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Or Cook & #30 for Crosby and take an RB on day 3 😉

More than enough to fit Garrett or Crosby, LFG!

Hope to get a 2026 comp pick back when he signs elsewhere, chalk it up to a swing for a vertical threat and move on

Sure. Then please don't use a 1st rounder on another safety! Stick to day 3 for DBs, McD has a strong track record there

I'd be *okay* with it if they used Cole Bishop as a trade chip elsewhere and either of those guys are true difference makers

I am particularly interested in day 3 boundary CB's that have Christian Benford type traits (6'+, 200+lbs, 31"+ arms, excellent 10Y split, 15+ reps on bench, potentially small school/overlooked). I have high confidence in McD's ability to strike gold on day 3 with a guy like that. Take 2 if they exist please!

How would you comp his profile coming out to 1.) Xavier Worthy and 2.) John Brown

Day 3 CB's FTW

Vet minimum, non-guaranteed? Pick him up!!

Interesting, Bond way ahead of Golden. Don't personally know much about either but most lists I've seen have it the other way around. Anything in particular you'd call out that's different than most?

What are their playoff defenses ranked?

Totally with you on Grant, which is why when he was the pick to us at #30 in Field Yates' most recent mock I just got mad because it got my hopes up for even a millisecond 🤣 how does he last past 15 or MAYBE 20??

The reason I mentioned the rounds they were drafted is that the Eagles were clearly obsessed with adding top flight talent at the WR position (a.k.a. an obsession with one position) They ALSO hit on their premium DLine picks while none of ours have been true difference makers. Both are important . We should pursue both simultaneously. Instead we haven't added the top tier weapons, and have whiffed on the DLine. Beane has gotta do better in both departments.

Correct, our defense is what lost us the game not the offense. But I think even with the defense we had, we would have beaten them with that added element of a BTJR. He would have made a difference. In the super bowl against the Eagles, we would have needed a field stretching element to stand a chance as well. The Eagles also won because they surrounded a worse QB than Allen with a stud AJ Brown (who we passed over for Cody Ford 😭) and two other 1st round WR's in Smith & Dotson (who they stole from a rival). They COMPLTELELY whiffed on Reagor but that did not deter them. They added DeVonta Smith in the top 10 the following year, traded a first for AJ Brown the year after that, then added Dotson this past off-season and signed Saquan Barkley. You could say they were almost insatiable in their pursuit of adding top flight offensive weapons. They just did it alongside adding top flight defensive pieces (a.k.a. not whiffing on all of their premium DLine picks like Beane)

A WR like Brian Thomas Jr would have added an element to the offense that's completely missing, which is an actual vertical threat. And as a 1st rounder with a 5th year option, would have been extremely cap friendly for 5 years (in keeping with the theme of the thread). The further you get in the playoffs, the more you need to be unsolvable. As bad as the defense was against KC, I think we put up 40+ and advance to the super bowl with a guy like that in the mix. Then with a far superior OLine to KC's and a diverse set of weapons, who knows how we would have fared against the Eagles. We missed on it last year though, no one like that really exists in this year's draft. A bungle no doubt. I also want a killer DLine! The two are not mutually exclusive. Luckily this year's draft is loaded with them. Either make a big splash trade for Garrett or take a bunch of DLinemen high (or both) and punt on WR for another year.

yes he did, vs. NYG to spoil the perfect season. NE only put up 14 points after scoring at will all year yes he did. see my NYG post above. the NASCAR package was real

The contain rush that we employed to great success against them in the regular season then completely abandoned to disastrous results for some reason in the playoffs 😭

This isn't sarcastic - how was his personnel when he was with those teams? Did they have studs across the board? Or is he an Aaron Kromer type on the DLine? If so I am highly intrigued

Agreed. It would be a tragic waste and misallocation of resources. Unless we're creating so much cap space that we could fit Garrett, Crosby, and DK Metcalf in on top of Holland 🤣

McD thrives developing day 3 picks and overlooked players on the second & third levels (Milano, Taron Johnson, Benford, Poyer, Hyde, Rapp) and can't develop day 1/2 DLine picks into more than kinda nice players but have underperformed or merely performed up to their lofty draft status (Oliver/Rousseau), JAGs (Epenesa/Phillips), or complete busts (Basham/Carter). Zero difference makers on premium picks on the DL. The only DL difference makers we've had is a massive FA swing Von for 10.5 games pre-injury and DaQuan Jones pre-London injury. Compared with several hits on day 3 / low risk FA's in the secondary. Spend tons of resources on high end DLine veterans, spend day 3 picks & low risk FA $ on the secondary and I think you end up with both.

Yes, Quinyon Mitchell & Cooper DeJean were the best CB & best safety in the draft this past year, it was the Eagles' weakness, and they both fell right into their lap. Pretty insane luck honestly

If you include him in the Myles Garrett package it's not a hole at all!

Groot, #62, #108, #179, our 2026 & 2027 firsts for Cleveland's 2026 & 2027 2nds and Myles Garrett Oliver, #30, next year's third for Crosby Draft a 3T like Darius Alexander at #56 Draft a big ass space filler 1T at #131 Sign solid/unspectacular veteran 3T & 1T for mentorship. take 2 corners & a safety with remainder of day 3 picks. DGAF what they do with anything else

LOL not happening

Garrett & Crosby incoming!! Otherwise it's not happening