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allblackraven said:
Ben Watson - TE - Saints
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Saints signed TE Ben Watson, formerly of the Ravens, to a one-year contract.
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Should be a 6th round pick according to overthecap.
 
LOL, Bell is an idiot. Claims the city of Pittsburgh is making himself out to be a villain. Sorry but he turned down a 5 year deal last year that would have paid him $12M a year and $30M in the first two years. He turned it down.... at THE LAST SECOND. Steelers thought they had a long term deal done before the Tag Deadline last July but Bell turned it down.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...-hero-in-a-city-that-paints-you-as-a-villain/

Yet he wants to be made a hero at the same time that the Steelers had to restructure multiple players contracts in order to fit in his Franchise Tag cost of $14.56M.
 
JO_75 said:
LOL, Bell is an idiot. Claims the city of Pittsburgh is making himself out to be a villain. Sorry but he turned down a 5 year deal last year that would have paid him $12M a year and $30M in the first two years. He turned it down.... at THE LAST SECOND. Steelers thought they had a long term deal done before the Tag Deadline last July but Bell turned it down.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...-hero-in-a-city-that-paints-you-as-a-villain/

Yet he wants to be made a hero at the same time that the Steelers had to restructure multiple players contracts in order to fit in his Franchise Tag cost of $14.56M.
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These Steelers can't help themselves with being drama queens. Good grief.....
 
Learned someting today in Norris' mock draft that I found to be extremely interesting.

The new GM of the Giants, Dave Gettleman, has never traded down in any round of any draft. He's not good at acquiring additional draft capital and it could be telling in where they go in the draft. I thought the JPP trade was quite telling that if they are to stay in the #2 spot they would draft Bradley Chubb.
 
RavensMania said:
Learned someting today in Norris' mock draft that I found to be extremely interesting.

The new GM of the Giants, Dave Gettleman, has never traded down in any round of any draft. He's not good at acquiring additional draft capital and it could be telling in where they go in the draft. I thought the JPP trade was quite telling that if they are to stay in the #2 spot they would draft Bradley Chubb.
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I just think the way the giants have run their offseason doesn’t really make sense unless they are rebuilding at this point which to me means that they really are gonna take a qb at pick 2 or they will trade down (gettleman’s previous form be damned)

If they really wanted all they have to do is mention to John elway that the bills and cardinals have both been enquiring about their pick and then they’ll get the broncos to bite - get to the 5th pick with some extra picks and still get Chubb if that’s their target

There is literally no reason to force the team to take Chubb at 2nd overall

If the giants take Chubb at 2nd overall I think it sends a very confusing message about the future direction of the franchise
 
To me the Giants would be crazy not to draft a QB...they aren’t always gonna have this chance to pick at #2 and Eli should be in his last year as a Giant.
 
cdp said:
@ coco. The panthers have pick 9 in the 4th round. Not the 49ers. Broncos->Bills->Panthers
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rossihunter2 said:
I just think the way the giants have run their offseason doesn’t really make sense unless they are rebuilding at this point which to me means that they really are gonna take a qb at pick 2 or they will trade down (gettleman’s previous form be damned)

If they really wanted all they have to do is mention to John elway that the bills and cardinals have both been enquiring about their pick and then they’ll get the broncos to bite - get to the 5th pick with some extra picks and still get Chubb if that’s their target

There is literally no reason to force the team to take Chubb at 2nd overall

If the giants take Chubb at 2nd overall I think it sends a very confusing message about the future direction of the franchise
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Yes, I totally agree. I think they should trade down as well.

DeVito52 said:
To me the Giants would be crazy not to draft a QB...they aren’t always gonna have this chance to pick at #2 and Eli should be in his last year as a Giant.
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I think they should take a QB also. It's not often that you are in position to grab a QB at #2 without having to trade up AND it being a good QB class. That being said, I've heard for months that they really like Davis Webb. The QB they drafted last season.
 
Dom McRaven said:
Mild smokescreen
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yeah it might be a coded message to the bills/cardinals that they've not seen any offers worth their while yet for that 4th pick
likewise i think it might be them calling the giants bluff in public and daring them not to take a qb at 2

the longer we go on with the giants having the number 2 pick (especially after the jets traded up and i know that the 2 new york teams never trade with each other but it would have benefitted both sides to do so if the giants werent taking a qb - giants would almost be guaranteed chubb or barkley at the 6th pick) - the only reason not to make that trade is if they really are taking a qb

either way this supposed "smokescreen" hurts the bills the most - they need to get into the top 5 picks to get a qb but it looks like the giants might take a qb at 2 and the browns are apparently not open for business at number 4 - the bills have to get ahead of the broncos

Allen or Darnold are going number 1, Rosen or Darnold is going number 2, Allen is rumoured to be the jets preference at 3 but they'll take the top guy left, and the 4th qb will either go 4th overall or 5th overall depending on whether the bills (or cardinals) can swing a trade up to that spot
 
I’ve been looking at rumours around which teams are most interested in which qbs and found this interesting...

Browns are seemingly linked with Allen
Jets are apparently favouring Allen
Bills are apparently most interested in Allen
Broncos most intrigued by Baker Mayfield

Nothing I’ve seen has linked Darnold or Rosen to a specific team which suggests to me some serious smokescreens...

Is it me or does it seem even worse than usual this year?
 
rossihunter2 said:
yeah it might be a coded message to the bills/cardinals that they've not seen any offers worth their while yet for that 4th pick
likewise i think it might be them calling the giants bluff in public and daring them not to take a qb at 2

the longer we go on with the giants having the number 2 pick (especially after the jets traded up and i know that the 2 new york teams never trade with each other but it would have benefitted both sides to do so if the giants werent taking a qb - giants would almost be guaranteed chubb or barkley at the 6th pick) - the only reason not to make that trade is if they really are taking a qb

either way this supposed "smokescreen" hurts the bills the most - they need to get into the top 5 picks to get a qb but it looks like the giants might take a qb at 2 and the browns are apparently not open for business at number 4 - the bills have to get ahead of the broncos

Allen or Darnold are going number 1, Rosen or Darnold is going number 2, Allen is rumoured to be the jets preference at 3 but they'll take the top guy left, and the 4th qb will either go 4th overall or 5th overall depending on whether the bills (or cardinals) can swing a trade up to that spot
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To me, the Giants go either QB or Barkley. I also believe that this draft order is set before draft night. Obviously, draft night is a completely different animal (dammit I somewhat hope we trade back).

To your point about the Broncos, they too could go QB. Keenum looked good this past season (sans the debacle against the Eagles, but that was a team debacle to be fair), but for all we know, this could've been a one-hit wonder.

By the way, your profile pic is great lol.
 
rossihunter2 said:
I’ve been looking at rumours around which teams are most interested in which qbs and found this interesting...

Browns are seemingly linked with Allen
Jets are apparently favouring Allen
Bills are apparently most interested in Allen
Broncos most intrigued by Baker Mayfield

Nothing I’ve seen has linked Darnold or Rosen to a specific team which suggests to me some serious smokescreens...

Is it me or does it seem even worse than usual this year?
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To me, is there a Andrew Luck or a Carson Wentz in this draft? I just don't know if there is.
 
JO_75 said:
To me, is there a Andrew Luck or a Carson Wentz in this draft? I just don't know if there is.
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I think Rosen will be that guy. In like four or five years, my money would be Rosen and Lamar Jackson being the top starting QBs from this draft. Though Rudolph, Darnold, Mayfield, and Allen can become good starters if they go to the right teams.
 
Dom McRaven said:
To me, the Giants go either QB or Barkley. I also believe that this draft order is set before draft night. Obviously, draft night is a completely different animal (dammit I somewhat hope we trade back).

To your point about the Broncos, they too could go QB. Keenum looked good this past season (sans the debacle against the Eagles, but that was a team debacle to be fair), but for all we know, this could've been a one-hit wonder.

By the way, your profile pic is great lol.
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That was my point - the 4th qb will be gone by the 5th pick because the broncos will take them - there’s absolutely no way they are sticking with just keenum if they can get one of the top 4 guys given that keenum was option C

That’s why the bills or cardinals would have to jump ahead of the broncos
 
JO_75 said:
To me, is there a Andrew Luck or a Carson Wentz in this draft? I just don't know if there is.
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There’s almost never an Andrew luck in the draft - that doesn’t mean there aren’t franchise qbs who can make immediate impacts

And Carson Wentz was no Andrew luck - there’s definitely qbs who have grades like Carson Wentz in this class
 
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