GunnerBill

Deantre Prince to the Jags. Another of my sleeper guys. Love him. Excellent pick.

Okay time for aboard update: 1. DJ James, CB, Auburn 2. Jeremiah Trotter, LB, Clemson 3. Christian Mahogany, IOL, Boston College 4. Beau Brade, S, Maryland 5. Leonard Taylor, DT, Miami 6. Brenden Rice, WR, USC 7. Beaux Limmer, C, Arkansas 8. Malik Washington, WR, Virginia 9. Nathaniel Watson, LB, Mississippi State 10. Kitan Oladapo, S, Oregon State

He is a good starting slot receiver. These people expecting 1,000 yards or Stefon Diggs Mark II are on a wing of a hope and a prayer.

Rattler was my 10th best available player at this stage. Makes sense for the Saints.

Ah you meant in terms of lateness of correct pick. I thought you meant in terms of number of correct matches. Still I think attempting an entire 7 round mock is brave!

How many are you on for the entire draft?

Yea I think to an extent that is right. Everything they have done this offseason suggests they have taken a year off of the going all in on winning a championship to do a 2 year re-load.

a 4th next year

Yea. It does feel like they are seeing the re-load of this roster as very much a two year job. I'm not saying they are giving up on this season, but I think the lack of urgency is because they think realistically they can't do much more to make 2024 better.

Hmmm. That says to me Beane doesn't like what is left on the board. Which begs the question why did he not get more aggressive to move up earlier?

Did we just trade a 5th this year for a 4th next year?

1. DJ James, CB, Auburn 2. Jeremiah Trotter, LB, Clemson 3. Christian Mahogany, IOL, Boston College 4. Kris Abrams-Draine, CB, Missouri 5 Austin Booker, EDGE, Kansas 6. Beau Brade, S, Maryland 7. Leonard Taylor, DT, Miami 8. Brenden Rice, WR, USC 9. Beaux Limmer, C, Arkansas 10. Malik Washington, WR, Virginia And then the Bills trade out LOL

Might be my favourite pick we have made so far tbh

Anthony Gould was one of my guys! Shrine Bowl standout.

They have drafted for need. They have tried to marry value, sure, but this has been a draft for need.

Yea Van-Pran was my 6th best remaining he was already on my top 10 list.

Like that! Van-Pran is a good player. He can be our starting center. He could even be that as a rookie

Limmeaux is now my 10th best remaining given Hart just went to the Chargers.

I'm down to 30 guys left on my board.

Great pick by the Commanders. I love Magee.

1. DJ James, CB, Auburn 2. Jeremiah Trotter, LB, Clemson 3. Christian Mahogany, IOL, Boston College 4. Kris Abrams-Draine, CB, Missouri 5. Austin Booker, EDGE, Kansas 6. Sedrick Van Pran, IOL, Georgia 7. Beau Brade, S, Maryland 8. Brenden Rice, WR, USC 9. Leonard Taylor, DT, Miami 10. Cam Hart, CB, Notre Dame

I wouldn't hate it.

No of course I don't do that. But I don't have any help from professionals in doing that. I use Draftek (who are not professionals it is a fan run site) to start building my lists (and I like their lists precisely because they don't do evaluations they just do a ranking list - and if you look at them during the season they are normally quite random - so when you look at their list it really doesn't put much in the way of preconceptions in your head) but I also make a note of guys that pop to me when I watch games over the fall and then I watch the senior bowl and shrine game and make a note of guys from that as well that I have't been exposed to before. It depends what you are calling a professional. I consider a professional to be someone who is paid to scout college prospects. If you consider everyone who runs a draft website to be a professional well that's kind of different. But they are not professionals.

Sadly I like that pick for the Chiefs.

They are great at the draft.