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I mean, I'd be fine with it. But at this point, I think Hopkins will have to force his way off the team for it to happen. Pretty clear to me between Arizona's GM's words and actions (as well as their solid cap situation even with his contract) that they don't want to trade him. And with the additions of Kincaid in Round 1 (a TE in name only), Harty, Sherfield, and Shorter - Beane may feel comfortable with our Pass Catchers at this point.

If you watch his highlights from 2021, he was working on the outside in that role quite a bit. Beane even said when we signed him that he sees him more of an Outside WR than Slot. Maybe he moves inside and out. But there's no way we paid him what we paid him when we paid him for him to be declared behind Sherfield (a guy we paid a 1 year 1.7m dollar deal after the 2nd wave of FA) and Shorter (a late 5th Round developmental prospect).

He's calling the 3rd Outside X WR "WR4" with the Slot being WR3. It seems from Beane's words, Harty is not being looked at as a Slot - but as an outside Deep threat. There's no way we paid Harty what we paid him for him to be behind Sherfield and Shorter on the depth chart and Shakir is a slot. The slot will be covered by Dalton Kincaid and Khalil Shakir. Harty will be the 3rd X behind Gabe Davis and depending on how both perform, it could be more of a 2A/2B situation. Sherfield and Shorter will be cycled in at the 5th and 6th spots at WR on the 53, performing mainly on Special Teams unless there's an injury.

I don't see that happening. We only have 2 picks left. And I'd doubt he'd want to trade future picks next year this late into this Draft, when next year is supposed to be a better Draft.

He was mainly a Kick Returner the other seasons. In his one year of actual snaps, he got 147 more yards on 6 less receptions. Having more receptions for less yardage isn't a positive in McKenzie's favor.

Having flashbacks to last year's Draft: - Trade ahead of the Cowboys moving up 2 Picks - Pleased with Rounds 1 and 2 - Questionable 3rd Round Pick - Don't pick again until Round 5 I think the pick is a head scratcher and wouldn't be who I would have gone with in Round 3. But to say he's a waste and can't be "something for this team" before he even plays a down is absolutely ridiculous. You don't have a Crystal Ball and you don't know what he could develop into.

I mean, more power to him for still having faith. But Arizona's GM said yesterday that he "doesn't foresee" moving Hopkins and flat out said today "DeAndre's a Cardinal and we're moving forward". I don't think they have any intention on moving him. Based on their reported asking price before the past couple days, which was completely unrealistic, I don't think they ever did. Um, you may want to look at McKenzie's stats and Harty's - because that's just factually wrong.

Really wish we had moved up a bit and gotten Trenton Simpson. Would have been insane to get 3 players who were mocked to us at 27. If he's an OLB that plays Special Teams, I'm really not a fan of the pick. 3rd Round has been a head scratcher 2 years in a row. But if he's good and proves to be a solid Backup to Milano - I'll be thrilled.

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There goes Downs. Simpson dream still alive but I'd be shocked if he was still there 11 picks out.

Trenton Simpson and Josh Downs were on my list of 5 guys I wanted in Round 2. Both are still available. Long way to go until 91 - but if they were able to land one of them after Kincaid and Torrence, I'd be THRILLED.

I wanted Drew Sanders or Jalin Hyatt first and foremost. But would have still been thrilled with O'Cyrus Torrence, Trent Simpson, or Josh Downs. Said I'd be happy with anyone off that list of 5. So I'm very happy. Don't tip picks!

Lots of good options available that I didn't think would be here at this point: Drew Sanders Trenton Simpson O'Cyrus Torrence Jalin Hyatt Josh Downs

Oh man - LaPorta the 2nd TE off the board. I don't understand, IronMaidenBills keeps telling me Michael Mayer is far and away the top TE in the Draft and he's never wrong.

You're acting like such a child. Had your eye on one toy in particular to open on Christmas and when you didn't get it, you throw a hissy fit and hurl insults. If Arizona is to be believed, between their asking price and their recent stance, it's clear they never really had any intention on moving him unless someone offered them something they couldn't refuse. We aren't in a position to do that. And for a 31 year old WR - you shouldn't. 31 other teams agree otherwise a deal would have been done.

You do know we have Jordan Poyer, Micah Hyde, signed Taylor Rapp, and Damar Hamlin is returning, right? Even if you want to make the argument that Hyde and Rapp only have one year on their deal - that's something you address next season. We need a LB, OL Help, and an X WR. Spending both Day 2 Picks on things we'll need next season is madness. Especially when we went TE Round 1.

Oh man - here we go with you boasting of your incredible track record of Hall and Woolen last year. Like a broken record. Congrats dude, the best RB in the class turned out to be good and a mid round CB panned out. That must mean you're always right and never wrong on every Draft pick that ever happens and you can already declare yourself right on Mayer over Kincaid.

McAfee just posts clips from longer interviews. I haven't watched it yet but it must be somewhere on the Draft Spectacular live stream.

Give it a rest dude. Dalton Kincaid was universally ranked the Top TE in the Draft and was the highest rated player on the board for both NFL Network and ESPN at the time of the pick. Mayer wasn't even picked in the 1st Round or by Dallas that was eyeing TE's hard and clearly had Kincaid on their mind.

I'm glad it was. At least the Trade Up made sense that way. I was waiting for the pick to come in and for it to be like Jalin Hyatt or Trenton Simpson or something. The trade up for Elam had me scratching my head. Also funny we traded in front of Dallas two years in a row.

Well that's that then. Beane's generally a pretty straight shooter. Doesn't generally say he's flat out not pursuing someone who he is. Between him saying that and Arizona's GM saying he won't be trading him this weekend - I don't see it happening.

You know Stefon Diggs and DeAndre Hopkins can't be on the field every single play, right? And there are these things called injuries that happen sometimes. One of the biggest problems we had last season is we didn't have any depth behind Diggs and Davis. When Davis got dinged up, we we're trotting out Jake frickin' Kumerow. The harshest critics of Davis state he was a failure when he was our #2 last year and that we need an upgrade there. Some of them flat out want him gone. I think returning him to the #3 role in which he flourished is what's best for him.

And how exactly does Kincaid taking snaps out of the Slot effect Stefon Diggs, DeAndre Hopkins, and Gabe Davis on the Outside? Why can't Gabe Davis be the 3rd Outside WR? Seems like you just want Davis off the team.

What are you talking about? We only have 5 WR's on this team and we just took a TE at 27.

Dying at all the posters who read Michael Mayer is Gronk 2.0 and fell in love simply off of that and parrot the comparison to say we chose the wrong TE. Dalton Kincaid was the top TE in the class.