Screamindemon3
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Any idea who the Patriots would be targeting at 8?
Fields or Lance
Any idea who the Patriots would be targeting at 8?
I have a tough time justifying trading down from a top 10 pick because you can get a transformative player at that spot. This is the list of top 10 picks in franchise history.
Derrick Brown
Christian McCaffrey
Luke Kuechly
Cam Newton
Jordan Gross
Julius Peppers
Tim Biakabutuka
Kerry Collins
Obviously, the first two picks weren't that great and we'll see on Brown. The others are all time greats. I get that these guys may think they can drop down and get two Chinns, but I don't think it's worth the risk.
Any idea who the Patriots would be targeting at 8?
I still hope that Sewell is there at 8 and we can get Denver to pay us to come up one spot and not let the Pats in. Obviously a pipe dream
These mocks are just getting dumber and dumber. I need to step away until next Thursday.
https://www.profootballnetwork.com/nfl-mock-draft-2021-mike-tanier-final/
8. TRADE! New Orleans Saints: Justin Fields, QB, Ohio State
Taysom Hill’s magic love potion wears off, and Sean Payton awakes as if from a terrible dream. Drew Brees is gone! The Saints are deep in a cap quagmire! They’re keeping an aging roster intact because they can’t afford to release many of their veterans and start rebuilding! He’s spent two years pumping up a glorified tight end instead of grooming/rehabilitating Teddy Bridgewater or Jameis Winston!
Seeing Fields slide and knowing that the Panthers are set at quarterback with Bridgewater and new arrival Sam Darnold, Payton bundles his 2021 and 2022 first-rounders, some change, and ships them to the Panthers.
Payton’s knick-of-time decision turns out to be the right move. Justin Fields develops rapidly behind a veteran line while throwing to Michael Thomas and Alvin Kamara. He makes throws Brees could no longer make while starting his career operating within a structure that was childproofed for Hill. The Saints are short on draft picks, but it’s a lot easier to work around the loss of a first-round pick than the absence of a franchise quarterback.
This is probably the closest to what I think is going to happen:
https://www.nfl.com/news/seven-round-2021-nfl-mock-draft-round-1-broncos-bears-trade-up-for-qbs
It's not very exciting for us in the short term, but if we can get the Bears first rounder next year, it's what we should do. If that's how the board above us falls, I don't think reaching for Slater would be the right call assuming a trade like this is available. Trading back and still being able to get Darrisaw, Farley or Horn would be the best case scenario.
Doesn’t make sense to trade down to get a pick next year when we traded for what could be a one year rental QB. Just take a LT and see what Darnold can do.