Coach Tuesday

Grate find.

Great work Gunner I’ve enjoyed your analysis in the run-up and throughout the draft. As for Williams - as I said in his pick thread he looks like a Mike to me, and I think there’s a chance he ends up in the middle sooner rather than later. He has broad shoulders and a compact base, he squares up, sees-and-goes with little wasted movement, and is a sure tackler - when he hits you the play ends. He looks like a middle linebacker to me and I’m glad they might see it that way too.

The offense was too predictable and had zero margin for error. That’s what they’re solving for.

5-star recruit Team captain Ideal measurables Fills clear need Checks ample boxes for a 5th in a weak draft.

Just generally imposing their will on defenses a bit more instead of having to rely on perfect execution.

At least he’s high upside and a scheme fit. Ceiling is Tee Higgins, but needs to get much faster jump off the snap.

Another day 2 middling running back - this one with arthritis and no ACL in his knee - sounds spot-on 🤣!

So I’ll say this - despite what Beane said last night he looks like a Mike to me. He squares up and attacks downhill and doesn’t waste a lot of movement, and when he hits you the play is over, none of that “alligator death roll” tackling that Edmunds specializes in despite having like 20 lbs on this guy. When you watch Williams he looks like a middle.

Agree with all of your thoughts. The mix-and-match approach to the o-line is so confounding, is Beane one of those people who goes to the movies and dumps his M&M’s and nachos into his popcorn? That’s how they approach the offensive line but at least, as you point out, they’re making it a priority. Agree also that Milano likely mans the middle absent any further additions there.

Barring any further additions I think this has to be the plan - but they’d better have a backup plan. Not sure how they expect Milano to hold up all season manning the middle spot.

I mean I hope they didn’t just burn a 3rd on a future Matkevich replacement…

Probably a round too early for this guy.

It does feel like another Cody Ford/Boogie Basham moment for Beane - poor scheme fit, heavy-footed plodder in the second who they’ll say they “were seriously thinking about in the first.”

Antonio Johnson still out there right?

Wonder if Beane was hoping Mapu would last to 91.

Thanks - I thought they said he’d be manning the LG in Buffalo. Again though, putting Torrence between Morse and Brown is … odd.

I’m not sold on the approach here although I get the value. Assume they’re gonna put Torrence next to Dawkins, so does this mean Dawkins doesn’t kick inside in a couple of years? More importantly, you’ve got the left side of the line set up for a power scheme now, but not really the right side. And running screen passes behind Dawkins and Torrence and asking them to get downfield and block? I don’t think so. Just an odd schematic fit to me but they’ve been doing this mismatch thing on the o-line for most of McD’s tenure.

“Bad body”

The Lions are hurrying to use their picks like my son with $20 in his pocket at the drugstore.

Would continue the yearly tradition of Beane throwing his second round pick in the garbage so…

Good stuff Gunner. The draft was fun because, in a weak draft, teams target specific players and move around for them instead of waiting and standing pat. As for the Bills' pick, I don't think they expected Kinkaid to get past Green Bay or the Chargers, but Green Bay reverted to its MO of picking a Rashaan Gary-like raw DE who will develop just in time for Love to lose his faith in the organization, and the Chargers just can't help themselves if they see a big boundary receiver option. Both of those teams had glaring holes at a QB-friendly TE who could work the middle of the field, and both of them passed. The most encouraging part of last night for me was Beane's comments (if they're to be believed) that he would've traded out of the pick if Kinkaid was gone, instead of reaching for a run-stopping DT like Mazi Smith or a guard like Torrence. If he's telling the truth, it means he has a better grasp on positional value than I've been giving him credit for.

Allen and Kincaid in the same offense is almost unfair. Two of the best athletes at their positions. Allen has talked about continuing his maturation from football player to quarterback and Kincaid is the perfect facilitator of that transition - you’re talking about a future 1a or 1b receiving option for the offense, dictating the defensive looks while keeping the defense guessing. Plus, personality-wise, as I keep saying the joke in the locker room is that Josh has the personality of a tight end. They need to keep building on that to give the offense an identity.

Happy. Although in a deep TE draft you can wait - like taking Watkins in a deep WR draft. I posted a few months ago - add more tight ends. Allen has the personality of a tight end. Create mismatches and scheme versatility. Add another one.

Now McBeane can take Mazi Smith like they always wanted.

The dream is dead.