I believe the Texans will beat the Colts in week 18, which would potentially give the Bears the #1 pick. They aren’t taking Bryce Young so wonder if they will trade out or take best defense player?
We will still possibly get two picks in the top 20!!
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That top 10-12 will go down as one of the best in history. In plenty of other drafts, he’s in the mix to go #1 overall.
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At 6-8, we should be able to get an elite CB, much needed.
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Just like the year we took Okudah and folks were (and still are) complaining about us not trading down, I think it gets hard to trade down when there are 2 QBs hovering around the top 5. And really, if you throw Levis in there, teams probably feel they can just sit tight and wait because one of those QBs will likely to fall to you anyway.
Houston would have their choice and select whoever they are grading the highest (probably Young)
Seattle could just sit there, let Houston make their pick and select who’s left (probably Stroud)
And then Indianapolis would still have Levis sitting there for their pick.
The next 2 teams that would maybe be wanting a QB are Atlanta (currently at #7) and Carolina (currently at #9).
So then the questions come into play.
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Would either of those 2 teams be willing to give up multiple years of 1st round and 2nd round picks to jump that far up into the #1OA pick.
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Would the Bears be willing to drop that far back in the draft and lose out on any of the “supposed” premier players.
People always act like trading down is a given and never really look at all the angles IMO.
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Yep, I agree, think it’s going to be Sunday night whether we like it or not.
The Colts are pretty terrible, it’s possible. The Texans would be idiots to even try to win that game. They have Bryce Young right now and they should ensure to lose vs the Colts.
Who were the biggest Malik Willis proponents before the draft?
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Maybe the Bears shock the world and take a QB. This staff and GM didn’t draft him and they are leaving him out there to take shot after shot. I guess they want to see him throw the ball. He is proving he can’t
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Would not surprise me at all. Why else are you leaving him out there down 28 yesterday taking more hits in a meaningless game for the Bears if they truly believe he’s the future!?
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I think a team leaves him in BECAUSE he’s the future and they want to get him more game action. They also want him to have the respect of the locker room, who also have to play the meaningless games. In 2012 we finished 4-12. While on an 8 game losing streak we had Stafford dropping back to pass 50 times per game, including the shitshow finale against the Bears.
I am having a hard time coming up with teams who have benched their young starting QB for the last 3-4 games just because they had a bad record. At 5-10 the Packers still suited up Aaron Rodgers in his first year as a starter. They had lost 7 out of their last 8 games and were about to face the 0-15 Lions in a meaningless game. He started and threw the ball over 30 times. That is how I am used to seeing teams handle the situation.
All good points, but Fields is also clearly hurt. That’s where it’s different to me. They were working on him on the sidelines in between every drive. And thankfully he did get hurt, or he might have rushed for 400 yards, haha
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Fun reading. Sporting News was pimping Willis big time. Natty, NY, checkmate were the biggest Willis fluffers but nothing too over the top
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Right now that’s the reality of Fields. Hurt, he’s a bad quarterback. He has to run to be effective and running gets him hurt. I’m not sure he will be able to develop quickly enough to overcome this.
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I’d love to have a guy like Fields as my back up QB. Let him run some wild cat stuff.
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My feeling is that the Lions are playing with house money. If Seattle loses, the Lions play Sunday night for a playoff spot. Seattle wins and we get a top six pick, which is almost always means that a real playmaker is available.
Of course, we could bust if Seattle loses and the Lions lose. Still, their fate is really in there own hands which is what we all want anyways. Go Lions! FTP!
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They had to surgically repair Rodgers shoulder after that first season and playing in those meaningless games. He fought thru it and they kept throwing him out there. Here is a snippet leading into that final meaningless game at 5-10, talking about the need for surgery once the season ends.
Trading down is very, very easy……
Trading down for what you WANT is not…
I would bet a pretty penny that if the Bucs are one and done… Brady is gone-
Let’s say Bucs pick around #20…… I would wait til the first 3-4 picks unfold…. Unless I was in love with a guy- IN LOVE- I’d take #20, Vita Vea, and 2023 second rounder for sure.
A veteran, animal run stuffer and energy leader to anchor the DL…. 17M a year for 4 years with minimal dead cap after next year….
Any team would. He cost 2 first round picks. Lol
Quick question…
Looking at the teams ahead of us for the Rams pick. Houston and Bears obviously will be picking ahead of us. We have Indy, Cardinals, and Denver that we can realistically move ahead of if they win.
In a tiebreaker, they look at weakest SOS. Assuming all those teams win (highly unlikely), we would pass Indy just based on record alone, we would pass the Cardinals on SOS. The Denver one is the one I don’t know about. They play the Chargers, who may/may not sit their starters. They have the edge on SOS by a big margin. I don’t believe we can pass them, even with a win from them. Is that correct?