Fat E's Mock Draft

[milkman]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Hate that draft.

Taking Barron at all in the first is a waste and then to double up on safeties just further diminishes his value.

The 'arcade football' crowd has lost its damn mind. You don't need 3 high-value safeties to have a great defense; we'd have drafted 3 guys including 2 first rounders and have a 4th guy that's starting caliber. The NFL isn't going to be about loading as many hybrid athletes into the defensive backfield as possible. The league simply isn't going to let these safeties cover like you think they will. The PI flags are still going to be thrown on deep balls. The roughing flags are still coming out on hard hits. Coverage from the safety position has been largely neutered by the rules and is overrated as hell. The idea that we're going to deal with the pinball offenses in the league by just overloading safeties is ridiculous.

If you're going to go heavy at a spot on the defense, target the D-line. Take a guy like Mercilus or Brockers. The D-Line, namely getting interior push to prevent the short routes underneath, is going to be where games are won and lost for the foreseeable future, IMO. Chapman's a start, but if you're doubling down and burning 3 picks on defense you'd be better served to go Brockers, Still, Chapman. Or Brockers, Harrison Smith, Chapman. Or Mercilus, Ta'amu, Taylor, etc...

The trenches are where to focus on right now, IMO - not the safeties.

And we're reaching pretty badly on Chapman there, IMO.

Disagree strongly with you on the value of safety, as I disagree strongly with you on the value of guard.

I have a ton of respect for your opinions and take on things, but we just won't ever be on the same page on these positions.

I do appreciate and value your perspective, though.