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Wouldn’t shock me if he never *loved* football, but he had a couple really great years. Great kid too. He’s studying concussions now too, so definitely giving back to the world/community.

Yeah he'd be a pass rush specialist in year 1 while he fills out and broadens his skillset, but frankly that's all we need in the short term.

Outside of maybe turning a soccer player into a kicker, which, let's be honest, is basically doing the same thing, but with pads, Basketball to TE has got to be the easiest transition (I'm sure there's a rugby argument in there too, but I don't know s*** about Rugby). I'll never know if I was the reason he did it, but at my college graduation reception I was chatting with a graduating basketball player about our futures. I suggested to him that he try football, as he was a 6'5 rebounder. Fortunately for him he had a year of eligibility left, got his masters while playing 1 year of college ball and went on to have a 7 year, 2x pro-bowl career in the NFL! I say that not at all to namedrop or pat myself on the back but to emphasize how little real football he experienced before the pros and how it turned out for him. Doesn't always work that way, but TE was clearly the right path...

God I had such a draft crush on Tyrone Calico...

To be fair, Surratt runs like a moving truck. I was thinking Bashsm was ~a 4.8 guy, so high 4.6s in an ideal setting isn’t shocking. I’d be fine with Basham in the 3rd or later but hope we don’t take him over an explosive athlete like Ossai

Joseph Ossai, DE, Texas Eric Stokes, CB, Georgia

1 million percent. Stokes too. @Virgil please add Ossai and Stokes, they're the leaders in the clubhouse as far as I'm concerned...

Not only are they not JAGs, they're great fits for what this staff is clearly looking for -- ability to separate. The caveman football fan in me wants to spread 5 6'5" wrs out and throw jump balls all day, but this staff clearly has a plan and those guys fit into it. We're SET at WR for this year. Could certainly use some youth to develop behind them, so to the topic at hand, I think Dyami goes way higher than we'll be looking for a WR.

Looooot of good players on the board for the Bills here! Stokes, Ossai (yes please!), Tyron, Moore, Dyami Brown, St. Brown, Eskridge, Nico Collins........ Gotta be Stokes or Ossai for me.

Exactly. It's always been about separation, not just speed. While straight line speed doesn't hurt, separation invokes agility, footwork, body control, chemistry with your QB, mental components and so many other things...

Couple thoughts on these two comments... Teams don't put as much emphasis on the 40 as draftniks do for a bevy of reasons, but furthermore, Florida is a rich enough program that they almost certainly have GPS data on speed that they're sharing with teams -- that's what will tell the true story of Toney's speed. 100 times out of 100 teams will defer to that data over the 40 because it's non-linear, geared-up, live action, incorporates defenders, etc. Secondly, 40s can be deceiving representations of "speed" and the ability to get deep. My favorite 40 time ever is Chad Johnson running a 4.55. No one would ever accuse Chad Johnson of being "slow" or not being able to get deep coming out of college. These days, teams use the 40 more for an evaluation of explosiveness and dedication to training more so than "how fast a guy is". So sure, with Toney, maybe it was 4.41, maybe it was 4.5, but either way those are very minor data points in the grand evaluation process for him. Frankly, the 3-cone will mean a great deal more than the 40 for a guy like Toney.

Nice. Love this kid's game. I'm of the opinion that Edmunds is our guy, but if we somehow got a big enough offer for him, I'd love to take Davis as his replacement.

I think he'll be a good pro. I also think if you're drafting for 2022 and beyond, and also recognizing that WR isn't as immediate or glaring of a need, I think you can get away with drafting more developmental types later in the draft. Seth Williams and Josh Imatorbhebhe (both probably a little higher than the rest), Ihmir Smith-Marsette, Jonathan Adams, Tamarrion Terry, Jalen Camp and Mike Strachan are all guys who would be really intriguing in the 5th or 6th rd...

With the 56th pick in the TSW draft, the Seattle Seahawks select.. Dillon Radunz, LT, NDSU The Los Angeles Rams and New Era/Butt Stuff are now on the clock. You have to feel for John Schneider here. One of the NFL's best human beings is tasked with mending the fence between two squabbling hall of famers, with basically 2 draft picks, little cap room and a lot of needs. What better way to start mending that fence by drafting a first round talent to protect Russell and improve the running game in the late second? Radunz has all the tools to step into a starting role on the offensive line and improve a unit that has been underperforming for years. EDIT: there's absolutely ZERO chance that the Seahawks don't trade down here, but since trading out of the second round is neither an option, nor any fun in a two round mock, went with easily the best player available...

Yeah I think it could work.

Man, y'all are crazy. Wilson to the Jets has massive bust written all over it. You'd rather let them stock up and roll with a guy who knows the system or make the smart choice in the draft?!? No thank you...

Great athlete, lots of good tape too... He's a bit of a weird fit for us -- more of a 34 rush backer to me. He could fit Lorax's old role, but almost more of an edge in terms of role he's best suited for...

This has absolutely nothing to do with your above post, other than it made me think of it... More than anything else, the thing I will miss about not having a combine is not getting to watch the gauntlet drill. I love that thing, both for entertainment as well as evaluation and education, I could watch it all day long.

Agree with all of this. To be clear, I'm not making the case for him there, that's just the argument that I've heard be made. Now, for the sake of my buddies who are 9ers friends, I'd love nothing more 🤣

I will say that I agree on what we saw from Wilson, the kid can spin it, put it into tight windows, throw from a lot of different levels and works well off-script and off-platform. Here's what I keep coming back to -- the list of QBs who can do that 'on air' (without defenders) is LOOOOONG. I've seen absolute scrubs look great in those situations. Obviously what Wilson did wasn't literally against no one, but the level of competition was terrible, their competition had no time for advanced scouting (so were playing with basic gameplans) and many of BYU's players are grown men in their mid-20s (they averaged 21.4 years old). Frankly, he did exactly what we should've all expected him to do. Maybe he does the same against better competition, but he certainly didn't do anything special in 2019. He'll be going to a poorly run franchise with a ton of attention on him... I just don't see it playing out well for the kid.

I've seen the argument for Mac or Lance over Fields, and either would cause absolute mayhem in the draft (and benefit the Dolphins greatly). For Mac, it's that he's a Shannahan guy. Good processer, sees the field, manages games, puts the ball where his playmakers need it to be, doesn't make mistakes, etc. For Lance (and this one makes more sense to me), it's that he's got the highest ceiling and can be molded into something special with time. When you have Jimmy G, who they're saying they're sticking with, you don't need a guy to walk in on day 1 and take the reins.

Agree, to an extent. I like Wyatt Davis a lot and if the board is right, could see him being had in a trade down. To me it comes down to 4 things, given how our roster is shaping out prior to the draft (assuming no trades)... 1. Are you using your draft pick to make the biggest improvement to the team that you can? 2. What spots can you allow to stay "good enough" in order to see a larger improvement elsewhere? 3. When and where can you *coast* on being good enough through the season, in opting for higher upside picks that you hope are ready to make a bigger impact come playoff time? 4. To a lesser extent, where is the draft's depth, where you might be able to get a better value pick and how does that play in to the above 3? I think you can ask these questions about just about every position and come out with some interesting answers. Certainly guard, nose, edge, RB, TE, CB, LB/nickel, OT can all be upgraded, but I also think even without upgrades we're a playoff team. So where can you lean into that and start looking at how to optimize those picks and maximize the return? I'm not sure I even have a strongly formed opinion outside of trading up for Pitts if he slides out of the top 10...

At QB, specifically it's: Lawrence, Fields, Lance, and Wilson/Jones slapfight it out for 4 and 5 (probably Wilson by just a hair) Overall: Lawrence, Sewell, Pitts, Fields, Chase/Waddle probably...