BigAl2526

I like the top tree picks. Not so sure about the second trade. Beane has gotten lots of value from his late round picks.

I buy the reasoning that you don't draft the player with the lower ceiling at #3. Virtually everybody thinks Mac Jones is the player with the lower ceiling. I suspect the choice will be Trey Lance.

Preach it, brother, but I think the draft starts Thursday and round 3 will be conducted with round 2 on Friday. As for Trey Sermon, not a fan.

There are always going to be limits. The player's initial choice is to attempt to play professionally or not. To me it's not so different from the person who takes a job with a big corporation, then has to locate wherever the corporation wants him to, or my own situation. I'm a retired pastor in a denomination that uses an appointment system. For 40 years I lived where I was appointed. I lived in 5 different locations over the years. Most of the time, I didn't have a choice about the house I lived in. One difference is they have a contract that may pay them anywhere from 7 times to 800 times what I made per year at the end of my career. I won't even tell you what I made when I started out in 1979. Anyway, I'm not that sympathetic toward professional ball players over the draft issue. If there was no draft, I can't imagine how we could have viable sports leagues. If we didn't, these guys would be playing semi-pro ball at best.

My adopted daughter developed symptoms of epilepsy as a result of a car accident.. Sometimes it can be congenital . Sometimes it can be the result of a brain injury. I imagine there are cases where an illness could cause it. I suppose there are times when the cause is unknown. There are variations in the type of seizures one can experience. 40 years ago I knew a fellow with severe epilepsy. It was not controlled and he typically had grand mal seizures. Forty years may have seen the development of better medications, but there is great variation in epilepsy. Some cases are easily manageable, some are very difficult. At the time, there was nothing that could control Fred's epilepsy. Because of it he could not drive or hold a job. If Fields' case is stable and well controlled, I don't see any reason why it would mess up his chances for a solid career.