MrEpsYtown

Yeah i get that, but some of us were talking about going edge since the combine…now all of a sudden the switch? Very convenient.

I’ve been saying this stuff about edge for awhile. Sometimes I think these guys read here and take their content from here.

I took Campbell. I’d probably take Simpson if he is on the poll. Otherwise, I’d take Addison.

Jones has some of the same flaws in his game Spencer Brown has without the athletic upside. He isn’t an upgrade imo.

Yeah I don’t like Jones. Especially not here in the first. He’s there in the third? Interesting upside. Closest size comps are Orlando Brown and Trent Brown I suppose.

My thoughts on this pick are… There is a general consensus that there are 4 first round receivers in the draft. There is no consensus what order they go in. One of those guys is left. Makes a ton of sense. Addison isn’t my favorite, but makes sense here. Simpson imo is the guy this regime is going to love. If you take Simpson, Campbell or Sanders you are taking the best LB in the draft. You are getting the best player in the draft at a position of massive need on the cheap for 5 years. If you go edge player you are hoping to get more sack production on the cheap. We need to get pressure on the QB. If you go OL you are settling for second and third rate offensive linemen in the first and that would be a travesty. It’s a huge drop off after Johnson, Skoronski and B. Jones. These other guys have no business going in the first. It’s the mediocre safe play. Again all my opinions.

I think we have to include Simpson and edge guys in the poll

Yeah I think Nolan Smith or Will McDonald are BPA right now. JMO

I said a while ago that all of a sudden you will start seeing LBs, who are allegedly second round picks being mocked in the first. It’s just people’s opinions and projections.

It’s hard to describe how good that dessert is. One of the best I have ever had. When I was there they actually prepared two by accident and gave us the second one for free. I did not turn it down lol.

I like Mr. Bean and Gordon Ramsay (though he is Scottish?). I’ve been to his steakhouse in Atlantic City, so that’s something maybe? Best steak i’ve had. And that sticky toffee pudding? Oh man.

Gotta be a QB no?

I hear you, but I think they are a year or two away from that situation. They will have to replace the safeties in a year or two but have Rapp and possibly Benford and Hamlin. They need to add top level pass rushers at some point and more DL overall. They need a mike, but if they aren’t taking one in the first, I think it’s pick your flavor in the back end of the draft. I think they can splurge at the top of the draft because outside of the mike position they don’t have glaring needs imo. If they can get up for a top guy great, otherwise they should be trading down like and up like crazy targeting guys. They should try to come away with 5 players imo. Look at those late round picks from the last 3 years (rookie contract) no longer with the team: 2022: Araiza (I know special case), Tenuta 2021: Stevenson, Wildgoose, Anderson 2020: Fromm, Hodgins (Moss traded) I’d rather seem them push for top talent than draft meh talent you can sign as UDFAs. On the current roster there are a couple of spots where a rookie can make the team…OL, LB, TE, DL QB, RB, DB are going to be tough spots to make it imo. At WR, a guy has to get into the top 4 to really play so it’s Diggs, Davis, Harty, Shakir, Sherfield is the 5 special teams gunner guy…I guess my point is that you aren’t going to move the needle with a 4th round pick imo. We need to raise the ceiling, not the floor imo.

It’s really DK Metcalf all over again…limited route tree, drops, but if he puts it together, watch out. But is he Kevin White or DK? No one knows at this point. I would bet on Johnston.

Top Quarterbacks still on the board this late and really good corners still on the board is kind of the worst case scenario for Buffalo. We need a heavy run on those positions for talent to drop.

So they have Tunsil at LT and Tytus Howard at RT. Howard has actually developed into a very good player. Then Shaq Mason, 1st round pick last year Kenyon Brown at guard. If I am the Texans and I make this move, I just stick Skoronski at center and he’s the best center in the league for 12 years, pair him up with your rookie QB and you are good to go. Very high for a guy who won’t play LT, but Skoronski is an instant all pro in the interior imo.

While I love Hooker(s) I really don’t buy it. Reminds me of the Malik Willis love last year. Hooker has really great upside, but he’s an older prospect who tore his ACL in late November. He isn’t going in the first. I think he goes in the 3rd

Yeah I think the Titans take Johnson if he is there. I think they pass on OL if he isn’t JMO. I don’t think they will reach on a guard, so it’s probably Johnson or Jones or WR or trade down

Yeah I think it is a toss up, with every year being a little different. With the lack top tier talent in the draft, after the first 15 picks or so we could zero movement with everyone wanting to trade down and no one wanting to trade up. Or we could see the opposite, a ton of movement at discount prices just because people just kind of move around to target specific guys. I don’t think anyone should ever make a crazy move up unless it is for a QB, so I agree I could see a modest move, but I think somewhere around the late teens is the max. Mid teens probably definitely costs that third. When the Chiefs moved from 29 to 21 last year it cost them a 3 and a 4, both very late in those rounds. So that’s probably the start of the conversation, likely going to take more, to get from 27 to like 18.

Misread your post. I agree. And I would probably part with the 3rd if I had to. Would like to hold on to the two.

I disagree. I think they need quality rather than quantity in the situation they are in. The past few years they have had to cut later draft picks who couldn’t make the roster. Also, our picks are late in the round. Our 4th is really almost pretty much a 5th, especially with all the comp picks at the end of the third. And we have two picks within 7 picks of each other in that area. I would gladly give it up if it means I can get an actual first round graded player with upside like a Johnston.

I could see him doing what he did last year, move up to get Johnston then move down in the 2nd and 3rd to recoup some picks. I think you shoot your shot in the first if they can get a guy they really want and figure out the rest later.

Trade got vetoed! So i just picked

With the 9th selection in 2023 Draft, the Chicago Bears select Paris Johnson, Jr., OT, Ohio State. I was debating Wilson, Johnson, Skoronski, and Jones..with Wilson gone it comes down the the three OL. I think Johnson is probably the best OL in the draft. Skoronski is awesome, but Johnson is a true left tackle will tremendous feet and 36 inch arms. He is still very young so there is a lot on the bone there. All reports are that he is a highly intelligent player and a great process guy. Drafting Johnson has a ripple effect on the OL, the biggest weak spot for the Bears. Johnson goes to LT, Braxton Jones moves to right, Teven Jenkins goes to LG and we signed Nate Davis to play RG. That leaves Patrick and Whitehair or a future draft pick to compete at center. @Virgil @Big Blitz and the Eagles are on the clock.

I was convinced that Tyler Bray would be what Josh turned out to be. That was my guy…oops.