DRAFT DAY DISCUSSION Official 2022 NFL Draft Thread: Day 2

[sb1]

Rousing endorsement from Walter Football


Gave the same grade to Strange last night.

On the other hand he rated the Mac pick a D- last year so let's hope he nailed these two opinions just as well.

 

[ashley]

 

[billdog3484]

Go root for the Jets they killed the draft, say hi to Bob Jensen for us.

Don’t tell me who to root for. We are allowed to complain about draft picks and not be bobos who just think bill can’t do anything wrong

 

[Zuma]

Crap another painful round after this one

 

[upstater1]

It's not a crazy stretch to think Thornton was going to get taken before the Patriots. Just look at all those WRs that were snagged.

 

[long distance]

If he hasn't signed the tender, he can't be traded.

Thanks, but that was not the point. There might be some contract(expectation)/(self)value disagreement and BB does not want to drag it out..

He can sign as soon as he's happy with either staying put or getting acceptable trade..

 

[TomPatriot]

LOL, I don't know if I'd kill Thornton just yet. Pats were due to finally hit on one and Mac won't destroy his confidence and berate him his rookie year, so he might actually turn out to be pretty good.

I know you’re the boss of this site and I’m not a very good suckup but . . .

Spot on.

 

[Deus Irae]

So, would everybody be happy if the Pats won the consensus on draft day and never saw another SB win?

Don't get too caught up in what the "experts" think.

Those are the only two options?

 

[goheels22002]

Thornton puts pressure on Agholor to figure out how to get separation.

 

[FreeTedWilliams]

I would think that they must have had intel that someone was going to take him or they would have waited. Last year people wanted them to trade up for a QB, but they had intel that Mac would fall to them so they stood pat. I can't see why they would trade up unless they thought he's be gone.
Just because some Analyst said he was a 4-5 round guy doesn't mean it is true.

Just like the intel they had when they traded up for Slowjuan?

 

[Gronkowski123]

insane pick. a 4th rounder.

the scouts have to be super upset..

 

[JarOfMayo51]

if they could come away with Travis Jones and a solid CB or LB tonight, daddy likes

 

[Hammer of Thor]

After 55 picks, I have to ask — what’s wrong with Travis Jones? I had NT as one of the team’s biggest needs, but not only does BB disagree, but no one else has thought him good enough to take yet. I thought he tore up the Senior Bowl despite playing for UConn, so I’m wondering what the issues are? Undisclosed injury?

 

[WhatJustHappened]

Thornton is fast, but he is too long to be quick. He’s like bethel Johnson

Says who? How long was Randy? STFU Already please

 

[Ring 6]

Well, no. That's like saying it's "well deserved" to rank New England first in the league last year.

The event being "graded" is his draft position. It turned out to be no. 50, which is in the 2nd round. The 4th round grade is wrong.

Right. The predictions of who will get drafted where are wrong. The analysts are trying to predict the draft picks. The drafters are not trying to predict the opinions of random people who wrote about drafts.

 

[PatsFanInVa]

Yeah, except it's absolutely nothing like that.




Not how it works. You know that.

You have a verifiable -- and you might add, falsifiable-- parameter you're using as a proxy measure of something else. Let's say "how good he is."

So really, you've got a misleading and false metric - "A 4th round grade" - substituting for "my opinion is that he was picked way too early."

Sounds different, doesn't it?

Okay, if that's your opinion, fine. If that's some other guy's opinion too, also fine. Unfortunately the "grade," by draft position, can be compared with where he was actually drafted. It's accurate if he's picked in the round he's "graded" to be in, it's inaccurate otherwise.

I have no doubt sports media would prefer us to rank their opinions above NFL personnel guys, but they're still not making the picks.

 

[Ring 6]

After 55 picks, I have to ask — what’s wrong with Travis Jones? I had NT as one of the team’s biggest needs, but not only does BB disagree, but no one else has thought him good enough to take yet. I thought he tore up the Senior Bowl despite playing for UConn, so I’m wondering what the issues are? Undisclosed injury?

55 better players?

 

[patsfan13]

Well Slade Bolden or Britian Covey as a UDFA would be nice

 

[PWRxWLF]

Pats jumped up, grab a receiver, and then a huge run on receivers takes place.

 

[TomPatriot]

anyone whining about the trade up just look at the run on WRs 4 of the last 5 picks

Mac just got a Hennessy Venom.