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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
 
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.
 
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.
 
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?
 
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