Never too early 2020 NFL Draft Thread

[pbmax]

That will be how they try to spin that’s for fucking sure.

No chance. I will be happy to be wrong about the future Hall of Famer.

[pbmax]

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/04/27/2020-nfl-draft-humanity-pandemic-bucs-fmia-peter-king/

Charlie Licht, the 11-year-old son of Tampa Bay GM Jason Licht, has made friends with several kids of NFL GMs from league functions. He plays Madden with some of them. Hanging around his dad while Jason Licht made a slew of pre-draft trade inquiries was fascinating for Charlie, but Dad at one point thought son might have heard too much. “Charlie,” Jason said to him one day, “you CANNOT tell any of those kids what I’m thinking if you heard anything.”

It was that kind of draft this year: Kids had to learn what “off the record” means.

[pbmax]

Same King article:

One last note: Gutekunst said the Packers had two receivers they were targeting in early and middle part of the second round. They tried to move up with several teams, he said, until the second receiver they preferred got picked, and then they stopped. Seven wideouts went in the first 27 picks of the second round; Green Bay, with the 62nd overall pick, took running back A.J. Dillon. Not good. As much as the draft pick itself, the price for Love included not addressing that big need at receiver. We’ll see if that comes back to haunt the team this year or next.

[mraynrand]

Some things should just not be spoken, lest they come into existence.

That's what He said.

[run pMc]

Some things should just not be spoken, lest they come into existence.

Yeah, I'm never posting about that again. I posted last year I didn't want Gary.
Then again, I could try and double whammy it by saying I don't want who I do want them to draft.

[run pMc]

Same King article:

Every once in a while King is right.

I think giving up that R4 pick hurt their flexibility to move around in R2 & R3. Curious to know who they thought was going to try and draft Love before them (i.e., NE trading back into R1?).

[smuggler]

Gary was also the one top prospect I didn't want. Would have much preferred Ed Oliver - and the team would have been better in 2019 with Oliver.

[Bretsky]

Gary was also the one top prospect I didn't want. Would have much preferred Ed Oliver - and the team would have been better in 2019 with Oliver.

I'd have preferred a bunch of guys over that Wolverine Baconator

[texaspackerbacker]

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...ia-peter-king/

That story for some reason reminds me of those great old Iron Eagle movies.

[call_me_ishmael]

I actually thought this was the most entertaining draft in years. They should keep up this format personally. It shows a different side of the NFL and humanizes the folks involved.

[texaspackerbacker]

You would say that. I got so fed up with all that stupid human interest crap and quirky stories that I muted the volume a lot of the time.

[pbmax]

You would say that. I got so fed up with all that stupid human interest crap and quirky stories that I muted the volume a lot of the time.

Better than Mekhi Becton on a row boat in the fountain of the Bellagio.

[texaspackerbacker]

Tip a canoe and Becton too. That would make a big splash.

[mraynrand]

Tip a canoe and Becton too. That would make a big splash.

Row the boat?

[hoosier]

Same King article:

If Love turns out to be who they think he is, missing out on what's his name from SMU or Texas Tech or whatever will be long forgotten in a couple of years. If not, missing out on old whatshisname won't matter much either, seeing how the Packers already shot their draft wad into the toilet. If you're going to go for broke in the first round, might as well play it that way for the rest of the draft as well.