2024 Free agency and draft thread

[Lake Shore Drive]

I'm calling for them to trade back from 12 and getting Hampton later in the first.
I'll be OK with him at 12 but it's a reach in my mind.

The strange thing is once the 5 or 6 'blue chippers' are off the boards, pretty much every pick thereafter is gonna be considered a reach pick, because most of these remaining players have late teens/mid 20's stamped as to their value. Yet teams after those blue chippers are gone still have to make a selection. And not every team in that reach zone will be able to trade back.

It really is a crazy draft this year. One commentator on the NFL radio channel put it best when he said this draft class has only a few true stars, yet it also has a lot of starters. Sounds almost contradictory, but at the same time seems spot on.

 

[NWPATSFAN]

I hear ya....but I'd be willing to bet at least one QB in this draft turns out to be better than both Nix and Penix.

Maybe Ward? I was and still am a fan of both Nix and Penix. Pre-draft I would've been ok if NE had selected either. Glad we got Maye though. I think Cam will need a few years to show his worth if Tenn selects him. If he falls or a different team moves up for him, he could develop quicker.

 

[NWPATSFAN]

I think a WS game get better ratings than the NFL draft especially if a big name team is in it.

Would be interesting to see those numbers. Last year the amount of spectators that showed up to watch the draft was crazy.

 

[NWPATSFAN]

I named a couple that were behind him. The ones ahead of him have been top-5 QB's at different parts of their career. And yes Baker is up there but like you said he has figured things out and looks closer to being a top-10 QB now. This is why situation matters big time. A player can have all the talent in the world and be a bust because the organization around them is terrible. The one that comes to mind is David Carr. Went to maybe the worst situation a top overall pick has ever went to when joining the expansion team Texans. I wonder if he went to even a middle of the pack situation what he could have been.

This is why I laugh when people say so and so is a system QB. Why wouldn't a good FO/ coaching staff build a system around the most important position on the field?