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Yeah I think he'll be there at 67. His injury kept him from building up his stock during draft season. I think Beebe might still be there at 67 too, but my best guess is he goes in the 50s. If we miss out on the Kingsley/Morgan/Barton shelf of OTs at 36, there will still be lots of BPA opportunities at IOL on day 2. I like a draft where we trade down from 36 or 40 to get into the 50s, draft Beebe, then use a third on Zinter. IMO that puts our best OL configuration at Wylie, Beebe, Biadasz, Zinter, Cosmi going from left to right. And I think that line could be dominant. Really good group to run the ball with and help our young QB out, much like Dallas did in the early days with Dak. Corum is going to get picked in the third round IMO. I think all of the RBs this year are getting discounted by at least a round compared to where they would normally go. Corum's age and tiny size put his absolute draft ceiling in the second round, and he's much more likely to go in the third. A Beebe/Corum/Zinter string of picks would make me happy, and still leave a pick to get someone like Bralen Trice in the third following the trade down for Beebe.

But if the PFF guys don't even trust their numbers to dicipher what QB to take. And you think the tape lies because scouts can watch it objectively. How do we do this?

Ramsey, Campbell, RG3 for me. I just said screw it and bought a Sean Taylor jersey after the RG3 fiasco. Said I'd never buy another jersey again.

I saw video of him working out. Not too concerned about him.

I totally agree with these guys. And have been saying this for a good while now: after the top 6 OTs (Alt, Fashanu, Fuaga, Latham, Fautanu, Mims...choose your order), there's a really steep drop-off. Which is why I'd like them to be aggressive in trying to move up. At a valuable pick like 36 or 40, I think that instead of trying to talk yourself into a favorite out of the next tier of "developmental" guys, you're better off just waiting to pick from whatever is left in that heap later on. Take a better player at a different position if you're insistent on sticking at those picks. The one wild card for me is Jordan Morgan. I like him better as a guard, but if you like him at OT, he's sort of a one-man tier all to himself in the late 1st-early 2nd area. Because he's not a developmental guy with traits but a lot of bummer tape like the rest of these dudes.

Watching the above clips...it does seem like he has all day. Much different than what Howell had last year. I don't think he would have made it through the year if played last year. Need to nail the oline this year or JD is doomed.

Nah, regime's change, but stupidity is always right around the corner, doing push ups.

Dallas is gonna be all over Barton. He fits that Cowboy 1st round OL pick to a tee and they are desperate for guys to play on the OL at all positions. Fits Barton's versatility perfectly.

Two great films actually. The original, much like the classic Fred Zinneman western, "High Noon", was a subversive commentary on McCarthyism.

Definitely does a nice job of illustrating why I'm so distrustful of Daniels. I am utterly baffled at people's insistence on ignoring 80% of Daniels CV, and fixating on what, 20-25% of Maye's. It's very odd. It may not matter, but man oh man is the history not favorable to guys w/those kinds of trend lines, the positive to me anyway is that Daniels wasn't awful earlier, like say, Pickett, he was solid to good, but still, it's pretty wild to ignore a giant chunk of a player's cv and fixate on '23 alone which its patently obvious, at least people quoted in media are doing with Daniels, if not the team necessairly. Projecting exclusively off the ideal season is a fools errand the vast majority of time.

His release is so lightning quick and fluid. Its gonna be fun to watch. Just gotta protect him. His OL at LSU was all world. McLaurin and Dotson are gonna feast and I hope we can draft a third to run along with them. Our offense should be like 2012 again but even better if Daniels is better than RG3 because the rest of the supporting cast is much better than what RG3 had. 10-7 and we steal the NFC East. Book it.

Rosengarten at IOL6 ahead of McCormick. Barton would be IOL2 behind Beebe for me. Morgan would be IOL3 behind JPJ. I think Morgan stays at OT though. I also would be surprised if a team kicks Rosengarten inside given his speed. Usually you want your fast guys who may not be as powerful on the outside. Ultimately, these guys will have to play where the starting jobs for their next teams are, so you can't really tell where they will end up. I would just expect there to be more OT job openings.

Likely they don't have their full rights restored.

I have posted enough negative stuff about Daniels. It is important to see the good as well. His arm is adequate. Not special. But he is capable of making the throws. I posted a bunch of bad throws from him a few weeks ago. I wont do that now that I am pretty much convinced he is our franchise QB. This is a dime from Daniels. One of the few opposite hash throws I saw on tape from him. The ball travelled roughly 50 air yards. With perfect touch: Backside dig. Watch how he manipulates the LB with his eyes. The ball is driven with velocity for 25 yards. Daniels progressing through reads: Opposite hash deep out. The only one I saw on tape from him. But it is a perfect throw. Best throw on the run of his college career:

So are the Chargers going Alt, a different OL, or Nabers?

Great post, thanks. It’s why this is so difficult. All of these guys CAN do it physically, it’s a question of how often they do it and can they repeat it. My hope is that the QB who performed the best on the board and in any tests looking at reading defenses, football acumen, etc. is our pick from the top 3 guys. Everything else we can work on.

If Daniels does get injured and flames out, then this franchise will NEVER choose another "thin" QB again...and we won't have to worry about it as a fanbase moving forward. If he stays healthy, then the sky is the limit.

I do think there's an underexplored (certainly not unexplored but not sufficiently explored either) area of sports injuries/medicine that looks at the sheer forces involved in going from college to the nfl. Kinetic force is 1/2 mass times velocity squared. Bigger faster objects are going to exert WAYYYYY more force than smaller slower ones. It would be interesting to see exactly how much more force an NFL player is exposed to compared to an average college player. Add in that you're going from 13-15 games to at least 17 (plus preseason and potential post season) and boy howdy is that a LOT of wear and tear.

Do us a real favor and buy a jersey of whoever Mara's Giants draft. lol

And if they can't pay the $50/day, what happens? They go back to jail? Horrible Fascists.

His upper body looking like a 15 year old 😂🚩😂🚩

Daniels is gonna bring us national buzz and hype. Expect at least a couple of nationally televised games. I haven't bought a jersey since like....Cooley in 08 ish? I got a McNabb jersey as a gift in 2010, maybe if I can find it I can repurpose it as a Daniels one assuming he keeps #5.

I’m bad luck. My last 3 rookie jerseys were RG3, Dwayne(was a gift) and Chase. I’ll do the whole fanbase a solid. I will not buy a JD5.

I am perfectly fine with anyone that we take because after the Snyder Error I am excited to get back to being a great organization which means being all in on GMAP and his decisions until proven wrong. Having said that, with the expectation that Daniels is the QB I go back to last football season. It was college and obviously it doesn't mean anything moving forward but as an ACC football fan (Miami guy) I rarely watch much other than the ACC. The last half of the year I would make a point to watch LSU for Daniels. He was electrifying so I choose to hope that can continue in the NFL. I choose hope for the first time in many years.