Dr. Who

I like Mazi Smith better than Campbell. Some fella was speculating Oliver might get traded to clear up cap room to facilitate adding Hopkins. If that happens, I think Smith becomes a real possibility. I am not desperate about MLB, so those who are will think my priorities are out of whack. (In this respect I am somewhat like those irritating folks who are content with Gabe Davis, only on the other side of the ball.) I'd be willing to sign a vet FA stop gap like Myles Jack after the draft and see if Spector is up to the job. I also suspect there is a scheme change that may alter how we employ the position. If the Hopkins scenario plays out the way you speculate and they go Smith in the first, I prefer Darnell Washington and Matthew Bergeron as second round targets. I'd trade up for Washington.

I think you are overrating Jack Campbell. I know a lot folks feel the same as you about him. If the mock played out anything like this, I am working a trade up for Dalton Kincaid.

Naturally, everyone has to deliberate and make their own decisions. I am skeptical about Brown, but I haven't written him off. He might vindicate Beane's best case scenario, but if you're wrong there it damages the coherence of the entire line in a big way. If Wright is available, I'd much rather have a contingency plan ready to deploy if they are wrong about Brown.

But it's our pick. Nobody is going to stop you. Just walk up in a dignified fashion. Given what is available, it should easily be Wright.

Quintin Johnston was taken eighth overall by the Falcons.

Yep, you did it. It was a no-brainer.

I know he's a different player from Oliver, which quite a few folks would applaud in any event, but I have a feeling if somehow this move was made they might opt for Mazi Smith early.

It's a good article. Thanks.

Oh, it's nothing personal, that's just how I've concluded the universe works. I'm a glass half empty with a hole in it fella.

Broderick Jones went to the Commanders with pick #16. I'd mention who I want, but I'm sure Virgil is going to take him at 26 and annoy the hell out of me.

What does that do to next year and the year after? I get that one can somehow make it work for this year. How much of a handicap is it for future years, because I don't want to acquire a player if it means tons of dead cap in a couple of years.

I love the idea of Hopkins and one of the top TEs. The question of how to pay for the enormous amount of cap Diggs and Hopkins would be taking is not a nugatory consideration however and I personally don't see how it happens unless somehow the cap cost on Hopkins is reduced more than seems possible.

If that's the case, entirely irresponsible and then the gossip and innuendo afterwards; pathetic.

I'm going to wait and see who is available at 27 to tell you how much I like it . . .

If he hits he's going to be very good, but there's a low floor. Scares me, but if he's there at 27 I probably couldn't resist. And folks, it's Quintin Johnston. Every time one of youse guys writes Johnson I know it's wrong but my OCD has to check to make sure I haven't been imagining the t.

Hard to evaluate wr when your qb is not good. Helps that the Bengals had Joe Burrow throwing the ball. Falcons' defense is pretty atrocious. I know they spent on FA to improve it, but I expect the early draft picks to go there as well. I'd be highly surprised if wr in the first happens. Arthur Smith is on the hot seat, so I think they will be looking for immediate contributors. I don't think Johnston is close to that. Guess we'll see.

I like Addison in the first. I would trade up to get him. I'd take a chance on Johnston if he fell to 27. I'd move up for Kincaid before I thought about any other receivers in the first. I'd take Hyatt at 59. Though I like Downs a lot, he'll go before 59 and he doesn't really match the kind of receiver we need. Rice, Mingo, Tillman and Hutchinson are worth consideration, but I wouldn't take them before the third where maybe Hutchinson might still be available. I'd rather use the second for Darnell Washington, Matthew Bergeron, or move up for the lb we were smart enough not to take at 27. I'd take a late round flier on Bryce Ford-Wheaton. I read the Bills have some interest in Justin Shorter who is another big like Ford-Wheaton you could pick up late.

I hope Beane has the opportunity and the cajones to pay the price to trade up for him. Lots of folks saying he is meh. I don't think they appreciate sufficiently his skill set and the rarity of his developed route tree at the collegiate level. He's a true first rounder that perfectly matches a primary need at a position of value.

If they are going lb, Trenton Simpson is the best fit, but I hope they don't go lb at 27.

Well, I'd like to know how the top pull quote has my handle and not Might Rather, because I personally would not wish to be associated with that pick. Very much doubt they double up on first round wrs after Drake London last year and considering their many needs on defense. I think they prioritize cb and edge well before another receiver.

This is an exceedingly improbable pick.

You keep trying to increase the odds the jump up is for Campbell Think it is more likely for Addison. In a draft shallow with true first rounders and very thin at first round wr, I can see Beane spending draft capital even though he only has six picks to begin with. The rumors out there are the Bills are enamored with Addison.

Well stated and interesting.

Seems rather odd to me and I am someone sympathetic to prayer and the role of religion in the public square. If a local church wants to include someone in their offering of prayer, that is certainly a valid expression of care and concern. Making some kind of publicized event of it goes beyond that and I suspect that is where some of the suspicion and feeling that something is not quite right is coming from.

Poster read the thread title and made a hasty and presumptuous conclusion.