Official 2024 NFL Draft Thread

[Frozen Tundra]

Packers with 3 comp picks - 5,6,7 rounds. So they have 1 1st, 2 2nd, 2 3rds, 1 4th, 1 5th, 2 6ths, 2 7ths.

I'd still bet money that we don't even draft the first night - drop back out of Round One and end up with about 13 picks again this year.

[Bretsky]

Packers with 3 comp picks - 5,6,7 rounds. So they have 1 1st, 2 2nd, 2 3rds, 1 4th, 1 5th, 2 6ths, 2 7ths.

Time to start running analytics for the Draft Contest

[Joemailman]

Time to start running analytics for the Draft Contest

All safeties?

[Frozen Tundra]

I'm one of those guys who tends to favor Badger players, especially the ones who are actually from Wisconsin, including Braelon Allen. I don't like Bortolini, though - I'm not sure where he comes from. That dislike is based on seeing him play.

I tend to like Badger alumni partly because of the style of football for which they have historically been noted. Wisconsin is known for tough, hardnosed, groundpounding football... so if you're a player coming out of Wisconsin and being well-regarded in the draft, you've come up in a system that emphasizes the traditional, old-school, smashnouth style that (to me) is the way you win tough games. Those pounders tend to be my favorite players. So a Badger good enough to be a valuable draft pick is a player for whom I automatically have a soft spot right off the bat.

[call_me_ishmael]

Are the vikes gonna trade all the way up to #2 and draft the LSU dude? I bet they are.

[Joemailman]

Are the vikes gonna trade all the way up to #2 and draft the LSU dude? I bet they are.

I don't think any of those top 3 teams would want to trade all the way down to 11. And if they did, they would demand a huge price. I think the Vikings will set their sights on McCarthy.

[Frozen Tundra]

I don't think any of those top 3 teams would want to trade all the way down to 11. And if they did, they would demand a huge price. I think the Vikings will set their sights on McCarthy.

I can see Chicago doing it for the right package. They know damned well they're going to be drafting high again for at least one more year.

What I can't envision is even Minnesota being dumb enough to offer what it would probably take.

[Fritz]

I can see Chicago doing it for the right package. They know damned well they're going to be drafting high again for at least one more year.

What I can't envision is even Minnesota being dumb enough to offer what it would probably take.

That IS the organization that gave up their entire draft AND Bud Grant’s daughter for Herschel Walker.

[sharpe1027]

That IS the organization that gave up their entire draft AND Bud Grant’s daughter for Herschel Walker.

His daughter was by her own choice after hearing about the deal terms.

[Fritz]

His daughter was by her own choice after hearing about the deal terms.

Yes, it was consensual. For sure.

[run pMc]

I think some in the MIN front office might be feeling warm seats, but I agree with the sentiment that they are probably looking at Nix, Penix or McCarthynix. Maye, Williams, and Daniels will be gone when they pick and it will be very expensive to move up to get one of them. They can draft a QB a bit lower, let them sit & learn for a year, and meanwhile sign Cousins to a 2 year 100M deal or some such nonsense.

[ThunderDan]

I think some in the MIN front office might be feeling warm seats, but I agree with the sentiment that they are probably looking at Nix, Penix or McCarthynix. Maye, Williams, and Daniels will be gone when they pick and it will be very expensive to move up to get one of them. They can draft a QB a bit lower, let them sit & learn for a year, and meanwhile sign Cousins to a 2 year 100M deal or some such nonsense.

NFL radio said Cousins was ready to take 2nd tier money. Somewhere in the $35-$40M range per year but wanted the contract 100% guaranteed.

[Fritz]

I think some in the MIN front office might be feeling warm seats, but I agree with the sentiment that they are probably looking at Nix, Penix or McCarthynix. Maye, Williams, and Daniels will be gone when they pick and it will be very expensive to move up to get one of them. They can draft a QB a bit lower, let them sit & learn for a year, and meanwhile sign Cousins to a 2 year 100M deal or some such nonsense.

That does make sense - if they think one of those three can be a top-tier NFL QB. You don't want to be drafting an average or below average NFL starter who will likely have to sit for a year.

As for Cousins, is it really "2nd tier" money if it's all guaranteed?

[bobblehead]

I'd still bet money that we don't even draft the first night - drop back out of Round One and end up with about 13 picks again this year.

Too many picks on a very young roster to do that. Although if they dropped out of round one and drafted 4 times in the 2nd I wouldn't be upset.

[bobblehead]

NFL radio said Cousins was ready to take 2nd tier money. Somewhere in the $35-$40M range per year but wanted the contract 100% guaranteed.

Patriots should sign him for a 2 year deal to mentor their next QB in waiting. Or really any team that is drafting a young QB, but has a shot to make the playoffs while he learns.