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I look at it like curtis samuel will play a bigger role in 2025. If palmer is able to stay on the field more, samuel is probably gone next year and they can look at bringing in another player if they want to keep getting younger. Something about this draft didn't seem right with regards to the WRs, and I'm just not sure they were looking there with the first 3 picks.

Once 6 weeks have rolled around, i don't know that there will be a roster spot for anyone in the league for a player like solomon. Or he plays his way onto the roster, and you'd try to move epenesa. QB - 2 RB - 4 WR - 5 TE - 3 OL - 10 ST - 3 DL - 10 LB - 6 CB - 6 S - 4 In that scenario - Hoecht has played LB, and more importantly ST's and can push a spector off of the roster potentially. Most likely player that can get bumped to the PS is Solomon who currently projects to be a gameday inactive. He would need to be claimed and put on a teams 53 man roster which i find unlikely at week 6. But i also find it unlikely that we get through pre-season, camp, and 6 weeks of the regular season with 12 healthy defensive linemen.

I wouldn't be shocked if the cut to keep Hoecht comes from a linebacker. He plays special teams, and his defensive contributions will be greater than anything you're getting from a spector/andreesen.

Kittle is a very good blocker as well. They really need Aiyuk to come back and be "that dude" though.

Morris offensive role - he's either subbing in for someone who's injured/banged up, they're running the ball, or its some type of sub-package specific thing... and he's likely blocking in a lot of those. I think he only ran like 50 routes on 200 snaps in 2024. I like the pick - continues to build on the physical nature of the team.

Several DT's off the board, they wanted their top one in the 2nd. Why have 10 picks in the draft if you aren't going to move around some?

I went with safety - because only two play, and shakir is better than anyone we got there. Rapps a starter in this league, but there aren't many on this board who wouldn't replace him. Love that he plays with an edge, as that was something they needed to replace when moving on from Poyer. Bishop was picked after Coleman, and after 1 year had less of an impact. I think he starts this year, and hopefully a full camp of install will be good for him as he missed a lot of time in camp. Hamlin is fine in coverage, and seemed to get over the tentativeness he had starting after his cardiac arrest but we all watched enough to know, he isn't a big hitter, he isn't fast, and his angles are inconsistent. He's just not "good", he's an adequate backup who knows the checks and the system - IE he doesn't kill you out there like a rookie or budget free agent might. Watching some of our other lower picks play makes it pretty apparent that there's a chasm between guys like Hamlin and guys like spector.

I do think he's probably the player on the defensive line most capable of creating havoc in the interior over the last few years. But its a position thats... inconsistent statistically. Chris Jones went from 15.5, to 10.5, to 5 sacks and its not as if hey had less of an impact. They just blitz a lot and in that confusion - many players get home.

Add Holland this year too Him and Franklin Myers. Two dudes I was happy were out of the division. Always seemed to give us issues

Like i get that you can't keep everyone - but I think the thing I see is a team that doesn't keep their own... and those teams tend to be worse than teams that draft and keep their guys. Brooks over Van Ginkel Chubb over Wilkins Armstead over Hunt

From a coverage perspective - the weakest players were probably Douglas, Lewis, Elam, and Williams. Of the 4 - two are off the roster, one is on the bubble, and the other projects to be a backup. They brought in 3 rookies, and 2 former bills to improve the play at CB2 and depth for all three spots. Williams moves into more of a part time role behind Milano who hopefully can stay healthy. Interested to see if hoecht gets some snaps at LB in some sub packages - i'm not sure exactly what position he's going to play but i'd sacrifice LB depth. As for the defensive line - gone are Phillips, Jefferson, Miller, Jackson, smoot, and toohill. and rousseau give you a really nice pair of run stoppers at end, which can allow you to use Bosa a bit less during the regular season. Epenesa isn't great but I do think depth there is valuable. They probably have 6 rosterable DTs in Oliver, Jones, Sanders, ogunjobi, carter, and walker. I'd assume if there's an odd-man out it's probably soloman, but I don't know that he can't make the practice squad assuming everyone's healthy to begin the year. 23 DE's were drafted this year, factor that with how many were picked a year ago - the late round 2024 guys get forgotten fast.

Figure diggs is a lock. Douglas probably too. Hollins too. Washington likely as well. So thats like 1 maybe 2 spots - for Polk, Bourne, Boutte, Baker.

It's unlikely he gets many more targets than he got with the chargers tbh. His impact will likely be as a downfield threat, a man beater, and blocking. Hollins had 50, Cooper had 32, MVS had 9. Thats only 91 targets. I'd assume many of those go to Coleman, Kincaid, Shakir, and Samuel. I'd say he's likely to get that 50-60 range.

sub 50% catch percentage is bad no matter where you're getting thrown the ball imo. He caught 2 of 9 targets here... i cant imagine people were clamoring to see more of him.

Douglas really struggled down the stretch, and extending benford means the other spot needs to be cheaper. 3 players gives u a better chance to find that starter, while also ideally improving some of the depth behind benford and TJ. DT was a no brainer after another season filling the depth chart with Phillips and Jefferson. Carter looked alright pre injury so hopefully he can get back there. WR really ur looking for a depth option on the outside who can play special teams. The guy they drafted and shavers are decent candidates for that role.

Now to be fair... Mike LaFleur did suck.

Or is... roughly graded similarly to the guy we took in the 7th. Or the people already on the PS from a year ago.

Umm... the Browns had a team comp% below 60.

Is this based off of his abilities or just the numbers he put up?

I mean he's suing the alleged victim in a criminal trial... Like it would be literally bringing an absolute PR nightmare into the fold. No team in the league is going to touch this guy as long as this is all ongoing.

Also if there isn't.. anyone you really love at the spot to end the season (or say shavers gets hurt, and prather is absolute trash), there are a ton of cuts. End of the day you're replacing hollins ST contributions at WR5 - and some level of snap mix across Hollins, MVS, and Cooper. A lot of those snaps likely go to palmer, samuel, coleman, and shakir. Kincaid also only played 43% of snaps last year and was outsnapped by 3 different WRs. A couple of examples of potential cuts: Assuming NE carries 6 WRs - One or two of - Boutte, Bourne, Polk, Baker are likely to be cut. Houston - Berrios and Watson - one is likely available for a special teams player. I guess this just goes to set the point of... Is a WR selected in the 4th round more valuable THIS SEASON, than a veteran in similar number of offensive snaps? What is gained in those offensive snaps that's potentially lost in special teams contributions? Is a WR selected in the 4th round of 2025 more or less valuable than a 2025 vet, and a 2026 WR draft pick?

I'd say there's a difference between athletic pass catching TE, and move TE. Kincaid profiles more as a move TE who isn't always on the LOS, and isn't always in line with the OL. Knox is more likely to be lined up on the LOS, and more likely to be lined up next to a tackle. As for Dawes - Morris played 214 snaps on O, and 324 snaps on STs last year. He had 5 catches on 8 targets. According to Sumer Sports (https://sumersports.com/players/tight-end/?t=BUF) he ran 59 routes on those 214 snaps. So... all that to say - 59 routes and a 5.3% target share on those routes can probably be filled in by anyone and get similar results.

Shenault doesn't return punts. Keep codrington over another DB. Also upgrade shenault in some way.

Jordan Davis played 14 snaps in the super bowl, and is a 2 down run defender.

Thats fair - but i think Fontenot gets the axe if he doesn't make the playoffs this year anyway so... if it doesn't work out it really isn't his problem anymore.