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Agree with everything you just said. I love that it's a priority and they've done a lot to address it, without forcing it. That's one of the biggest differences from the last few years. There is patience in the build being done correctly.

I wouldn't be shocked if Senzel is traded 1st this year. 1 year and $2M deal. Someone making a run will need an OF and are willing to overspend in a trade if he continues to get his average up and hits more dingers.

Probably why they're "examining" and not "charging."

Feels that way to me. Good shot at a franchise QB at #2 Likely stud DT Likely stud CB Good shot that we got at least a Cooley level TE-HB Coleman -- my guess is above average guard -- complete wildcard at LT Luke McCaffrey -- good chance he's a good 3rd Wr. After that it might just be purely special teams players (which is fine for 5th-7th round) but will see. Magee -- profiles as a stud special team player at worse, at best is we got another hybrid Chinn --S-LB type Hamption -- same as Macgee Jean-Baptise-- I like him more than what i saw from Henry and Jones' college tape. Good roll of the dice edge player The Colorado state CB and Georgia WR are too of my fav UDFAs that I can recall in a long time. This feels like it could be a franchise changing draft. And I know that sounds like a homer but my take is consistent with the draftniks and leaks from scouts, etc. So its not just from the perspective of a Washington fan. So I am feeling good right now. But like any draft you don't know until you know. As for the comps to Ron at O line. Major differences IMO. Ron did hardly anything in FA last year aside from overpaying for a maligned RT and overpaying for a lowgrade center. And then drafted an undersized sub 300 LT with the lowest wonderlic score at that position. I liked the Stromberg pick but he's a solid player IMO not a stud. I like Biadaz way over Wylie. I like Allegreti way over Gates. They signed Michael Deiter who is a solid backup G-C. And I like Coleman's chances well over B. Daniels. Coleman is built in a lab for that spot. Daniels is a tweener. Night and day. Look, I wanted more at the O line. But they made much more progress this year IMHO versus Rivera did last year. And heck its good to know its hot on their to do list considering they tried to trade up to get one. So I suspect they will still make another signing down the road. They need to do more but they clearly know that. I was big on Mims notwithstanding durability concerns. I liked Morgan but more as a guard. Loved Barton but more as a guard. That next tier of tackles -- Kinglsey, Fisher, Rosengarten, Coleman, Paul all brought different flavors but all of them had some boom-bust.

He's a mid round pick for a reason. All these guys have flaws the longer you watch them. Latham and Alt are the most clean in my eyes followed by Fashanu and Fuaga.

You add Young, Lipscomb, Adams, Garrett and Senzel and Thomas if they aren’t traded, then you don’t need to dip into FA on the position side. If Morales needs more seasoning, you could put Hassell at 1B.

It depends on what they said about it internally. Eg, if outwardly they were saying 2017 but internally they thought 2025, that would be fraud. But if they were saying it internally and outwardly then fraud is much harder to prove. Being wrong isnt fraud.

After years of just absolutely tanking the 2nd round choices, we may have 3 big hits this year.

Anyone been to Santorini? My wife and I will be there for two days in a couple weeks. We've got a spare afternoon and would love a "make sure you do this one thing while you're there" recommendation.

I'd go as far as saying if i went to Vegas and bet on one player from this draft succeeding its Sainstril. I was big on Terry McLaurin before that draft, and he didn't get a lot of love here. And part of the rational for me about Terry was he was billed as a very special player, uber tough and a culture setter. Sainstril is billed the same way, actually if anything he's more hyped than Terry on that front. I've heard to death from Keim in his podcasts that the secondary didn't have a communicator that helps direct others and the coaching staff would bemoan that. Not much leadership with the team but especially on D. We didn't have a ballhawk type on defense. You basically cover all of this and more with Sainstril. Then you add in spite of his size he's good against the run which is helpful when you are playing the slot and is a good blitzer which is also helpful playing from the slot -- especially in Quinn's defense. This player studies so much film that its been said that he would call out the opposing's offense plays for the rest of the defense presnap -- ala what a good old school Mike LB does.

If all goes well, 2025 looks like: Abrams SS Hassell LF Crews CF Wood RF House 3B Morales 1B Garcia 2B Ruiz C That would be entirely home-grown starting cast, with a boatload of money to spend.

Highlights from the 2022 Florida game where everyone was thinking holy shiii, this guy can be awesome.

I've posted a few times a good breakdown from that MuellerSheWrote account. She does a good job, with actual facts and dates, at explaining the hold ups. People still blaming Garland aren't living in the real world, they're just yelling at clouds. At best, you can hit Garland for a failure of leadership in the general sense that the boss is responsible for the results. Except if you're pissed at him, you have to be equally pissed at Biden. And that messes with your sense of political team sports. *The proverbial "you".

Given the spread of lies in the news these days I had to double check that RFK stuff and... ITS REAL?! Dead Brain Worm... Dead MF'n Brain Worm... @TheGreatBuzz is gonna need to violently and aggressively up the bingo game squares cuz I did not know this was even a possible outcome. You can't script this. Jeebus.

Man, RIP Steve Albini.

Arenas and Draymond need serious therapy

JD5 took the critiques from the LSU coaching staff, most notably from Sloan (QB whisperer-watch what he does with Nuss this season) and put in the work and clearly it paid off. I believe he will listen to the coaches on learning to protect himself better instead of trying to be the hero as often as he did at LSU. He is extremely coachable and is going to do whatever he can to try and be the best out there. The work ethic is unbelievable with this kid. And just to echo what’s already been said here, the only concern I have is the ability to stay healthy but that can go for any player out there. If he remains fairly healthy, we finally have our franchise QB for the next 10-12 seasons. Obviously a lot of players can say all the right things and then don’t back it up, but that isn’t the case with Jayden. He drove a lot of us crazy at LSU his first season because he wasn’t trusting his receivers and would just pull it down and run a lot more often than he should have. You saw glimpses of his passing ability against Florida in the swamp and everyone was thinking where has that Jayden been? If he puts that together he’s a first round pick well sure enough, he did. here is a good article summarizing his first season at LSU Tale of the Tape JD Growth 2022

Passing on Beebe was rough, especially where he ended up, but if Coleman works out at LT, it's worth it. I spent a lot of time watching Sinnott and Beebe and never noticed Coleman.

Agree. I hate to be cliche and agree with some of the draft media-some scouts on this which is he might be better suited for guard but if the result is a high end guard that's more than OK with me. The argument for LT is he has the length and athleticism for it and played better at LT than he did at guard. But to me that high ankle sprain is a big deal which he played on as a guard. I've had bad ankle sprains before and I can't believe he played on it considering how critical your ankle is to anchor. And i don't rule out tackle for him. But to my eyes he might be better suited to guard. He has moments as a run blocker but would want to see him sustain his blocks better. But as a pass protector, he anchors well and can stonewall defenders with his hands when they are coming straight on him -- that quality feels to me more guard than tackle. Where he hits me a work in progress is matching pass rushers moving laterally. But you don't have to move laterally much at guard. But heck you don't even have to watch that deeply. His upperbody looks like is out of a Marvel movie and he has the length and sub-5 speed with elite agility measurements. He looks like the posterchild of betting on a dude with traits for the position.

The KKK has gone woke

Different to me. At TE we passed the position over completely. We don't partake in the first tier at TE, not at the 2nd, not at the third tier -- nada, zip. At tackle, we played at the 2nd tier. And had a legit excuse to skip the first tier because we were going QB and tried to trade up to take a first tier LT. While I value everyone's opinion, no one here is an elite scout where we can say this dude is definitively good or bad. Will see. There are plenty of people (including scouts) as I posted who are high on Coleman. they could be right, they could be wrong. Will see. IMHO from watching one Coleman game at tackle, the pick doesn't feel from Mars. Early 3rd round, bet on traits and hope to get lucky. My fav high floor tackle (but more of a RT) was Blake Fisher but alas he went in the 2nd round.

Heck, if he's a great guard, that's not a bad issue to have as he's probably the starting LG from Y2 onwards. I always thought our R1 pick next year is destined to be LT anyways. Its already set in stone to be either edge or LT regardless IMO.