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With the 11th pick, in the 2024 NFL Draft, the Minnesota Vikings select....... Byron Murphy II, Defensive Tackle, Texas. After Daniels was off the board at #3, there was no QB worth trading up for in our eyes. The defense, however, does need some work as well. We take whom we feel is the best DT in this draft. A guy who will slot in as a 5-Tech in base sets, and a 3-Tech when we go into our 4 man fronts. He gets after it on the interior, having had 6 sacks and generating 36 pressures this past season. He is also stout against the run. A true 3-down interior defender. Brian Flores rejoices. Side note: Been so busy at work today I missed my chance at trading up for Daniels, who was my guy. C'est last vie. @HappyDays and the Bears are on the clock.

Only because of his off-the-field stuff. He was heralded as a potential 1st Rounder prior to.

I would take Legette. Go back and watch the college highlights of AJ Brown. They are VERY similar in size and style of play. I would say that Legette is probably faster in the open field though. McConkey reminds me of a taller Beasley. Even though I think McConkey will be solid for what he does, a possession guy who gets you 4 or 5 grabs a game for 50-60 yards, I see Legette as the game-breaker type of WR this offense truly needs.

This is the worst Bills mock I have seen. Absolutely horrendous on all levels.

Updated listing. Notice that Troy Franklin and Tez Walker are the only two WR's with 3 interactions.

@Virgil I'll take Minnesota or Las Vegas

Guys who will be there for us, guys I see as match-up problems, if we don't trade up for any of the big 3: Xavier Legette AD Mitchell Malachi Corley Troy Franklin

I tend to think there are 3 groups. The 3rd can be seen below:

I mean, more power to them. If they believe they can make more money hanging around for an extra year in college? Cool. It just kicks the draft depth down the line until it all evens out eventually.

I don't really worry about all of the measurements when it comes to people making plays. If a guy can shake his defender, and Josh can throw an accurate ball, then the length of a ring finger added to an arm isn't that much of a difference. I think people get too caught up on the measurement of every arm, toe, and eyelash. I don't think that small of a talking point is truly relevant if the guy is a twitchy, solid route runner with excellent hands. I do think our WR situation pushes Shakir to the outside more often than previously seen, but I think this year will be more of a committee than in years before as well. I understand Davis and Samuel are different people, with different responsibilities. I just think that Brady will be able to utilize Samuel better than anyone else has and that Josh will be the best QB he's ever had slinging him the rock. I think that Samuel will see career highs in this offense if he stays healthy. I'm still all for drafting two WR's. Legette and Corley. Legette and Walker. Legette and Rice. Legette and McCaffrey. Mitchell and Corley. Mitchell and Walker. Mitchell and Rice. Mitchell and McCaffrey. Franklin and another guy. Worthy and whoever. We just need to make sure JA17 has some quality options at WR outside of the ones we have now.

Being picked up in a Taurus?

I'm not expecting a down year of any kind. The offseason talk right now is the same exact offseason talk we heard last year. "Two teams in our own division had passed us, this, that, blah, blah, blah," all by the sports network bobbleheads. We're getting Milano back, and one would hope we can have some better fortune on the injury front this year. Also, the young guys like Torrence, Bernard, Williams, and even Spencer Brown should all be better. One would hope Epenesa's numbers increase with more playing time. I also don't see us as being "paper thin" on defense either. We are transitioning a bit in our DB group, going younger at Safety and cutting Tre. We re-signed Rapp and brought in Mike Edwards at Safety. We let Dodson walk. We added some different, but no worse by any means, depth at DT. We let Floyd walk after a single season, but he faded big time down the stretch after the 2nd Jets game in mid-November. We probably need to add a DE between the 1st and 4th. I know there are guys that I like which fall into that range. I'm sure they have their board set up as well. We probably need to add another depth Safety and another depth CB (maybe 2), both positions which McD and Beane seem to have an eye for. Maybe another depth LB or two depending on what they want the roster to look like. We have 10 picks. If we draft 1 DE, 1 Safety, 2 CB, and 1 LB that's 5/10. Get 2 WR's and that's 7/10. The other 3/10 just a mix and match of whatever.

Just depends on how the board falls. If people start jumping for QB's and people address needs other than taking a WR, then we might be able to sneak a guy between 9-12. I'd trade #28, #60, and next year's 1st for one of MHJ, Nabers, or Odunze. You're also taking a chance staying put and hoping the guy you draft works out. But if we don't, I'm good with Legette @ #28 and going after one of the other guys aforementioned.

I agree. I'd be good with jumping up for one of the "big 3" in MHJ, Nabers, or Odunze and letting it ride. Or I'd be good with taking Legette and then finding a way to get another guy like Tez Walker, or Malachi Corley, or Ja'Lynn Polk, or Javon Baker. Either way, they have an opportunity to at least take a shot at doing the right thing by Josh this year. One can only hope Beane has the cajones to tell McDermott to go sit in the corner while he looks out for the Franchise QB.

I'm good with us grabbing a couple of WR's in the draft between the 1st and early 4th. Still, I think many people see us having added Samuel (who was almost as productive as Gabe was for us in the Commanders offense with Sam Howell as his QB) and think that is a help. They also think the other guys were taking away targets from Shakir, who proved to be a solid and sure-handed weapon down the stretch.

Just ran this one on PFN. I would be extremely happy if this panned out. One trade back allowing Carolina to come in at #28, with us getting #33 and #101.

There is a possibility Daboll ends up on the outs in NY this year if they don't get the ship headed back in the right direction. I could see Josh putting in his 2 cents to get Daboll here if McDermott loses the team. But that is the only way McDermott gets fired, is if he COMPLETELY loses the team. Belichick is not being brought in here, not even solely as a HC.

Nope. If Sean McVay couldn't get anything out of him 2 years ago, no one else will now. He's done.

Just ran this one on NFL Draft Buzz. Traded back with Washington (received #28) for #36, #78, & #139. PICK: 36 RND: 2 (BUF) Xavier LEGETTE WR South Carolina PICK: 60 RND: 2 (BUF) Bralen TRICE DE-EDGE Washington PICK: 78 RND: 3 (BUF) Calen BULLOCK S USC PICK: 128 RND: 4 (BUF) Mohamed KAMARA DL-EDGE Colorado State PICK: 134 RND: 4 (BUF) Jarrian JONES CB Florida State PICK: 139 RND: 5 (BUF) Mason MCCORMICK OT South Dakota State PICK: 144 RND: 5 (BUF) Luke MCCAFFREY WR Rice PICK: 160 RND: 5 (BUF) Kitan OLADAPO S Oregon State PICK: 163 RND: 5 (BUF) Marist LIUFAU LB Notre Dame PICK: 189 RND: 6 (BUF) Joe MILTON III QB Tennessee PICK: 200 RND: 6 (BUF) Trey TAYLOR S Air Force PICK: 204 RND: 6 (BUF) Gabe HALL DL Baylor PICK: 248 RND: 7 (BUF) Kimani VIDAL RB Troy

You can't keep a good Bill down. https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/bill-belichick-to-co-host-pat-mcafees-espn-nfl-draft-show

Jerry Rice would be the GOAT today, just like he was previously. 4.71 40 time and all. He was unguardable. He would beat these guys just like a drum in the same way he did everyone in the 80's, 90's, and the early 2000's. He was still cooking DB's even at 40 years old. Nacua's time of 4.57 was one of the factors that helped push him down draft boards. Then he goes on to log one of the fastest in game speeds of the season. The Underwear Olympics aren't for everybody, nor does everyone who shines in them excel on the field.

Don't forget that Jerry Rice originally ran a 4.71 and then a 4.6 time. Puca Nacua last year only ran a 4.57 40, then had one of the fastest in game speeds tracked of all WR's.

They must have sent the text to the wrong Bill before telling him thanks, but no thanks. Probably why he was "blindsided" over it.