Yeah Ioane’s the business. His movement skills for his type are what sets him apart imo. Most guys like that are more O’Cyrus Torrence types who can’t move. He’s still better in a gap scheme but at least you can run your zone stuff with him.
Speaking of Iaone I saw a clip of him walking up the tunnel after a game and he took off running and hurdled a railing. I thought he was going to whoop some ass, but there was an older man trying to push a heavy cart up the ramp. He pushed the cart up the ramp for the old guy. Just not something you see from a lot of athletes today.
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I saw that! Definitely endeared him to me.
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His fallback role of equipment manager raises his floor.
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I wonder if our scouts got film of it. If Philly remains our nemesis it would be awesome to have a guard with proven effectiveness against a Carter.
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I just watched the Michigan Northwestern game last night. This is the 4th game I have watched every snap from Tiernan at LT. This dude looks like the real deal to me. I have not seen enough of the other OTs but he looks like a top half of round 1 guy to me.
I don’t have him ranked quite that high but I like him a lot, he’s more of a late 1st/early 2nd to me. His arm length is a big question, I’ve heard they could come in really short, and he’s probably too tall to be a guard. Even taller than Tate
I’m interested for your takes on Fa’alili Fa’amoe, Blake Miller, Lance Heard, Carter Smith, Jude Bowry, and Kage Casey. I know you like Siereveld and I do too, but I’m almost certain he’s guard only.
I don’t suspect you’ll like Iheanachor all that much - he has a long way to go from a strength/anchor perspective - but when you realize he didn’t start playing until college the picture changes, at least for me. He’s got those sweet soccer feet (that’s what he played in Africa), is already stonewalling speed rushers like Bailey and Height, and has length for days. Plus, while his anchor is still below average imo, that’s still greatly improved from the worst-I’ve-ever-seen he was throwing out there a couple of years ago. How high could the ceiling go? It depends on what he costs, but I might be interested in finding out.
I have seen all those guys in live game action but I haven’t watched them with isolated attention to evaluate yet. I have to ask why did you omit Trevor Goosby?
Is it pronounced I-hee-Ann-a-chore?
I left him and World both out cause I figure they’ll go a little high (basically, well before our 2nd round pick). The other guys I think could still be around near our pick. Well actually I’m pretty high on Miller and wouldn’t be shocked if he makes it into the 1st, but he’s nowhere near it right now.
I’ve heard it a bunch of ways, but the most common pronunciation I hear is ee-HAY-oh-nah-chore. They’re media guys of course, so could be way off.
Another guy I should have had in that group is Niki Prongos. I know you’ve mentioned him, so he’s not completely out of nowhere, and like Miller he could rise with a good process, but definitely needs to be looked at in that range.
Brugler has us going Kaydn Proctor in his mock
Lil smoke that Decker might be done?
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Totally not going to happen but with Faulk still there I swapped a 2027 2nd for a 2027 3rd to move up for him
David Bailey would dramatically change this defense.
Really doubt he slides that far and if so is he our style? Personally he’d be way up my wish list.
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I gave you a thumbs up for the 1st draft there. I’d be happy if we got Tiernan in the 1st round. If you get him and Bailey you could call it a day and sit out the rest of the draft.
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17 Caleb Tiernan OT Northwestern
50 Chase Bisontis IOL Texas A&M
118 Zachariah Branch WR Georgia
135 Iapani Laloulu IOL Oregon
157 Anthony Lucas EDGE USC
188 Kaytron Allen RB Penn State
205 Will Kacmarek TE Ohio State
222 Caden Curry EDGE Ohio State
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Vega Ioane
Dani Dennis Sutton
Gave Jacas
RT?
Thoughts?