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With the 98th pick the Cleveland Browns select Blake Freeland, OT, BYU. LT is not a need this year, but will be in a year or two for the Browns. Wills is talented, but has not dedicated himself to his profession, He's not the kind of player you want to keep around for more than his 5th year option. That gives the incredibly athletic Freeland two years to build his playing strength and hone his craft. If he manages to do it in one, then Wills gets moved next offseason, but the plan is two. @RyanC883 is on the clock for the Falcons

I’d love to take a LB here, but Sewell seems to be a downhill run defender who doesn’t offer much in coverage. Just don’t see the appeal of that in today’s game.

Wish there was a LB I liked on that list. Gotta go Zavala over a safety. Should be some decent safety options later.

FYI: Jordan Addison, WR, and Keeanu Benton, DT, were the Bills first two picks.

The Browns are still interested in a trade up.

Also the Browns are interested in trading up with Miami or another team.

Good call. That looks correct to me.

Maybe the best course of action in those cases would be to transfer GM duties of those teams for the remainder of the draft - if we have people willing to take them. Stuff happens in life and no need for hard feelings, but we should keep things moving if possible. It’s already a lot of work for Virgil so I defer to him on what’s easiest/preferable.

New Oiltans GM this season - Ran Carthon. He might as well take a swing right out of the gate. If it doesn’t work, then he might still have time to take a second one.

JOK should bounce back this year. Woods was a disaster as a DC in every facet. His preference for light DTs resulted in a lot of injuries behind them. Schwartz won’t let that happen.

Yup. I’ll add that it is worth noting what KC had on offense when Mahomes was drafted. The OL included Eric Fisher, Mitch Morse, Laurent Duvernay-Tardif and Mitchell Schwartz. Offensive skill position players included Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce. Since Mahomes was drafted the Chefs have had 18 picks in the first three rounds. 12 defensive and 6 offensive players were taken. Some thoughts on this: - The defense had some studs, but was more in need of upgrades at the time. - QB, WR1, LT, C, RT and a stud TE were all under contract. Other than WR2/3 there were not a lot of glaring needs that would require high picks. - Why neglect to u clyde what KC spent to get Mahomes, who obviously is an offensive player? Two firsts and a third. That would make it 12 D to 9 O. Still slanted toward D, but not by as much.

No, none of his $19.45M salary is guaranteed. LINK Thats why the Cardinals have to get a deal done soon. They can’t risk him coming in to work out or practice. They could wind up on the hook for his whole salary if he gets injured.

DHop is getting traded or cut this year. I'm surprised he stayed away from the Cardinals offseason activities that started yesterday. I'd be there lifting heavy and going all out. Cut me or trade me - or risk having to pay me.

I was very surprised to see him still on the board.

With the 74th pick of the 2023 NFL Draft the Cleveland Browns select Felix Anudike-Uzomah, DE Kansas State. Pleased to see FAU here in at 74. The Browns have some needs and help at Edge is one of them. FAU has great bend and can pressure QBs - and that's the name f the game these days. Hopefully he can be an effective DE3 this year and grow from there.

I am waiting for a trade offer and will pick or trade shortly

Me too. Stud prospect with no injury concerns coming out. Sometimes a GM does everything right and still rolls snake eyes.

In general I’m good with having a player like that on the roster, but as more of a role player. Someone to shore up the run game when we are seeing a lot of it due to the opponent’s style, poor weather or when we’re down late and our opponent is trying to close out the game. Roster space has to be considered though. The Bills typically keep 5 DTs on the roster and currently have the following eight under contract for this season: Jones, Phillips, Oliver, Settle, Ankou, Vickers, Bryant and Broughton. I don’t see five DTs there that I love. Adding one that could be paired with Jones to stop the run when needed would be welcome.

The extra muscle mass should help him with body injuries, but with him it’ll be more about protecting his brain. This certainly can’t hurt. But we really should call in an expert and get @GunnerBill ‘s thoughts.

Agreed. He was as great a GM as he was a TE.

Lol. Historically the Ravens have been very well run, though amorally. But there’s no sugar coating their moves of late. Lamar, OBJ, Roquan Smith, etc. I’m not really sure what they are doing these days.

My bet is that the Ravens don’t have time for a WR to develop. They need someone who can contribute this season and they need someone who can help entice Lamar to show up to training camp. Also they needed to do something that at least looks like they helped their WR corps.

It does not incentivize Lamar to work out a long term deal. It only incentivizes him to play on the tag this year. I’d argue that overspending on OBJ for 1 year instead of using that cap space to acquire a longer term solution at WR actually de-incentivizes Lamar from signing long term.

To me it feels like the Ravens got stupid looking for some good PR. And they were looking for a way to make Lamar a bit happier about playing on the tag this season. That’s all I got. On OBJ’s side it is easy to see. No other team was going to come close to handing out that contract. $15M guaranteed is ridiculous for where he is now.