I ****ing love this draft!!!!

[staylor26]

Originally Posted by staylor26

Inspired by crow, going to start doing one of these every year about a month before the draft.

QB:

Cam Ward, Miami

RB:

Quinshon Judkins, Ohio St.
TreVeyon Henderson, Ohio St.
Dylan Sampson, Tennessee
D.J. Giddens, Kansas St.
Damien Martinez, Miami
Trevor Etienne, Georgia

WR:

Tre Harris, Ole Miss
Jalen Royals, Utah St.
Tory Horton, Colorado St.
Kyle Williams, Washington St.
Dont'e Thornton, Tennessee
Kaden Prather, Maryland
Ricky White, UNLV

OL:

Josh Simmons, OT, Ohio St. (excluding medicals)
Marcus Mbow, OT, Purdue
Charles Grant, OT, William & Mary
Ajani Cornelius, OT, Oregon
Grey Zabel, IOL, North Dakota St.
Tate Ratledge, IOL, Georgia
Jalen Rivers, IOL, Miami

TE:

Colston Loveland, Michigan
Elijah Arroyo, Miami
Gunnar Helm, Texas (post combine value)
Jalin Conyers, Texas Tech

EDGE:

James Pearce Jr., Tennessee
Nic Scourton, Texas A&M
Bradyn Swinson, LSU
Jordan Burch, Oregon
Oluwafemi Oladejo, UCLA
Tyler Barron, Miami

DT:

Walter Nolen, Ole Miss
Omarr Norman-Lott, Tennessee
Alfred Collins, Texas
C.J. West, Indiana
J.J. Pegues, Ole Miss
Howard Cross III, Notre Dame

LB:

Chris Paul Jr., Ole Miss
Jeffrey Bassa, Oregon
Barrett Carter, Clemson
Shaun Dolac, Buffalo

CB:

Jahdae Barron, Texas
Trey Amos, Ole Miss
Shavon Revel, East Carolina
Azareye'h Thomas, FSU
Cobee Bryant, Kansas
Denzel Burke, Ohio St.

S:

Malaki Starks, Georgia
Kevin Winston Jr., Penn St.
Andrew Mukuba, Texas
Sebastian Castro, Iowa
Malachi Moore, Alabama

Alexa, play "Can't tell me nothing" by Kanye West

[SAGA45]

Originally Posted by kccrow

Taking a risk on Simmons was something I thought you saved for the 3rd round or later. I remain convinced that Veach overshot on that one. I don't think teams felt comfortable with that injury, and he would have slid much further.

It's a safe bet Veach had intel strongly suggesting that if the Chiefs wanted Simmons, they had to take him at 32 and no later.

[kccrow]

Originally Posted by SAGA45

It's a safe bet Veach had intel strongly suggesting that if the Chiefs wanted Simmons, they had to take him at 32 and no later.

I'm trying to work through the logistics, and I just don't see too many paths in round 2.

I'd say these are the most likely, and maybe even the only possibilities that he would have gone in the 2nd:

Chicago at 39
Cincinnati at 49
Green Bay at 54

[SAGA45]

Originally Posted by kccrow

I'm trying to work through the logistics, and I just don't see too many paths in round 2.

I'd say these are the most likely, and maybe even the only possibilities that he would have gone in the 2nd:

Chicago at 39
Cincinnati at 49
Green Bay at 54

Is this the exact message you relayed to Veach when he called you from the Chiefs warroom that night?

[jjchieffan]

Originally Posted by kccrow

I'm trying to work through the logistics, and I just don't see too many paths in round 2.

I'd say these are the most likely, and maybe even the only possibilities that he would have gone in the 2nd:

Chicago at 39
Cincinnati at 49
Green Bay at 54

I get where you're coming from. But I think that it was worth the risk. It's not like it's unheard of to take a risk in the first round. I remember the Lions taking an injured Jameson Williams pretty high in the first round a couple of years ago. Also, don't forget, only around 15 players usually have a first ground grade. Picking at the end of the round, you're likely to only have 2nd round graded players available anyway.

[kccrow]

Originally Posted by SAGA45

Is this the exact message you relayed to Veach when he called you from the Chiefs warroom that night?

You just going to turn into another douchebag around here? Fair enough.

[SAGA45]

Originally Posted by kccrow

You just going to turn into another douchebag around here? Fair enough.

Lol! It's all in good jest, man.

[kccrow]

Originally Posted by SAGA45

Lol! It's all in good jest, man.

Sounds good. You never can pick up that tone from text.

I do wish I had Veach's number and could ask him a question like that. I'd love to know these things:
Why did he feel so confident in picking Simmons in round 1 with that injury
If he truly felt like there was pressure Simmons would go early in round 2
If there was ever any consideration for or attempt to trade up for Conerly

I don't recall any media members asking those things, and maybe they wouldn't because they are afraid to push those buttons

[SAGA45]

Originally Posted by kccrow

I'd love to know these things:

...If there was ever any consideration for or attempt to trade up for Conerly

This is the one I've been pondering. From the way things went down and the way Veach spoke in that post day-1 presser, they were pretty locked in on Simmons and had been for months. If anything, I suspect Conerly was the contingency, not vice versa.

[Bump]

This is probably going to be the best draft since 2022!

[xztop123]

It might go down as andys tenure / second best draft besides the mahomes draft

But part of the reason why it was a good draft is because we didn’t have many holes to fill.