Tigerjim09

It depends on how you define being the greatest player of all time. In my opinion being the greatest is about your accomplishments relative to your era. The best player is just how good of a player you actually are. In my opinion Ohtani is the best player of all time, but probably not the greatest of all time at this point in his career.

Delane would be a fine pick, but I think we should go receiver and disagree about Tate. A 4.53 is not a slow time, and he doesn't look slow on his tape at all so I am really not concerned about it. Here are some other notable wide receiver 40 times:
JSN - 4.52
Puka Nacua - 4.57
Ceedee Lamb - 4.50
AJ Brown - 4.49
Mike Evans - 4.53
Davante Adams - 4.56
Cooper Kupp - 4.62
Amon Ra St. Brown - 4.61

A 4.53 forty is plenty fast enough play receiver in the NFL. Adding a player the caliber of Tate would make this offense a whole lot more dangerous, and would make Shough's life a lot easier.

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Loomis and Ireland have already talked about how Staley’s scheme allows them to take a wider net of players

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Yes a wider net of players such as smaller speed rushers which is not Bain. There is a difference between a player’s archetype and a player’s measurements. Bain is a power rusher with short arms. Mickey has said before he tries to avoid outliers, which Bain is, in early rounds.

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more than one wide receiving option.

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Really think we should be looking to go WR at 8. The contracts these receivers are getting are insane, Alec Pierce who will never be a number 1 got $30 million. We have the opportunity to pair a cheap high end receiver prospect with Olave and have an elite receiver tandem for the next 4-5 years with Shough and Etienne in the backfield.

Like Etienne as a player, don’t love that contract

There are so many ways you could go with this team. I would wait for now, but I personally think at some point a decision will have to be made between Queen and Zion. Their games don't mesh together at all and the net rating when they are on the floor together is horrible. You can't have two players that are viewed as franchise cornerstones who can't play together.

They also need to find a way to address the center position. I like some of the flashes that Missi and Matkovic have shown, but I think having a bonafide starter to put next to Queen would make a huge difference. I also think if you are able to get a true starting center then you can move one of Missi/Matkovic for shooting.

If you sign Etienne and draft one of the receivers at 8 this offense could be really dangerous next season

Love is going to be so good, I’m all in on picking him.

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every once in awhile you just take the best player on the board.

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I agree with this, I just don’t think Styles will be the best player on the board. Most athletic maybe, but his production was good not great. If you are picking the best football player on the board then you should be picking Downs, Reese, Love, or Lemon. Taking an off ball linebacker at 8 because he had a great combine just doesn’t seem like a smart decision to me. I think Styles will be a good player, but not good enough to justify using the 8th pick on a relatively low value position.

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We don’t have a snowball’s chance in hell at him falling to us now

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I hope not, taking an off ball linebacker with the 8th pick would be a horrible decision. If Downs or Reese are there at 8 I’d consider it, but other than that go get an offensive playmaker.

Yeah I’m sure the Falcons wish they had signed Tony Pollard for $10 million in 2023 instead of drafting Bijan. If Love ends up being a Bijan/Gibbs/Saquon level player like he is expected to be then it would be a great pick.You get an elite playmaker for the prime years of his career instead of spending a good chunk of money on an aging back