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I wouldn’t be that upset, but I’m thinking it’s gonna be Troy Franklin. Somebody over on the TBD site posted a bunch of advanced analytic stats and Franklin is elite in these areas. Up there with the top three in this draft. But Beane is hard to read at times, so who knows. I suspect he has a bunch of prospects with the same grade, so it wouldn’t surprise me if he trades down again.

Who do you think you will take at WR ? Me personal I would take McConkey

Exactly. None of these are options. Never was. The Cap figures on all, coupled with Beanes comments in the presser last night (he does not want to part with his second round pick today) confirms it. He said they have way more 2nd round evaluations than first. So his goal was alwasy to get 3 picks in the top 90. And he has his wish. Dont watch enough college football to know if De Jean is any good, but if the scouting staff has him with an early 2nd round grade and it's a postion of need, cest la vie. Make the pick.

I want to say there is NFW they draft a safety with their top pick, but I can't rule it out. Still: I think it will be a WR.

The position requires more than speed which we’ve seen too many times to count and all three of them are seriously lacking in those other traits, so I’ll need to actually see them become this unstoppable force before I’m willing to anoint them. I’m more worried about KC’s defense which was the key for them last season.

I was referring to size. That’s all

I suppose there is a chance SF would have taken him, but Worthy is not a Shanahan WR type so I doubt it. And it doesn’t matter about the other picks involved as the swapped 7ths are a wash and the 3rd we got for one of our 4ths is obviously better for us because Beane can use that to get a third pick in round two, which I fully expect him to do.

Right, totally. I addressed that in the "since he was let go from New Jersey" part. And again, what you are saying is fine. I don't disagree. Just say that. But the GM sat there and said he went through 10 candidates in 5 days before they hired Lindy.

I'm trying to nail this one down in my head. Are you saying a fan who wanted Gerard Gallant and naturally wouldn't think KA would need to interview a bunch of guys has no business criticizing KA for wanting LR and (allegedly) not interviewing a bunch of guys? It would not make sense for that fan to want KA to interview guys then hire Gallant. It would make sense for that fan to ask KA to do his due diligence before hiring someone other than Gallant. Am I close? Am I nuts? My head hurts.

Put another way (and to reiterate what @LGR4GM already alluded to at the end of his post): as a second round pick, making the list is even more of a noteworthy accomplishment. He’s one of only six non-first round picks in the last decade with similar performance at age 21 (I’m adding one if you check these numbers because I’m giving Jason Robertson the benefit of the doubt as he hit 45 points in only 58 games). Those players? - Aho - DeBrincat - Point - Kucherov - Gaudreau And the aforementioned Robertson. That’s some pretty good company to be in. Good for JJ.

Don't give John Gurtler any ideas.

man, it's april. i'm just over here trying to catch a vibe. Ugh. I fear this to be true.

Who cares as long as they make the playoffs this year

Or they actually started the coaching search before Meatballs was officially fired. Most football teams over here work like that, have contacts with possible new coach a week or 2 before the other one is fired.

If I was a betting man I think he is the pick. He fits McDermotts checklist and since Beane follows the draft rules to the "t", DeJean checks the boxes there as well. It certainly is a need as well although I think he plays the FS position in the NFL. Hopefully Beane can than move up, but it would be travesty to field a mediocre WR corps with Allen in the height of his prime.

You guys should take deJean and get your WR later he's too good to pass up

Hardman, Hollywood Brown, Worthy... good luck defenses. That is some elite speed, not to mention the other layers of Reids offense with Kelsey and a good backfield. I highly doubt he will have a down year on offense like last year with this group. Worthy doesn't have to be Tyreek, just has to be better than Toney.

I’ve seen this a couple times here (not sure if they’ve all been you). But not sure why you would say that. Even the chiefs didn’t believe that or they wouldn’t have traded up. And it’s not like we just “got a 3rd”. We gave up more than only the 28.

No doubt Reid can scheme like nobody else, but KC’s track record with drafted WRs is a mixed bag at best. The only elite attribute Worthy possesses is speed and that certainly has to be respected, but he is not quick off the line of scrimmage, isn’t a good route runner, doesn’t have great hands, and his frame certainly leaves a lot to be desired and he’s gonna have issues with getting off press coverage as a result. He’s got boom or bust written all over him. And KC was gonna draft him at 32, anyway. Glad we got a third round pick to possibly use as a chip to acquire another pick in the 2nd tonight.

KC values exceptionally talented players that Reid expertly can scheme to create mismatches. The Bills crave blue chip culture guys that are hard workers. Thus KC has 3 rings and we have yet to sniff a championship. The NFL has razor thin margins and Reid is an expert at finding one play to win a game in a playoff scenario. We can try and make ourselves feel better that Worthy is not Tyreek but he doesnt have to be. Just decent enough top speed that he can move all over the field, not just deep routes.

I always get into trouble speaking in broad-brush generalities. There are definitely fans who think targeting your guy without a thorough process is unprofessional, and that is a legitimate take. There are also definitely fans who were vehemently saying things like "they should hire ---" and "no way they should hire ---" I'm referring to people who belong to both group A and group B at the same time.

I am not against Ruff. I have said why I think he makes sense since he was fired in NJD. I wish Adams stood up and said "We targeted Lindy for the role because A, B, C. We went into the process thinking he was the best fit and after the numerous conversations between him moving on from New Jersey he convinced us he pretty quickly he is the one to get this team right". Instead we got "We did a remarkably thorough search. We spoke with 10 candidates in the last 5 days for this role.". This wasn't thorough. We all know that. I think most fans just want a little more conviction rather than getting cute with verbiage and pedantics. This search feels about as thorough as removing the interim name from Meatballs. Just stand up there and say they targeted Lindy from the get go.

was at golf outing where harry neal was speaking. Talked about whenever he crossed border into Canada he had to buy alcohol for Cole at duty free. Believe it was whisky.