2022-2023 NFL Thread

[draynay]

Lloyd strikes me as one of those guys years later we wonder how he went as late as 27, unless the Jaguars ruin him with their infectious awfulness.

[eschatological]

Lloyd strikes me as one of those guys years later we wonder how he went as late as 27, unless the Jaguars ruin him with their infectious awfulness.

Injuries. He's easily a top 10 talent.

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

Remind me again who the Packers traded Rodgers to back in February because this is drafting for a Jordan Love team.

[cordrann]

Remind me again who the Packers traded Rodgers to back in February because this is drafting for a Jordan Love team.

It kind of makes sense to focus on defense when you know your QB is just going to choke at some point during the playoffs.

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

It kind of makes sense to focus on defense when you know your QB is just going to choke at some point during the playoffs.

Yeah, but your QB can't choke if you don't make the playoffs. And with a declining OLine and the 31st ranked WRs, I honestly think they're the 8th seed.

[xskarma]

To everyone: at least your team didn't draft a perceived 3rd rounder in the first


(I don't hate the pick tbh. He was super good at the Senior Bowl, and projects to fill the hole we had at Guard. I can imagine Bill didn;t want to miss out on a prospect many other teams really loved (just probably not loved enough to take in the first) It's just really unusual for the Patriots to draft for need like this.)

[Kyanion]

Have to imagine the Saints are going up for Willis here.

This did not age well.

I like the Saints draft, got a WR and a LT like I hoped they would. I'd rather them go for another WR in the 2nd round now that they traded away their 3rd and 4th picks but I'd not be shocked if they get a 2nd round QB or go for defensive backs.

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wow, imagine giving up a top 100 pick (they gave up a 3rd and 4th as well as their first) to get a WR in a fairly deep WR class.

Despite this draft being WR deep there was many more than six projected to go in the first, but that is all that went. So if the Saints liked one far more than the others, I have no problem with it.

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Traded up and it wasn't to take Jameson... I just can't even with this draft

It is who I wish they'd have taken as well.

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A weird draft for sure, one QB with no super reaches or big trades to 'go get a QB' like many mocks kept calling for. Only six WRs taken (with none after pick 18)

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

A weird draft for sure, one QB with no super reaches or big trades to 'go get a QB' like many mocks kept calling for. Only six WRs taken (with none after pick 18)

Gonna be an interesting top of the 2nd tomorrow. Few 1st round WRs available, 3 QBs that could have gone in the 1st still available. I think we're gonna see some trades early.






Also speaking of no big trades, the hell was up with the WR madness continuing into the draft with teams dealing their WRs to draft WRs?

[eschatological]

I mean, the market was reset for WRs with some insane numbers. Titans traded AJ Brown who immediately got a 4 year extension worth 100m, and then the Titans just drafted Treyvon Burks, who is pretty much cut from the same cloth as AJ Brown, but on a cheap rookie deal.

[Kyanion]

Also speaking of no big trades, the hell was up with the WR madness continuing into the draft with teams dealing their WRs to draft WRs?

Well one of them is just because the WR market is exploding so the Titans didn't want to shell out a fuck ton of money when they could get a player on a 5yr rookie deal. Don't blame them there.

[downnola]

Ravens and Jets had the best drafts by a mile. Giants and Eagles did well too. I was really pulling for Kyle Hamilton when he dropped and was available but Jordan Davis is such a great for Gannon's defense that I would have been happy with either. I still really wanted Hamilton but the AJ trade made up for it.

[Grube]

To everyone: at least your team didn't draft a perceived 3rd rounder in the first

Someone had to do it since the Raiders didn't have a 1st round pick this year.

Really, the draft was weird as a whole. Guards also don't typically go in the 1st but there were 3 this year and 2 in the top 17. Pushes up where the next players at the position will be drafted compared to what they are perceived as (even then, the people that do draft rankings do 30 different lists in April for clicks).

[xskarma]

Someone had to do it since the Raiders didn't have a 1st round pick this year.

Really, the draft was weird as a whole. Guards also don't typically go in the 1st but there were 3 this year and 2 in the top 17. Pushes up where the next players at the position will be drafted compared to what they are perceived as (even then, the people that do draft rankings do 30 different lists in April for clicks).

Yep. Green and Johnson went 15 and 17, when going into the first round the "experts" weren't sure they'd even make the first round cut. Shocking, I know.

And Strange was viewed as a 2nd rounder by most reasonable evaluators, so getting a 2nd rounder at 29 is also not quite as bad as it gets plastered on the news about "Patriots spend first round pick on a 3rd round guard".

I'm already sick of my own fellow Patriots fans on this issue, so hopefully we'll pick up a Corner and Linebacker on Day 2 or the moaning will never stop. >.<

[eschatological]

Only one draft pick from my alma mater last night. Same number as our hated rivals Notre Dame and......less than Michigan? Gross.

[Froggy]

As a Lions fan, the first round was pretty much my dream scenario

Can't believe the Vikings made that trade

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

Someone had to do it since the Raiders didn't have a 1st round pick this year.

Really, the draft was weird as a whole. Guards also don't typically go in the 1st but there were 3 this year and 2 in the top 17. Pushes up where the next players at the position will be drafted compared to what they are perceived as (even then, the people that do draft rankings do 30 different lists in April for clicks).

Something had to replace the usual 3-5 QBs that go in the first round and this year it was apparently Guards and Linebackers.

[Northern Goblin]

Also zero running backs for the first time since 2013.

It was very much trench warfare, with an arms race between receivers and corners as a secondary story.

[Faltemer]

Also zero running backs for the first time since 2013.

It was very much trench warfare, with an arms race between receivers and corners as a secondary story.

[Cubelic] Last night was the first time in the Common Draft Era that no running backs or tight ends were selected in the First Round of the NFL Draft.

Curious to see if there is a run on QBs early in the 2nd.

If Lions come away with Hutch, Williams, and Howell I will be very happy. Esp if we can get rid of Goff before the season somehow.

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

Also zero running backs for the first time since 2013.

It was very much trench warfare, with an arms race between receivers and corners as a secondary story.

I mean that is basically the direct reaction to the Super Bowl.

Offenses loading up for a Shanahan-McVay zone run scheme with a roster of multiple star WRs.

Defenses loading up to beat said lines in the pass rush to force star QBs into making mistakes and CBs that can win on an island against star WRs.

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So digesting the picks from yesterday, I've come around on the Wyatt pick. Fast rusher that fell to them, probably won't 100% replace Zadarius Smith but he plugs the hole Smith left behind at least.

Still do not like or understand Quay Walker. The biggest thing that stands out to me is this guy had 0 INTs and 0 Fumbles in College. This feels like just getting a younger Campbell, not getting a defensive upgrade. Which is even crazier when there were OLs and WRs on the board, and probably options to trade into the top of the 2nd if the Packers felt like they could wait till tonight on those two positions.

[draynay]

To everyone: at least your team didn't draft a perceived 3rd rounder in the first


(I don't hate the pick tbh. He was super good at the Senior Bowl, and projects to fill the hole we had at Guard. I can imagine Bill didn;t want to miss out on a prospect many other teams really loved (just probably not loved enough to take in the first) It's just really unusual for the Patriots to draft for need like this.)

I think it was also the only player Drawplay Dave didn't have already drawn, which is the unofficial sign of a reach.