2022 NFL Draft Talk

[RashanGary]

How often do you have 4 picks in the first 2 rounds and 11 picks total? A good draft is 3 starters, but with this draft capital they should get 4 starters.

And it is supposed to be a deep draft with the Covid 5th year seniors. That could account for one extra starter.

[call_me_ishmael]

^ Fair points to both of the above.

[run pMc]

You mean starting on/before Year 3 Game 1? If you keep all 11 picks I'd think 4-5 wouldn't be out of the question, especially given it's 2 R1, 2 R2 and 2 R4 picks. (They might not be good starters)

If you mean starting next season, there are only a few spots open and a couple where they have people now but could face competition. Either way, it's best to slow down. Rookies rarely make a big impacts starting game 1, and in fact are more often liabilities teams exploit.

The draft is exciting because of the possibility and potential, but usually it takes a few years to see if it's been realized.

[RashanGary]

You mean starting on/before Year 3 Game 1? If you keep all 11 picks I'd think 4-5 wouldn't be out of the question, especially given it's 2 R1, 2 R2 and 2 R4 picks. (They might not be good starters)

If you mean starting next season, there are only a few spots open and a couple where they have people now but could face competition. Either way, it's best to slow down. Rookies rarely make a big impacts starting game 1, and in fact are more often liabilities teams exploit.

The draft is exciting because of the possibility and potential, but usually it takes a few years to see if it's been realized.

Yep. It is still exciting tho. 4 picks in the top 2 rounds. We never get this!

[run pMc]

What do you guts think of a team like the Jets or giants giving us next year's 1 and 3 for this year's 28?

I think that could pay big dividends.

Or this year's 28 for this year's 2 and next year's 2?

I'd be fine with this. They have a few players on big contracts and then... not much else. They redid basically everyone's contract they could (Bahk, Preston, Amos, Clark, AJones) who wasn't on a rookie deal for cap space except maybe Lowry. They will have to depend on the draft for cheap labor (oops, I mean talent). Despite that, I'm not sure they have enough open roster spots for 11 players this year, I could see them using a few to trade up or (my preference) turn into future picks.

With the #22 pick I'd be ok trading the #28 for a 2022 and 2023 R2, or trading one of their current R2 picks for a R1 next year.

[Joemailman]

Packers trade Davante Adams. Chiefs trade Tyreek Hill. Packers pick 22 and 28. Chiefs pick 29 and 30. I wonder if these teams will be hacking into the other's communications to know what they're thinking. I wonder if there is a WR Gute likes so much he would trade up. He has traded up in the 1st round 3 times.

MVS visiting the Chiefs today.

[call_me_ishmael]

Man I kinda want the Packers to get Olave (Greg Jenning 2.0 from the sounds o fit) and get the Big Bison Bomber.

[Joemailman]

Who is the Big Bison Bomber?

[Jaire]

I think receivers will fall this year with the depth of this draft. Kind of like 2019.

It's a good year to pick up another edge. I think WR can wait til the second pick or a move up in round two.

[run pMc]

Who is the Big Bison Bomber?

NDSU Bison - the Watson kid who blew up at the Combine

[run pMc]

I think receivers will fall this year with the depth of this draft. Kind of like 2019.

It's a good year to pick up another edge. I think WR can wait til the second pick or a move up in round two.

Agree it's a good year to pick up an EDGE if not 2. This is a very good/deep class for them, GB doesn't have great depth behind Gary/Smith, and you have to rotate guys to keep them fresh enough to take on 320 pound OL.
That said, I don't want them to wait too long to pick a WR, and I think the trades of Adams and Hill will force their hand a bit. I'm hoping they take 2 WRs: one early and another late. They can do better than Malik Taylor and Juwann Winfree, and Cobb/Lazard as your presumptive starters isn't ideal.

[Bretsky]

I think receivers will fall this year with the depth of this draft. Kind of like 2019.

It's a good year to pick up another edge. I think WR can wait til the second pick or a move up in round two.

By the end of round two there wasn't much left in 2019. And when we picked in round two...the same

I remember watching them get plucked one after the other ahead of our pick.

If I'm thinking of the names right Michael Pittman and TJ Higgins would have been there if we sat instead of trading up for the LoveWreck. Claypool went middle of round two I think

Denzel Mims was picked right ahead of us and then there was a big fall.

We need one of the top 5 IMO. Rodgers has been going years w/o a #2 but he had one of the elite WR's in the game. Right now we don't have a 1 or 2 on the roster. We need something.

[Upnorth]

Packers trade Davante Adams. Chiefs trade Tyreek Hill. Packers pick 22 and 28. Chiefs pick 29 and 30. I wonder if these teams will be hacking into the other's communications to know what they're thinking. I wonder if there is a WR Gute likes so much he would trade up. He has traded up in the 1st round 3 times.

MVS visiting the Chiefs today.

If he uses a 3rd to trade up no loss

[HarveyWallbangers]

I think receivers will fall this year with the depth of this draft. Kind of like 2019.

It's a good year to pick up another edge. I think WR can wait til the second pick or a move up in round two.

I don't know if it's as deep as it's reported to be. I have 15-16 that I like. Since 2014 14 WRs go in the first 3 rounds on average. The most is 17. The last two years there have been 15 and 16. I think there's a similar amount of talent this year.

In 2019 there were 13 WRs to go in the first 3 rounds, but it wasn't because teams waited on WRs. There were only 28 WRs drafted that year--which was the fewest in my 11 years of tracking. On average 32 WRs are drafted.

[HarveyWallbangers]

NDSU Bison - the Watson kid who blew up at the Combine

When I watch him, I get a bit of a Javon Walker vibe. I looked up their measurables:

Christian Watson = 6'4" 208 with 4.36 40, 1.45 10yd split, 38.5" vertical, 136" broad jump
Javon Walker = 6'3" 210 with 4.35 40, 1.50 10 yd split, 39.5" vertical, 128" broad jump