No way is McLaurin worth Jones AND a 2nd round pick.

Possibly. This DE class is deep but there's definitely a drop off between the top 5 and the rest.

If they trade up for Jermaine Johnson....then I'm happy. He's the one guy I wanted in the first round.

If they change their draft strategy because of Jones, a JAG, a guy that should probably be a rotational DE and a couple of probable washouts, then they really aren't doing the draft right.

They should that's a pretty trash group

They're definitely drafting a DT this year.

Nnadi and Saunders are FAs after this year. Jones is more than likely gone unless he gets another extension. Stallworth was a 1 year deal.

You shut your whore mouth!!!!

I think I'd prefer to just throw numbers at the DE spot, but that may not work out very well.

Without reading everything did we talk about Armani watts signing with the colts?

Why are we treating McLaurin like he's Devante Adams here?

And again - I was one of the first guys on the McLaurin trade (have said all along that HE was the real miss, not DK Metcalf).

But he's not a game-breaker. He's not someone teams gameplan to stop. He's a very nice player who'd probably be good for 1,300 yards over 17 games. Maybe a little more.

But he's no sort of unicorn. He has okay size, okay speed. His agility is fine, but nothing exceptional. He's a good route-runner but that's just not enough on its own. He's not a high-point guy and he's not a terribly dangerous downfield threat.

If everything - and I mean everything - develops to plan, you may get Chris Godwin sort of performance out of him. And that's fine - but it's fine when you get that from a FA. When you factor in the amount you're willing to give up to acquire him AND the contract he'll demand, it's just too much to give up for a guy that doesn't fundamentally change the nature of your offense.

It's also important to remember that he was a 24 yr old rookie so he's already coming into his age 27 season. He's not exactly a young guy anymore so projecting a lot more from him than what he's done to this point is likely not wise.

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also watts signed with the colts?

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I’ve said it before, but it’s just hard to know how much they really value the position.

I was already skeptical that they would take one early.

By early, I mean with one of their first 3 picks. Top 50.

I think they still draft one. I’m talking about drafting one early.

Because you can say the same thing about EDGE (x2), WR, CB, and S.

The threw a zillion dollars at Chris Jones.

I don't know that they'd be drafting one that they feel is a complement to Chris Jones. I think they'd be drafting one that they feel is a replacement for him as early as next season.

With the idea that he is a rotational guy before then.

Remember last year when we all thought the Chiefs would just take a tackle bc it was a deep class? Turns out they were right about the guys we talked about in our range.

It feels like we’re doing that to ourselves with edge rushers this year. They want their guy and have resources to do it.

It makes sense too. You have plenty of resources and edge rusher is a key position for any team. If we get a really good one cheap it opens up options money wise.

They can find corners and DB’s. They can find WR’s and weapons. They can find OL for the most part.

Seems like pass rusher, LT and QB are the only positions where they need to really go hard at their guy bc it’s so important and tough to find.