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Pulpy..,like a glass of water mixed with sheepdog hairI wonder how the orange juice was?
Yeah, he had an accident and spilled it on his lap. I'll give him credit, he didn't miss a beat. I would have been mortified having it happen in front of all those people. I'd only ever order water after seeing that happen.I wonder how the orange juice was?
The 49ers started the rebuild of their team by trading for Garoppolo. So it’s not even true that they built the roster firstIt’s funny seeing guys like Curran say, “they need to build their team like the 49ers and then take a QB”. Yeah sure, it’s very easy to get the best set of weapons in football and an elite left tackle. Anyone can do it!
The 49ers started the rebuild of their team by trading for Garoppolo. So it’s not even true that they built the roster first
I don’t think it is. It is pretty standard to me.their general team building philosophy is kind of all over the place IMO.
Thought I would start a thread.
Some of the highlights from my POV:
name me one draft with 5 or 6 qbs of the future- Says there are "5 or 6" QBs in this draft who can be their QB of the future, but no indication of who they are
- Talks about trading down quite a few times; at one point says "the guaranteed way to win is the get more picks"
- Talked a lot about Drake Maye when asked - said he has a high ceiling, but then also seems to imply he has a low floor
- Still working trade market, there will be guys who come available at the draft and after the draft that they may target
- Seemed to imply Okorafor is currently the starting LT if no one else was acquired, but the draft has not happened yet, etc
- Showed awareness of the NFLPA report card and said they have a team built that is targeting fixes to areas with low scores
- Highlighted belief in development of drafted QB and his staff's ability to do so, and how it did not go well in that area for Mac in '22
But they only traded a 2nd rounder for that QB (Jimmy) - it's not like they spent a high pick on him or sold the farm. Obviously they thought he could be good, but I'd hardly call a 2nd rounder trade as them taking the QB whom they intended to build a roster around. They got him and then found that he was indeed good. By this logic, NE can trade down and take their own QB in the 2nd round and do the same (build around him). And if he ain't all that, and is just good but not great, they can sell the farm a few years later for a big upgrade (like SF did for Trey Lance, which didn't work out).I don’t think it is. It is pretty standard to me.
They took a QB 1st, built the roster around him (with much better overall draft success than others) when they realize, after they built the roster, that the QB they selected wasn’t good enough they tried to get a new one.
It is noteworthy that Mayo had a ton to say about Maye and how "there's no ceiling on a guy like that" (even if he did acknowledge that he needs to develop), but then when asked about Jayden Daniels, his response was "Yeah, I had a Zoom with him, I met him" and then changed the subject to talk about traveling to pro days.
I wonder if maybe Jayden is actually their guy and they're trying to hide it... and if he goes at #2 then they're trading down.
It’s a game of cat and mouse either wayBuilding off my last point, if Washington knows NE likes Daniels, then that would also lead to why there's a lot of leaks about them liking Daniels, even though supposedly Adam Peters loves Maye, and they traded Howell because Maye & Howell were best friends. They could be trying to press NE to trade up 1 pick slot to get their guy.