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Weird victory lap. He got his big contract two years later than he should have. He will never get that money back. Still no endorsement deals either.

False alarm!

This would be disappointing, but better than if he went to the Chiefs for sure.

Almost certainly about Lamar, not Hopkins.

I've seen Bergeron's name floated as a possible 1st rounder by a few different sources.

Either he knows something or he's just wishing for it to happen.

Okay this is the first time in a while that I've really felt like this is going to happen. And I checked, this is actually Shaq's account. ^For anyone who can't see that image, it's a picture that Shaq Lawson just posted of him standing with DeAndre Hopkins.

I'm good with any of Hyatt, Bergeron, or Campbell. I ultimately chose Hyatt because even though in this scenario we now have DeAndre Hopkins we could still use a speed guy to really lean into the bombs away aspect of our offense. Anyways we need to prepare for life after Gabe Davis so trading for Hopkins wouldn't stop me from drafting a WR early.

I'm changing my answer from earlier in the thread. Asim Richards Justin Shorter

Okay but you have to make a promise - if Myles Murphy busts, you will start dropping your final grades on Clemson edge rushers by at least half a round.

With the 28th selection, the Bengals select Emmanuel Forbes, CB, Mississippi State. Make that two years in a row we've drafted a DB in the 1st round as we work to rebuild our secondary from the ground up. We like the upside of second year player Cam Taylor-Britt, but Chidobie Awuzie is recovering from a torn ACL and is on the last year of his contract anyways. We will regularly have to face off against Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes in the playoffs so we can never have too many CBs. Forbes has prototypical length and great football intelligence. He holds the title for most pick-sixes in FBS history, which is a testament to his ball skills and instincts. We feel that he can step in right away and help the team this year and beyond. The Saints @Virgil are on the clock.

Believe me or don't - I have a source that knows this coach personally. This is word for word what my source told me Lee told them: "He said he has a friend who knows someone who works for the Bills. He’s been fed info that has hit before. And he said he was told DHop will be a Bill tomorrow. Unless a team poaches him." My takeaway - take this with a huge grain of salt. We're about four degrees of separation away from the original source. Also that last line is leaving quite a bit of room to be wrong.

Allen also likes guys that get vertical separation so he can throw bombs downfield.

Awesome. We get a WR with elite traits instead of a RT only with slow feet. What boggles my mind is how anybody could hate that outcome.

This guy may just be a master troll, but for those who follow his words here you go.

Then take the 2nd round talent at a game changing position. There are several edge rushers still on the board. Jalin Hyatt is available even though he isn't listed as an option. The drop off from one of those edge rushers or WRs to the same position group at pick 59 is going to be a lot more than the drop off from Schmitz to one of the centers available at pick 59. Humphrey was a bottom 2nd round pick. Are you saying we should have taken him in the 1st over Rousseau? No way I would make that trade even today. Linderbaum is a solid player, on a team that is massively deficient at skill positions and has needs all along the DL. There's also the unwritten assumption that Schmitz will become a good player. That isn't necessarily true. Again I'm fine with the player if he's drafted at the appropriate range of his value. As it is I'm not a fan of 24 year old rookies, and for some reason there's a bunch of them in the draft this year. A 24 year old at a less valuable position is a really poor use of a 1st round pick IMO.

To me this would be a very uninspiring 1st round pick. A 24 year old rookie who has only ever played center. I would rather let Bates take over at center in 2024 than reach for one in the 1st round. Schmitz is a player I would be fine with at pick 59.

I don't know, Beane seems to value arm length. I know they drafted Shakir last year but that was a day three pick. Not sure he'd spend a 1st round pick on a player with such a severe physical limitation.

Sure, but I think people have a tendency to way overthink this stuff. It happened with DK Metcalf too. "We don't know if he can run every route." Well, turns out he's pretty damn good at the ones he does run. Hyatt can run lightning fast, he tracks the deep ball very well, he has good hands, he's competitive on the field, he has proven production against top college defenses. Sounds like a no brainer to me. But again, "we don't know if he can run every route." Take the obvious pro traits and figure out the rest.