Poles has no clue wtf he is doing. You trade out of the 2nd and then draft your TE3 with an early 3rd rounder?

Agree. This is a real head scratcher. Means Kmet is being traded IMO.

Yeah, now I'm scratching my head.

I liked the Dillon T pick, and I liked the Logan J Pick

But since then ?????????????????????

Kmet and a 5th for Thibodeaux?

2 minutes ago, adam said:

Kmet and a 5th for Thibodeaux?

Not sure. The Rams keep drafting TE and it makes me think we keep Cole...

As long as they get good players, I trust their judgement. NFL teams have tons of more info than fans do and just rate players differently., With drafting a C and a TE that tells me they are strengthening the OL and know they have a LT on the team already. I dont think they are trading Kmet, they just restructured his contract.

10 minutes ago, adam said:

Poles has no clue wtf he is doing. You trade out of the 2nd and then draft your TE3 with an early 3rd rounder?

They havent signed a TE, so it was a pretty big need. I mocked Roush a while ago, like his game and football IQ

Rd5- Sam Roush TE - Ben Johnson loves to use mismatches, and having another big reciever/end that can line up all over and he can block keeps the pipeline full.

He’s a good football player but this is stupid.

Last year, I was bewildered when they took Loveland and Burden, I wanted different players. How did that turn out? Trust them until it shows they made a mistake.

The problem with these picks is they are all a round too early. They could've traded 57 and drafted Jones with the later 2nd rounder and got more back. Roush wouldve been there at the Bears real 3rd rounder.

Just overall bad draft value. Better players are joining opponents. A TE3 is a luxury pick. You can't use Pick 69 on a luxury pick.

Here is The Beast profile on Sam.

Roush isn’t without his warts, but he offers a traditional Y tight end skill set — competitiveness to handle dirty work as a blocker and athleticism to be a functional underneath target. He has the makeup and toughness to quietly become an integral part of an NFL offense.

His explosion numbers are off the charts for his size. This guy might be another gem and losing Moore, we get another big target for Caleb.

Draftbuzz has a good write up

• Combine testing was a revelation for a 267-pound man. A 38.5-inch vertical (96th percentile) and 10-foot-6 broad jump (96th percentile) are freakish explosion numbers, the best vertical of any tight end above 265 pounds by four and a half inches.

• His 87 athleticism score ranked third among all tight ends at the Combine, and his 91.7 SPORQ percentile clears the critical 90th-percentile threshold that separates future contributors from roster fillers at the position.

• Ran a weight-adjusted 3-cone (7.08) that compares favorably to Sam LaPorta and was faster straight up than Darren Waller and Kyle Pitts. For a guy tipping 267, that kind of agility in tight spaces is genuinely unusual.

• Understands the full tight end job description and does not flinch at the dirty work. Lines up inline without complaint, gets to the second level on outside zone, and holds his ground in pass protection when edge rushers try to work inside.

• The intermediate game between the numbers from 12 to 18 yards is where he does his best work. He finds soft spots in zone with a feel that looks natural, gives the quarterback a massive target on third down, and has the awareness to sit or drift based on what the coverage shows.

• Production climbed every single year in a run-first Stanford offense that never featured him as a primary weapon. Going from 28 catches to 40 to 49 while adding a 69-yard score tells you there is more in the tank when the passing game actually asks for him.

• Carries himself with maximum effort whether the ball is coming his way or not. Runs off safeties to clear space, finishes blocks 20 yards downfield, competes on every snap without being told. Coaching staffs fall in love with that makeup.

• Better with the ball in his hands than his testing speed would suggest. Runs through arm tackles, keeps his legs churning, and showed real balance in traffic on that Boston College touchdown that covered 69 yards.

I should be clear - I think they have drafted 3 good football players and I’m very pleased with first 2 picks…I just would have went another way here. Ben is former TE coach and he is an offensive guru - clearly this pick is him and he has a plan…again not what I’d do but I do think we have 3 guys who will be solid football players.

I would have preferred Hill who would have been a starting linebacker for this team and not had done the trade for the 5th rounder.

I will add he has a lot of drops, but was never a focal point for Stanford. Put him on a team that values TE and designs or schemes to him, he should keep growing into a player.

59 minutes ago, CrackerDog said:

Agree. This is a real head scratcher. Means Kmet is being traded IMO.

Didn’t he just sign a new restructured deal?