MrEpsYtown

Lionel Gates and Shawn Bryson would like a word.

well said! 🍻

Yeah it's weird. He was out there awhile last year too, but I think it was an injury situation. He just had a good year despite tearing his rotator cuff and still starting 16 games.

They also signed Cam Bynum. I think they have moved on. I'd be very happy with Blackmon.

49ers Falcons Saints @Virgil trade down an option as well?

Chad Rueter's 5 round Bills draft haul: Texas WR Matthew Golden edge Nic Scourton from Texas A&M DT Joshua Farmer of Florida State CB Cobee Bryant from Kansas safety Jaylen Reed of Penn State Guard Jackson Slater Sacramento State LB Shaun Dolac out of Buffalo He has us trading up to 27 for Golden.

Honestly, I'd rather have a TeSlaa than a Mack. It's cheaper and faster/more efficient.

Pry is the coach down there too. He’s a McDermott connected guy. Makes sense as a day 3 guy

Kiper has us taking CB Hairston, DL Williams and S Watts. So not too different from our targets in the mock.

The Mahomes killer. Wanted him last year. Would still love him now.

McGovern is only 27. It’s a no brainer to bring him back. Edwards just turned 28 and he should be extended as well, though I could see Anderson replacing him. Hot take…I think there is a chance Dion is only here one more year if Grable continues to ascend. Obviously if they restructure him, then he plays out for the next 3 years. Flame away. However, if it’s me I am trying to keep this line as is with the current starting 5 for at least the next two years.

Christian Benford if he keeps it up for another year. For me it is Winfield, but as others have stated he was only here a short time.

Yeah I’m just commenting on it since so many people hated the Watts draft pick we made in the mock draft and insisted we are set at safety. It’s clear we are looking for upgrades so I totally agree with you guys. IMO Rapp is a replacement level starter. Bishop is interesting but a huge question mark. Forrest is interesting but a huge question mark as well and the other guys should be selling insurance. Upgrades are needed for sure. He checks a lot of boxes! Instant fit. The question is value etc, but who knows with this draft? It seems that maybe it’s going to be an unconditional draft in which people plug holes.

I thought we were set at safety...

Yes that makes sense. A nickel guy. He kinda plays like a poor man's Brian Branch.

This is Jeff Tuel erasure. How quickly we forget.

Wait? I thought we were set at safety!!!! Anyway: He looks fun. He's athletic, but he's also very small and lacks length so we shall see.

Did some preliminry digging, but it does appear that the relationship between Jones and Pellegrino was not good and seems to be one of the reasons the Patriots released him. Seems like they had some arguments etc and BB decided to cut him outright. So unless Pellegrino has some weird soft spot for the guy, and BB overulled him, it seems unlikely this will happen. Maybe the guy has matured. "After allowing troubled cornerbacks Jack Jones and J.C. Jackson to play against Washington on Nov. 5, a day they missed curfew at the team hotel, Belichick left Jackson home on the Patriots’ trip to Germany. But in Frankfurt, according to a team source, Jones blew up on position coach Mike Pellegrino at halftime for not starting. Belichick cut Jones a day later." https://www.bostonherald.com/2024/01/04/inside-the-patriots-fall-to-rock-bottom-in-the-bill-belichick-era/ https://985thesportshub.com/2024/01/08/jack-jones-patriots-coach-incident-mike-pellegrino/

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Haven’t you heard? We should have drafted Creed Humphrey.

The next Justin Shorter perhaps? Some guy no one else was really interested in that we were clearly going to pick 🤷‍♂️

I will say this, and I know mock drafts don't matter, but when I try some out, all the top corners are gone by our 2nd round pick. So who starts at corner? Dane Jackson? A late round flyer? I just don't know what other answer there is. We just did this three years ago with the Elam selection.

It's going to be a corner. 100%

I don't hate Rapp, but honestly, I agree with your take here. He's like a replacement-level starter who I still think is a strange fit in this defense. To me, Hamlin should be bagging groceries. And that's why they should be looking for a safety. To me the position is not ok. You have a guy in Rapp who is replacement level, Bishop who has upside but looked mostly awful last year. Lewis who is jack of all trades on a very low level. Forrest who is a non factor and Hamlin who should not be on an NFL roster. We should 100% be looking for a safety in this pretty strong class of safeties.

See to me, Hamlin and the Cam Lewis should not be on the roster anymore. They are not good. So that leaves Rapp, Bishop, and Forrest (1 year min deal) as safeties. They should totally be adding competition here. Simply handing Bishop a job without real competition is how we have ended up with this high floor, low upside roster that can't win a super bowl.