Sure I will update the thread titleIs this the spoiler or no spoiler game thread?
We could post our favorite Jets video, but your post made me think of this wonderful moment for the City of ClevelandI think one of my favorite aspects of draft day coverage is how the networks display more or less the same number of ‘team needs’ for the Rams, Chiefs, and Patriots as they display for the Raiders, Bucs, and Cardinals.
Then when a sorry ass team with literally a need to upgrade like 20-25 roster spots to contend picks a big prospect, someone inevitably says ‘that fills a need for them for the next 10-15 years.’ Because guys are playing a decade plus, and for the same team, all over the place!
I do like the draft; it’s a well-conceived marketing pitch to fans of shitty teams that THIS could be the draft.
If they pick at allPatriots pick is likely to be around 11:30 at night for those wondering... unless they trade up for Hock.
I wouldn't mind trading back into the 2nd round and picking up an extra pick that allows them to trade for Rosen/AJ Green and still pick a quality rookie. Either up for Hock (if he slips to the high teens) or down to get more ammo for trades.Or out of the first round entirely.
I'll be an hour into Avengers at that point. I won't be checking my phone but man...I will want to know what's going on with the Pats. Oh well, sacrifices will need to be made.Patriots pick is likely to be around 11:30 at night for those wondering... unless they trade up for Hock.
I would put the over/under at 1.5 players traded to the Pats. Seems like they've found an inefficiency in the market by swapping picks in exchange for players with 1 year left on their deal.Will the Patriots make any trades of picks for vet players this weekend?
I prefer NFLN so I avoid that douche Mel Kiper Jr.What network are people leaning towards? Is this the first time ABC has had draft coverage?
NFLN looks really inviting now that there's no Mayock. Oh wait, they still have Casserly and also have LDT this year. Never mind.I prefer NFLN so I avoid that douche Mel Kiper Jr.
Seahawks will definitely trade down with 1 first rounder today and likely both of them.
ABC also plans to have Robin Robert's and celebrities such as Luke Bryan and Bobby Bones. Their plan is to focus on the stories of the prospects while ESPN focuses on the X's and O's.Yes, first time for ABC. I understand it will have its college football analysts deployed to view the draft through that lens.
+1.I'm more excited for this draft than I have been in any draft for a long time, simply because I think its the most important draft the Patriots have had in a long time. Every draft is obviously important to building and maintaining a team but it just seems like this year we've got the perfect storm of a team that really needs a serious infusion of young talent at some key spots (mainly DL, WR, and TE), a draft that happens to have a lot of quality depth at those very same spots, and a lot of picks to make. Hitting a home run in this draft could set the Patriots up for a lengthy extension of the dynasty and really pave the way for the post-Brady transition, a complete whiff and I think we might have seen the last true Super Bowl contender of the Brady/Belichick era. Obviously there are a lot of outcomes in between those extremes but the stakes just seem really high.
Absolutely, we've usually had leaks or even pre-draft trades (ie, the Rams and Eagles moving up to position themselves to draft Goff/Wentz few years ago) that greatly clarify what's going to happen at the top.+1.
More generally -- am I right that most years, and certainly last year, we've had a blockbuster leak by this time this day that proves out, and right now we've got nothing?
Edit -- generally, not Pats specific.
Seattle makes a lot of sense; they need more picks, even with the Clark deal.Some Patriots-related nuggets from Chris Price.
--A trade up would likely be with either Oakland or Seattle.
--If there's a draft curveball in the 1st round from NE, it would be for a secondary player. He specifically mentions that the Pats like this year's crop of corners and especially like Johnathan Abram.
--Price really likes QB Ryan Finley as a Pats fit.
You'd rather see a movie that you could see tomorrow, or even Monday after the draft is over, then watch the first round of a draft that only happens tonight?I'll be an hour into Avengers at that point. I won't be checking my phone but man...I will want to know what's going on with the Pats. Oh well, sacrifices will need to be made.
Ha, I thought this last year with the two first roundersI'm more excited for this draft than I have been in any draft for a long time, simply because I think its the most important draft the Patriots have had in a long time. Every draft is obviously important to building and maintaining a team but it just seems like this year we've got the perfect storm of a team that really needs a serious infusion of young talent at some key spots (mainly DL, WR, and TE), a draft that happens to have a lot of quality depth at those very same spots, and a lot of picks to make. Hitting a home run in this draft could set the Patriots up for a lengthy extension of the dynasty and really pave the way for the post-Brady transition, a complete whiff and I think we might have seen the last true Super Bowl contender of the Brady/Belichick era. Obviously there are a lot of outcomes in between those extremes but the stakes just seem really high.
What is there to "watch" with the draft? It is not a sports event. It's just a guy going to the podium to announce picks. You can read the picks in the paper the next day (not an actual paper, what is this, 1990?)You'd rather see a movie that you could see tomorrow, or even Monday after the draft is over, then watch the first round of a draft that only happens tonight?
You should be ashamed of yourself
Okay, then how about "follow' the draft in real time with a bunch of other fans. Because that still tops a movie that can be seen four days laterWhat is there to "watch" with the draft? It is not a sports event. It's just a guy going to the podium to announce picks. You can read the picks in the paper the next day (not an actual paper, what is this, 1990?)
I'm not missing the whole draft. I'm missing the last few picks of the first round. If the Pats trade up, I'll see it. If they don't, there's like a 90% chance they'll trade out of the first round altogether. It's entirely possible I'm not going to miss...anything actually.Okay, then how about "follow' the draft in real time with a bunch of other fans. Because that still tops a movie that can be seen four days later
I might actually go to bed after the 24th pick for this reason. If the Pats don't trade with Seattle or Oakland, what are the chances they actually pick at 32? I would have said the same thing last year, but then of course they ended up standing pat at both picks... odds that happens again??I'm not missing the whole draft. I'm missing the last few picks of the first round. If the Pats trade up, I'll see it. If they don't, there's like a 90% chance they'll trade out of the first round altogether. It's entirely possible I'm not going to miss...anything actually.
Shocking picks and mega trades are fun, for me, to follow in real time. Especially when the latter precede the former and you’re wondering who team X gave all that up for.What is there to "watch" with the draft? It is not a sports event. It's just a guy going to the podium to announce picks. You can read the picks in the paper the next day (not an actual paper, what is this, 1990?)
I mean you can also watch games the next day.What is there to "watch" with the draft? It is not a sports event. It's just a guy going to the podium to announce picks. You can read the picks in the paper the next day (not an actual paper, what is this, 1990?)
He's more of a DL than a DE, so I'd pass and look to draft an edge rusher in the draft. Still hoping for Josh Rosen for #73 and #243 if ARI takes Murray.
Just heard 49ers are shopping Solomon Thomas, the third pick in the 2017 draft.
It is the first time ABC has offered draft coverage -- they're planning to program toward a broader and more gender-balanced audience than ESPN will be targeting. More up-close-and-personal stories about the players and their families, while ESPN will have more nuts-and-bolts about draft strategy and how players will fit the schemes of the teams they're joining. Robin Roberts anchors on ABC.What network are people leaning towards? Is this the first time ABC has had draft coverage?
They need interior linemen too though and he's really cheap for the next 2 years.He's more of a DL than a DE, so I'd pass and look to draft an edge rusher in the draft. Still hoping for Josh Rosen for #73 and #243 if ARI takes Murray.
I originally had Tillery, but with Chung getting older and the position he plays is so complex I ultimately thought getting a replacement for him now would be good. He can learn from Chung and ultimately can take over from him when his contract runs out after 2021.Jeffery Simmons? Jerry Tillery? Darnell Savage? JoeJuan Williams?
Based on your mock, I'm either looking to trade with SEA at 29 to get Ferrell or looking to get out of the 1st round and drop a few spots, if the draft goes as mocked.
One possibility I'm thinking about is trading 32, 64 and 243 to SF for 36, 67 and Solomon Thomas, if SF is interested in trading into the end of the 1st round.