Kansas City is trading its first-round pick Thursday night, along with three other picks in the 2021 and 2022 drafts, to the Baltimore Ravens in exchange for Pro Bowl OT Orlando Brown and one pick in the 2021 draft and another in 2022, per sources.
Yeah, I think long term, this is going to prove to be the better deal. Williams might be better this season and maybe next but 3+ years down the line I'd rather have a 27-28 year old Brown than a 35-36 year old Williams [Reply]
Originally Posted by Hoover:
My God this is a slam dunk.
Him talking about why he wants to play LT and his history with his Dad has me fired up!
Home ****ing Run!
Yep. And the Chiefs did not have to sell the farm to get him.
Awesome trade. Can't wait for the season to start.
Hopefully the oline gels quickly, with so many new faces it may take a few games for them to get into thier groove...but man once they do it is gonna be something special. [Reply]
Originally Posted by wazu:
That press conference was impressive. This guy is driven from within and it comes through loud and clear. He's been dreaming his whole life of having this opportunity, and I honestly believe him when he says it's about that dream more than money.
Yeah. He wants to a Hall of Fame OT, that's exactly the dude I want on my team. He's a lot like Patrick that way. [Reply]
Originally Posted by O.city:
One of the guys that go early in this draft may end up being better than Orlando, but cost factors in.
That would be surprising.
For all of the people that have wanted to basically trade away future 1st's and 2nd's for a left tackle in this draft, scouts and well-connected people like Peter King think this draft is going to end up being a stinker due to opt-outs, no Combine, lack of film, no reliable 40 times and medical.
Time will tell but it wouldn't surprise me if this draft is more akin to 2013 than any of the more stacked drafts in recent memory. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud:
That would be surprising.
For all of the people that have wanted to basically trade away future 1st's and 2nd's for a left tackle in this draft, scouts and well-connected people like Peter King think this draft is going to end up being a stinker due to opt-outs, no Combine, lack of film, no reliable 40 times and medical.
Time will tell but it wouldn't surprise me if this draft is more akin to 2013 than any of the more stacked drafts in recent memory.
Yep. One of the things this offeseason's unique series of events allowed me to do was REALLY analyze this OT class.
And I'm now convinced that while it's VERY deep as far as serviceable players, it lacks any top-end quality. Sewell is by far the best prospect but I get the impression that were this the 2018 draft, he'd probably be the 3rd tackle and a later 1st round pick.
This draft is nowhere close to the 2016 draft, for example. [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
Yep. One of the things this offeseason's unique series of events allowed me to do was REALLY analyze this OT class.
And I'm now convinced that while it's VERY deep as far as serviceable players, it lacks any top-end quality. Sewell is by far the best prospect but I get the impression that were this the 2018 draft, he'd probably be the 3rd tackle and a later 1st round pick.
This draft is nowhere close to the 2016 draft, for example.
I think it's deep in terms of guys who CAN be really good LTs, but that there aren't many without some question marks.
Spencer Brown is a monster athlete with incredible feet and movement ability. But he has questions about his comp level and technique and ability to play LT. etc.
There's always a wart. There are a lot of guys who have the tools to be quality T in the NFL... just questions on all [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud:
That would be surprising.
For all of the people that have wanted to basically trade away future 1st's and 2nd's for a left tackle in this draft, scouts and well-connected people like Peter King think this draft is going to end up being a stinker due to opt-outs, no Combine, lack of film, no reliable 40 times and medical.
Time will tell but it wouldn't surprise me if this draft is more akin to 2013 than any of the more stacked drafts in recent memory.
While I agree about the T’s, I think the part about this years draft is way overblown by people like King. Yea, the talent that’s available in the last couple rounds will most certainly be weaker than most years, but this is still a good class in rounds 1-4. I think the point that they’re trying to make is that there’s going to be some huge misses due to those factors you mentioned, but the talent level is MUCH better than 2013 in rounds 1-4. [Reply]
Originally Posted by duncan_idaho:
I think it's deep in terms of guys who CAN be really good LTs, but that there aren't many without some question marks.
Spencer Brown is a monster athlete with incredible feet and movement ability. But he has questions about his comp level and technique and ability to play LT. etc.
There's always a wart. There are a lot of guys who have the tools to be quality T in the NFL... just questions on all
Yeah, I think there's depth at LT in terms of potential.
There's also a lot of depth on guys that are NFL-ready that don't have true superstar upside but could be adequate on the left side and even above average on the right or inside.
What this draft really lacks is that blue chip LT prospect that is both NFL ready AND has unlimited all pro potential. [Reply]
Originally Posted by staylor26:
While I agree about the T’s, I think the part about this years draft is way overblown by people like King. Yea, the talent that’s available in the last couple rounds will most certainly be weaker than most years, but this is still a good class in rounds 1-4. I think the point that they’re trying to make is that there’s going to be some huge misses due to those factors you mentioned, but the talent level is MUCH better than 2013 in rounds 1-4.
IMO, the 1st round talent at QB, WR, and CB pretty much carries this draft. The rest of the positions are okay, lot's of depth but not a lot of high quality prospects. [Reply]
