WWYHD 2026 Draft Edition

[bakes781]

Hindsight is always 20/20 so what would you have done different?

Heck we can start with the very 1st pick. Turns out Keldric Faulk did slip to 31. We could have our EDGE rusher without trading away our 4th.

At 63 this might have been considered a reach a few weeks ago but Oscar Delp would have been my choice.

At 95 is where we ended up getting our TE but we could have had RTs Tiernan or Burke. Had we known LT was in their sights Drew Shelton was also available there.

125 & 131 is where we could have had Elam-Orr and Kyle Louis.

171 Prunty is probably the one pick I could say was as close to perfect as could possibly be. That said there was a couple skill position Binkies that went right after him.

191 Obviously when you get this deep it's all a crapshoot, but my very 1st Binky got selected at this spot. Josh Cameron just looks like a guy who will make his way on Sundays. Just remember I said it first lol

Again lots of garbage to sift through on the rest of these but some possible gems that we missed out on.

198 VJ Payne

202 LBs Aiden Fisher/Lander Barton(udfa)

212 Cole Wisniewski/Miles Scott

247 Dallen Bentley TE

 

[mayoclinic]

I am fine with Caleb Lomu at 28.

I am ok with trading up for Gabe Jacas, but with DDs and Keyron Crawford both still on the board, I probably would not have traded up. Take best pass rusher at 63.

At 95, I would have gone BPA. The idea of pairing Jermod McCoy with Christian Gonzalez too good to pass up.

I take Kyle Louis with 131, VJ Payne with 198. I like the Crownover pick.

Now the back half of my defense has Kyle Louis, VJ Payne and Jermod McCoy in top of Gozalez and Woodson.

I would trade up if Eli Raridon fell, otherwise Joe Royer and Seydou Traore would work.

 

[stelfans]

They clearly wanted one of the top OT’s, whoever that was. I think trading up was smart. Tiernan is awful and Burke is a nice story but the others are in a completely different level.
Jacas was another one of their guys, they weren’t letting him go. Again trading up was the smart move. As nice as DDS and Crawford sound, they are not in the same level.
So in hindsight, I would have done exactly the same.

 

[Water Boy]

I've come around on Lomu. I was hoping for Miller or Iheanchor but it is what it is.

I like DDS and Crawford, but I think Jacas was the best well rounded DE on the board and was the Lynch pin of this entire draft. I whole heartedly supported that trade up.

Raridon was a great pick. I didn't focus on him much due to injury concerns but he could very well be the best all around TE out of he Roush and Delp. I think there was a lot of projection on Roush's upside as a pass catcher with those short arms of his.

I don't know enough about Prunty to question the pick especially if he has CB/FS versatility, but Adam Randall there would look pretty good. CB is a more important position so I guess we'll see.

Crownover in the 6th is a good pick and makes sense.

Obaizidor - this is the pick I question the most. Is he better than, Perkins, Aiden Fisher or Red Murdock or was there more value with DT Van Den Berg?

 

[DaBruinz]

I don't get how people are saying that Raridon is an "all-around TE". The guy doesn't like to block. Watch his blocks. He puts the minimum amount of effort into it. It's why his technique is poor in both run blocking and pass blocking.

As for being a pass catcher, yeah, he's got a good catch radius and he's big. But his routes are mediocre and he lacks the ability to set up the players in coverage.

I can only hope he puts more effort into all the aspects of his game as well as getting stronger.

Obiazor would have been available as a UDFA. I didn't understand this pick. Especially with 3 Vets in front of him. Guy has almost no chance to make the team with Britt, Muma, and Elliss in front of him. Not to mention Otis Reese and Amari Gainer. I know that the Pats have good depth at DT, but van der Berg looks to be a better player and likely will end up being better than Durden, Taylor, or Pharms. He fits the "Tonesetter" and "violent player" mentality.

 

[sg14]

If Makell Bell was a ROT, they could have taken Jacas at 31, then Bell at 63.
Keep their 4th rounders.

Trying to convert Bell to the other side seems like a bigger task than switching Lomu.

That's the benefit of 20-20 hindsight.

I'm good with what they did. Think the first 3 picks were coaches picks.

 

[dliverey44]

I don't get how people are saying that Raridon is an "all-around TE". The guy doesn't like to block. Watch his blocks. He puts the minimum amount of effort into it. It's why his technique is poor in both run blocking and pass blocking.

As for being a pass catcher, yeah, he's got a good catch radius and he's big. But his routes are mediocre and he lacks the ability to set up the players in coverage.

I can only hope he puts more effort into all the aspects of his game as well as getting stronger.

Obiazor would have been available as a UDFA. I didn't understand this pick. Especially with 3 Vets in front of him. Guy has almost no chance to make the team with Britt, Muma, and Elliss in front of him. Not to mention Otis Reese and Amari Gainer. I know that the Pats have good depth at DT, but van der Berg looks to be a better player and likely will end up being better than Durden, Taylor, or Pharms. He fits the "Tonesetter" and "violent player" mentality.

I think you got spoiled by Gronk. Raridon is a decent blocker

 

[mgteich]

Vandenberg instead of Prunty

 

[DaBruinz]

I think you got spoiled by Gronk. Raridon is a decent blocker

No. He isn't a decent blocker. I went and watched some of the plays where he was required to block.. He puts enough effort to keep him on the field, but that's not a lot. His technique is poor. I'm not expecting him to be Gronk or Dwayne Allen coming out of college.

 

[DaBruinz]

Vandenberg instead of Prunty

Prunty will likely become the #2 or #3 Outside Corner behind Gonzalez within 2 years. I love van den Berg, but Prunty had the need factor going for him. van den Berg did not. Not with Barmore, Williams, and Farmer locked in and the Pats having Durden, Taylor and Gregory behind the other 3..

 

[dliverey44]

No. He isn't a decent blocker. I went and watched some of the plays where he was required to block.. He puts enough effort to keep him on the field, but that's not a lot. His technique is poor. I'm not expecting him to be Gronk or Dwayne Allen coming out of college.

thankfully we have coaches that should improve his technique. he has talked about blocking and that makes it sound to me that he realizes how important it is, so that means he is probably a willing blocker. There are numerous "experts" that have commented that he is a decent to good inline blocker. Nate Tice and Brugler seem to think he is decent blocker as an inline TE