Always A Commander Never A Captain

Apparently the LB Payton Wilson doesn't have an ACL in his right knee.

34" is the ideal length. But it's not a deal breaker to be under it. 33" starts becoming problematic however. I'm trying to remember Joe Thomas's remeasured arm length and it was something like 33 and 5/8ths? Jason Peters, the LT for the Bills and Eagles for decades was something like 33 and 1/8 and or 2/8. Roger Rosengarten's arm length is 33.5", makes it harder but it's not a deal breaker. He's got to be technically consistent to make it work, but helpfully he's athletic. I think it's more likely he's a Guard than OT, but I'm not ruling it out. I also don't think I'd take him at 40, but I would happily at 67. He's one of my trade back from 36 or 40 candidates and then draft.

Didn't Keim mention he heard from people inside the building that Quinn was a serious candidate? He's not framing it the same way now. He's saying he's only hearing about Daniels from talking to people outside the org that like him.

Different athlete, and Phillips arm length was just too small. Sainristil's length is below average but not too short. What about Antoine Winfield Sr as a comparison? Maybe I'm overvaluing Kenny Moore, but he's an above average to really good Nickel corner. I think that's valuable enough to spend a 2nd rounder on. I get not wanting to spend #36 or #40 on Sainristil. But trading back and grabbing him at #50+? 4 years of 80% snaps at above average play is great value.

They lined him up against MHJ outwide and did fine. 1v1 coverage, didn't look out of place against him, and Ohio State wasn't targeting him. He's versatile, tiny, but a gamer. He'd improve the defense.

[Zuckerman]:Mitchell Parker is the first National in club history to throw 7 or more scoreless innings on fewer than 80 pitches.

I love non consensus personal rankings. If that's how it plays out, I think trading back makes sense. Unless you've got a big talent drop off in the Blake Fisher area.

We can say that Harrison is an amazing prospect, while also saying Nabers is an amazing prospect. Having Harrison at WR2 might not be a knock on Harrison, but simply a credit to Nabers also being at that level. In the past 10 drafts, the only two WR's that I think are as good prospects as Harrison and Nabers are 2014 Amari Cooper and 2021 Jamarr Chase. Just 2 guys in 10 years at that level makes it rare. Even rarer is that 2024 somehow has 2 other guys at that level too. It's a unique draft.

Is Irvin legit an OK pitcher or is this just early season luck? His last 2 games have been low enough pitch counts he could have easily gone an extra inning.

Apparently Penix's medical checks came back clean. His knee issues healed well.

We're at a problem where there is no questionable character in our pool of eligible QB's. No Baker Mayfield's. Caleb is going #1 overall. And definitely no extremes like Ryan Leaf or Johnny Manziel. Everyone supposedly isn't an ass and works hard. We've also never been in this situation before as a fan base. RG3 knew he was being taken by us, and we knew it too. Haskins, Campbell, Ramsey, etc were all mid-late 1sts. None of that drama could have formed. It makes sense we're jumping to conclusions when finally any drama appears. We're anxious and agitated and that now has an outlet. That said, no matter how much we may want to handwave it away...it is odd, and the timing of it is a little too convenient to not have all of us anxious fans not jump to those conclusions. I wouldn't say it's a fan club lashing out, but rather the first tidbit of anything we've had that's not drivel from media personalities.

It's who Jayden chose as his agent, but maybe they're all a horse's ass?

Didn't work for that MIT Guard on the Ravens. I don't think he made it to the end of his rookie contract.

Who could we draft that replaces a multiple pro-bowler at DT? Back when Allen initially wanted a trade I started looking at some DT's in the 3rd/4th round and was curious about Michael Hall as that, but Hall lacks all of Allen's tenacity and toughness. Allen has some serious, "I just lost at contact with the OL, but I'm going to figure out how to push him backwards and muddy up the pocket at the very least." Hall has none of that, once Hall gets stopped he's done. I know you weren't talking about Hall specifically, but there's not much DT talent in round 3 and later that also doesn't come with serious red flags. Such as T'Vondre Sweat.

Where consensus from mockers think these guys go and where they actually go are different. For myself, I think Blake Fisher is appropriate value in the 2nd round. Not pick 36 value, but say 56? Sure. But I'm with you on the concept of not wanting to reach out if desperation. Rome wasn't built in a day, going into the draft trying to hit home runs with every pick is not realistic. We're aiming for the fences with pick #2, let's let everything after that be filled with singles or doubles. And who knows, maybe we get lucky (i.e. McLaurin) and hit a triple.