Interesting draft trends for this regime

Corner and receiver in the first 3 rounds.

Wandale and Flott (before reworking the scouting)
Banks and Hyatt
Nabers and Phillips (doubling down with Nubin)

Makes sense: NFL is a passing league and top guys at those roles are expensive.

Generally pepper in OL: Neal, Ezeudu, Schmitz.

Then TE/RB in rounds 4/5: skill value in both the pass/run games, athleticism matters, want to pick your undervalued guy with upside.

Then the run game late with more fungible LBs and DTs, where supply is ok and price is low on the market.

Positional value isn't rocket science. Still, it feels like a more savvy, contemporary approach. Especially with the willingness to move around the draft at the right price.

Of course it all comes down to the picks and the jury is out there. Though I'm generally optimistic. Especially considering the short run up to the first draft, the need to scout the scouting, revamp the processes, even add digital to the room!

Just to add another point - I think Schoen is here a while. More likely 10+ years than gone next year. They hit rock bottom, finally looked outside the org, made their choice, added a young, buttoned up, well spoken guy. If he continues to demonstrate that he can handle everything - the owner input, the other GMs, the larger org, the media, etc. - he'll be brought into the fold. We'll watch him lose his hair.

Given this time frame, I think it's promising that he knows how to operate and seems on the ball. Even the Waller swing and miss made sense - you could choose to do it or not do it, but it was an NFL move. And a couple misses will be forgiven. They are part of the game. He seems bold enough to act if the opportunity is there.

Again, the questions are really about the picks. And I don't think we know much yet. As I've said, I give them some leeway on year one considering the operation wasn't up and running and what they inherited was seriously sub-par.