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I agree. I was just playing with Solomon’s idea. I don’t see it happening either.

I think you would have to put Edmunds in Milano’s old position and Collins would play in Edmunds old spot.

Who would I plug into the starting MLB spot? Probably Zaven Collins. Micah Parsons is incredible but he won’t be there. Collins can manhandle linemen, rush the passer and is a hammer in run support, smart player but not as athletic as Edmunds is in coverage per se but he makes up for it in awareness. Edmunds consistently shoots the wrong gap and once a lineman engages him he struggles to shed blocks and although he is athletic, he is consistently out of position in coverage and is easily confused by QBs and most packages. Could the lights turn on for Edmunds this year? Absolutely. I’m a human being, my thoughts are not infallible. I do think Edmunds would be better as an OLB than as a MLB. He is a specimen, if he could grow intellectually as player between the ears he could be a force. Honestly though, I’ve been his biggest critic since the draft, I don’t care how many Pro Bowls he’s been to, wouldn’t pay him. Don’t like how he’s not physical either.. Anyways, I’m not talking for the sake of talking but I do love talking football, maybe more than I should but we all have our vices. No disrespect to you or anyone else on the board, I just don’t like him. It’s a touchy topic here though I get it. Very touchy topic.

Well, in all honesty Edmunds is terrible, hate to say it.

Is he better than Johnny Utah?

I think he can be good, not great. I question his mobility on pull plays and whether he can lead block in open space. Seems to have pretty good power when it comes to pushing the pile, but even that isn’t spectacular. He could be a decent guy though when it comes to pass protecting for Josh Allen, good if not solid player, will never be very good let alone elite. Good enough in the sense that we don’t have to draft OL this year unless there’s a spectacular player there. He’s not a bad player, just not overly wowed away by him.

I’d do it for 5th or 6th.

I do agree about the speed factor and I do agree that we need a replacement for Beasley. Rondale Moore seems like a sound player, do you like him better than Elijah Moore? Which Moore do you like more?

Carlos Basham Jr

Think when you’re picking towards the bottom of the 1st, you take what’s there. I’d trade up for a stud DE but that’s about it.

DL is a lot like OL. If you don’t have the right pieces around you, you’re going to struggle. How many times did Hughes and even Addison beat their man but the QB simply stepped up in the pocket because our IDL could not get any push? Seems to me that that sort of thing happened quite regularly. Now, I wasn’t crazy about Ed Oliver when he came out of college, but in all fairness, he was playing 1 tech when he was meant to be a penetrating DT. That may have been okay for him in college, but in all fairness, that was never supposed to be his role in the pros. Do I think he is the next Aaron Donald? Absolutely not. I do think he can be a very good DT however if you plug a big fat NT next to him. In many ways I think I was wrong. I think he has a relatively high ceiling. Give me Tedarrell Slaton or Marvin Wilson and Ed Oliver will have a great year.

I like your play on words there sir. 😉

Yes my friend, I agree. I’ve been a big fan of Slaton for a long time now. If we could get him in the 3rd I would be very happy. I love him, I like him too.

They may have some hope left in Harrison Phillips, before his knee injury he looked good, maybe he rebounds? Ultimately I think we add another 1 tech somewhere in the Draft RDs 1-3.

Got ya.. they’ve had some good ones over the years but I don’t think Eichenberg will be one of them.

Doesn’t mean Eichenberg will be good because you’ve included him in that group.

I wonder if Rusty Hardin is his agent.

Willis McGahee. I was a sophomore in high school when we drafted him. Thought he was going to be great but it was clear he didn’t like Buffalo and I guess in retrospect I couldn’t blame him. Ralph wasn’t serious one bit about winning so maybe he was right after all. Stephon Gilmore. I hated the pick when we made it, I thought he was a soft player. Looked like milli vanilli, like the guy spent hours in front of the mirror grooming himself every morning. When he went to New England my hate intensified. Other than that, there’s not too many guys I disliked a whole lot.

Agree on some levels.. Defense needs the love. Although this is a fantastic year for OL, I doubt we go there.. I could see a RB like Najee Harris if he’s available, but I doubt we would take any other offensive player outside of that unless there’s a big time player that drops. I see CB, DE and DT as the most likely targets at 30. Also think Jeremiah Owusu-Karamoah being a target or Zaven Collins but outside of those two guys I doubt we go LB.

If we go RB, give me Harris.

I mean, how much will they get honestly? Mitch Trubisky is 10x better than Bridgewater and we signed him for $2.5M. At this point they will probably just have to release him. Who on earth wants to take on that contract? No kidding, John.

He seems like he can effective pushing the pile forward but I don’t think he’s athletic enough to be a good pulling guard, he runs way too flat footed but I think he can be a solid guard in pass pro as well so that’s a plus. Seems like he’s pretty strong in those two regards.. I think he’d be better at RG.

Amen.

We’ll see.. I really like that Trey Lance kid a lot.. I see a lot of Josh Allen in him. I’m 50/50 on Wilson.

Well there’s probably about 250-300 people I don’t want at 30. It would be easier for me to list the ones I do want. 😉