The Draft QB Musical chairs. How does it fall out?
1. Cleveland: Barkley. They just can pass up the best player in the draft.
2. Cleveland: Allen. They have shown the willingness to move picks and the Giants just have too many holes!
3. Jets: Rosen. They are just desperate to get the most NFL ready QB in the draft.
4. Giants: Darold. They were ready to pull a massive trade with Buffalo but when their top choice was still available and now holding 3 of the top 4 2nd picks, they were ready to get their QB of the future.
5. Denver: Mayfield. Very happy to get the sponky QB, Elway's favorite.
6. Colts: Chubb. Very pleased to still get their top pick and all of the Jets picks.
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I have been very harsh on Reese due to never fixing the OL, but he deserve credit for the 2 Super Bowls under his watch. I get the vitral, but it was not all bad with Reese. I blames Reese for the OL, which has cost the Giants any chance of returning to the Super Bowl the last few years and hiring Ross who I never liked, nor trusted.
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I like the Ogletree pick up just for the outside of the box thinking. I get he is not a perfect player and a little pricey but he is automatically, our best LB. No brainer to me.
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So how will DG fix the OL and who plays? Hopefully, the rumors are true and we get Norwell, which will limit any other big moves. No way, we get Solder. Looks like we are keeping Jones at Center. Did Wheeler show enough to man the LT? Does Flower deserve any spots? I do not want Jerry starting. Maybe Ja'Wuan James can come on the cheaper side (as he has been hurt)....to man the RT spot. I am sure we will be drafting OLmen....but can DG fix the OL in one season, something Reese could not do for 7!
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so who gets cut? Vereen, Harris, Casillas,Marshall?
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If we can "fix" the OL.....I truly believe we can compete against anyone. The NFL do not have any Super teams. Hell, we sucked last year and still gave the Eagles fits.
Your draft scenario is pretty good. If we can acquire pick 33 & 35 we should expect at least 1 OL with one of those picks.
I think DG can get another staring OL in free agency, Hubbard or Fleming as a RT.
Cleveland just put a flag in the ground. Taylor is a one-year rental and they are taking a QB with the #1 pick or, if they are in love with Barkley, trade with the Giants to ensure they get Barkley and their top QB. The rookie will have a one-year learning period at most.
Make no mistake. The Browns are coming out of this draft with their top-rated QB. They cannot take Barkley at #1 and settle for whatever QB falls in their lap at #4. They control this draft and their top priority is getting their future QB.
The Browns are 100% staying at #1. The only question is if they try to move up to #2. Whether the Giants decide to play along depends on their thoughts on the QBs the Browns don’t take vs. the picks they will get.
And we won’t have a clue until the first pick is taken. Cleveland controls the draft but if done right DG controls Cleveland. If he can figure out which qb Cleveland likes he can put the smoke out there that we will take him or trade with someone who will thus forcing their hand
A Rodgers: 209/316 66% 2526 yards 24 td/8 int154.3 rating. Davis Webb ripped AR stats to shreds. Give him a chance. Take Barkley or Nelson at 2 and be done with it. Go get LT in FA if Q. Nelson at 2. Go get G Norwood in FA if Barkley at 2 its that simple.
Vega$ Rich
Clevelan has a SWamp of Picks...they traded for Tyrod as a place-holder. I don;t expect them to suddently thing they need to out-cute the absolutely awesome draft day scenario they have---I expect them to take a QB at 1.
A Massive trade with the giants to swap the 2nd and 4th picks plus 2 second rounders (along with next year's 1st??) to take Barkley at #2????? We've been debating merely Drafting a Back at #2. This trade would rival the Mike Lyyn trade for Hershel Walker--- look it up..... or Mike Ditka's trade of his entire draft board for Ricky Williams
I don't believe Cleveland will be that dumb, just to satisfy a Pack of Big Blue Homers.
It's a Draft Orgy, and I don't believe they're gonna trade out of that scenario.
You can't get cute with the QB position, you build a team around a qb, not so much a rb. Good news for us is that the top 4 qbs all have different plus/minuses, and so it's likely Cleveland has a shine for one of them. "Worst case scenario" is Cleveland takes a qb Giants front office loves, and we have to "settle" for Barkley.