The recruitniks really nailed that 2023 OT class. 8 of the top 11 on 247 have starter potential although a couple may be sliding inside to OT.
Speaking of … Keegan Trost … can he hack it at RT or is a shit to OG a fait accompli? Seems to be one of the more debated ones out of OTs on the fence in terms of position change.
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I am solidly in the iOL convert camp, but as with any of them, they should probably be tried at RT first to see if they can hack it. It’s always difficult to tell which ones can, never in a million years did I think Goedeke would hold up.
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You lean heavily that way in general. For you the onus seems to be on the prospect to prove he’a an OT prospect. I tend to lean towards the hope springs eternal camp.
It’s mostly about prognostication honestly. It just seems that the vast majority of guys we’re questioning end up inside, so that’s the way I end up leaning a majority of the time too. Though certainly not all of them.
And some of them I was more 50/50 on. I thought Fuaga could stick at T, though I certainly didn’t expect him to play on the left side like he did as a rookie (he’s now back at RT I believe). I thought Will Campbell would be an elite guard and OK tackle (and honestly still sort of feel that way), but OK tackle > elite guard, so I was fine with that one too.
In fact anyone who can be an OK tackle should probably stay outside. I just think most would be below average. Like Thuney when he had to play there last year. He was one I was dead set had to shift inside.
I’m more 50/50 on Mauigoa this year too. Certainly I think he should be tried outside first. I just think he has a pretty wide range of outcomes at tackle (and like Fuaga I think it should be RT only). Honestly before last year’s draft I was leaning tackle on Miles Frazier, he was one where I went against consensus.
I’ve fallen for the idea of an OC that loves pulling OL having this symmetrical setup of Samoan monsters at OT. He can pull from OG too of course but we’ll let a different ass kicker do that.
Freeling is the best pulling tackle in the class. He’s not the annihilator Mauigoa is (yet) but he’s no slouch. Just pretend his name is Furiamomaling
Last year Issac Teslaa was the one who at the time was like a 6th or 7th and became a 3rd
Taffee for me is one who has been moving up when earlier this year was a 6th/7th and now im seeing him 3rd/4th
He may end up there, we’ll see. A big part of the reason TeSlaa skyrocketed was due to blowing out his testing plus dominating the Senior Bowl. If Taafe does both he will skyrocket as well, but most prospects don’t do both. And I don’t see an athlete who will blow out his testing on tape, but we’ll see.
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We gotta get Jman out of prison so he can run the den mock draft again this year.
Pretty sure Wolfcub is on the clock.
Maybe @jman doesn’t want out of prison.
Me now thinking about who to draft at 4 in the den mock draft this year.
Yes we do I need to shock everyone again with selecting a player like Teslaa
Issue is uhhh, we dont know 100 percent if Jman will be back after his stint in Prison
Big Man did indicate that its not a certainty he will be
Id say if he isnt, we (as a community) should setup and host the next Den Mock if need be, its a tradition at this point and a fun one at that
Agreed. Community affair. Hell the thing is pretty good at policing itself at this point with each selector @’ing the selector behind them and everyone else harping on people to pick until it’s their turn.
Agreed
Question is when to do it (Theoretically if Jman isnt back)
March aint a bad time to do it tbh
March is the general time, yeah. I think after the crazy wave of FA is when we generally do it. Not much going on then but pro days.