave them a gift after correctly passing on Jalen Carter last season. Being a fan of a stupid front office must be suffering.
they tried to do what the Eagles tried to do with Wentz/Hurts. at least Hurts was a 2nd rd pick and pretty young.
He's who Peyton wanted after evaluating them all way more thoroughly than you have. Simple as that. Their fates are now linked.
12 is also not early first round, there was 5 QBs picked earlier.
If they had wound up with the number 2 overall pick in what most everyone was expecting to be a QB heavy draft, they would not have signed Cousins. Thats what most people are critical of. It's not that Penix is bad, it's that the whole thing reeks of poor planning and poor asset management. The only way Michael Penix is going to have any impact on the Falcons in the next 2 years is if Kirk Cousins is either injured or terrible, which would both be pretty disastrous results considering what they paid him.
It is, at best, a confusing tactic for Atlanta to go with, and while normally letting a rookie QB sit for a year or two to develop before starting isn't an awful idea, Penix is one of the few in this class who probably already has the age and experience to not really need that. Like others have said, in any best case scenario the Falcons either just made a top 10 pick that they won't actually be using, or just wasted an awful lot of money on an aged franchise QB. About the only way this works out is if at some point in the next two to three years, Atlanta makes a Super Bowl run that involves Kirk being the starting QB for most of the year, getting injured, and Penix comes in and leads the team the rest of the way without missing a beat. And that is a very specific scenario requiring a major injury to your most expensive asset.
On the other hand, I do very much appreciate the irony of Kirk being drafted just two rounds after Washington took RG3 back in the day, so he has already kinda played the role of Penix and came out on top. Neither Cousins nor Penix can feel great about the arrangement though when both had designs on being worthwhile starting QBs this season.
On the other hand, I do very much appreciate the irony of Kirk being drafted just two rounds after Washington took RG3 back in the day, so he has already kinda played the role of Penix and came out on top. Neither Cousins nor Penix can feel great about the arrangement though when both had designs on being worthwhile starting QBs this season.
