Poles press conference from tonight. He mentions how they are looking for scheme and traits fits and those that don’t have that are “off our board”. Will be interesting to see how that manifests over the next few days. Says they had a couple players available where they were picking they were interested in and gauged a small trade down but couldn’t swing it.

19 minutes ago, dawhizz said:

Poles press conference from tonight. He mentions how they are looking for scheme and traits fits and those that don’t have that are “off our board”. Will be interesting to see how that manifests over the next few days. Says they had a couple players available where they were picking they were interested in and gauged a small trade down but couldn’t swing it.

I presume we got an offer cause the very next pick involved a trade but they must have liked who they got more than the next 2 guys on board or relative trade value and/or were worried who all would be gone in a small move back.

Why draft a safety in the first round? Positional versatility. That’s why I’m really happy with this pick. DA will be able to bring pressure from anywhere and still have players to cover the gaps. QBs won’t be able to decipher coverage as well pre snap. Then there is just the sideline to sideline speed to close gaps quickly. In short, everything is on the menu.

If we get to the middle of round 2 and Young/Parker/Jacas are still n the board, I could see a trade to like Indy, TB, Atlanta range where we package our two 2nds to move up in the second but also get a 3rd back. That gets you the pass rusher you need and still puts you in a great position to address C, CB, or whatever with two third round picks.

3 minutes ago, dawhizz said:

If we get to the middle of round 2 and Young/Parker/Jacas are still n the board, I could see a trade to like Indy, TB, Atlanta range where we package our two 2nds to move up in the second but also get a 3rd back. That gets you the pass rusher you need and still puts you in a great position to address C, CB, or whatever with two third round picks.

I think we see WR and DB…maybe DT. I think they see Shemar as a pick this year (since he barely got to play) and same with Ayo (injury return and DA admitted he realized he didn’t use him right) plus they want Booker to get playing time. Not saying any of them are elite but I think we will move down with one of the 2 picks and than tackle those spots and grab a center too.

LB is a wildcard for me.

In fairness if McDonald is there they take him - let him plug the run for years. Should have some good options to add 2 more good football players in round 2 and hopefully another one in round 3.

Another thing to note , they redid contracts for Noah Jackson and Cole Kmet to get 10.25 mil for the rookie pool.

6 hours ago, dawhizz said:

Poles press conference from tonight. He mentions how they are looking for scheme and traits fits and those that don’t have that are “off our board”. Will be interesting to see how that manifests over the next few days. Says they had a couple players available where they were picking they were interested in and gauged a small trade down but couldn’t swing it.

Poles said there were two players on their board available, I wonder who the other one was? McCoy/CB, McDonald/DT, Miller/DT, Woods/DT, Lomu/RT. Young/DE, Parker/DE ?

5 hours ago, DABEARSDABOMB said:

I think we see WR and DB…maybe DT. I think they see Shemar as a pick this year (since he barely got to play) and same with Ayo (injury return and DA admitted he realized he didn’t use him right) plus they want Booker to get playing time. Not saying any of them are elite but I think we will move down with one of the 2 picks and than tackle those spots and grab a center too.

LB is a wildcard for me.

With several good players still at DT and DE, we should get two good players in the second round. I think its possible we trade back with one of those picks.

I like this pick for a few reasons, current depth being the obvious. The fact that we got much faster, in an already good secondary, is huge. Remembering Packer receivers running free is still a nightmare. That shouldn't be the case anymore. Lastly, the kid grew up in the county next to me...💪