Sephiroth

Nice, a washed-up has been that hasn't been relevant in five years!

Oh shit I forgot Richardson was on their team. Another one off the list. Lock is our backup this year. Maybe our starter. Dak will be a Cowboy for life, he's the new Tony Romo. Yeah I want nothing to do with that guy. His old man is still an asshole too and I don't want him sniffing around the team.

I thought they had Fields for 2 more years. Also, the 2020 NFL draft was generally considered to be pretty weak the year ahead of time, but we got Burrow, Herbert, Tua, and Love outta that group. You just never know.

Of course, we're all hoping Jones does well this year. Of course, we all suspect he's won't. However, I heard a great argument this week for hope moving forward. If you look around the league, most teams don't need a QB right now, either having a good starter or a young player with potential already in the roster (especially since 6 were drafted in the 1st round this year). Having a look, I'd say it shapes up like this: Arizona Cardinals - no Atlanta Falcons- no Baltimore Ravens - no Buffalo Bills- no Carolina Panthers - no (unless Bryce REALLY sucks again) Chicago Bears- no Cincinnati Bengals - no Cleveland Browns- no Dallas Cowboys- no Denver Broncos- no Detroit Lions- no Green Bay Packers- no Houston Texans- no Indianapolis Colts- yes Jacksonville Jaguars- no Kansas City Chiefs- no Las Vegas Raiders - yes Los Angeles Chargers - no Los Angeles Rams - yes Miami Dolphins - no Minnesota Vikings - no New England Patriots - no New Orleans Saints -likely New York Giants - yes New York Jets -likely Philadelphia Eagles - no Pittsburgh Steelers - unlikely San Francisco 49ers - no Seattle Seahawks- no Tampa Bay Buccaneers- no Tennessee Titans- no Washington Commanders- no So really, assuming there's 3 qbs worth a first-round grade, we really online have to worry about outbidding 3-4 of them to land a guy we like, and we'll still have Malik Nabers. That ain't bad.

I remember watching an interview with Shurmur when Minny was in the playoffs. He was averse to eye contact, and had awful body language (lots of shrugs, looking at the ground, etc). Dude's just not a natural leader.

Before the Judge meltdown he was probably going to get at least another year. There would have been things to point to that were actually positive for him: 1. His offense was awful, but Mara hand picked Jason Garrett. Judge had his coaches for defense and special teams and they were both decent. The real Achilles heel was the guy Mara picked. 2. His practices were run like well-oiled machines, and despite the "run another lap" nature of them, free agents wanted to come here and play. 3. When he saw a problem he wasted no time addressing it, like when he fired Columbo and took over O-line duties. It was never a great line but it did improve a bit afterwards. Not saying it was wrong to get rid of him, but aside from the weird "this isn't a clown show" rant and the victory formation in your own red zone, there was a case to be made. Those two things did happen though and dude had to go. He was in over his head at that point.

Thanks and glad you enjoyed it Chuck. I'm good for one of those about every six months.

He sucks and never should have been drafted. Same with McQueefin.

There is no left guard on the roster. Like... he's not there. That's #1 to me. #2 is there aren't two starting corners. QB too but we're going to be fucked for a long time at that spot. I get that players want to win but we really fucked the franchise when Devito won those 3 games.

Whelp, it’s once again time to see who we should have drafted instead of who Joe Schmoe drafted. Now full disclosure: I barely had any time to research prospects this year, so I’m coming into this a little wobbly. However, I’m 8-2 so far lifetime against Joe Schmoe, so I’m pretty sure that even on a bad day I can still probably get more right than him. Let’s find out. Round One: Pick No. 6: Malik Nabers, WR, LSU Seph’s Pick: Malik Nabers, WR, LSU Jesus famously said, “Love your Nabers, he’s a dawg.” and I’m taking the Good Lord’s advice here. There will be lots of Hail Marys in our future. Dude has the ability to turn around an entire offense assuming he 1. stays healthy, and 2. doesn’t self-destruct. I’m not positive either of those things won’t happen but I’m taking the shot on his talent here. Round Two: Pick No. 47 (from SEA): Tyler Nubin, S, Minnesota Seph’s Pick: Tyler Nubin, S, Minnesota I’m happy with this pick… but man, how nice would Cooper DeJean have looked in blue? If Brian Burns doesn’t suddenly become an All-Pro edge I think it’s really time to start petitioning the Maras for me to take that GM job. But yeah, anyway, Nubin is a nice pick and we really needed another safety. He should improve our turnover ratio by the second half of his sophomore season. DeJean is a lock to be a Hall of Fame player because the Eagles took him. I don't think Brian Burns ends up in the Hall of Fame. Round Three: Pick No. 70: Andru Phillips, CB, Kentucky Seph’s Pick: Coober Beebe, G, Kansas State So let me get this straight… Phillips allowed a 106 passer rating against him last year, had a 20% missed tackle rate, and had zero interceptions. What am I missing here? Those are all bad… plus he plays nickel, which we already have 3 players there. Meanwhile, I didn’t love Beebe in the 2nd due to his lack of lateral movement but would be more than happy to take a shot at him here; he’s big, strong, tough, and mean. Whelp, we’d better hope he sucks because now he’s playing in Dallas. Oh yeah, there’s also literally no starting LG on the roster right now. Did our line suck last year? Did it suck historically? I forget. Round Four: Pick No. 107: Theo Johnson, TE, Penn State Seph’s Pick: Theo Johnson, TE, Penn State The JPP of tight ends. I likeded it. Round Five: Pick No. 166 (from SF through CAR): Tyrone Tracy Jr., RB, Purdue Seph’s Pick: Michael Pratt, QB, Tulane Tracy is arguably the better pick here, but we only have Lock for one season and then we’ll be looking at having Tommy DeVito as our QB again (in this scenario, Jones is hurt because in every scenario in his career so far Jones is hurt). I think Pratt brings some real tools to the table and I’d love to see what he could do with Daboll coaching him up. I think he could be a top-notch backup with eventual (like 3 years from now) mid-level/hold the fort starter potential. Probably a bit of a reach but it’s better than the 3rd round reach we took at corner. Yeah… Tracy is probably going to be really good and Pratt will probably not be but I’ll take that chance anyway. We're in so much fucking trouble at QB. Round Six Pick No. 183: Darius Muasau, LB, UCLA Seph’s Pick: Christian Mahogany, OG, Boston College Muasau seems like a fine linebacker for a sixth-rounder, and what he lacks in speed he makes up for with instincts and power. However, I really think Mahogany has a chance to develop into a very good guard with some NFL-level coaching. His power is already evident, and his feet are decent for a man his size. Let Rich Mahogany take his leather-bound books and compete with Beebe for the LG spot and be happy at whoever ends up as the backup. Also, not sure if you all were aware or not, but our line graded out as the second-worst line in NFL history, because it sucks. I don’t think Austin Stinnie fixes that.

Plus if Waller retires, we can use that money on a LG or corner.

60% of the Chiefs' roster this year were players they had drafted. In not saying that this is your post... but there's this weird idea making the rounds that you only need to get 2-3 decent players out of each draft to be successful. Losers like the Giants might be happy with those results, but teams with sustained success usually have at least half of their team having been draft picks of the team.

Man that turf was literally just concrete with a carpet on top.

You SUCK, booyah!

I was disappointed by this as well. I really was hoping we'd nab Christian Mahogany in the 6th. Andrew Thomas missed eight weeks with an injury last season and we only scored over 20 points once in that span (Cardinals). If Thomas misses significant time again we can't just not have an offense. Otherwise though, I'm happy with the overall draft philosophy; take talented players who fell instead of reaching for guys 2-3 rounds early. Except for the linebacker and maybe the corner I expect all these guys to be decent-to-good players.

Oh, all right.

Im feeling a Joe Schoen head-scratcher here...

I think this is just the Jerry Reese and Gettleman years wearing you down. Only getting 2 quality players out of each draft means each year you have 12 positions that need to be filled by free agents just to field your starters. You can't build a team that way. Ideally, each draft NEEDS to have 2 impact players and 2 quality-to-decent starters come out of it.

Yeah not in love with this pick.

Good. I've always said we need five nickel corners.

Shit. Whelp, still a lotta guards and TEs.

Lotsa talent still on the board, gentlemen.

I heard a really great rationale for taking a WR even if he's a diva on Talkin' Giants. They basically said if he's good but an asshole, you can always trade him for another 1st later (Beckham, Brown, Cooks, etc).

Eleumenor is quality but Runyan is pretty meh. We still need at least one more quality guy there.

Benson made it past Dallas. We've got a shot.