DRAFT DAY DISCUSSION 2026 NFL Draft: Day 1

Give Kraft A Hand · Thursday at 11:06 PM

DoubleDeluxe said:
Sadiq is gonna be a bust.

I mean Jets gonna Jet. Something will happen

stelfans · Thursday at 11:06 PM

DaBruinz said:
He's not Weak as hell. FFS. 25 on the Bench is not f'in weak. And you said UNDERSIZED. Undersized = SHORT and underweight.

Terrible analysis on your part. The Pick is fine.

The only thing I said was that he’s weak.

“ His play could improve rapidly with strength gains and additional coaching.”

That one I didn’t say.

“ Weaknesses
-Needs to keep improving upper-body strength.”

That one wasn’t me either.

I’m sure I can find more reports. He’s weak.

scott99 · Thursday at 11:07 PM

Hammer of Thor said:
Jets with new TE and new WR. Going to be tough with Geno as QB though.

Draft isn’t over. Could draft a QB in the 2nd round.

UGAPatsfan · Thursday at 11:08 PM

Not sure there will be much left for edge rushers at end of 2nd

Raccoonsuit · Thursday at 11:08 PM

Nice! Dylan the Seahawks fan was awesome. Goodell looked scared there for a minute as the mic was cutting out.

Seattle got a Kenny replacement. Always love seeing rbs go in the 1st round

VJCPatriot · Thursday at 11:08 PM

upstater1 said:
Fano moved after his freshman year and Lomu didn't join until a year later, so Fano's move predates Lomu starting by a year.

So maybe Lomu basically outright WON the left tackle job and forced Fano to move to RT?

If so we ended up with the better tackle at a later draft position? Something to think about.

DoubleDeluxe · Thursday at 11:09 PM

DoubleDeluxe said:
Sadiq is gonna be a bust.

With the Lemon pick it certainly seems AJ is one his way here.
But still you find things to complain about.
You know you are the new Sam right?

yukon cornelius · Thursday at 11:10 PM

UGAPatsfan said:
Not sure there will be much left for edge rushers at end of 2nd

Move up again?

VJCPatriot · Thursday at 11:10 PM

UGAPatsfan said:
Not sure there will be much left for edge rushers at end of 2nd

I'm pretty sure we will need to package to get into the 50's for a decent tier 2 EDGE.

But the Patriots have shown a willingness to move up ahead of runs.

The move up for Lomu just demonstrated that. I feel like they will monitor the situation very closely and move up when they need to on Day 2.

upstater1 · Thursday at 11:11 PM

VJCPatriot said:
So maybe Lomu basically outright WON the left tackle job and forced Fano to move to RT?

If so we ended up with the better tackle at a later draft position? Something to think about.

Colleges really value the right tackle because so many QB are running option and running plays.

Hugepatsfan · Thursday at 11:12 PM

The logic is sound.

Moses is ancient and his contract is set up to be a cap casualty next year. Groom Lomu for a year to take over. He’s a key depth piece as a rookie too. The idea that teams don’t “red shirt” fist round picks ever is wrong. It happens when the situation makes sense. Moses could also regress to where you make the move this year too. Campbell or Moses could get hurt. You never know.

Campbell had an overall good year at LT so you hope the playoff struggles were due to injury. But if he does fail, he could move to LG and AVT to RG to replace Onwenu (FA after the year). Then Lomu gets a crack at LT. Again, hope it doesn’t come to that but it’s an option if they need to. If Campbell does move to LG though it wouldn’t be mid season IMO, it would be next offseason when Onwenu was gone. For this year, he’d just get benched.

Remains to be seen if they got the evaluation of him and the other pick candidates right, but the position logic checks out for sure

manxman2601 · Thursday at 11:12 PM

Not thrilled by the Lomu pick but he’s a Patriot now so I’m rooting for him to prove me wrong.

lancerman · Thursday at 11:13 PM

VJCPatriot said:
I'm pretty sure we will need to package to get into the 50's for a decent tier 2 EDGE.

But the Patriots have shown a willingness to move up ahead of runs.

The move up for Lomu just demonstrated that. I feel like they will monitor the situation very closely and move up when they need to on Day 2.

Like I said before, not a deep draft. Would not have an issue at all trading whatever to get someone high in the 2nd and then ending this with 4 solid picks and maybe a flier.

JMC00 · Thursday at 11:13 PM

Raccoonsuit said:
****. The jete draft was legit. Not liking that

jest 2022 draft was considered more legit than this, Gardner, Wilson and Johnson in the 1st and Hall in the 2nd and they were still the jest

The Gr8est · Thursday at 11:15 PM

yukon cornelius said:
Now trade up in the 2nd for an edge

Why?

Edge and TE are both deep.

OT wasn’t.

n1997y · Thursday at 11:16 PM

PatsfanTN said:
Don’t rule out some sneaky ass team to suddenly be in on AJ. I’m not counting anything out until it’s done. Or Russini says it’s happening.

Is she still a credible shill?

Joey007 · Thursday at 11:17 PM

sb1 said:
Not a bad pick. Probably thought the Chiefs were looking at him.

Sounds a bit raw though….

Sets up nicely. Let Moses play out this year. Transition into Lomu in 27-28.

Joey007 · Thursday at 11:17 PM

The Gr8est said:
Why?

Edge and TE are both deep.

OT wasn’t.

This was pretty much it, unless you gambled on a guy like Dunker being there in the late 2nd.

DoubleDeluxe · Thursday at 11:18 PM

The Gr8est said:
Why?

Edge and TE are both deep.

OT wasn’t.

I would love to come out of rd 2 and 3 with a viable Edge and LB.
TE can wait.
DT can wait.
Safety is a wildcard.
Couple of highly rated OGs in Preg and Bisontis still on the board. Widcards.

Ras-IR Dowling · Thursday at 11:18 PM

I understand the trade up with SF sitting there at 30 with a year to year Trent Williams. Lomu may have been on their radar.

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