I'm in for spending big on one of your corners, as long as you feel good that they are elite. I'm confident in Gonzalez, but no one else. Supposedly, one of the benefits to T2/C3 is that it isn't quite as demanding on your corners and you can get by a little cheaper there. I don't think they like J...

I can't think about Dawand without also thinking about

https://ras.football/ras-compare/?&p1=4 ... 026&pos=OT

Another guy I'm really liking is Yaya Diaby. Very active. I will have to learn to post Flintstones photos if we get this guy Not getting that reference. I like to think https://www.bluescentric.com/images/product/large/4360.jpg I sim draft him in R4 a fair amount lately - not sure that he'll last t...

Is anyone else finding that Pro Day results are getting much harder to find?

I swear it was much easier 5 years ago. It's like 2005 all of a sudden.

Interesting metric. However, it corresponds fairly well to inverse of how they finished last year, which isn't terribly informative. Bad teams get more draft capital. Winning teams have to let more quality free agents go, due to having more quality and tighter caps. I'm not sure draft capital is ev...

Interesting metric.
However, it corresponds fairly well to inverse of how they finished last year, which isn't terribly informative.

Bad teams get more draft capital. Winning teams have to let more quality free agents go, due to having more quality and tighter caps.

Bears only have their 2 & 5 safeties back signed and healthy from last year.

They could absolutely use some depth and insurance.
But has his price fallen that far?
I get the feeling that they aren't looking to permanently replace Eddie until they're sure he's broken.

https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/bears/report-bears-asking-price-no-1-pick-raiders-revealed What did the Bears ask from the Raiders regarding the first overall selection? A 2023 first-round pick, a 2023 second-round pick, two future first-round picks and a future second-round pick, according to The...

EricTighe wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 2:07 pm Herbert was rated the best RB last year by PFF. That doesn't mean he was the best rushing RB. But I get the point.

Still want https://www.nfldraftbuzz.com/Player/Zac ... B-Michigan

I hear it, I drafted him probably 20 times in the Sim thread.

For load sharing: Last year's RBs tallied Montgomery - 201 Herbert - 129 Ebner - 24 Evans - 14 368 carries The top 3 backs now on the roster had Herbert - 129 Foreman - 203 Homer -19 351 carries And I'm pretty sure they envisioned a bigger role for Homer when they gave him 2.25M Herbert was the best...

Why would there be any HB pick at this point?

Maybe R7, if you're totally out of options and really like someone for the PS.

But a useful question is not "are there some nonzero amount of exceptions to the rule?". Of course there are. Just like speed obviously matters a lot at CB, but I'm sure there's at least 1 decent slow CB out there. What you want to know is "Do longer armed prospects succeed more ofte...

:D You missed this. We discussed this article at length last year. Short version: they asked the wrong question and came up with results that don't say what people think they say. I think that discussion was with me, and I'm assuming your short conclusion is is between you and the mouse in your poc...

Nice article regarding arm length and it's realistic importance. https://www.pff.com/news/does-arm-length-affect-ot-play :D You missed this. We discussed this article at length last year. Short version: they asked the wrong question and came up with results that don't say what people think they say.

PFN this time. However, their rankings are utterly laughable right now. I just completely ignored them and took whoever was still available at places I felt were realistic. I went with the Poles attitude of "Fuck it, we aren't filling all these holes this year, either." Came pretty close, ...

So they preferred Foreman (3) + Homer (2.25)
over
Montgomery (6) + Evans (1)

He's a load with very little to offer receiving.

wulfy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 4:24 pm We need the Dudes.

I have no idea what Siemian did or didn't do that convinces you he isn't the guy you deliberately signed a year ago or what's so great about PJ Walker.

But this isn't within spyglass distance of the top 20 issues facing the team, so I give it two shrugs up.

Z Bear wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 3:00 pm Pretty sure this is currently the worst DT depth chart in the NFL.

Justin Jones
Andrew Billings
Jalyn Holmes
Donovan Jeter

Aw, cheer up. Give the DE depth chart a go!

Well. Not a sexy, exciting pick. And I guess probably not a long-term fix, either. But still seems useful. You can give him starter snaps or backup share and either is ok, for the price.

Sounds like Poles admitted as much today there's gonna be holes they can't fill. A very honest answer and we can cut the BS about waiting til end of FA or waiting til draft. The math aint gonna math by Sept. Was he saying "won't get filled before the draft"? Or "won't get filled this...

I'm in full cynic mode at this point: If he pretends that the players all fit and/or can shuffle around on his team he doesn't tip his hand in the draft or lose leverage in negotiations for contracts and trades. There's nothing wrong with that. It makes perfect sense for him to be silent or peddle ...

wulfy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 1:16 pm Regardless if you play Whitehair or Patrick at C, you should draft and groom one (unless they think it's Doug Kramer).

I'm nervous that they might.


Counting on a R6/7 you've never seen play a real game to do anything beyond ST isn't a good idea. But you never know...

Interesting. Rather than using 1+ PBs as the filter, I'd be interested in seeing the round distribution of OTs drafted maybe 2010-2016 with say 72 or more starts (at T) Meaning we're looking at "good enough to be a constant starter there" rather than "good enough to make a Pro Bowl&qu...

Well this was the type of settlement I think he needed to restore his value, but he did plenty yesterday in hurting it at that pro day https://twitter.com/SethWEmerson/status/1636377766957547520?t=FOb50xQQ-7L-ti3FvOMxCQ&s=19 Will be interesting to see if he gets Team 30 visits and if those leak...

I thought someone said somewhere that a new rule was under consideration(?) Sure, it's rare that you get down to your 3rd QB. But it's also so pointlessly stupid for virtually every team to have a 3rd on the PS, but they can't come in if necessary. Instead, every time a starter goes down, you have ...

Greg Gabriel seems convinced they're going with 3 QBs, but I tend to think he's stuck in 1998. Maybe NFL will come out with a emergency QB rule that basically requires 3 real QBs though. 2. The NFL will almost certainly make an emergency quarterback roster exception at some point, but honestly it's...

Specifics of the various arguments going on right now aside, there's simply no denying that this pattern repeats itself over and over and over and it seems like no amount of repetition is sufficient to kill it off or even reduce it to a tiny minority. So it's better to be angry and skeptical, got i...

My fear - something that a caller shared on WSCR this morning - is that Poles may think he's smarter than other GMS when it comes to identifying diamond-in-the-rough offensive lineman. This caller - and he may be right - is convinced the Bears WON'T draft an OT in round 1 - that it's likely a pass ...