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The depth right now of Boettger, Ford, Doyle, and Mancz is pretty freakin weak. We have 1 starter on a rookie deal, 2 backups - one whos barely played and one who is terrible. Not to mention our starting RT is nowhere near a finished product. I'd say starting RG is probably a need, and a swing tackle to at least compete is another.

But he's fast!!

I'd like a lineman in rounds 2-4. Plus a linebacker.

Adot is average depth of target.

Thats not really true though... Hill had 444 YAC in 2021 with an ADOT of 10.4 in 2021 (Mecole hardman had more YAC on 59 catches). He had 434 YAC and an adot of 12.9 in 2020. Diggs had 326 YAC with an ADOT of 11.1 in 2021. He had 464 YAC and an ADOT of 10.1 in 2020. If they wanted a YAC guy they should have gone after Davante Adams. They got a faster diggs with worse hands and worse route running. He's still one of the best WRs in the NFL but he is not really a short pass guy - those guys are really precise route runners or shiftier phone booth style players. I also don't think they're running the same RPO heavy offense. There will be deep crossers and a lot of heavy PA from under center - they likely run more of a shanahan offense.

Yep - I think he's more likely to go to SF next year if he wants to do another year somewhere else.

We don't have a real RG option without him do we?

I like the move for Miami. A lot of draft picks used on WRs, but they basically got Waddle in a very strong WR draft and traded for a probowler. They added running backs this year as well in edmonds and mostert, but I'm not sure that was ever really the problem with their run game. Adding armstead and williams will help more there than anything else. The thing about them is though - they added nothing to the defense. Which... much like buffalo was very much propped up by playing bad offenses/QBs. The difference is buffalo was propped up to #1, and Miami finished 15th in yards. Buffalo also wasn't happy with the performance of their defensive line and made massive changes to the unit. Miami is content to roll with Phillips and Ogbah as the primary pass rushers in a blitz happy system. Seems to work when they play the bad teams of their schedule (which were also mostly bunched into the end of the 2021 season).

Sneaky need in the first 3 rounds is MLB. CB and OG are needs for this year (and the future for that matter. But WR MLB and TE are big needs for moving forward as Diggs will inevitably cost too much to keep, knox as well, and edmunds. Edmunds may be gone as soon as next year.

Agree - 2 just got dumped from super bowl contenders in the window. Diggs is gonna want a massive raise and its better to have a backup plan in place.

hey they aren't hall of famers but i put some names out there in the 4.6 range.

Travis henry .

Ingram, Foster, Bell, Henry, Benson, Blount all ran in the 4.6 range.

Singletary had 870 yards and 7 TDs last year though.. that is close to 1000 yards. I also don't think there is really much correspondence between running back usage and success. 4 running backs had over 250 carries last year - 1 made the playoffs. Beyond that - you have the massive amount of running back injuries. Dobbins, Etienne, Henry, CMC, Barkley, Chubb/hunt, zeke, cook, kamara. They all missed time last year. I am fine with adding a running back to the room, i just think we have an injured #1 CB and the rest are very young. Cornerback needs to be prioritized in the first couple rounds. The other is along the offensive line, where improvements will help both allen and the running game. Watching teams trade Adams, and now hill in the last 2 weeks, i'm also not opposed to WR.

David Montgomery ran a 4.63, Mattison ran a 4.67, Edwards-Helaire ran a 4.6, J. Robinson a 4.64, Stevenson ran a 4.64, Darrel Williams a 4.72, Kareem Hunt 4.62, James Conner 4.65 Moss had a really terrible yards before contact number that was a full yard lower than DS. Felt like they were both running into a wall the first half of the year and a lot of that was the combo of ford/boettger in the middle, and williams at RT just being brutal on the backside of left side zone rushes. They got a lot better once brown came in because they could A - run zone rushes to the right and B - He's athletic enough to disrupt the backside linebackers on rushes to the left. They also could pull people once williams and ford were out so they could mix in some power and sweeps etc. Just... some type of variety to it was huge. In general though, moss just played very uninspiring football. He knows his job is up for grabs, hopefully he brings it this year.

Really? The trash offensive line, and trash run calls were the reason we couldn't run the ball all year. Jonathan taylor is great, but so is his line. Chubb is great, so is his line. Same with Henry, Elliot, Cook, etc.

2021 - Rams had 2 running backs and a 3rd play in the playoffs - Bengals had Mixon 2020 - Bucs had jones and fournette, Chiefs had CEH, Bell, and Williams 2019 - Chiefs had Williams, Mccoy, William - 49ers had Coleman, Mostert, Brieda 2018 - Patriots had MIchel, White, Burckhead - Rams had Gurley 2017 - Patriots had Lewis, Gillislee, Burkhead, White - Eagles had Blount, Clement, Ajayi If recency has anything to do with it... which i think it should as bell cow running backs have become far less popular. It seems like you almost don't want one to get to the super bowl.

By what metric is he the 31st rated starting running back? He was 16th in the NFL in rushing yards, tied for 15th in TDs, tied for 15th in yards per carry. 4.6 YPC, 7 TDs. Down the stretch he played really well when given a chance for more snaps, and had 3 TDs in the playoffs.

i do NOT want a RB in the first - if you want a back in the first 3 rounds you better trade out of the 1st to get 4 picks.

It's based on the pay they got though. 3 and 33.75 for Johnson is a 11.25 AAV which put them in the 4th rounder territory.

They literally just did this for the minority HC/GM hires though. Baltimore with Culley 49ers with Saleh and Mayhew Rams with Holmes NO with Fontenant Cle with Adofo-Mensah KC with Poles

I mean its in the article: They got a 3rd for Brad Holmes being hired by the Lions. They had a net loss of 5 players there - the 4th is for john johnson. First 2 6ths are for Ebukam and Everett, and the last one is for troy hill.

I feel like people completely forget about the oline struggles during the season - watch the jags game again and tell me we don't need an influx of oline talent. Assume Bates comes back, i suppose he plays right guard instead of left - and the starting 5 is probably fine. The second injuries hit though... Cody ford, Tommy Doyle, probably bobby hart again, whoever that guy is they just signed. It's a problem. I don't think we need like 10 draft picks, but they need to add some cheap talent on the line that they can develop. I don't mind a first round corner either but we do have an all-pro on the other side - but i understand the importance of the position. At the end of the day - the big thing is to protect your biggest investment. So far, that meant extending morse and signing saffold - while losing mongo and williams. I'm not sure we improved a ton here, or at all and depth is going to be an issue.

Same - I flip flop on each and it depends whos there at guard for 25. If targets arent there for either i may look to trade down, and try and add an extra 2nd day pick. 4 picks in rounds 2-3 would help with holes at OG, CB, WR, MLB (not a hole yet, but they didn't extend him either)

Open to it. Not a big fan of either coaching staff tbh. The big thing is that Baltimore won't be a bad team this year imo. Tough to put more than 1 WC in these tight divisions, and cincy gets a 1st place schedule this year after going 10-7 with the last place one last year.