We will use this as a discussion thread to keep the SELECTIONS thread uncluttered. These threads will be used for the duration of the draft.
While we are starting early, the clock won’t officially start until
Monday, April 8th at 9am. The draft will run from 9am to 6pm Monday through Friday until the start of the NFL Draft (Thursday, April 25th) or the completion of the 6th round. Please remember to use the DISCUSSION thread so we can keep this thread uncluttered.
Once a team is on the clock, they will have two hours to make a selection. If a team goes on the clock after 4pm, their two-hour window will roll over to the next day. For example, if you go on the clock at 4:30pm, you will have until 9:30 am to make a selection. Picks may be made between 6pm and 9am if GMs are online and following the draft thread. The time limit only applies during the 9am to 6pm timeframe. If the two-hour time limit expires, I will make a pick using any list that the GM for the team has sent me in advance (send lists to the email address in my profile) or in the absence of a list, I will use the GBN Big Board with a little discretion so as not make an obvious dumb pick (e.g. Kansas City won’t be taking a QB in the 1st round this year).
In consideration of your fellow participants, and so we can maintain strong momentum throughout the draft process, please continue to actively monitor the thread over the next two weeks. As always, I will provide "friendly reminder" emails as your upcoming picks approach.
If a GM misses a pick AND fails make some form of contact with me (either via email, posting on the draft DISCUSSION thread, or providing me with a prospect list) prior to their next pick, they will have just 15 minutes to make their next selection. With two consecutive missed picks, their spot will be forfeited and reassigned to one of the BBIers who have expressed an interest to fill the vacancy.
If you expect to miss a pick, please send me your draft board and I will make the selection on your behalf.
Per usual, we will also hold an undrafted free agency process that will start immediately after the final pick of RD6. Anyone who wants to participate can select up to 5 UDFAs. Selections are made on a first come, first serve basis. I am not making any changes to this process, so please don’t ask.
Please utilize the
BBI Mock Draft Spreadsheet. The spreadsheet contains the draft order (RD1-6) by team and GM with a fairly comprehensive list based on the GBN Big Board (as well as several other prospects that did not make the GBN Big Board). I will try to keep the spreadsheet and thread updated as often as possible… Good luck!
NO! It is not a kicker.
You bet... Thanks for the plug BBB
NO! It is not a kicker.
An injured RB with Wilson and Walker on the board???
Betting on greatness is fine by me, not sure I do it for a RB though. But I see what MadPlaid is thinking.
I am only pretending like I know what I am doing.
I second that. Not only is Matt good about following your order, but you can be confident that he doesn’t look at your lists until after he has made his pick if that is a concern for you.
Who are we kidding here? Eric Gray sucks. The Giants need all the help they can get at the end of the day.
Trotter was also on my list after Colson got taken. Ravens could use some LB even before losing Queen in the offseason.
agreed. polk or wilson was probably my nyg pick there. maybe dorlus.
Polk was the guy I was hoping would fall to the 4th round for the Giants. I guess that was wishful thinking on my part. I definitely wanted him. I just thought he'd last a little longer. Damn it!
If they are using their due diligence to find players not on my list I do not mind. What I am most interested in seeing is who is QB7 and when will that player be selected.
Jim Nagy actually just did a thread on him if you need to be sold.
@JimNagy_SB
At this point in process, even casual draft fans know about the top names in DT rankings...Texas' Byron Murphy & T'Vondre Sweat and Illinois' Johnny Newton.
Here's another name that's not going too far below those bigger name IDL: 𝘽𝙍𝘼𝙉𝘿𝙊𝙉 𝘿𝙊𝙍𝙇𝙐𝙎
Based off what teams are telling us, Dorlus is virtual Day 2 lock because he's got potential to be eventually be double-digit sack guy.
Natural rush reactions & counter instincts like this👇make Dorlus intriguing likely Round 3 option for teams who don't go DT with early picks.
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obviously this is with the benefit of hindsight, but i think dorlus and 1 of the WRs (roman wilson or polk prob) would have been my NYG day 2 picks. melton would have been in the mix at #47 too.
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Interesting. He was not the CB I was referencing when we were discussing yesterday.
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that was my #1 player on the board boat guy... I had him as a second rounder. He is a very good CB and a steal this late. Great pick.
Interesting. He was not the CB I was referencing when we were discussing yesterday.
Really... I assumed we were talking about the same player. He is a converted WR and only getting better. He was all SEC, second team All American, gave up a passing rating of 54.7, less than 50% completion against him last year, 13PBUs with 4 INTs, and only getting better.
Jim Nagy actually just did a thread on him if you need to be sold.
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Jim Nagy
@JimNagy_SB
At this point in process, even casual draft fans know about the top names in DT rankings...Texas' Byron Murphy & T'Vondre Sweat and Illinois' Johnny Newton.
Here's another name that's not going too far below those bigger name IDL: 𝘽𝙍𝘼𝙉𝘿𝙊𝙉 𝘿𝙊𝙍𝙇𝙐𝙎
Based off what teams are telling us, Dorlus is virtual Day 2 lock because he's got potential to be eventually be double-digit sack guy.
Natural rush reactions & counter instincts like this👇make Dorlus intriguing likely Round 3 option for teams who don't go DT with early picks.
🧵1/7
obviously this is with the benefit of hindsight, but i think dorlus and 1 of the WRs (roman wilson or polk prob) would have been my NYG day 2 picks. melton would have been in the mix at #47 too. https://x.com/JimNagy_SB/status/1776232532155027548 - ( New Window )
I don't think he makes it and I also thing he isn't an Edge for us. If we are talking for our DT I have 3 other players I like better than him. Two from the same team.
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that was my #1 player on the board boat guy... I had him as a second rounder. He is a very good CB and a steal this late. Great pick.
Interesting. He was not the CB I was referencing when we were discussing yesterday.
Really... I assumed we were talking about the same player. He is a converted WR and only getting better. He was all SEC, second team All American, gave up a passing rating of 54.7, less than 50% completion against him last year, 13PBUs with 4 INTs, and only getting better.
I thought he was too slight to play outside. The CB I had a Round 3 grade on was Khyree Jackson from Oregon.
Jim Nagy
@JimNagy_SB
Oregon's Brandon Dorlus' position usage is truly unique in this DL class.
✅ 1,950 total reps
✅ 755 inside at DT or NT
✅ 522 as hand-down DE
✅ 673 as standup LEO/OLB
That's crazy scheme-diverse position flex!
Teams with creative defensive coordinators are going to love upside of this player.
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In comment 16457507 Mike in NY said:
I thought he was too slight to play outside. The CB I had a Round 3 grade on was Khyree Jackson from Oregon.
I like Jackson... I watched a ton of Oregon this year unfortunately. Insane height, but he is slight also. 194 for 6'4 is not big. My only problem with him is he is soooo raw. Because of that you can beat him with double moves and he is out of position at times. I do like him though. I was planning on Quinyon Mitchell in the first and had to pass, had to pass on Melton in the 2nd and just missed Abrams-Draine. Maybe CB isn't in my books this year hahaha.
Jim Nagy
@JimNagy_SB
Oregon's Brandon Dorlus' position usage is truly unique in this DL class.
✅ 1,950 total reps
✅ 755 inside at DT or NT
✅ 522 as hand-down DE
✅ 673 as standup LEO/OLB
That's crazy scheme-diverse position flex!
Teams with creative defensive coordinators are going to love upside of this player.
He is diverse, but I don't see the pass rusher that Jim Nagy does. Now am I better scout than Nagy... Hell no not even close, but I don't see double digits. I believe he is assuming he gets those as a 4-3 edge. Again I like Maason Smith, Michael Hall, and Wingo all better for our DL/DT. That is just me though.
Never seen him... wasn't even on my radar so now I have to do some research damn it... hahaha
I thought he had been picked since I didn't see him in the top 30 or 40 available players when I was looking this morning
Polk was always going to be my first 3rd round pick if he made it to me. When I made the Polk pick, I did a name search to see where Kiran was selected and saw that he hadn't been. So I just crossed my fingers and hoped he make it a few more picks - and here we are
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Can play tackle and guard. Will likely start at guard and then potentially move to tackle after a year or two
Never seen him... wasn't even on my radar so now I have to do some research damn it... hahaha
Brugler's 58th ranked player in the draft. Suffered a season ending injury and it prevented him from participating in the all star games so he hasn't gotten much press in the last few months.
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Thanks Amtoft... Yep, I was always surprised by how he was used at USC... I would guess the injury concerns are what is holding him back a bit... His game just seems to be what the NFL is looking for
No, I appreciate the criticism. I want to know if you think I'm making a mistake. I am trying to learn as I go. I took a bit of a gamble there with the 3rd round pick. I had my eyes on a WR who I thought could fall to me in the 4th round. Polk. I liked what I read about him a lot. Sounded like one of those under the radar players who prove to be great. I lost. He wasn't under the radar enough. LOL
I liked what I read about Maason Smith, I just liked Brooks more. He is part of the gamble. If he recovers fully, we have a heck of a playmaker to take Saquon's spot in the committee.
Tyler Higbee is 31 years old, and this pick stabilizes the position for now and the future. I feel like Sinnott is a 2nd round talent, so getting him here gives Stafford two new weapons to go with the aforementioned Higbee, as well as Kupp and Nacua, now having Ricky Pearsall and Sinnott to give a lot of flexibility in the offense.
He is diverse, but I don't see the pass rusher that Jim Nagy does. Now am I better scout than Nagy... Hell no not even close, but I don't see double digits. I believe he is assuming he gets those as a 4-3 edge. Again I like Maason Smith, Michael Hall, and Wingo all better for our DL/DT. That is just me though.
i think nagy is projecting him as an interior DL pass rusher. john franklin meyers type. i think autry is a decent comp also, he played bunch of different alignments and is in that same 285lb range.