Well, since you brought it up...
2019
1-32: AJ Brown... He & Deebo were 1A & 1B with me... Metcalf was a clear #3 in the 2nd round; Harry, Isabella & McLaurin were in the next group behind him later in the same round...
2-56: I would Not have made the trade-up to 45 with the Rams; I instead would've stood pat at 56 and, wearing my Homie glasses, taken BC DLman Zach Allen, who would've been a Much, MUCH better version of a running-down DE/passing-down DT than the comically over-paid Dee Wise is.
3-77: I'll throw Billy, Nicky & Nike a bone and take SloJoe Willies here, maybe... Betcha he still woulda been available too... If not then oh well there were still 3rd-round-worthy DBs such as Justin Layne, Julian Love, David Long, Chauncey the Gardner-Johnson & Jamel Dean on the board.
3-87: While Damien the Omen Harris provided good value at this spot, I would not have taken him here anyway after spending a 1st-round asset on a RB just one year earlier, especially if that 1st-round RB had been Nick Chubb, as it should've been... We needed a TE more than we needed another RB, and I wanted Dawson Knox, especially after Kahale Warring had been taken just one pick earlier.
3-97: Since the earlier trade-up never happened, then this trade - or Any other trade with the Rams - cannot happen either; therefore with this pick I would've done the same as the Rams did with it and selected OT Bobby Evans, who I thought was the best available at that position after Max Sharping had been taken by Houston late in the 2nd round... Trent Brown had already left as a FA, and Marcus Cannon's health was always iffy anyway, so the need was there.
3-101: Haven't yet drafted a Pass-Rusher, which we've also needed here since Chris Long's departure after 2016 (and Still do), so here comes... Maxx Crosby, who I thought was the best available there after Wino & the late Jaylen Ferguson were taken earlier in the round... He would've been the Yin here to Zach Allen's Yang.
4-118: Having covered WR, DL, CB, TE, OT & DE, I would've then felt comfortable double-dipping on positions, starting with finding a Mr Inside to go with AJ Brown's Mr Outside... I didn't feel before the draft that Hunter Renfrow was worthy of a Day 2 pick; but on Day 3, after I've already taken one of the early studs? Heck yeah!
4-134: I actually would've taken LB Mack Wilson here... I liked his athleticism for the position, especially after seeing Bill choose JaWrong Bentley the year earlier, and also his Alabama pedigree.
5-162: I would NOT have made that Stupid trade-up to 159 for little lord Byron the Coward... I would've stood pat at 162, kept 239 and double-dipped again, this time in the defensive backfield with savvy if unspectacular UTexas CB Kris Boyd.
Since I never acquired 167 from the Rams, then I don't have 163 either... But I do keep 243 (from Cleveland) & 246.
6-204: If Bill hadn't foolishly thrown away this pick two years earlier for Johnny Malcolm Butler Would've Made the Tackle Badmostly, then he could've used it for Jake Bailey, but no earlier: STs-Only dudes should Never be drafted earlier than the 6th round.
7-239: Frodo... the Entire World knows this is where he deserved to be taken, not at 118th ****ing overall;
- 243: the Coward... Ditto at 159th;
- 246: Kansas State RB Alex Barnes;
- 252: either Alabama CB Saivion Smith or one of OLmen Mitch Hyatt, Tyler Jones or Beau Benzschewal.
2020 & 2021 to follow...
