(04-03-2024, 01:43 PM)Caldrac Wrote: Something like this would be ideal for me personally:

17th - Quinyon Mitchell - Get your top CB here with ball hawk ability and sticky man-to-man coverage with zone ability.

48th - Ruke Orhorhoro - Get you a freak athlete at DT here that can hold the point of attack and get after it as a rotational piece early.

65th - Ricky Pearsall - Get your athletic carbon copy of Calvin Ridley that can be worked into the line-up nice and steady on the outside and slot as a move piece.

153rd - Javion Cohen - Solid OG that can start in year 2.

212th - Frank Crum - Mountain of a man at OT that can develop as a swing tackle and potentially start in year 2.

236th - Matt Lee - Underrated C prospect that could be a competent back-up or starter by year 2.

I gave Carolina the 96th, 114th & 116th picks to ensure I landed the WR I wanted more than anybody there in RD3. There's a possibility Pearsall is not even there in real life at 65 but I would go after Javon Baker out of UCF at that point instead if that were the case.

Either way, I am making out good with what I need from this class. I am landing two pieces to my defense to help me with Stroud, Levis and Richardson and I am adding a WR and three big offensive lineman to ensure my depth is steady and competent in 2024 as back-up's and 2025 for sure.

Yeah I've watched some prospect highlights, not enough yet, but my opinion is starting to come into focus and is similar to yours in the early rounds.  If we make no significant trades, I think we should hit CB, IOL, or IDL in the first two rounds.  If we decide to go OT in either the first or second, I think we should strongly consider getting on the phone to shop Cam potentially to get a pick back in this draft.  I'd like to see someone like Baker fall to our 3rd round pick. I'm not sure he specifically makes it there, but someone at WR with a higher grade/potential has a decent chance to be there I think.  If not, I circle back on WR in the mid 4th with one of those picks hopefully for a guy like Rice.  The draft simulator has him there usually in the few mocks I ran through for whatever that's worth and I like him better than consensus apparently does at the moment.

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