2023 NFL Draft Thread

[OrangeAfroMan]

Maybe the Colts are playing 3-D chess and simply won't call any slant routes.........
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btw, aging is a sonofabitch - I'm looking at you, Melissa Stark.

[Mdot21]

That Colts front office had a "Irsay made this pick" vibe.

Lulz @ the Colts

[Mdot21]

So far, if I'm listening right, Stroud has armor from God that he should probably share with the tiny, puny Bryce Young.
Rent it or sell it?

I think Stroud is going to be a better NFL QB than Young will. Not sure a 5'10, 195 pound guy will last in the NFL playing QB. Yeah they don't get hit like they used to- but they still take unholy punishment. Especially rookies and non-star QBs. Brady/Rodgers guys like that- now Mahomes- have different set of rules than the other QBs. Can't even sneeze on those guys without getting PIs/fouls. Young ain't gonna have that. At least not until he establishes himself as a star.

[Mdot21]

Texans trade up to take Will Anderson. Not sure I like that. Think they gave up way too much to move up and take an edge rusher. That team needs A TON of help in the draft over the next few years- they shouldn't be giving up picks like that. They aren't an edge rusher away to being an elite team. They are a bunch of players away.

[MaximumSam]

I just realized, just now, that I knew Paris Johnson's dad. He played at Miami and we shared a dorm suite one summer semester. Hot damn now I feel old.

[OrangeAfroMan]

The hodge-podge of humanity they have in the fan sections near the stage are truly bizarre.  

[rook119]

I think Stroud is going to be a better NFL QB than Young will. Not sure a 5'10, 195 pound guy will last in the NFL playing QB. Yeah they don't get hit like they used to- but they still take unholy punishment. Especially rookies and non-star QBs. Brady/Rodgers guys like that- now Mahomes- have different set of rules than the other QBs. Can't even sneeze on those guys without getting PIs/fouls. Young ain't gonna have that. At least not until he establishes himself as a star.

Flutie played on concrete in Canada and rarely got hurt as an old in the NFL. Russel Wilson is a joke now but in his prime despite all the sacks he was on the end of, defenders rarely got a free shot at him. 

He'll be 210-220lb by his 3rd year. 

[rook119]

Texans trade up to take Will Anderson. Not sure I like that. Think they gave up way too much to move up and take an edge rusher. That team needs A TON of help in the draft over the next few years- they shouldn't be giving up picks like that. They aren't an edge rusher away to being an elite team. They are a bunch of players away.

They keep on saying pencil him in for 10-12 sacks a year. That's a solid player, but you just spent the No.2 pick on Bud Dupree (who was avail in FA) 

[rook119]

Lions front office celebrating like they had NO IDEA that the 32nd pick in the draft will fall to them at 13. 

[slugsrbad]

The Lions are having quite a draft... and that's not a compliment.  They should have picked literally anyone at 12 then Gibbs at 18.  Like what are they doing. 

[Mdot21]

Lions front office celebrating like they had NO IDEA that the 32nd pick in the draft will fall to them at 13.

not a fan of this Lions first round of the draft. At all. Hopefully they make it up on the later rounds.

[OrangeAfroMan]

The Seahawks done good.

[Mdot21]

The Seahawks done good.

yeah I liked their 1st round. JSN is going to fit in nicely with Lockett and Metcalf. Witherspoon was the top CB on most boards and Pete Carroll is a DB guru. 

I think the Eagles won the night however. Jalen Carter might've been the best football player in the draft, red flags/issues aside. If he can't succeed there- he can't succeed anywhere. If that dude hits....holy hell. Then they got Nolan Smith at the end of the 1st. I probably wouldn't have taken him til the 2nd rd- but again....he's an OLB that ran 4.39 and had a 42" vertical - so yeah- insanely athletic. If he hits as well.....man. 

This is a team that was a c*nt hair away from winning a Super Bowl and has most of that team coming back and just locked up the QB. If just one of those dudes hits over the next 2-3 years- they'll be sitting pretty. If both hit- they'll have a disgusting defense. 

[MrNubbz]

The Lions are having quite a draft... and that's not a compliment.  They should have picked literally anyone at 12 then Gibbs at 18.  Like what are they doing.

Consulting the Browns evidently, who I believe will get a shot at Mr Irrelent