Coach Tuesday

Yeah you lost me there as well. Throwing with anticipation is literally the ONLY thing Mac does well and he's quite good at it. From Football Outsiders: "The Crimson Tide's historic signal-caller also shredded the competition thanks to his pristine timing. Jones knows that his arm strength is lacking, and he has a good understanding of how to best work around that. Jones, at least at the college level, often circumvented his middling arm strength by anticipating when routes would become open and throwing early. That leaves him ripe for some Rivers-esque interceptions, but if done right, it can be the reason Jones finds success now and in the future." OTOH I agree he's nothing like Burrow - Burrow has an above-average arm, but more important, his pocket feel is extraordinary. Jones is nowhere close to the prospect Burrow was.

Am I the only person in the universe who thought Oliver was one of our best players last season?

Lance

Danielle Hunter didn’t log sacks in college and has turned out just fine with similar measurables.

Or Parsons. Jets could end up with the “quarterback of the defense” as well.

I agree with much of this until the Jets’ pick - just feel like incoming new coaches nearly always pick from their side of the ball with their first rounder, think they’ll go defense at 23 especially after taking a QB at 2. Also Bills would be leaving a lot of talent on the table if they do what you’re suggesting. Can’t see that scenario happening, at least not for a running back.

I’m not seeing any extra gear there TBH.

Let me live my life

Looks like Freeney in those clips, might not get past Baltimore.

Not seeing anything terribly special in those clips. Looks like a 5-7th round special teams ace/backup RB who could produce in the right system (Green Bay comes to mind).

Watching Lance’s pro day - his arm is really lively. Like Allen’s. Would have to think he’ll be the pick at 3.

I don’t think you’re alone, but that’s partly because he’s still an outlier. My point is that it’s going to become more and more common for young athletes to say those types of things.

You are taking my comments as critical of Lawrence which they aren’t. Not sure who you’re arguing with. If the word “Millennial” triggered you, let’s remove it - my point is that the mentality of the modern athlete has by and large changed. Evolved if you’d prefer that word. It’s not necessarily bad it’s just different. But in what previous era did the presumptive top overall pick, who was supposed to be the savior of a franchise, casually remark that winning isn’t everything?

But it is. Whatever you want to call it - and laziness isn’t the word I’d use - younger generations have a different view of what it means to have a career. Not saying it’s “worse” it’s just different. Whether it’s the millennials or the post-millennials, its the kids who grew up under the Baby Boomer-dominated society. Work has been relegated to more of a component of life, compartmentalized, portable, easy to change. The new entrants to the work force by and large don’t expect to stay at the same job for several decades until they get their pension. And that mentality has slowly crept into the NFL and we’re now seeing more and more of it. Look at it this way - you’ve got the supposed next Great One musing before being picked first in the draft that football isn’t his life and he doesn’t think he’ll be defined by it. When else has that happened?

Yes but the NFL is slow to change - very conservative organization. The Millennial approach to life has not really infected the NFL as much as it has other professions. But it’s starting to.

Here come the Millennials. Is the NFL ready? In a way, Ricky Williams was the first one. Andrew Luck took the baton from him. The modern player is a different breed than their forefathers. But here’s the thing I’ve learned in my middle age, and it pretty much applies to every profession: the good ones love to win; the great ones HATE to lose. More power to Trevor if he isn’t driven to compete over everything and can separate inner peace and happiness from winning. Seems like a good dude and he’ll have a nice happy life. But if that’s his personality, his ceiling is probably Eli Manning’s career - which is nothing to be ashamed of. Just not the Savior he’s billed as, perhaps, and possibly an early retiree like Luck.

Here is Football Outsiders’ analysis of Jones, and I agree. Their conclusion: “With that in mind, there should be no way the 49ers (or any other team) burn a top-five pick on Jones. Draft picks in that range should be for players who have a franchise-changing potential rather than players who can just be solid starters, which is especially true for quarterbacks. Jones is more along the lines of a second-round talent who could get a value bump into the mid-/late first round by virtue of being a quarterback.” I’ll say it again: smokescreen. The pick will be Lance or Fields.

We drafted Tre White at 27…

There might be certain positions where you can take an athlete with poor instincts and mold them - TE, defensive line come to mind. Corner is not one of them.

FWIW, Football Outsiders has Devonta as the highest WR prospect by far, and one of the top WR prospects they've ever charted. They're not very high on Waddle. (ESPN+ paywall/subscription required etc.).

Good stuff. Really hard to do a mock so I’m always impressed with the thought that goes into it. My Tuesday morning coaching: I’m not buying Mac Jones to SF. I cannot fathom them trading up that high for a fringe first round prospect with no elite traits. The pick HAS to be fields or lance. Pitts likely goes top 5 and no way makes it past Miami or Detroit. Ossai is a round 2-3 prospect IMO. I still think Chase to Cindy, Smith to Miami. And Smith is the better prospect, don’t care about his weight. He’s Gold Jacket-level good. I think Toney falls out of Round 1. Production and speed just aren’t there and you at least need one.

I read somewhere that he had the second best (lowest) passer rating in non-pressure situations. I think he'll be a player.

Assume mean heaviest as in fattest, not that they drink more. Right?

Dude has been on the trade block most of his career.

A hooker, an outlaw, and a lamp walk into a bar…