not sure about fano anymore - just think he's less safe than some other options and the ceiling isn't as high as other options either
but bell and delp in R2 and R3 would be decent returns - certainly high-upside plays on skillsets we could use
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2026 NFL Draft General Discussion
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not sure about fano anymore - just think he's less safe than some other options and the ceiling isn't as high as other options either
but bell and delp in R2 and R3 would be decent returns - certainly high-upside plays on skillsets we could use
i just cant personally find the home ahead of us for Vega - i'm not sure which team above us is taking him
I have Tyson as WR3 now, i've come around on Tate (who won't be there) but i've also got KC Concepcion ahead of him too now (albeit it's close) - Concepcion and Tyson just have the skillsets that mesh so well with Lamar's style and preference - outside slasher types vs vertical "x" receivers
i'm also perturbed by the McCoy injury reports - i'm not going to adjust my stack because i can't really know about any of the medical stuff - but it definitely changes how i think about pick 14
i'm with you on KC > Tyson but because i'm that high on KC not because i'm low on Tyson
the way i would put it is that their role would be similar in terms of potential usage and alignment in a hypothetical ravens offence
but Tyson's a superior prospect - he's bigger, better ball skills, better in contested situations, probably a looser and more explosive athlete as well (although bateman's ankle flexion is ridiculous and had the 4.39 speed) - bate was definitely the more refined route runner and definitely has more chops winning vs press coming out
obviously tyson's injury is concerning - his workout tomorrow will be watched with great interest
there's a lot of smoke that he won't even be available at 14 - Chiefs and Rams have frequently been mocked as landing spots for him
i think the guy tyson reminds me of (if i had to comp him to anyone) is amari cooper
UPennChem
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I GLANCED at some OGs. As in I spent like 15 total minutes looking at Fano, Iaone, and Pregnon. I liked what I saw out of all 3 but the Penn State kid was the one who popped to me. But I dont know what I'm talking about for OL. Seemed like consensus was Fano for OG.
JoeyFlex5
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That’s a really good comp.
JoeyFlex5
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Honestly the one that pops for me more than any of them is pregnon, but I have a hard time going so hard against the consensus so I just assume I’m missing something. I think he’s probably got the highest ceiling of them all. Think he’s the most physically dominant of them all, and athletically he’s somewhere in the middle, doesn’t move quite like Fano but he’s better at blocking in space than Vega. Vega as a pass protector though is about as good as you’re gonna see, pretty spotless film there.
i love the movement skills for Fano but projecting his play-strength inside to guard feels tougher - there's a reason some people are projecting him to C (but i'm not drafting a projected C conversion 14th overall or anywhere near the top 25 if that's what we're doing)
Fano's on my board as a OT, whereas Mauigoa and Proctor are both guys i'm projecting as better at Guard as conversions from OT based on their skillset
Ioane is my OL2 behind Mauigoa - he projects as a solid impact player straight away - i'm not convinced the ceiling is the all-pro that i've seen some analysts project him as and i do think he's a better fit in a gap scheme vs the inside-zone stuff i'd project our offence to feature heavily in 2026 but it's not enough to drop him down the board significantly... Ioane is hovering around 12th in my stack
i love pregnon, even if i understand there are flaws in his profile and he's an older prospect - pregnon's highlights are certainly the highest in the G class
i really like Bisontis as well, he's my OG3 and i have him stacked around a clump of other OL guys but currently he's OL5 on my board (behind Mauigoa, Ioane, Fano and Freeling) but i've got him clustered with Proctor, Miller and Iheanachor and i definitely have been flipping around that order a bit
then i've got Pregnon in a tier below those guys with Lomu and my pet cat in this class Billy Schrauth (i'm way higher than consensus on Schrauth)
i know that some people have Keylan Rutledge in that tier of guys as well - but that's too rich for me - to me he's too stiff and segmented of a mover but i know some people love him and especially his run-blocking
in that Rutledge tier, that's where i've got that group of 5/6 C prospects
once you get below that, then i start running out of day 2 grades with only a few guys left who sneak in the top 100ish
beyond those anyone taken after wouldn't be guys i'd necessarily project as factoring into the 2026 starting OL ahead of Jones or Bullock
i've seen support for Caleb Tiernan, Austin Barber, Markel Bell, Travis Burke (all OTs) and Gennings Dunker (RT to G conversion) as day 2 guys as well but not for me - they're more day 3 type guys for me
just the way they dance and explode with their movement skills but not in a refined controlled way
like their best 10-20 routes look insane, but that sometimes the way they ran routes with their movement skills and lack of pacing throw off timing windows
on the plus side, it's something you can work on
on the negative side, amari cooper didnt grow that way (but i've heard Nate Tice talk about the fact that part of that was stubbornness on Cooper's part when he was coaching him)
i really love pregnon but i think when i was also really high on him earlier in the process it was because i was grading the flashes and he's definitely a less consistent prospect than vega for sure
i think he's a more explosively powerful guy in the run game than Vega, i think he's better laterally when projecting him to a zone blocking scheme, he's longer too although i dont think he uses his arm length or his punch as effectively as he should
he's a toolsy guy who would be a dream pick at 45
UPennChem
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Thank you!!!! Do you worry about EDCs ability to draft iOL? Outside of Linderbaum, I can't remember the last good iOL player we've drafted. We definitely haven't selected those picks high in recent times and that may just be it. But even Joe D wasn't developing these guys and if he was it like 4 to 5 years into their careers.
JAAM
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Hopefully
JoeyFlex5
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@rossihunter2 what’s your grade on Antonio Williams from Clemson?
Argentina Raven
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I prefer Lemon over Concepción
Oh I'm ready
not concerned at all
i think the pipeline feels dry because we've actually seen what 1 of the backups already looks like as a starter (vorhees)
but looking at 2026 we basically already know 7 of the 9/10 OL who are making the roster
i dont typically like to separate Harbs and EDC in terms of drafting trends because it's a collaboration, but i will say that Harbs clearly has a taste in OL and we know from the guys drafted as "Harbs" guys, the kinds of guys he was vouching for - and i'll say that we've found a lot of successful OL prospects outside of the archetype that we were drafting late 3rd/early 4th that Harbs was clearly advocating hard for
in terms of actually drafting good IOL day 2 prospects - i think we've been as much a victim of our draft slot as much as anything - drafting later has meant we've missed out on the end of the OL run in R3 the last 2-3 years