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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
On initial reaction, I'll give it an A-.
I have been a big fan of Karlaftis paired with a DB in the first round for a while, and they pulled that off (though in reverse order of what I expected).
I really like the Skyy Moore + Darrian Kennard combination for #50. That's great value, even though Moore was not my favorite option. I hadn't thought about the possibility of Kenard starting, which makes this even juicier, until hearing things yesterday/today.
I would have liked to see another DE in place of ONE of Cook/Chenal. There were guys in that range that would have made sense. Even though I really like Cook, those feel a bit more like luxury picks to me. I need to see the plan for these two.
I love the swings on DB athleticism and size at the end of the draft. Really good stuff there.
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I think I'm nearly in lock-step with you, just a slight bit more agitated by the 2nd round than you are.
So I was at B/B+
And while I think I like the trade-up for McDuffie, I still have some concerns there. I mean....McDuffie really does have T-Rex arms. And for all the bright line rules people like to throw around, dudes with arms like his just don't typically succeed at this level. And we could've grabbed someone like Myjai Sanders with that pick at 93. 125 could've been Ezukanma or Austin
Kyler Gordon/George Karlaftis/Myjai Sanders/Erik Ezukanma - That's looks awfully good to me.
But man, some of his tape looks so good. I can't recall seeing many guys who can mirror a route like he does. That ability to stay in a guys hip on one of those comeback routes is so rare but he gears down and then changes direction so so well.
But yeah, you said most of what I would say. A couple of luxury picks (though like I said, I loved the Chenal pick) and I think too much emphasis on floor over ceiling across the board to go with too much confidence in a DL that still looks like a big ol' pile of smashed assholes.
It's a good draft - and it SHOULD be given the capital we brought in. But there were some rough edges to it, IMO, so I wouldn't go all the way to an A.