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I’ve only got two for 10 Walter Nolen Mykel Williams.

I haven’t seen the full list of 29 players but what I saw two days ago didn’t have a single safety on the list. I still think we’re drafting one on day 2.

Isn’t Williams still really young?

Where did you find that time? He didn’t run at the combine nor at the pro day as far as I can tell? So it comes down to private workouts. He’s long and rangy so I don’t expect him to be elite in the 10yd split Against Texas inSEC title game he had 6 pressures 4 hurries and 2 sacks. Against two Potential NFL OTs

Johnson also watched his defense lose a game in the playoffs. Then watched the Eagles defense shutdown Mahomes with a great pass rush. It’s hard to say what he’s thinking is best.

I’ve been warming up to taking Mykel Williams at 10. Premium position. Premium talent. Less than premium production.

Jeanty is not the best pass catcher among RBs. I think his drop % is somewhere around 10%. So yes, even with Jeanty there will be someone else sharing the load.

Is it just my perception or does Poles prefer to go with a higher guarantee and a lower AAV on his recent deals? I can't really say that with Gordon since he's now the highest paid NB in the league but $13.3/yr seems reasonable.

Yes

Having fun on a pre-draft Saturday. At PFN I'm still getting offers for #10. The first mock I did was Dallas wanting Jeanty so I dropped back to 12. That worked out very well too. This one had Denver wanting Walker so I dropped back to 20. Later I made a few small trades back (i.e. 41 to 44) and ultimately was able to snag a bunch of day 3 picks to ramp up the competition in camp.

I see elite contact balance and not much else elite so I'm not up for drafting him at 10 at all. All the workout stuff he skipped are warning flags for me too. I find it funny people would compare him to Barry Sanders...those are definitely young people who never watched Sanders make NFL defenders look silly in every single game grasping at air. On the flip side defenders can easily get a hit on Jeanty...the question is can they get him down. Gibbs is an open field runner but as seen in the playoffs he goes down easily in traffic. Mongo says Jeanty has the best contact balance he's seen since Walter. That style of running fits better as a comparison for Jeanty IMO. But Walter was a unicorn in terms of elite workout regimen and durability. Wherever Jeanty goes he'll break some tackles, make some big plays and get lots of media coverage this year. I want to see where he's at in 5 years.

Wow that's a crazy turn of events...and in our favor too!

DE2 is a the 3rd good fit for me too, but IMO DE2 value falls way back to around 20-25. I'd feel better with Banks or Nolen at 10. There are rumors that Mason Graham is dropping. Who knows what is real. While I doubt he ever makes it to us at 10, DTs are not usually a high priority position in the draft. If he falls out of the top 5 then trading up for him starts getting tempting around 7. Which means giving up our 3rd Rd pick. Graham and Jarrett side by side becomes must-see football for me. Plus we have two big DEs squeezing the pocket off the edge waiting for the QB to try to escape, maybe 3 if we draft one more. Interior pressure changes games. Stunts become more effective. Blitzes become a serious concern for the opponent. I'm not advocating we make a trade up as I still prefer the trade back option. But the small move for Graham I'd accept. We'd definitely give up depth somewhere for this season but if we don't go OT in round 1 it means the team has more confidence in Braxton than this board does. Call that as you see it. We can still add a good RB and DE ... or Oline depth if desired. We lose out on decent depth at Safety, TE, and WR. Safety becomes less of an issue with a really good dline. We can also wait and see which vets get cut after camp starts. Cutting Bates can still free up $4mil so we have that as an option for a good late addition that might let us fill one of these gaps. If they see a good vet they really want to add they can also restructure DJ Moore's contract to free up more space.

Micah plays LB not DE although he steps into DE on some pass rush downs. Do we know if Green can play LB because there isn't a lot of film on that as far as I know? From the AI summary....Dallas keeps him off the LOS on run downs to avoid wearing him down and he's very effective off the ball. The most similar skillset to Parsons in this draft is Abdul Carter who also played LB at Penn St. Micah Parsons is a versatile player for the Dallas Cowboys who has played multiple positions. In the 2024 season, he played 694 snaps as a defensive end (ED), ranking 30th out of 211 defensive ends in terms of snap count.7 However, his role has been diverse throughout his career. In 2021, of his 961 defensive snaps, 390 were as a defensive lineman, 540 were as a box defender, and the rest were as a coverage player.84 Parsons' ability to play different positions has made him a valuable asset to the team, but his main position is linebacker, where he excels in tackling and pass rushing.

I thought it was a lack of film study and ability to read defenses.

At 248lbs with 32" arms Green is nothing but a pass rusher in this scheme. I think he fits better as an edge in a 3-4 front. I think there are better options at 41 that can give us quality snaps on both run downs and pass downs. We saw Austin Booker get swallowed up and pushed around play after play last year. I think Booker's frame can handle more muscle and we'll see a better player this year. I wouldn't bet on him as the 3rd man in the DE rotation. If we were to lose one of our two DE starters our run defense would be in trouble (again).

DT2, or OT2 although if only Campbell is off the board I’d argue OT1 is still available.

Caleb can be very accurate throwing deep if he gets his body right.

Norman Lott is pure 3 tech. All he does well is pass rush. As long as you don’t want him to tackle a RB you will be happy with him. He’s got talent and could be worth a late round pick

Lambert might be one of their tools for rumors. The fact its never Banks might be the tip off.

I enjoyed this video and the discussion from two different perspectives on DT prospects. Good discussion on how arm length helps you in the trenches.

I had a lot of issues with how Caleb played last year holding the ball too long and missing or bypassing the easy gains. However, this video gives me hope he's The One. Rookies can at times look good between the 20s but to execute in the redzone is really where the elite QBs shine. This video gave me hope for a bright future..

AI LLM is just reading whatever data is input to it and formatting the answer the way the programmer told it to. Mason Graham listed as top 10 not top 5 is odd. Regardless I’m from the 1980s era of programming where the motto was garbage in garbage out. AI hasn’t changed that. Doesn’t mean that it’s garbage it just means we have no clue what the inputs were and how it was asked to provide outputs. The nice thing about Mel Kiper is that his mouth is usually open telling you that stuff.

Interesting there’s so few reported. There’s really only a little over a week left. Last week before the draft is finalizing the board and gaming various mocks.

I think you’re misreading that. All I said is I’d prefer Hampton over Warren. Given the full spectrum of options I’d take neither at 10.