HappyDays

My thing with questionable hands is how much production does it actually cost? Let's say for example on 100 targets in a season, a 5% drop rate compared to a 7% drop rate is only 2 extra drops a season. That's not enough for me to give up on a prospect entirely. I guess I worry a little about the body catching but I don't really care about contested catches anyways. If Johnston can run routes and be a nightmare to bring down after the catch that's more than good enough for me. He is also apparently highly competitive and the hardest worker on the team. Catching technique can be taught. That size and speed can't.

No, but does that mean we don't try to accumulate talent? Johnston's size and speed is a deadly combo. We don't have anyone with that skill set on the roster.

Do you think he could be a Deebo Samuel type for us? Not elite running routes or catching the ball, but a terror with the ball in his hands?

A lot of information is suddenly coming out today. Somebody choosing to leak the information is just as interesting as the information itself.

He mocked the exact top 10 including which team picked which player. I believe his only slip up was having the two Giants picks in the top 10, Thibodeaux and Neal, flip flopped.

I get a similar reaction like this from somebody every single year. I don't know what the deal is with walterfootball.com that so many people have an immediate averse reaction to it, but Charlie Campbell knows his stuff. He isn't just making up crap.

I'd be shocked. His skill set is just a plus version of James Cook. For once in Beane's draft history I'd like to see him draft a RB on day three and have them compete with Harris for the last spot.

It's that time for the annual draft rumors thread. Most of the rumors I post are from Charlie Campbell. Every year a few of his rumors come to fruition and he's one of the most reliable mock drafters in the industry - last year he correctly mocked all of the top 10 picks which is almost impossible to do. So his information is legitimate. Any legitimate looking rumors posted in the thread I will add to this original post. Added 4/27: Added 4/25: Added 4/24: Added 4/22: Added 4/18: Added 4/17: Dane Brugler has a source that says the Cowboys would take Michael Mayer if he is there at 26: Added 4/12: Added 4/7: Other select quotes from that article posted here: Added 4/4: Added 4/3: https://walterfootball.com/nflhotpress/article/Round-2-Could-Have-Run-on-Tight-Ends

He's such a Brandon Beane player, though. If he makes it to 27 I think we sprint to the podium. Pure physical and athletic traits, a team captain, reportedly the hardest worker on the team. You bet on the traits and trust that the rest can be developed.

I do want a physical hitter. That isn't the same as a Brandon Spikes-esque downhill thumper though. I know Campbell can't cover sideline to sideline as well as Edmunds. But he apparently still covers very well in zone and also tackles well.

Yeah I figured you would miss the point. See ya.

Saffold was beat off the snap and Allen's arm was getting hit as he threw it. You're being unrealistic.

Do you really not see the irony of these statements?

Sanders is apparently not a good tackler. Tackling is already a weakness of our defense so I'd rather not add someone else with the same issue. And I worry when I read things like this on his NFL.com scouting report: "Inconsistent in reading his keys for misdirection." "Some change-of-direction delay in coverage." "I think there is more value to drafting him as a pass rusher than a linebacker.” It reminds me too much of Edmunds coming out. I like Campbell because he's instinctual and tackles well.

My theory is that they signed Knox when they did in part because the team needed some good news after the Matt Araiza situation. They extended Knox about a week after Araiza was cut. He lost his brother earlier in the offseason and I think McDermott and Beane thought the team seeing him get his due after suffering that loss would be a necessary salve for everybody after going through that fiasco.

No one we draft this year is going to move the needle in the way that you mean. Rookies are supposed to be role players, not cornerstones. You hope they become cornerstones in year two or three. So yes a front 7 player in the 1st round makes a ton of sense if that's where the value is at our pick. The best thing we can still do to move the needle is get Hopkins, Jeudy, or OBJ on the team. Established players move the needle, not low 1st round players in a weak draft.

I don't really agree with that, but even if it's true "other than the QB" is the worst qualifier in sports. Where do you see strengths on their roster? I like AJ Terrell a lot. Kyle Pitts is good when healthy. Chris Lindstrom is arguably the best guard in football. Then what? A lot of mediocrity at most position groups and headlined by maybe Taylor Heinicke. It's one of the worst rosters in football IMO. Competiting to maybe squeak out the division title in a weak division is not what I consider to be a team you take seriously. To me they're a team that should probably draft Anthony Richardson and accept 2023 as a rebuilding year. Not a team that should give 37 year olds one year deals with substantial guaranteed money.

Somebody needs to do a welfare check on Ty Dunne.

Wow that is a lot of guaranteed money for a guy that will be 37 this year.

Okay. What no name guys have shined playing with Mahomes?

What no name guys shined with Mahomes or Burrow?