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4 minutes ago, Chump Bailey said:

If you had drafted Kool-Aid like I did, you could smash through that wall.

Updated previous post with write-up on McMahon.

You jerks gotta stop putting me on the clock at work where I'm on my phone without my write-up.

With whichever pick I wound up using here, the Green Bay Packers select
Dylan McMahon, C, N.C. State

McMahon played significant snaps at all three interior line positions of LG, C, and RG throughout his collegiate career.  Ultimately, I anticipate him settling in as a Center.  A bit undersized (though Center tends to be the smallest position along the line) at 6'3", 299 pounds, and 31.75" arms, I think he's got some room to put on weight.  As far as athleticism is concerned, he's an elite athlete.  His 5.10s 40-yard dash is very good, but his 4.33s shuttle, 33" vertical leap, 9'7" broad jump, and 7.26s three-cone drill are all elite numbers, with the shuttle and 3-cone drills being highly indicative of success in the NFL.
In the run game, he's effective at sealing off his target, or at getting up to the second level and providing down-field block.  In the passing game, his lack of size can be seen as the initial bull-rush will walk him back a little bit sometimes, but he does a good job of recovering and planting, and not letting the rusher through to the QB.  He reads rushes well passing off blocks and picking up stunts, and when he doesn't have anyone to block, he'll look to help on someone else's block.  I think he'll be a starter before too long.

1 hour ago, BringMetheHeadofBruceAllen said:

Sometimes I wonder...but I fear that if somebody were to whack Trump it would cause hundreds of riots.

There are worse things than riots.  Like Trump presidency.

14 minutes ago, Renegade7 said:

Paging @PleaseBlitz defend your honor.

Nobody likes a snitch.

Looking at all the players drafted so far... there are 4 players named Xavier.  The first X-men movie featuring Patrick Stewart as Professor Charles Xavier released 24 years ago in 2000.  Hmm... 🤔

2 minutes ago, woodpecker said:

Sorry folks, on the road.

seahawks take joe Milton QB Tennessee 

Interesting prospect.  Lots of physical tools.  I read he can throw the football 97 yards.  Big and strong, mobile, seen him run over defenders at the first-down marker.

15 minutes ago, China said:

Trump relies on a doctor who is a member of his golf club to vouch for his health

 

As former president Donald Trump escalated his attacks on President Biden’s health and mental fitness last fall, Trump released the first updated report on his own condition in more than three years.

 

Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee, began his political career in 2015 by releasing a vague and hyperbolic medical report declaring that he’d be the healthiest president in history, which his physician at the time later said Trump had dictated to him. The new letter also provides none of the usual details for the public to examine, such as the precise extent to which Trump has continued to battle obesity and high cholesterol, as he did in office.

 

Aronwald declined to meet with a Washington Post reporter who visited his office about 19 miles from Trump’s golf club, and — through Trump’s campaign — said in a statement that he saw no reason to release further details about Trump’s health before the election.

 

“There is no need for President Trump to release another medical report in addition to the one he recently made public,” Aronwald said, referring to his November letter. “The President is strong physically and sharp cognitively, and he’s in excellent health overall.”

 

In 2015, he tweeted that “as a presidential candidate, I have instructed my longtime doctor to issue, within two weeks, a full medical report — it will show perfection.”

 

A full medical report was not immediately forthcoming. Instead, the following day, Trump’s then-physician, Harold Bornstein, signed a four-paragraph letter that said Trump would be “the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency.” It provided only a few metrics such as blood pressure and a PSA test for prostate screening.

 

Bornstein, a gastroenterologist who died in 2021, later told CNN that Trump “dictated that whole letter. I didn’t write that letter. I just made it up as I went along.”

 

During his presidency, Trump’s first White House physician, Ronny Jackson, appeared in the White House briefing room in 2018 to announce that tests performed at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center found Trump to be in excellent health.

 

Jackson, who is now a GOP congressman representing Texas, has been an outspoken supporter of Trump and critic of Biden’s health. The Navy in 2022 demoted him from retired rear admiral to retired captain after a Pentagon’s inspector general’s report that substantiated allegations about his inappropriate behavior as White House physician, The Post recently reported.

 

Click on the link for the full article

 

15 minutes ago, China said:

According to that map, it looks like people in West Virginia are particularly stupid.

Fix'd. 👍

6 minutes ago, China said:

Google Searches for 'Eyes Hurt' Spike Amid Solar Eclipse

 

Those who spent a little too much time looking at the flaming ball of fire in the sky quickly took to the internet to find the source of their new eye pain, and Google Trends noticed (as spotted by Wall Street Journal SEO Editor Shalom Goodman on X/Twitter). Specifically, search terms like “eyes hurt,” “my eyes hurt,” and “why do my eyes hurt” saw a significant uptick around 11 a.m. PT / 2 p.m. ET. In case you haven’t been keeping up with the solar eclipse schedule, that’s just around the time the moon started to pass between the Earth and the sun. Related searches seemed to reach their peak at 12 p.m. PT / 3 p.m. ET.

 

Click on the link for the full article

Packers interested in trading up.

23 hours ago, Larry said:

 

But the earthquake occurred deep underground.  

 

Therefore Deep State Fake News.  

*Deep State Quake News

First post list is wrong.  Crum is listed twice, and I am listed as having drafted Lovett instead of Holker.

I updated my Holker post with the analysis of the player:

18 minutes ago, NYSkins21 said:

Damn you @PokerPacker. Was ready to wrap up my draft with him!

You had your shot at 216.  Though I was considering jumping ahead of you.

With pick 219, the Green Bay Packers select
Dallin Holker, TE/H-Back, Colorado State

Holker is a little undersized at TE, but he makes up for it with athleticism.  He put up elite numbers in the agility drills, which shows up on the tape.  Very smooth athlete, adjusts to bad throws and makes difficult catches look routine. He put up a disappointing 4.78s 40-time at the combine, but worked on his technique for his pro-day where I read from a scout that he clocked Holker at under 4.60s, which better matches his game tape.

He has a penchant for making some really difficult catches, including the game-winning TD on a Hail Mary vs Boise where the DB swatted the ball down, but Holker made a diving grab on the swatted ball.  Or the leaping one-handed catch in the end-zone and getting his foot down in-bounds.  Or ball he caught at ankle-level in stride and turned up field for another 30 yards for the TD.  Or the one-handed grab on the ball thrown behind him in the snow.

Never touched the puck in overtime.  Isn't 3-on-3 fun?

13 minutes ago, Chump Bailey said:

Already pick by yours truly sorry goose.

In his defense, I'm pretty sure he's spelled incorrectly on page 1.

With the 202nd pick of the draft, the Packers select:
Edefuan Ulofoshio, LB, Washington

He's a solid athlete at LB, putting up elite explosiveness numbers with a 39.5" vertical leap, and 10'8" broad jump, along with a great 4.56s 40-time.  He's a little under-sized at only 6'0", though stocky build weighing in at 236 at that height.  Decent 33" arms plus is leaping ability help to overcome his size disadvantage in coverage.  Scouts don't seem to know what to make of him, as I've seen takes ranging from coverage-specialist with trouble in run support, to run-stopper who needs to work on his coverage skills.

From the film I've watched, I didn't see anything that stood out as a negative in coverage, and the numbers seem to support him as a coverage LB; his season-average QB rating when thrown to hasn't surpassed 57.1 since his freshman season.  In run-support, he plays downhill.  He'll choose a gap and burst through.  He needs to work on picking his gaps, as he doesn't always choose correctly, but I'll take that over the countless LBs I've watched who just stand there watching the backfield and then the play blows by them before they ever get involved.  Once he makes his way to the ball-carrier, he's a solid tackler and provides some thump while wrapping up with strong hands.  He's effective at splitting gaps between blockers when blitzing the QB or pursuing a ball-carrier on screens and end-arounds.  One thing that needs a lot of work is coming off blocks, however.  Once a blocker gets hands on him, it's game over; he doesn't have much ability to get off a block; as such, he also tends to try to run around blockers rather than engaging, which can hurt in gap-control.  I think Ulofoshio has the potential to grow into an every-down type linebacker, but to start, he'll compete for snaps as a nickelback where he can be effective in both coverage and blitzing the QB on occasion.

I believe @goskins10 is on the clock.  I see you hanging out in here.

3 hours ago, SkinsFTW said:

 

When I was a kid they were playing this constantly on the radio so I asked my mom "hey mom, what's a douche?" I think I was like 5.

It's, uh... Dusche.  German for Shower.

This round:

Just now, e16bball said:

The Rams believe that the formula for unearthing hidden gems at TE typically consists of the combination of high-end athletic traits and physicality as a blocker. 
 

This guy brings both in spades. He’s most noted for his blocking, which is sensible at 6’5 and 271 pounds. But he lit up the combine across the board (9.92 RAS), including a 4.64 40 with a best-in-class 1.55 10-yard split. Also saw a bit of his attitude in the fact that he was the only TE to compete in every one of the athletic tests (concluding with 28 bench reps). 
 

It’s a crowded TE room, but the new kickoff rules will likely carve out an extra roster space for physical, athletic guys like this.

 

With the 196th pick, the Los Angeles Rams select Tip Reiman, TE, Illinois

 

DANG IT!  Really wanted to snag him here in the 6th.  Fantastic blocker, and has some untapped potential as a receiver.