The Beast really makes it much easier to identify which guys will fit our toughness/character/grit combo. Especially the character part.
Well I don’t know if you noticed this when I sent you my top 100 a couple of weeks back, but Joshua Gray’s #33, so…
I have moved Cabeldue up after getting a chance to watch him play inside at the Shrine Bowl, but not that high. I like Fairchild too.
Honestly though I doubt Cabeldue or Fairchild make it that far, they went in what, the 3rd and 4th rounds of Dane’s 7-rounder? Something like that. Gray has a chance because of his age. Also his measurables weren’t great, 299 pounds and 31.4 inch arms. That weight doesn’t show in his play so it doesn’t worry me (I also suspect he dropped about 10 pounds for the testing), but the lack of arm length shows up sometimes.
Yeah I heard that too. Our guy are all over that pod. Easily the most interesting area of the draft to be in. Wish we had Seattle’s pick haul this year.
Oh I figured as much. We can get a lot of trades to work out on the trade chart. Getting them to work out on draft day is the tricky part.
I honestly don’t think anyone will be trading up for a RB not named Jeanty in this class. Well, maybe Henderson since there’s not a lot of others his type, but we thought that of Achane a couple of years ago too and no one moved for him, he just fell right into the Dolphins laps in the 3rd.
But there could be plenty of other guys at different positions they trade up for. We’ll know soon enough.
I’ve been seeing Jones go higher on that site, even though he’s still ranked like 140 something… Idk if they’re changing their AI drafting based on more recent information or what. Same thing goes for Zabel… He was easily available in the 2nd and lately he’s been going as early as 18 to Seattle, but his ranking is still like 35th overall
I’m pretty convinced Booker will be the pick, but I think he’s going in the top 15. I wouldn’t be surprised if Brad trades up for him. He checks every box. Brad loves Alabama players, he’s a DC guy, he’s a nasty dog player with that grit, they need to replace KZ, they need to keep this OL elite, and they need to start getting younger. I think Booker will be a beast long term.
Brad doesn’t reach for need so I put in a WR 2nd round as a surprise pick. He’s that grit, no quit, YAC player with size. Higgins is a Goff type receiver.
The rest is pretty typical. BPA at position of need with that grit.
You’re not worried about how slow he is? He could really limit our run game, we like to incorporate plenty of outside zone - as we should with Gibbs - and I’m not sure Booker can do it. He didn’t do it much if at all at Alabama, though their scheme was different.
Which is why Donovan Jackson is the perfect fit, we agree on this… I’m not sure Holmes is going to invest a 1st rounder in a OG though. Does he continue to draft the best player regardless of positional value? Wouldn’t he surprised either way… And that’s what true villainy looks like
Right I think the odds of an OL coming post-1st are really high. Honestly this year Campbell and Membou are probably the only ones I’d draft for us, though Zabel would be very close. They all have the strength AND the movement skills to work. Zabel’s more of a hold’em-back guy than a dominator and that’s fine, whatever works. And he’s almost always able to hold’em back.
No, not at all. For a guard he’s as good a prospect as it gets. His size, and length is off the charts. He’s an A+ run blocker. He was also a captain which i didn’t mention on top of everything else. Power game is his main game, but he’s not a statue he’s a decent athlete. I’m sure he will learn, and adapt, and train for those zone blocking plays. He’s too good of a prospect and too good of a fit. I mean seriously Sewel and him would be BIG and LOUD!
I mean, why not? Why wouldn’t he?
This isn’t a top 15 pick. This is what normally would be our second round. I do think Booker goes in the top 15, and I wouldn’t doubt it if Brad trade up for him, but when you look at number 28, and value, this is it.
I’m not really rooting for Booker, or anyone for that matter, but i am rooting for this OL to stay elite. This is all my opinion of course.
Yes, we know all of this. It’s been discussed ad nauseam, he’s an appealing prospect for these reasons. But…
…this is the question. I actually disagree, but that’s OK. I still find him appealing because of the reasons stated above, but I think if we draft him we will have to change our offense. Is he worth changing our offense over? Well that depends how much we’d have to change it. I don’t think he’s a complete statue either, so we can probably still run some inside zone and he’ll be fine pulling down the line. But to me OZ is out of the question, and that really hurts.
Sewell is a gem - and a supreme outlier - because he’s got that kind of power AND he’s possibly the most athletically talented OT in the league. That’s not Booker, and honestly if it wasn’t for the leadership, smarts, and IQ, I’d say we can find Booker’s type much, much more cheaply. I mean the Eagles signed Becton for peanuts last off-season and that’s the role he served on their line, and he was excellent at it. For nothing!
