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If you pick Dejean you don’t have 50/53

I am terrified that Mariota plays. I think he’s a far worse option than Howell. Howell was young and learning and made mistakes. But he was eager and would never leave his team. Maybe I don’t know all the details of the Mariota thing when he walked out… but I don’t like it. I’d have rather they signed just about any normal quality backup versus Mariota. Watching him play would be an awful experience.

With Wiley there Mariota may just walk out. Oh wait…

If Mariota plays 3-14. Otherwise I think we beat the over.

I don’t have many gripes with the draft. I’m still annoyed we handed Dejean to Philly. But other than that I like our class. I’m just very aware of the success rate of draft classes in general. Most of these guys are very likely to flame out. Doesn’t mean they will. There is always a chance this is the class that rewrites the rule book.

I think McCaffrey (and others) certainly have potential. I mean it’s not impossible each of our picks play well for us… Just not at all realistic. some may get hurt. Some may get buried on the depth chart. Some may flounder in development. Some may not be as good as we had hoped. Reality is that there are currently fanbases from 32 teams who are hyping up 70% or more of their draft choices. That hit rate is pretty much impossible I think us hitting 50% (including UDFA if they hit but NOT counting them as a miss) is a high, high, high improbability. im not really saying who will hit and who won’t. Though I think Sinnott and Newton have the highest chance. Sain and McCaffrey are in a similar boat. Sain was better in college but his size is an issue. McCaffrey has the tools and he may be someone that can help us in the return game… maybe? If that becomes his role that can be considered a hit even if he doesn’t do much as a receiver. But it’s not a major hit. I just think our fanbase should realize the chances are higher that our whole class busts than it is half of them hit. Though, again, I think there is a chance for us to get 5 players out of this class realistically. Which is a huge number.

I think we have two guys in this class who are most likely going to be good players: Newton and Sinnott. I think we have one with superstar potential who could be a major franchise turning guy, but could equally break: Daniels. Everyone else is a question mark. Sainristil looked phenomenal at Michigan… but the size thing is going to rear its head. It just is. The question is how it’s mitigated and how often it occurs. I think he’s going to be a good player. But I figure if we hit on 4 of these dudes we’re in really good shape. The rest of the picks are question marks. Magee I think has potential to surprise us. UDFAs don’t exist as far as I’m concerned… aside from Chig because he’s a dawg and our corners aren’t established.

Good ol’ Ben. Obi Wan Sinnobi.

C'mon, man. Be serious. Buechele is a specimen. But shout out to Vaderson and Ben Sinnobi. I guess I'll just have to live with Daniels.

I do. This is the year of Buechele.

Luke is now known as Vaderson.

Edit: I was beaten… to the punch.

He was. But imo he's a better slot corner. Of course, perhaps Davis playing outside is a clue into what our FO is thinking. Maybe that's where they see him. Him + Noah I + Holmes growth + Forbes growth + St Juste changes the CB landscape a bit.

I don’t know if Sain plays the nickel a whole lot this year. I think Mike Davis was brought in for that and he is one of the best nickel CBs in pro football. I am kind of curious, though… I think they may use Sain as a safety at times and roll him down. I think Sain is incredibly intelligent and reads quickly and breaks quickly and violently. So while I think he is a nickel CB and we will see him some there, I’m kind of wondering if they think he may be a high safety at times and Quan isn’t and will be more of a slot CB. I’m interested to see how creative they can get.

I think Sam Howell and Bienemy did make the line look worse. But what I think is a little bit revisionist is that people are forgetting that the line also made the line look worse. We had a revolving door playing RT and as much as I like Lucas he is a downgrade to Leno. Now, on the flip, I think we have improved the interior IOL. Biadasz is a clear upgrade at center. Allegretti and Stromberg should compete for LG. I’m not sure why everyone lost faith in Strom but I certainly haven’t. Now, having said that: LG still looks to be the third weakest link on the OL after, in order: RT, LT. Can coaching help, too? Sure. Id say our line was a 60 last year (made up number to show my thoughts on improvement). This year, right now, it’s a 68. Now: Stromberg, Brooks, Coleman, Daniels showing improvement and growth can jump this into the mid 70s. Wylie not being a turnstile can push it to about an 80 if all else pans out. I think we will still make a FA move once cuts start happening at one of the tackle spots, too. So TBD. Right now it’s better. But not by a lot. And mostly because of Biadasz.