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I agree with this. Roch had a poor second half. CJ Smith injury hurt them as well. The Ullmark call up was baffling.

I don't get this talk of stripping down to the studs and rebuilding. It's not like they have anything significant to strip away. They need to rebuild the bottom 6, but they have some pieces already... Mittlestadt, Bailey, Smith.... Baptiste maybe, a couple UFAs and you're done.

I like Wahlstrom at 4.

he's too small

https://cbssports.radio.com/articles/ross-tucker-i-wouldnt-touch-josh-rosen-draft

playoff stats.. 5.6 GAA, .800 sv%. Is this who he is? Some guys just can't handle the pressure. Hopefully he figures it out.

Dragging this out is great for the NFL. More hits on nfl.com, and more viewers = more revenue. I remember when the draft was only on the radio, and nobody knew these prospects except for the scouts. The internet has changed the game.

In a must win game at home... A. Matthews, 0g 0a, -2, 3 shots. Maybe I need to change back my avatar.

How do you know this... Did you interview all of them? Watch every throw they made their entire college career? Talk to their teammates and coaches? There is so much FUD out there, unless you do your due diligence... which none of us have access to do... we simply can't know who the best QB is.

Yes. And there will no doubt be a QB there at 12. The QBs are hyped up every draft, and only 1 or 2 go in the top 10... happens every year. Rosen, Mayfield or Allen will be there at 12.

I've tried to research these QBs best I can, but only guys like Beane and other GMs have access to mountains of data and can sit down face to face and interview these kids, so I'll trust that Beane has done his due diligence... he seems like a smart guy who's made some slick moves so far... and had a great draft last year. Hope that continues, QB or not.

They used to do it that way... at least before they implemented the rookie wage scale. eg, Mario Williams signed a deal before the draft in 2006 IIRC. David Carr and Carson Palmer too I think?

They looked slow... same with the Kings.... but anybody facing the Knights will look slow. My Ducks sources (an employee and a player) says Bob Murray is an idiot.

They could still trade the pick/player after the announcement. Maybe the league has put a halt to it as a way to increase the drama/attract viewers. The advantage was they could begin contract negotiations earlier.

Why hasn't CLE announced who they're picking 1st yet? Doesn't that usually happen by now?

I suppose with somebody like Rosen the receivers won't need as much separation for him to throw the ball, so he doesn't need as much time to wait for guys to be breaking open down the field.

Somebody arguing that McCarron will be better than Taylor because he won't miss as many open receivers. My point is that McCarron won't get those same looks from the pocket that Taylor did, so even though McCarron may have a more accurate arm, he won't have as many of those same opportunities to hit open receivers as Taylor did. But yeah, I agree, they need to draft a top flight QB.

Like Flagg said, teams that shut Taylor down said they "forced him to be a QB", meaning they didn't let him get outside the pocket. He's at his best when he's on the move. With a a pocket passer you can attack the pocket and not worry about them escaping pressure. With Taylor they didn't attack the pocket, rather they contained him, which gave receivers more time to get open. With McCarron, you can bet opposing defenses will attack the pocket with a variety of schemes and blitzes. This means he'll have less time to throw, less time for receivers to get open. I'm not trying to defend Taylor... My point is that McCarron (or whoever) is back there, won't be facing the same fronts and types of pressure that Taylor did. Receivers won't have as much time to get open.

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Thing is.. defenses needed to game plan around Taylor's ability to run. Without that running threat, defenses will have an easier time defending... which means fewer open receivers.

A+ He did what he was instructed to do.

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