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  1. 1 hour ago, MarlinTheMagician said:

    I feel a need to be reassured by the board.  I get a creeping fear - which can only be based on some weird, deep-seated prejudice -- that Cole Bishop may well lack the toughness to be an NFL strong safety.  Maybe he looks a little bit too much like a choirboy.  Maybe he is too handsome and I am secretly jealous.  I am 100% rooting for him.  I know he has the height, weight and speed.  But I look at him and think "likely to be scheme sound."  No, please!  I want to look at him and say "geez, I would sure hate to be a running back and see that animal flying downhill at me.  Snot flying, drool dripping, that dude is going to wreck someone."  I want to think - wide receiver over the middle?  Not worried about it, Bishop will get there and lay the MoFo out.  They may complete one, but it will be VERY expensive for them.  

     

    Tell me I am stupid, a hater or just off base.  I really liked the pick when they made it, I am hoping he grows into a silent assassin on the back-end.  Even if he is scheme sound too (and I know he wasn't always that last year either).  Let's go Cole - cheering for you, and want to feel stupid for doubting you.  I may have to buy a Bishop jersey just to exorcise my doubts.  Thoughts?

     

     

    Sounds to me like you're projecting Zach Wilson on him. I think if he's got the mental part down, which seems to at least be improved, you should be able to stop that projection because he will be playing with a little more speed. I am hoping for Forrest/Bishop by the halfway point and we never look back.

     

  2. 12 hours ago, GASabresIUFan said:

    I have Ingram on the team because I think he’s the primary backup at slot corner.  He is also a key special teams player, especially if Lewis is cut.  Last year Morris, Gilliam, Ingram and Lewis were our special teams snap leaders. Morris is already gone.  I don’t think Beane is going to part with both Lewis and Ingram. 
     

    When I did my draft review I came away more impressed with the Lundt pick.  I wonder if it could come down to Lindt vs Ingram for the 53rd roster spot. If Lundt has a good camp Beane may worry he won’t be able to sneak him onto the PS.

    Ok, that makes some sense with Ingram, but I still think he still is in danger. 

     

    I think Beane will try to flip those Olineman for day 3 picks as he has in the past. I call it the Beane comp pick. Seemed like Grable was preferred over VanDemark last year, I think I remember Grable was active while VanDemark sat so Lundt could take VanDemark's spot. 

  3. On 4/27/2025 at 1:27 PM, GASabresIUFan said:

    Well the draft is in the books. Beane made 9 picks 

    1 - CB - Maxwell Hairston - 30th overall

    2 - DT - TJ Sanders - 41st overall

    3 - DE - Landon Jackson - 72nd overall

    4 - DT - Deone Walker - 109th overall

    5 - CB/S - Jordan Hancock - 170th

    6 - TE - Jackson Hawes - 173rd 

    7 - CB - Dorian Strong - 177th

    8 - OT - Chase Lundt - 206th

    9 - WR - Kaden Prather - 240th

     

    Here is how I project the roster with these selections 

     

    Offense (23) - Draftee, Underline = FA Signee

    QBs (2) - Allen, Trubisky, Cut - White

    RB/FB (4) - Cook, Davis, Ty Johnson, Gilliam (FB)

    TE (3) - Kincaid, Knox, Hawes  Cut - Davidson

    WR (5) - Coleman, Shakir, Samuel, Palmer, Shenault - Cut Shavers, Prather

    OL (9) - Starters - Brown, Edwards, McGovern, Torrence, Dawkins

                  Depth - SVPG, Anderson, Grable, Van Denmark, Cut - Lundt, Green

     

    Defense (27) - Draftee, Underline = FA Signee

    DE (5) - Rousseau, AJE, Solomon, Bosa, Jackson

    DT (5) - Oliver, Jones, Carter, Sanders, Walker

    LB (5) - Milano, Bernard, Williams, Andreessen, Ulofoshio - Cut Spector

    CB (7) - Benford, T Johnson, White, Hairston, Strong, Ingram Codrington (KR) - Cut Jackson

    S (5) - Rapp, Bishop, Hamlin, Forrest, Hancock - Cut Lewis

     

    Specialists (3)

    Bass PK, Camarda P, Ferguson LS

     

    Suspended: 6 games for PEDs

    Ogunjobi DT

    Hoecht DE

     

    I'm thinking Ingram isn't safe. Seems like he should have been playing in the playoff game instead of Elam but I didn't see him in there. I don't remember if he was injured but I didn't think he was. 

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  4. 2 minutes ago, No_Matter_What said:

    Lol this was unexpected :)

     

    My WR dream just died, but night is not over.

     

    And again we gained points with the trade, it cost only one 5th. 

    could be beane thinks shavers and virgil are better than what's available. 

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  5. 10 hours ago, Simon said:

    That boy looks stronger than train smoke, but he might need some more counters if he's going to be effective as a pass rusher.

    Totally agree. If I'm a OT in the SEC I'm playing the outside move until he proves he can counter. Seems like he has enough athletic ability to add those moves so hopefully he can. I thought I heard on the broadcast he was around 280 now, so maybe adding a few pounds and talking to Bruce about his spin move will up his passrush game.

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  6. I look at it like this:

     

    If one of the 15 - 20 or so "first round talents" get within striking distance of a move up, Beane seems to do that. Since we don't have a third and are picking lower in the round, it seems like the value for a sizeable move won't be there this year. I think Beane values the draft picks even more now that the salary cap accounts for Josh, as opposed to prior when there was more money available for free agents; he has to get more value from the draft class. I think any one of the first three picks could be in play for a trade down, but I think picks 3-7 have a higher than normal chance of moving up. This year it will be expensive to move up in the mid rounds, but I think Beane will find some value in players to do it and we have the ammo.

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  7. 1 hour ago, DJB said:

    So now we have Samuel, Palmer and Coleman fighting for snaps on the outside  with one not clearly better than the other 
     

    Make it make sense to me

    You probably won't notice if one of them get hurt?

     

    That's all I got right now.

     

    I do agree with logic in his post above that there was opportunity with the chargers and palmer didn't take advantage of it. Paying these free agents seems like a waste of money, we really need to do a better job of drafting middle/late round wr's who can contribute. We should not need to drop fa money into the wr group.

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  8. Just now, Chugga said:

    You couldn’t get a more polar opposite to the everyone ears mantra.  He’s been guilty of making his QBs look even worse than they are by running lazy routes and being totally disconnected even during a playoff run.  Great talent but I’d rather run out Mack Hollins and know what I’m getting over the emotional roller coaster and inconsistency of Pickens.  

    I look at it like the talent is there and it would be up to our coaches and players to get him to perform. I think he and Russ weren't on the same page last year and Pickens had issues with the offense. Is he more like Diggs than not? Probably, but IMO we need guys with talent like Pickens to win playoff games. It's up to our culture to handle personality issues.

  9. 24 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

    I think when he left and reworked his deal to be a FA after this year, his goal was Dallas to play with his brother. He and his brother have been pretty open about wanting to play on the same team. 

     

    I don't have any idea where the idea of him having some long term plan to join the Chiefs is coming from. Other than fans suffering from KCDS...Kansas City Derangement Syndrome. Much like they did New England a half decade ago.

    He seems more driven to win than play with his brother. It always seemed one way to me, his brother seemed to do most of the talking. And Buffalo probably would have traded him to Dallas if they had wanted him. Beane said KC was off the table, I didn't hear anything about Dallas.

     

    Why wouldn't he want to play with Patrick Mahomes to give himself a great chance of playing in the Super Bowl? They're a pretty good bet. Andy Reid seems to not mind the crazies. Seems like they also have a need. What else do you need?

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  10. 8 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

    I'm betting Houston in that teams, too. Dell may not play at all next year and if he does who knows how well it would be 

     

    A 1 year "Prove it" makes sense for both sides.

    My money is on KC. I think that's been his goal when he decided to leave the Bills.

  11. 3 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

    I remember when we first signed him. Lot of folks on here (myself included) thought he was the steal of the undrafted guys. Then, we were proven right and he developed into a stud!! And then we lost him!!! So Billsy. 

    Change we change this to "So Ralphsy"?

     

    This was certainly the largest pooch given the business in a long line of pooches.

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