Maine-iac

Can't say I watched a ton of Oregon State games but just from one 2023 game, senior bowl week practice and game, and then scouting combine he looks pretty damn good. Not sure if a 6'7" guy is supposed to look like a half back but he can get open and he can catch. All the scouting reports I've seen say he can block also. Couple videos had guys saying 1st round pick. Not sure I want to spend 27 on any TE. I wish there was lock of an OL player or safety. Guess we'll see where we are after free agency gets going.

Musgrave has nice size and had 11 catches in two games before he got hurt. If he's healthy and around later on he'd be a nice pick up.

Knox has 15 TD's in the last two years. PPG is not all a WR thing. Perhaps if we had more than one legit TE there would be more production from the TE position as far as catches and yardage. Not sure Sweeney or Morris moved the needle enough for them to make two TE's a thing.

Washington and that kid from Princeton at WR. He could push for time outside with Davis, back up Diggs, and let Shakir run inside. Maybe they play more 12 with a 2nd TE they want on the field and let Knox actually play pass catcher? I wouldn't bet on it but just throwing it out there.

I don't know about the 1st round but I wouldn't mind having him on our roster. He would help in short yardage and goal line both run blocking and giving us someone who could literally just post up for a catch.

If we draft Washington and he puts up the same numbers as Lewis his first 5 years we drafted well. Outside of his rookie year Lewis and Knox put up almost identical numbers.

I agree he didn't seem like a turn on a dime route runner. I also didn't see him going that early in the draft. He wasn't even considered the best TE on his team. Those things being said his size and straight line speed would be great for running a TE down the seam or just let him go out for 6 or 7 and post up he could fall forward for another 3 pretty easy. A lot of the reason Gronk was hard to defend was his size not his route running. Gronk just caught the ball over people.

Deneric Prince late in the draft as a guy with a little more size and still seems to have some wheels. Would love to have a bigger back so Allen isn't our default short yardage guy all the time.

Can we afford Marcus Peters?

That's like saying he he didn't do anything more than someone who does really well. As far as moving to OT I could see why he is huge.

Anyone catch Darnell Washigton's grab. He didn't look as quick in and out of cuts as LaPorta but he looked good in the inline drills, hitting sled, and made catching look easy. Yahoo says the Bills met with him. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/baseball-mlb/darnell-washington-makes-eye-popping-one-handed-catch-during-combine-drill/vi-AA18eit8

Some of those TE's were almost the size of OL players from the SB teams era. That kid from Georgia was huge.

Lots of needs we could shoot to fill in the first couple of rounds. I wonder how late in the draft that Princeton kid will be around at WR.

Kupp ran what a 4.6? Route running is as more about suddenness understanding defenses and less about top speed. That's why as old as Beasley is he's probably still better at getting open than McKenzie.

Young and Beal in the 4.4's also and they both weight close to 250.

Diaby and Adebawore posted some workout warrior numbers also. Kancey was already getting lots of talk but in the NFL his size is an issue at DT. Hell if he has so many moves play him at DE.

I don't want another undersized DT but Kancey is impressive. He would probably be good at DE also given his pass rush tools. Diaby and Adebawore both looking like this years workout warriors.

Isn't Marcus Peters a FA? Less financial investment similar production. Probably could play safety.

Why is Allen all of the offense? It's not because we can't run the ball. You could argue McKenzie wasn't able to replace Beasley's production but honestly some of the reason Allen is ALL of the offense is because we at times we don't try. I also think once Miller went down, mixed with other injuries on defense, we just didn't trust the defense to make stops. By the end of the year my thinking had gone from "we can attack and defend in many ways" to "we refuse to run the ball, only throw deep, and hope to hang on with the defense". Since Allen has been here we've never shown any commitment to running the ball. I don't blame Allen for this and you don't draft a "franchise QB" thinking about your running game but that said it wouldn't hurt for the coaches to think about it more than they do. My hope would be next year our offense has a lot more targets for RB's and slot WR's and less for Davis not because he's awful but because our passing game should have more short and intermediate throws in it because they are productive. Throwing 15 yards down field (Davis's avg depth of target) on every throw is going to be very streaky and give you mixed results regardless of your WR.

Evans most famous play may have been the dropped TD against Brady in the playoffs

Travis Henry was plan b.

............. and they draft a "high motor" DT in RD2 that weighs 285.

Near as I can tell they think his arms are too short. Seems like he checks every box but that's what I keep hearing.

Payne to play beside Jones or Marcus Peters to play across from White. Can we start a gofundme?

This ................... some reason to be optimistic. Not sure how we get it but I'm of the idea our pass rush doesn't drop QB's like some other teams because our DT's aren't playing in the backfield as much as some other teams. If we could trade out Oliver for Payne to play beside Jones that would be a pretty formidable combination.