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Deion literally talked about dictating who his son would play for. Why would Beane, or any GM, want that? Being a HC/GM and needing to take calls from a helicopter parent every day about his son who isn’t even that good..

This draft has been wild if you listen to the draft community and where they had guys. The NFL had these DL guys viewed WAY higher than draft pundits and podcasters. Similarly, guys like Trey Amos and Xavier Watts were way lower. Then you have teams like the Lions that just do whatever they want like trade a haul for Isaac Teslaa way higher than anyone had him.

Theres “some” Tua ability in him. His talent level & talent ceiling is similar, imo, but Tua also didn’t have the absolutely horrible tape under pressure that Shadeur has.

Eh.. I never liked the Carter pick, but if he can put on weight and keep his quickness, I’m open to seeing him more at 1T in his second year. Sanders was a swing at a game wrecker. He has that potential. I don’t think taking Sanders at 41 had much of anything to do with taking Carter in the 3rd last year. I mean, you’re right, if Carter was amazing last year, we maybe don’t draft Sanders.. but I don’t think you take a guy at 95 and expect him to dominate as a rookie.

It’s personal with Deion, and to a lesser extent, Shadeur. Hes just not that good. Theres some Tua ability in him. Smaller, not a big arm, but throws well on time, clean pocket, good ability to read defenses from said pocket. So, you combine his talent level being more in line with Shough, but having all the extra baggage, it’s not wild he’s dropped. Deion’s going to want to go to war for his son.. but he also has a program to run and he needs to be careful with how he reacts given players aren’t going to play for a program when the program is at war with the NFL.

A RB early today (RD4/5) is an indication they’d be open to trading Cook, imo. RB is plug and play. If we need one next year, draft one next year. You don’t waste a pick on a RB, wasting a year of his rookie deal when we never pay RB’s last the rookie deal anyway.. and also have no place to stash them without losing a roster spot elsewhere. You take a RB early today if you feel there’s a good chance Cook forces our hand by holding out up until the last minute and we just decide we aren’t going to want to deal with that.

Beane is right about that, but he doesn’t seem to really want that either. Linval Joseph was out of desperation and the guy was on his last legs. We are loaded with talent at 3T now in Oliver, Sanders and Ogunjobi. That’s some serious depth and talent. And I know on passing downs, a combo of the 3 will be out there, in addition to possibly moving guys like Jackson, Rousseau and Hoecht inside.. but having two 1T’s, and according to Beane, those two being an aging Daquan Jones and seemingly moving DeWayne Carter to 1T after he was pushed around easily as a rookie is a bit worrisome. Im not opposed to the Carter move, but he better make one heck of a second year jump. Like many here.. I’d love to just take a legit 1T, especially given the talent we now have at 3T.

When it happened, I wanted to throw up seeing we gave up both 2nd Rounders, but we really only moved back 10 spots from 62 and getting Landon Jackson, who very well could’ve been our pick at 62 anyway, makes this trade look a lot better in retrospect. Especially when factoring in that San Fran apparently loved Sanders and ended up going Collins after we jumped them.

WR & LB would be positions I’d have as priority focus. Sorry, I’m just not sold on Andreeson and a late flyer on Dolac as Dorian Williams backups when he inevitably has to start a few games for a banged up Milano or Bernard. DT & S as luxury picks if it’s just too good of a value.

Love this pick. The guy can wreck plays but you don’t really know how he did it. Just a big, powerful dude coming downhill. Gives us bookend freak size off the EDGE with Rousseau.

Niners were likely taking Sanders at 43. Do you trust Buffalo and San Fran’s front office or Mel Kiper?

Maybe.. a bigger, more prototype version of Solomon.

I wanted Mike Green.. but a lot of people need to relax. He didn’t slide only due to character concerns. He also slid because he was only dominant against bad competition. Sounds alot like our Defensive Lines of recent.

Of course Baltimore takes Mike Green. Only saving grace is, production wise, it seems there’s concern that most of his dominant reps came against really poor competition.

Yea.. Kiper massively underrated the DL grades in this Draft, while he was distracted by his passion project: Shadeur Sanders. Zero chance TJ Sanders lasted to 56, let alone 43, where SF likely had him lined up to draft.

DL was massively underestimated by the draft community compared to where NFL teams viewed them. We’re not even at 56 yet and theres not much out there if we stayed put.

TJ Sanders could be a beast for us… I just think we gave up so much for a position we allowed ourselves to get pigeonholed into needing to make sure we addressed tonight.

Alfred Collins just went. I think some of our frustration is due to media/podcasters not accurately judging the market for DT’s in this Draft. TJ Sanders is a dang good player, but still.. we gave up a lot, and still remain undersized up the middle which then leads to issues with our undersized linebackers.

Frustrating. Just dont get this team when it comes to DL. Guess he wouldn’t be there at 56, but geez.. what a massive move for, yet another, undersized DT.

I think this is where I am. I just don’t see the value for DT any longer. We needed a game changer if we were going to invest high and unfortunately that just wasn’t going to happen this year. If we want a 2 down DT like Alfred Collins or tweeners like Farmer, just take someone like Caldwell in the 4th. In fact, take two of them early Day 3. EDGE, Xavier Watts, Max Hairston and then 1 or 2 quality DT’s tonight and/or early Day 3 and this Defense is dramatically transformed. Even without the eventual additions of Hoecht and Ogunjobi.

Jags trading for Hunter, easy. Browns actually did the smart thing and Hunter in Jax has some juice.

Saw an article this morning that he’s completely off some teams boards, so whatever is going on with him, it’s not just the Bills being on some choir boy vibes. Would love, just once, to be the team that gets a steal due to character concerns. And Mike Green in RD2 would be insane value. That said, I would’ve said this about Burton last year with Cinci, and that went about as poorly as one could have predicted.

I’d love to find a way to get Mike Green, but his off the field red flags must be of a different tenor than Hairston’s, because there’s no other way to explain a legit pass rusher dropping like he has.

The way the board fell, I think the Bills made the right decision going CB (regardless of whether they truly did have a RD1 grade on Hairston or not) It seems Amos would’ve been the safe pick. A guy most believe would slide in as a reliable CB2 to Benford. Hairston is Buffalo drafting a guy who we hope meets the moment in an AFC Championship Game. A certified playmaker. Theres more to be concerned about with his size than other potential picks at that spot, but drafting Hairston is an attempt to add a weapon to the Defense.. not just a defender.

Can’t link, but Schefter said on ESPN that he’s hearing Detroit for Sweat. (Clip going around on X)