Stormy

Those guys were all here under, hired by, a “retread” Mike Shanahan. If Quinn builds a similarly admirable coaching staff, we will greatly benefit from it. He’s much more likely to build an elite staff than some wet behind the years hot shot OC/DC is, so let’s see the staff he builds.

I’ll support it, and hope that it leads to an elite staff being hired, but it sure seems like we settled after not being able to reel in our top choice(s). All that said, it’s likely a vast upgrade to Rivera, and I’m pretty sure he can put together a staff that can instantly rival that of any NFC East team (been many years since that was the case).

I’m the outlier here, but Anthony Weaver has really grown on me, and gives off incredible organizational and leader or men vibes. From the clips I’ve seen of him, he really grasps the cohesion needed from the top down to make a franchise successful, having learned it from the inside of the franchise that has had staying power like few others (Baltimore). I like the idea of giving him his shot, and pairing him with an innovative young OC candidate along the lines of Klint Kubiak, and allowing this whole young group to grow together. Super high risk, but potentially extremely high reward. The exact opposite of the try retread Quinn, and see if he’s somehow evolved, approach.

A combination of a young Russell Wilson and Jalen Hurts. I’d take him in a second, size be damned. Of course this is only if we had a new staff that could properly utilize him, as the current staff would ruin him. That’s exactly the 2 guys Gibbs reminds me of too. A team that landed Young with pick 1.1 and Gibbs at 2.1 (doubt he lasts to Rd2) would potentially transform their offense overnight.

I don’t think so, even though I started the draft with that same impression. Even if we had drafted a big impact player like Hamilton at 11, we still wouldn’t have a true FS on the roster. Likewise the WR we landed at 47 would likely not have been near the caliber of Dotson, especially given how quickly the top 5/6WRs flew off the board, and the drop off in quality after the top 8 or so. More importantly, we would not have added the 3rd and 4th which allowed us to majorly upgrade and deepen our RB room, and which landed us a talented young QB to develop for when Wentz is no longer around. Since our 2nd rounder would have been spent on a lesser WR2, we also wouldn’t have been able to land a DT to strengthen our paper thin depth at the position. Those 3 developments are going to greatly outweigh the impact of just adding Hamilton I think. I completely understand the frustration of bypassing an “elite” player, and am equally troubled by the asset mismanagement, and the occasional perceived lack of value in the timing of certain picks. However, at the end of the draft I’d much rather have Dotson, Matthis, Robinson and Howell on board rather than just Hamilton and a second round WR, which is really what that trade amounts to.

Only this team could find a way to neither sign him or trade him, while simultaneously letting 2/4 of their DL depth walk out the door the previous offseason. A good team would have already traded him for a 2nd rounder and extended his replacement at a bargain, whereas we’ll likely lose all of the above for nothing and then burn a draft pick that could have been used elsewhere on their replacements. Our mismanagement is historic and somehow transcends regime changes.

You don’t see anyway they still take a guy like Willis and let him sit a good portion of the year behind Wentz? If not, they are starting all over again with no QB next year, probably coming off another 7 win season. I would definitely favor some foresight here over another year of kicking the QB can down the road.

I like Howell’s mobility, toughness, and the fact that he’s tough to bring down… that stiff arm he thew to buy himself time to get a pass off was reminiscent of a smaller Josh Allen. I think he settled in pretty well after the fumble, but would like to have seen him look downfield more often. A lot of check downs and off schedule runs just don’t showcase his skills enough in my opinion. I think based off of this week of practices and the game, Willis improved his stock the most, with modest upticks for Strong, Ridder and Howell, and perhaps a slight down arrow for Pickett who just doesn’t look the part of QB1 right now. Just my l take. I think I would probably prefer one of Willis, Howell or Corral for our offense and behind our current line.

He looks very out of sync to me. Looked uncomfortable under center, holding the ball too long, and then not feeling the pressure behind him. Hard to draw many conclusions from an exhibition possession, but has done himself no favors so far. On the other hand, Willis looked much more in command than I expected. One poor sling on a Hail Mary, and a little too quick to bail after his first read (though to be fair he has little protection) but lots of positives. Elusive, explosive, big arm, big play ability when pocket collapses, made a couple of good throws on outs and on the move. He helped himself a bunch in my opinion.

Fields wasn’t my top choice, but I would have loved to grab him. He is improving of late, and to my eye already looks 1000% better than any prospect we’ve drafted at the QB position in the last 2 decades.

UVA’s Armstrong has a lot of attributes I like. He’s accurate, throws with anticipation, has good touch on the deep ball, a quick release, moves around the pocket well, is mobile, tough, a gamer, and has decent size. I’m not sure yet how the UVA offense he plays in may mask his deficiencies or slow his transition to the NFL, but I think this guy could do a ton of damage in a Scott Turner offense. All that said, he’s not in the conversation at our #1 pick, and we need to take a franchise QB with our first pick. Also, he would have far lesser supporting cast at the skill positions here, and much less creativity from the OC. so we’d likely waste his talents.

Thanks SIP. In the event of a trade down I’d be much happier with that outcome. I do like Moehrig, but I don’t love him like I wanted to. Like most I’ve wanted to fill that FS void for the past decade, and he undoubtedly would be the best chance we’ve had to do that in a long time. I do think he’s well prepared, high character, intuitive and a good upgrade at the position. All of that would help improve our defense, but I don’t see him as a big difference maker on the back end. He just doesn’t pop for me when I watch him. Does he for you? Despite the great PD numbers and solid INT rate, he seems like a well rounded safety who isn’t really elite at anything (solid tackler who isn’t a big hitter, solid but not great athleticism, gets into position to defend passes but not a true ballhawk etc)... So, I’d be happy with him, but not to the degree I would be with adding our LT/QB of the future, or with adding a dynamic playmaker on either side of the ball like I perceive JOK to be. I definitely prefer Moehrig to AVT being the only one of our targets to fall to us at 19 barring a trade back partner. The truth is, we are going to get better and deeper with most any of these options. I just think there is an opportunity or two to hit a home run here rather than just a single or double. Moehrig is the double to me!

I disagree. You may be overlooking the emergence of roving LB/S hybrids across the best defenses in the NFL, and the annual carving up of our defense by opposing TEs and RBs becoming receivers out of the backfield. This was happening to our otherwise stellar defense up to and including the last game of 2020. JOK is a versatile playmaker who can solve those issues, while adding additional value as a blitzer and TFL guy against the run. Grab a MLB to pair with him in round 3 (Werner/Barnes) to help address our runstopping/fits issues and this defense is dramatically improved.

I like most of those guys too, but what worries me is that 3/5 of those are gone with our pick, leaving us to choose between the least appealing options; Moehrig and Vera-Tucker. I like Moehrig, but he’s a reach at 19, isn’t a dynamic playmaker at safety, and is just slightly better overall than a slew of FS types available in rounds 2-4. I like Vera-Tucker too, but taking another OG with a first round pick is likely the smallest impact you could make on a roster already loaded with OGs. Both would be solid enough picks, and potential starters early in their careers, but it would definitely be the most modest use of our first rounder possible on a team that is just a couple of dynamic pieces away from being special. Here’s hoping Darrisaw or JOK fall to us, that we can move up slightly to grab Fields without mortgaging the future, that they can find a trade partner to add picks. I’d even prefer they attempt a slight trade back and then roll the dice on adding a playmaker like Harris or one of the Moores rather than settling on another Tackle destined to move to a crowded Guard position.

That’s a blueprint for good roster management, which I think will prevail over taking the big swing for a potential superstar skill position player in round 1 this year. There’s likely no one we could draft in round 1 this year who could make the instant splash of Harris, but it’s probably wise for the present/future to land an LT on a rookie contract if we can. Darrisaw is my hope if we go this route.