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Yeah. There's no advantage for us in leaking our picks either. Last year the Texans were cagey about picking Stroud up until they were on the clock because they didn't want Carolina to know they liked Stroud over Young. If we come right out and advertise we love Daniels or Maye, then maybe Chicago starts taking a second look at them. And that's not something we want. There is only downside in revealing your picks before you are on the lock.

The competition for New Art is going to be wild.

My impression is the team trading back usually wants to know who the team trading up is going for? Maybe I have that wrong. But if that is the case, to your point, if Washington says they’re interested, that likely tells NE we aren’t taking their guy and so they can afford to stay put. Of course, things could get a bit more interesting if another team is in the mix (ie if we tell NE we’re in talks with the Vikings as well and they both want the same guy). I love the idea of pulling off a trade - adding picks and still getting our guy - but it seems highly unlikely… One scenario I could see (although doubtful) is Minnesota trading up to 5 ahead of time, then trying to get to 2 or 3 so that us or NE don’t have to drop as far. The trading back team is still in front of the Giants and Arizona isn’t likely to trade out (though they might with the Giants at that point, lol).

With Daniels specifically I think the context from a numbers standpoint is either you believe his last season is meaningful or an outlier. There is context for his ascension in his last season. They are in better spot than we are to dive into that context. Doesn't mean they will get it right but the whole process much of it is diving into the context around the player. People kill Daniels for his aggregate sack-pressure ratio but if you look at it last year alone it was pretty much the same as Maye's. And I'd give Daniels more of an out on it because some of these from my eyes are runs that were stuffed in their tracks. I heard on the radio but I haven't bothered to look it up that Daniels had the best or one of the best numbers as to avoiding loss of yards on sacks. In other words, they weren't sacks that happened mostly deep in the pocket. Does Maye get an out for having 3-4 terrible games last year because is supporting cast. Why got anayltics types like Warren Sharp retweet posts about how Maye is the type of Qbs who get coaches fired and putting him out of his top 10. Look I like Maye. He's my guy. But my point is he has red flags, too. If this FO happens to be the deeper they dive into this that Maye's issues concerns them more? Maybe they are right? I get the idea that these guys fail and maybe more information hurts than helps to make a decision. But if you put a gun to my head and said would you rather have Peters A. spend a couple of afternoons studying the QBs on youtube. Then studying the anayltics. And then turning in the pick. B. Versus doing all of the above AND interviewing the dude a bunch of times, talk to his coaches and anyone who knows him, watch him throw in person, scout him in person during the season. I'd rather them do B. I found it funny and say listening to Jay talk on Sheehan today about the draft process when he was there. He suggested of the Gms - Bruce listeneed to him the least and made his decisions by doing research online. Kind of like we are all doing here. Don't get me wrong I love doing research online and can I beat a GM on some players even though they have a lot more info? Sure, and I've done it. But people tend to recall their hits more than their misses. And if I were working for a FO I wouldn't endorse doing it the Bruce style. I like these deeper dives even though they are imperfect.

A three hour tour…

Why does anybody read or listen to Squeaky? I will give him this, though: he has 2 special traits: 1. When he wants to evicorate somebody, he has a special talent for words that is remarkable. He’s very good at it. 2. He used to be a really good actual journalist and knows how to do research. Not so much anymore but it was at one point an outstanding investigative journalist.

Just finished … The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century i enjoyed it.

Stoppppp, you're scaring me!

I don’t think it’s about investing energy, it’s about installing operational security forever more moving forward as an organization. The last regime was not just full of leaks, it was an open book. Setting the tone going forward and holding people in the building to that level of secrecy is not really any special allocation of time, energy, or resources—it’s just setting a new standard that people are expected to follow. It’s not about tricking anyone, just being hard for everyone to read always. And I’m not really talking about whether we take Daniels or not—lack of leaks was achieved either way and sets the bar going forward.

I get you, and I can see from your perspective why it would be reasonable to take that position. I won't insult you by trying to change your pov. My last word on this is that even if the “anonymous sources’ are actively colluding in a campaign whose goal is to force the Commanders to either pick someone else at 2 or trade tge pick to a team that will select Jayden— such a move is destined to fail. Amongst all the smoke, funhouse mirrors, misdirections, and blatant disinformation, one thing is certain— THE COMMANDERS WILL SELECT THE PLAYER THEY LIKE THE BEST, WITHOUT REGARD TO THAT PLAYER’S WISHES. Everything else is just a stone you sail at the sea. Big dramatic splash when it hits the ocean, that you can’t help but notice in the moment, but then it inevitably sinks to the bottom, and is never heard from again. A futile, totally impotent, poor checkers move in a game of chess against grand master level competition. .

That seems unfair. the notion this is something that can be solved at the federal level seems silly to me. You’re forced to paint with broad strokes when you do things that way and I think it’s fair to say the problem is very local and best solved by local people that see the problem first hand. And for major cities the local people are dems. I don’t know what the right answer is but I’m not sure we have an example of anywhere doing a good job. it’d be nice if some major cities would try some different things and compare notes to see what does and doesn’t work. nationally it’d be nice if we didn’t demonize these people, and considered what could be changed about investment groups scooping up SFH and other properties simply to rent them as I firmly believe it exacerbates the problem. (Just my opinion) Also your link seems like a lot of general grandiose and/or ambiguous language without much specifics and again seems to focused on federal level stuff I suppose it’s a start but it’s a far cry from championing actual action

Here you go @PleaseBlitz

So ALL the speculation of drafting Daniels at #2 is 100% media driven. Lets see what Peters does, should be fun.

If I'm an NFL GM and I pick a guy #2 overall, and he gets 2 1k rushing yard seasons in his entire career, I'm not happy.

I'm not a big Daniels fan but this is just disrespectful. He IS a QB. A QB who has the ability to run.. .

Tyjae Spears fell for the same reason. Great young back, but its highly unlikely he makes it to a second contract or at least beyond a 5th year. 5 years as a starter, interesting, that's the projection with Spears too.

I have no idea who we are drafting, though I think it will be Daniels. I am just hoping all the noise around Daniels causes us to skip him and we take Maye or McCarthy. Whoever we take, surround him with talent to succeed and an oline to protect him. I think because so many teams need a qb, there will be 6 qbs drafted in the first round. Teams might reach for Pennix and Nix, trade down a little and take them later or trade back up in first round to get them. What would be great if this class rivaled or surpassed the 1983.

War and Remembrance, Herman Wouk. I read the first one, Winds of War, so, in or a penny, in for a pound. Good story, weaves it well through a single family so it touches on just about everything that happened in WW2. ~Bang

At a certain point there's got to be fire with all this smoke. And, yes, I agree that the draft can't get here soon enough.

Sometimes its probably just tone. I'm still convinced a good chunk of the anti-Daniels contingent is like me: There are just way too many pieces of his profile that mirror past busts, way, way, way too many, and way way way too much fixation on one season from his college career. It just reads as the NFL botching yet another QV eval for really simple reasons, and fixating on stupid, easily correctable issues with Maye, which do not connect at all to bust risk profiles, at least w/hits in the pass (maybe a bunch of historical busts busted in part because of mechanical flaws, and feet, but it's hard to argue that it's a defining negative trait when such a huge percentage of NFL hits at the position historically needed a lot of work on mechanics, and feet, or thrived w/o fixes).... To me, anyway, it's not that I'm sure Maye will hit, I've been looking at these QB's since the Aundray Bruce going #1 overall draft, and I've watched this enough to get a sense for historically what is alarming in profiles, and what bothers me more, so I've transitioned from my last drafts of just trying to have favored guys ('21) into just looking for profiles w/fewer pockmarks that matter to me. Daniels feels to a lot of us like a guy who gives off that bust stench. Maye feels less so, and so it feels crazy that we're sort of pushing ahead, hell or highwater, regardless w/Daniels. It feels willfully stupid. Hopefully it isn't. I admit to having no clue how or why guys hit, I'm just alarmed when a guy ticks as many do not draft/high risk boxes as Daniels does, especially many of the ones I freak out the most about (overage, 5th year, throwing with anticipation piece, p2s ratio and just how many of those guys stunk etc).

It’s Wednesday the in-house decision has been made. The big boards for each team have been completed (with allowance for last minute tweeking) and the final countown is live. Commanders Park is in the eye of the hurricane. Adam Peters— steady at the helm assisted by his able first mate in this adventure, DQ. Josh Harris, the wily owner of the vessel, within ear shot, tucked away in the Captains cabin, ready to move in an instant, if called, but for now content to let the men he hired weather the storm…

Peeps just taking headline sensationalism and running with it to fit a narrative. He was directly asked about QBs that could run, and responded in kind. And as you posted, he and the article itself even clarified that he was more than just a running guy. Total nothingburger in terms of things to worry about in that article, unless you scissor snippets out of context as some people have just to make it fit your point. Speaking of snipping things out of context from that article, you guys wanna know what passage I liked? YES. Yes to all of that. Recognize and work on it my guy