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Shenault over Pittman would make me sick to mine...

Or the mighty Braves team if they want to give back their 95 WS title...

I want the Dolphins to take Herbert. I think if Tua turns out to be healthy, he will be really good. I agree with this and disagree at the same time. I think Burrow is going to be a stud, but if the Dolphins get him (which they won’t IMO), then that means they gave up substantial capital to get him. This would keep them from loading up later in the first or beyond.

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Well I for one wouldn’t be upset at all if we went OL with our first pick. I would argue that if Oliver didn’t slip last year, Jonah Williams would have been our pick at 9.

I heard that McFarland lacks vision. For me, that’s a deal breaker.

I love the idea of Dobbins or Taylor for the obvious reasons. They are studs, but I really don’t see Beane and McD drafting a RB that high and causing a potential locker room situation with Singletary. That said, Cam Akers is probably the best fit, but this class is super deep. I think the best bet is hold out and get someone like Zack Moss or Justin Kelley in the fourth. Kelley is very impressive and runs angry. He has sub 4.5 speed too, which would be a change of pace from Singletary. He is very underrated, so I’ll go with Kelley in round 4.

To be honest, I can see the same thing happening.

All my faith in Beane would be dismissed in one fell swoop if they graded up for a safety. No. Thanks.

OP...good analysis. It continues to fascinate me that Mayfield (and Darnold) get the benefit of the doubt from nearly every reporter and analyst, but the same people still spew off that Allen is no good and his accuracy sucks. Blah, blah, blah. Yet there is one of these three that actually improved last year and that’s Allen. Mayfield actually regressed horribly despite having some elite weapons all around him. Darnold has shown flashes, but nothing yet of the can’t miss variety that pundits were expecting of him. Guys, we are lucky to have Allen. He’s not a finished product, but he keeps getting better and the team loves him. His drive is relentless and he now has pieces to have sustained success. I’d take him over any of the other two in this post.

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I listed to a podcast yesterday with a guy that really studies the RBs. He thinks Cam Akers is the best fit for what we do here. I tend to agree.

Allen and Singletary need to be more effective in the screen game too. If they are...watch out...

The other alternative is that he could have looked exactly the same as last year. Please forgive us for being positive. Good grief...

Well. You’re wrong. Period. Yes, he did “this” in training camp videos last year and those videos translates to marked improvement in year 2. Maybe not the deep ball, but the short to intermediate stuff was remarkably better and that’s what he didn’t do well at all in year one. But who cares what I think...be miserable all you want! ?

IMO, this is te Dolphins trying time convince other teams into not moving up to get him. That way they can stay put at 5 and get him themselves without using any of their other picks to move up for him. It’s actually pretty genius on the Dolphins’ part.

They don’t know. They listen to the media too much and can’t form their own opinions. They bought into the “wrong Josh” bs and haven’t forgotten about it. They bought into the idea that he is not accurate and ignore the fact that he has improved in that area. His rookie year he was at the bottom of the league in short to intermediate accuracy and last year he was near the top. They bought into the gripes about hero ball and recklessness but fail to realize he’s only 23 and still super raw. I watched a football life on Brett Favre the other night on NFL Network. I challenge everyone to go watch it while we are all barricaded in our homes. Tell me young Brett Favre doesn’t remind you almost entirely of young Allen. Allen was drafted as a project qb. He’s made unbelievable progress in just one offseason. If some of you want to doubt the kid, that’s on you and it’s your right. However, I’m not going to bet against him. He seems to have that “it” that makes some of them great.

Boom. Well said and spot on. Allen played with future salesmen at Wyoming. Last year was literally his first year of his life with good talent around him. And guess what? He improved. Hmmmm... Well, the Titans disagree with you. So there’s that...

That’s fine. Whatever I guess. But you would have to admit that Allen was playing with subpar talent at Wyoming and was expected to somehow come away with dominant stats. Listen...you are skeptical. I get that. I’m more open minded to seeing the big picture. You’re just gonna have to respect that as well.

IMO it’s lazy analysis to say Allen is overall inaccurate. Yes he has areas to improve, but he went from one of the worst short to intermediate throwers to one of the beat in the span of one year. His deep accuracy was off last year but he’ll work on it this offseason and I have a lot of faith that he’ll come back a lot better in that regard too. Too many people in the fan base were pissed when we took “the wrong Josh” and never gave him much of a chance. Add to that fact that many “experts” bashed him predaft and that’s what fans still think he is. They fail to look at the overall picture and see he has made great stride. Again...lazy.

Good point. Allen seems to really respond to doubt. He’s been an underdog his entire playing career.

You know what? I couldn’t care less if he’s the MVP either, but what I’m saying is it’s nice to see that a random columnist is actually showing Allen in a positive light instead of casting shade at him like everyone else.

I was thinking something similar. He’s tied for 6th on this list.

This isn’t a huge stretch when you consider that Beane finally put some good resources into the offense. I think he’ll continue to add to it in another month.

Looks like not everyone in the media thinks Allen is garbage. It’s totally refreshing to see someone go out on a limb for the guy. He’s improved in areas that were a weakness the year before. Why would you bet against him? Add to that idea the fact that he has a strong team around him and this could be a special thing that Beane and company are building... https://www.thescore.com/nfl/news/1967252/nfl-mvp-odds-best-bets-dont-sleep-on-josh-allen