I wouldn't even be surprised if they took a CB in the first round either.

CB, DE, DT or S.

CB possible. I don't know that they value it enough to do that though. Thru the years seems to be a spot they feel comfortable with cobbling together.

The fact that they’re going hard for a veteran CB tells me they don’t want to take one too early.

Maybe late 2nd or the 3rd, but I feel like they won’t take one earlier than that.

Unless someone falls, I highly doubt the BPA at 29 or 30 will be EDGE. Maybe a DT. With as many picks as they have, I doubt they'll reach.

I know they don't value it as highly as other teams....but a good CB might be there at 29 or 30 and be to good to pass up. Plus having him cost controlled for 5 years is a pretty nice thing to have....especially with Fenton being a FA next season.

ESPN would love that...give the locals a lot of "cheering moments"

Definitely so. I agree with both.

One spot no one is really talking about that might make some sense there would be Tackle.

Yeah, it feels like they don't value CB enough to take one in the first round.

I still think we're likely trading 29+50 to get an edge at 15-20 and then adding a WR with 30. If somehow it's trading up for the WR, I'll be at the same time excited that we're getting the WR we really want but also disappointed because Veach is a madman.

I know there's still a long way to go, but it's frightening that the only thing we've really done with the pass rush is re-sign Clark, a guy we all thought was 100% gone.

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They're making the right move with the pass rush though. Bring in young guys (mostly draft picks) that fit your scheme and don't cost a ton of money. Add depth and rotate guys.

I would love that, but If the Big 2 from UGa are gone, which I fully expect, I think Winfrey and similar (Jones, Leal, or Mathis) will be avail at 50 and 64. I Would happy with Mafe and Dax/Brisker or Booth/Gordon, with a DL at 50 or 64. Raw or small-school CBs and athletic LBs available in the 3rd, with Skyy Moore, Shakir, Pierce(watson seems to be gone)...that would be an amazing haul of young players that should be rotational pieces that will be starting soon, and that's not even hitting the 4th rnd yet.

I keep running into that at 29 and 30.

Every guy I like there, there's another guy that will be there at 50 who I like just as well. Not sure how to handle that.

I hadn't heard of void years in NFL contracts until recently. Were they just not a common thing beforehand, but seems we are seeing contracts with these void years more and more common.

Anyone have a link that explains the void years or someone can summarize it quickly for a idgit like me?

They’re years added to the deal to spread the signing bonus out over more years, with the idea that they’ll just be dead cap in those years.

This year, I have resigned myself to the notion that there will be a huge influx of athletic BPAs on the roster, but will have to accept we will not replace Hill (so don't reach for his ghost), and we won't solve the edge problem in the draft this year (like Oweh or Parsons), but there's a good Edge out there somewhere after the lead pack of 5 or 6, but it surely won't be in year one. Veach needs to hit on the right one of Mafe, Ebiketie, Ojabo imho.